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    If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you go ?

    Tee hee hee. When I received the e-mail with your message, before logging in, I knew you would be a Scot! Been there a number of times. Love your country. On my way back in May. I'm heading straight to Hell, Jr...ooppss, I mean Glasgow. A'll pit up a wird for ye luv! :laughing:
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    Are you vegetarian ?

    It is intereesting when "life" is given as a reason, since as you said, everything is alive in some way, I guess it is just a quick or simplified response to much more complex personal feelings/beliefs.
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    Are you vegetarian ?

    LeBroc, clearly your personal opinions versus open mind are infiltrating your posts, since this is your second response to one of my posts that rambles your beliefs and leaves little room for the personal choices of others. In fact, I have to wonder whether or not you meant to respond to a...
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    Can men wear skirt and be accepted openly in the public?

    Live and let live. I probably wouldn't find it attractive. However, a man in a kilt...purrrrrrrr...t'is a beautiful thing indeed!
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    If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you go ?

    Scotland. Probably Glasgow.
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    Is Race a valid scientific category?

    "Race" is a social constuct used to place individuals into categories for specific purposes (positive or negative). DNA reveals the truth about individuals that can't been seen by the human eye. i am a cnancer researcher with a focus on genetics. A patient that looked "black" would enter my...
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    Are you vegetarian ?

    Caprice? That's quite judgemental "...reasonable choice..." is a subjective concept. There are plenty of reasons to make the well-thought choice to be a vegetarian (semi or vegan), including health issues, metabolic disorders, concerns over meat safety and quality, environmental issues...
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    Life After Death

    "The molecules of your body are the same molecules that make up the nebulae, that burn inside the stars themselves. We are starstuff." DC Fontana I believe when we die, our energies are released and sent back into the universe. However, I have had some very "interesting" experiences so I...
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    Question Why do you love somebody???

    He makes my heart sing, my soul rejoice and my mind soar. I'm not trying to sound cliche, but he completes me. All of the bits, pieces and nuances I need to feel whole, he provides. I don't just love him with my heart, I love him with every bit of energy of which I am made.
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    Tell us about your family's ethnic background.

    American that contains parts of others Hi Sparkey, As you know, in America when you talk about ethnicity, the government has us classify ourselves by race with the ethnicity option being Hispanic/Latino or Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino. We think of country of origin or ancestry as nationalities...
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    The difference between Endonym and Exonym

    Minor Bit of Clarification I agree with all of the above, but would like to add some information about PA Dutch. My ancestors were Swiss Anabaptist, in the US known as Mennonite. Amish are an orthodox spin-off of Mennonite. Both Spoke German or Schweizerdeutsch. My ancestors arrived in PA...
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    French Huguenots Questions

    I am a descendent of Abraham Sallee who was a Huguenot. He arrived in New York (large Huguenot society still in existence) about 1700, then petitioned the Governor for denization in 1700. He relocated to another Huguenot area, Goochland (Mankintown), Virginia. There are many Huguenot records...
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    MtDNA Haplogroups I and W

    I am mtDNA I1a I'm not so sure about mtDNA I having more sons than daughters. That's not the case in my family at least. My maternal Great-Grandmother gave birth to sixteen children. Fourteen were females. These fourteen females gave birth to sixty-one females. My maternal Grandmother...
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