Some Questions For Thought

Lighter

• Is having an eject button on your CD/DVD remote control really all that useful?
  
  
• Why on that aircraft safety card in the seat pocket do they show an airliner with doors open, floating nicely with the floor well above the water?
  
  
• Why, if they care, do they tell you in three places how to put an envelope into an ATM, in three different ways?
  
  
• Why do you see so many large trucks with "Keep Tahoe Blue" stickers on them?
  
  
• Okay, the "____ for Dummies" books. So, what about "A+ Certification for Dummies" or "UML 2, a Model Language for Dummies?"
  If that doesn't make you wonder... then why is "SSH for Dummies" an inch thick when most web sites on SSH are 2 pages long?
  
  

  More Seriously

• How many civillian people have died in Iraq since March 2003? Why don't we ever hear about it? Well, if you're wondering, you should check out www.iraqbodycount.org Quite striking, really.
  
  
• Do the words "freedom" or "liberty" mean not being persecuted or discriminated against, or do you mean doing whatever the heck you please?
  
  
• If those were YOUR children being killed in Iraq (whether US soldiers or Iraqis), would you still favour the war?
  
  
• Why has the average fuel efficiency of cars dropped over the last 10-20 years?
  How can cars be "underpowered?" They all pass me on my bike. They can all do 60mph.
  
  
• How can Canadian and US governments be so lax about zero-emission vehicle legislation,
  yet so proactive about keeping the price of gasoline low?
  
  
• And for Canadians who saw Bowling for Columbine... why is Canada's gun-death rate so much higher than Britain or Japan?.