I was reading a blog post the other day on www.tesseraguild.com. The post was entitled. 10 questions to mess with your mind. Below, are the ten questions and my answers to them. If any of you would like to give your answers, I will post them as a guest post. Remember, your answers should not be an outright arguement against mine... just your answers to the ten questions. Question One: Revenge Algebra Complete the following equation. Use no more than three words per blank. ______________________________ + ______________________________ = A suitable punishment for a serial killer. My Answer: The death penalty. I am a firm believer in an eye for an eye, but I don't believe the number of people the serial killer has killed should play a factor in his punishment. If they kill one, then it is already too many. I find that killing the killer and then distributing his assets among the families of the known victims would be the fairest solution. Question Two: Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall In your own words, define what you believe the difference is between a terrorist and a normal soldier. My answer: There is very little difference. Both are driven by either money or ideology. Governments would have you believe that there is something noble about killing someone for them, and that the soldiers are protecting your way of life. A lot of soldiers like to think that way too. Meanwhile, the same can, and likely does hold true for the terrorists. They are fighting for an ideology and they believe they are furthering their ideals. Soldiers are state sanctioned, while terrorists are not always state sanctioned...but can be. Question Three: On a Scale of 0-10……in which 0 is ‘not at all’, 5 is average, and 10 means ‘highly’: How intelligent are you? How physically attractive are you? How charming? How artistic? How generous? And how narcissistic? My answer: How intelligent? 7 How physically attractive? 4 How charming? 4 How artistic? 5 How generous? 6 How narcissistic? 3 Question Four: Monopoly Money You’ve just received three GET-OUT-OF-DEATH-FREE cards. Anyone who has one of these avoids the next time they would die. Once a death is avoided, the card vanishes. So… Keeping all three for yourself? Giving any away? Distribute your cards and explain. My answer: I would give one to my daughter Maddie, and one to my daughter Ashleigh. I would keep the third to give to whichever daughter died through no fault of her own and lost her card first. If she was partially responsible for her own death (through drug use or drinking), then I would not give them the extra card, but give it to the other to use as she chooses if the other dies again. Question Five: Picket Fences You’re madly in love. Tomorrow you’ll have the chance to marry the love of your life. You’ll have a huge house full of beautiful things. Your children will be smart and loving. On the surface, your marriage will appear ideal. But here’s the thing: You’ve glimpsed the future and have seen that while your marriage will be stable and polite, it will ultimately become passionless and empty. Knowing what you know, are you still walking down the aisle tomorrow? My answer: This is more of a question for a younger person. I have already had the chance to marry the woman I love. We had two wonderful children, who I love dearly. We have a house filled with beautiful things. My wife had a mental condition, though, and she was deemed dangerous for the children to be alone with. Then she died. I know what happened. Yet if you asked me if I had the chance to marry her again, my answer would be yes. I loved my wife. And although our marriage became very rocky, we had two beautiful girls, who make me very happy. No matter what happened in my marriage, I would do everything again for my daughters. The house and beautiful things mean nothing. The house seems empty to me and the things have lost their luster now that my wife is gone. My girls, though, are everything to me. Question Six: Angel of Death You lucky bastard. Or maybe not. You’ve just acquired a new ability. From now on, you can wish anyone in the world dead. If you use this power, not only will the person die instantly and painlessly, but you’ll also gain a million dollars for each person you use it on. How many times (if any) do you think you’ll use this power? On whom? What would you do with all that money? My answer: I would like to think that I would use the power wisely. To start, I would use the power to kill anyone who has been caught absolutely red handed killing someone. If they have been convicted of murdering someone, and there is absolutely no question that they did it. then I would use my power to kill that person and then give 80% of the money I receive to the victim's family. Doctors who kill someone accidentally, while under the influence of drugs or alcohol would also be killed, as well as drunk drivers who kill someone while driving drunk. Political leaders who accept bribes to sway legislation would also be fair game. Question Seven: Little Bang Theory Some people have theories about how the world began. And how it will end. And maybe even theories about what it all means. But… What if you— yes you—could decide how it all began, what it all means, and how you’d like it to end?Play god for a moment: How would you like for the universe to have begun? How do you want it to end? What do you want it all to mean? My answer: Okay here is what happened - The universe started with a flick of a switch in a dark room. Little Johnny was excited to play his new game... "Model of the Universe". The game was important for Johnny because if he showed he could create a working universe that did not collapse in on itself after 50,000 cycles, he would be allowed to study to help terraform the next set of planets they found in the real world. Johnny achieved that goal about 10 billion cycles ago. Lucky for us, he forgot to turn off the gaming program he was using, and our civilization was able to develop and prosper. So far, no one had bothered to check in with Johnny to see if the simulation he had running in his room still needed to be kept on. His mom looked in on it every once in a while, and saw that there were many tiny civilizations developing. Every once in a while, she would add an element of surprise for one of the civilizations to discover... just for laughs. She hopes that Johnny won't notice, or won't mind if he does. In reality, the end will come when Johnny returns and realizes that he left his gaming console on. If he does, and he doesn't bother to check to see what is running, the universe will end as all of the power in the universe is sucked out with the throwing of a switch. If he does check to see what is running... well then we will experience Armageddon! Because Johnny has a mean streak, and what better way to stoke it than to destroy some artificial civilizations that have been running amok on his computer. Question Eight: Dying Stars and Sabertooth Tigers Name something that is both beautiful AND terrifying. My answer: The ocean. Question Nine: Hard Scales of JusticeImagine the following scenarios. In which of these (if any) would you support the death penalty?
My answer: In the first scenario, I would invoke the death penalty. If her motivation was purely money, then I think that would be fair. In the second scenario, I would also apply the death penalty, if I could not find an apparent reason for their murder. If I could find out why they did it, then I might be a little more lenient depending what their reason was. At eleven years old, they are very young, but they seem to be old enough to know right from wrong. In the third scenario, I would again want to know the reason for his killing spree. No matter what the reason, I would likely recommend the death penalty here as well. In case number four, I would only hold the politician responsible if he had absolutely no reason for bombing that village. The one combatant killed may have had the codes for a nuclear bomb, thus large quantities of people might have been saved. While it is a shame that 200 people died... millions may have been saved by his actions. Question Ten: Behind the VeilThroughout history, many millions of people have reported seeing ghosts, apparitions, aliens, monsters, and other strange, unexplainable phenomena. Which of the following do you believe probably exist? Ghosts Aliens Angels Demons ESP (extra-sensory perception) Alternate Dimensions Got any proof? My answers:
Ghosts - The ones that haunt my dreams come from my mind and my experiences. Aliens - Yes. I was in Phoenix when a very famous UFO sighting occurred there. I do not know if what I saw was created by aliens. What I do know is that what I saw was there for a very long time (I was smoking a cigar on the deck off of my hotel room). And I know I could not tell you what it was. I also saw a space craft flying over New Jersey that was miles long and wide ad was in the shape of a gigantic black triangle. Again, I do not know what it was, but this one scared the hell out of me as it passed over our heads... And it took a long time to go over us. Angels and Demons - If these exist, then it is likely they are aliens in my opinion. I have met people who were like angels... and I have met others who seemed like demons. They were people, though, no wings or anything. It is just how I perceived their actions. ESP - I would guess there could be some forms of it. Alternate dimensions - Physicists seem to think that they exist. Thus, I think it could be a possibility. Do I have proof? - No. Just my best guesses. As for the aliens. I saw what I saw. Whether or not they were aliens... I don't know. I just could not identify what I saw! If any of you would like to write a guest post telling your answers... Feel free! I will be happy to post any responses as a guest post.
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