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Environmental Impact of Christian Countries

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Most countries with large environmental impact, high per capita emission of carbon dioxide, high per capita consumption of energy and large ecological footprint are Christian countries. Most Christian countries have large environmental impact, high per capita emission of carbon dioxide, high per capita consumption of energy and large ecological footprint. Why? What do Christians think about it? Great Time (talk) 03:51, 8 February 2014 (UTC) What is a Christian country? If you mean countries where there are more people claiming to be Christian than any other faith, that means they will hold the full cross section of views held in those countries. HiLo48 (talk) 03:57, 8 February 2014 (UTC) God Bless America's Environmental Impact God Bless America? But what about America's large environmental impact, high per capita emission of carbon dioxide, high per capita consumption of energy and large ecological footprint? Great Time (talk) 03:53, 8 February 2014 (UTC)

gay organized crime mafia?

how come nobody has written about the Gay organized crime mafia based out of san Francisco? My undrstanding is they are invovled in drug trafficking, sex trade, political extortion, just to mention a few. Yet they seem to stay off the radar. Are they behind the rapid rise in gay rights? Is this why other countries that have strong mafia's are becoming very anti-gay? To protect thier economic interests? Please help sort out this debate172.56.36.210 (talk) 07:26, 8 February 2014 (UTC)

Amazingly, there is a gay mafia article. Apparently is a pejorative term for gay rights groups. There is also a conspiracy theory that proposed the term Homintern. Regarding you assumption of 'rapid rise in gay rights', I can assure you that it's was not fast. Gay rights activists have been active defending gay marriage since the sixties or earlier. Before that, there was the decriminalization of homosexuality and anti-discrimination legislation. It was a long road to them. OsmanRF34 (talk) 17:47, 8 February 2014 (UTC)

Agreed. The unofficial start of the gay rights movement in the US was the Stonewall riots, in 1969, so not exactly recent. StuRat (talk) 02:06, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

Incidentally, any discussion of criminal homosexual organizations ought to include the Brownshirts, an early group of Nazi thugs with a partially gay leadership, until they were purged and executed by the Party. StuRat (talk) 02:22, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

Not that they were fighting for gay rights or the gay agenda, lol. And Roehm was what they called a troll before there was an internet. μηδείς (talk) 03:55, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

The SA (Brownshirts) were not in any sense a gay mafia. Yes, their leader happened to be gay, but that was all. The OP's question is, frankly, silly and fundamentally nonsensical. No doubt there are gay criminals, and even personal networks among criminals within the gay community, but I don't think there is any evidence of a gay mafia. Paul B (talk) 19:21, 11 February 2014 (UTC)

The OP's question is just so gay, right?

btw Paul, in countries where being gay is a crime, 100% of gay people are criminals!

Dilbert has been covering this topic recently. [1] [2] (Warning: read the first one first. Might offend Indians, gays, interns, coffee-drinkers, people with perfectly horizontal pates, etc.) --Demiurge1000 (talk) 20:23, 11 February 2014 (UTC)

Only if they act out their gayness, I guess. But even then, they aren't a mafia. Unless of course they infiltrate the non-Gay mafia and turn them. Paul B (talk) 21:31, 11 February 2014 (UTC)

Isn't this a part of a GTA gamw? Hotclaws (talk) 13:51, 14 February 2014 (UTC)

"Marriage is promised" What does it mean

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"Marriage is promised" What does it mean — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.194.246.58 (talk) 11:50, 8 February 2014 (UTC)

That would depend a lot on the context. Where did you see this? You might be interested in arranged marriage but that's just a guess. Dismas|^(talk) 16:54, 8 February 2014 (UTC)

If marriage is promised but does not take place, that can be Breach of promise... AnonMoos (talk) 17:21, 8 February 2014 (UTC)

It's expressed in the passive voice, if that helps. It means that somebody, or perhaps something, promises marriage. - Karenjc (talk)

A formal promise of marriage is, of course, called an engagement. However, that term could also refer to an informal promise of marriage. StuRat (talk) 02:08, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

What lies ahead? request for horoscope)

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My date of birth is 10th September 1983 according to Gregarian calender.Time of birth is 09:55 a.m. in Indian Standard Time.Location approximately 22.54 degrees North Latitude and 88.35 degrees East Longitude.Can someone predict how my prospective wife will look like,what kind of person she will be and how will be my married life. Can you give any idea about who can be my prospective wife.Please predict based on Vedic Astrology and Western Astrology.117.194.246.58 (talk) 11:59, 8 February 2014 (UTC)

Note this question has been cross-posted on WP:RDM, where it has been replied to. -- Finlay McWalterჷTalk 15:12, 8 February 2014 (UTC)

Looking for books

Books about people who wanted to live without being loved or loving somebody.

46.239.240.219 (talk) 14:58, 8 February 2014 (UTC)

Silas Marner, A Christmas Carol. Doesn't always work out as planned. 75.41.109.190 (talk) 17:46, 8 February 2014 (UTC)

I don't have a book for you (though Pure Dynamite is blatantly implicit), but I have one word that might help you look: Philophobia. InedibleHulk (talk) 19:45, 8 February 2014 (UTC)

Good search terms might include asociality and maybe asexuality, though that only precludes sexual relationships. For example, there is a non-fiction book titled The Asocial Networking by Dhiraj Kumar. Matt Deres (talk) 01:06, 9 February 2014 (UTC)

If you want fiction, the Harry Potter series may well count: Voldemort, the chief antagonist, doesn't trust anyone, doesn't want to trust anyone, and rejects the concept of love as something that's essentially a weakness. Nyttend (talk) 04:29, 9 February 2014 (UTC)

If you want bloodier, sexier pop fiction A Song of Ice and Fire has many characters like that. Bastards seeking honour, kings seeking fear, corpses seeking nothingness, girls seeking anonymity, wildlings seeking absolute freedom, eunuchs seeking...something, no doubt. InedibleHulk (talk) 05:51, 9 February 2014 (UTC)

Trade Unionism in Banking in India

Hi, I am looking for information about "Trade Unionism in Banking in India". Can any one help me to get the information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 106.220.9.151 (talk) 18:30, 8 February 2014 (UTC)

You asked this a few days ago (at least, I assume it was you). A link to the archived question is here. -Karenjc (talk) 18:52, 8 February 2014 (UTC)