Random thoughts

Why do we get tickets for speeding on an empty highway while there are no tickets for people who turn without indicators, who weave in and out of traffic etc. ? To me these are worse than speeding when there is no traffic.

Can we please revoke licenses of slow people who hog the left lane ? Is there anything more frustrating than this on the highway.

Why don't they just put a car phone as basic feature on every damn SUV ? There is a phone stuck to the ear of every SUV driver.

Why do people buy Land Rovers ? These are expensive but come near bottom of every car quality survey.

Why do Americans lump all of the mideast + Pakistan + lots of Indians as "they hate us", yet care to differentiate themselves when the same people say "you colonized us and created all this trouble" ?

Technically how can you be a "conservative" if things change around us all the time. Its just not feasible. Humans learn things all the time. We have to adapt to these changes. There are only a few fundamental things, biggest being "be considerate and compassionate to others". Other things which conservatives emphasize like family, religion are ideas and are up for discussion.

When conservatives complain that "universities are full of liberals" , can it be that a person who is educated and exposed to lots of nationalities ends up being a "liberal" ?

Isn't it funny that President of Iran also complained of "liberals" in Iran's universities ? That should give a clue to the conservatives in US.

Weren't America's founding fathers amazing ? What a system they setup for the country !!!

Capitalism gets dangerous when bottomline for news media becomes profits.

Its shameful how companies market to kids in the US. This should be banned outright.

In a few years as technology becomes prevalent we'll get a commercial for every breath we take, beamed straight into our brain.

Nehru's greatest feat was stopping a newly independent India falling into clutches of either caps during the cold war. Having said that, was he ever wrong on socialism ? I understand, though, the ideal socialism might have provided for people full of ideas after independence.

Where is Hinduism headed ? It was already bad with idol worship prevalent in the religion. With the rise of the middle class and rush to money it's going to get irrelevant.

Hindus defend the religion as "way of life" and a philospohy. Who many understand concepts like "Advaita", "dvaita" etc. ? Can we please work on changing hymns to a language we understand ?

Why do vegatrians look at animals as if they feel emotions like humans ? If this was the case, lots of tigers would be vegetarians. Is this the Disney effect ? Poor kids can't even eat meat without a guilt conscience. I am not saying animals don't serve a purpose. Everyone has a role in our ecosystem. We are as dependent on other species as they are on us. But don't tell kids a deer is sad because he lost his kid.

Do we have free will or are we slave to chemicals in our brain ? Working of the brain is fascinating. What is consciousness ?