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Nepal-Earthquake Relief Hey Basilers. As you probably know, the recent earthquake has left Nepal's infrastructure in a bad condition. My mother's parents are current living in a rural village in Nepal, and the latest news provided to us by our uncle is that the village is in terrible condition. Many of the houses have fallen, and the little food they could obtain from the rubble has been consumed or been tarnished by the rain they've been experiencing for the past few days. Most of you have probably also heard of the numerous international donors, such as the United States, or the numerous non-profit organizations, there is money going to Nepal, the problem is that it isn't going to reach the villagers anytime soon. The villagers are isolat

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American kids compared to other? So i was just thinking about this and there are a significant amount of differences between American kids and kids from other places. So i was born and raised for awhile in another country in Asia. Over there i wasnt the best student in class or w.e, but over there the students supported each other(the students who could afford to go to school) about school and stuff. Compared to American kids who seem to put other kids down for making education a priority. Do you guys think its a possibility that making school free has caused this?

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Is religion a quotsystemquot? I do not intend to start a flame war i just wanted to hear others opinions on this since there are alot of religious people on basil. So back when religion first started humans didnt know of "science", and well they werent educated correct? SO there would be chaos. No laws. Back then humans probably saw anyone "above" them except for the adults in their life. So by the time they are adults they see no one above them. There may be people stronger then them taller w.e but they were equals as in being human.Eventually people saw this chaos. So what would they do about it? Attempt to create the exact opposite of chaos (confusion),"order". But how? If they all considered each other as e