gotta love this: when asked about the possible meaning about the figurine (which was appearantly worn around the neck), archaeologist nicholas conrad replied: "i wasn't there 40,000 years ago, and bottom line, i haven't got a clue." (http://www.netzeitung.de/wissenschaft/1354379.html)
great list, but one more should definitely be included, starring the HOFF in tight pants in outer space, running senselessly around studio planets alongside stella star, bikini-clad interstellar babe, fighting evil count zarth arn and his giant flying fist... hope i didn't give away too much...!?
either way, reasonable explanation or none, he can consider himself lucky to not get married to a person as immature as this valeria. can she be sure that pic wasn't taken before their time? or photoshopped to play a joke on him? (which wouldnt even take 5 minutes to complete for someone who knows his way around image manipulation) find out and interpret all you want in a picture, but draw some hasty conclusions and turn them into action against the person you should trust and love without having a conversation with him first, that is at least as much a no-go as rubbing your face on an other woman's naked breasts shortly before getting married.
i think it is time for a lot of folks to take a minute and think about expectations towards blogs or publishers in general, and the publisher's obligation to that expectation. i firmly believe that NObody merely consuming and enjoying the entertainment provided by a blog has ANY reason and right to complain about how things go. to quote alexdeLarge: "just don't click that link" i wish neatorama could be a bit less restricted some times, but i can understand alex's reluctance to push the limit, seeing the responses he gets for totally harmless headlines already.
c r labombard - why does it have to be a replacement? there is a countless amount of recipes and dishes in the world, nobody who would stop eating beaf or any other kind of meat would have to starve, eat tasteless food or be forced to eat things he does not like. why limit yourself to a very small variety on a planet that is so full of culinary options? soy for example is a substance very much like flower, it can be made into a great variety of products with many different flavours. it does not have to be your run-off-the-mill tasteless tofu.
in my many years of being a vegetarian (out of ethical reasons, that is) i have encountered a huge number of people that "defend" their meat-eating in no way different to how smokers defend their smoking, alcoholics their booze. hold your horses, i am by now way claiming that human carnivores are addicts, but it strikes me odd to see how important meat is to many people, as if every incentive or motivation to reduce their consumption were a direct threat to their personality or freedom.
and to still claim that all statistics which prove that meat-consumption with all its consequences (energy/resources/pesticide impact/habitat loss, like you said, neil) cause many problems on this planet, social to environmental, are crap, is like claiming the world is flat and in the center of the universe. go to the amazon, see the endless monocultures of soy (being shipped to europe to feed cattle) and the cattleranches as large as small countries, and all this where lush green tropical rainforest used to live. zoom to "rondonia" on google earth, and you can see the impact from the comfort of your own home. (http://maps.google.de/maps?ie=UTF8&ll=-10.930405,-61.891479&spn=3.985065,7.141113&t=h&z=8)
nobody is asking anybody to stop eating meat. but be conscious about it, please.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzfuNSpP0RA
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079946/
looky there: http://www.feisbum.com/episode.php?id=1
btw. i don't speak italian, but it looks like the guy is not totally voluntarily in that situation! ;)
find out and interpret all you want in a picture, but draw some hasty conclusions and turn them into action against the person you should trust and love without having a conversation with him first, that is at least as much a no-go as rubbing your face on an other woman's naked breasts shortly before getting married.
i wish neatorama could be a bit less restricted some times, but i can understand alex's reluctance to push the limit, seeing the responses he gets for totally harmless headlines already.
soy for example is a substance very much like flower, it can be made into a great variety of products with many different flavours. it does not have to be your run-off-the-mill tasteless tofu.
in my many years of being a vegetarian (out of ethical reasons, that is) i have encountered a huge number of people that "defend" their meat-eating in no way different to how smokers defend their smoking, alcoholics their booze.
hold your horses, i am by now way claiming that human carnivores are addicts, but it strikes me odd to see how important meat is to many people, as if every incentive or motivation to reduce their consumption were a direct threat to their personality or freedom.
and to still claim that all statistics which prove that meat-consumption with all its consequences (energy/resources/pesticide impact/habitat loss, like you said, neil) cause many problems on this planet, social to environmental, are crap, is like claiming the world is flat and in the center of the universe. go to the amazon, see the endless monocultures of soy (being shipped to europe to feed cattle) and the cattleranches as large as small countries, and all this where lush green tropical rainforest used to live. zoom to "rondonia" on google earth, and you can see the impact from the comfort of your own home.
(http://maps.google.de/maps?ie=UTF8&ll=-10.930405,-61.891479&spn=3.985065,7.141113&t=h&z=8)
nobody is asking anybody to stop eating meat. but be conscious about it, please.