Concern over Tibet

I don't know much about these South African Nobel laureates, but I am moved by their concern for the cause of about half a century long non violent struggle against Chinese rule in Tibet.

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By the way, did you know that at some point of time, China even claimed Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh belongs to it, but later without any formal notification, stopped asserting their claims for these states.

...being Judgemental

This is the content of a mail that has been under circulation for a long time. But the ease at which it conveys its morale is something that I haven't came across ever.

Try out this test.

Question 1: If you knew a woman who was pregnant, who had 8 kids already, three who were deaf, two who were blind, one mentally retarded, and she had syphilis, would you recommend that she have an abortion?

Read the next question before looking at the answer for this one.

Question 2: It is time to elect a new world leader, and only your vote counts. Here are the facts about the three leading candidates.

Candidate A: Associates with crooked politicians, and consults with astrologists.
He's had two Mistresses. He also chain smokes and drinks 8 to 10 martinis a day.

Candidate B He was kicked out of office twice, sleeps until noon, used opium in college and drinks a quart of whiskey every evening.

Candidate C He is a decorated war hero. He's a vegetarian, doesn't smoke, drinks an occasional beer and never cheated on his wife.

Which of these candidates would be your choice? Decide first, no peeking, then scroll down for the answer.

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Candidate A is Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Candidate B is Winston Churchill.
Candidate C is Adolph Hitler.

And, by the way, the answer to the abortion question: If you said yes, you just killed Beethoven.

Pretty interesting isn't it? Makes a person think before judging someone. Now there were a few followups on this which suggested that the facts in this message are hoax. But, those aren't as impulsive.