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Questions from the Table of Free Voices

Type	User	Activity	Date	Rating
question I am white, but I am more African than any black person who was raised in America. Should people really still be defined by their race, or is where they come from more important? For example, aren´t African-Americans just Americans? go to entry	by thomas.troxler		Aug 30, 2006 15:14
question How should the development of developing countries take place? Is micro- finance or macro- finance better? go to entry	by delgersaikhan jadamba		Sep 06, 2006 15:12
question How do we determine "truth" and "fact" when we can manufacture either? go to entry	by Ebon		Sep 05, 2006 14:50
question Why do so many people in foreign countries that don’t have democracy which are also being oppressed by dictators, get so aggressive against the Western World, which wants to spread our way of life (i.e. not living in fear all the time etc.) go to entry	by CB123		Aug 30, 2006 15:14
question How do you counteract violence, anger or hatred? go to entry	by poligence		Sep 05, 2006 14:50
question What is the energy balance of renewable energy? Does it produce more energy than its production consumes? go to entry	by Energy		Aug 30, 2006 15:14
question Will it now take a global government to solve what were once considered national or regional issues yet now affect us all? go to entry	by Michelle Twohig		Aug 30, 2006 15:14
question Is there something better then democracy? go to entry	by Alex Lindt		Sep 05, 2006 14:50
question When might it become necessary to break the law? go to entry	by Matthew Kelley		Sep 05, 2006 14:50
question Why is there no peace in Middle East yet? go to entry	by Moise Marabout		Aug 30, 2006 15:14
question How can the Internet as a global informational tool that criss-crosses entire continents, serve to enhance our own communities? go to entry	by mSTELMACKER		Sep 05, 2006 14:50
question Can a person be perceptive enough to see our planet in a way that tells them that they too are part of nature? go to entry	by abcq		Aug 30, 2006 15:14
question What does courage mean now? go to entry	by Sarah Francis		Sep 05, 2006 14:50
question Is there value in resisting a new technology (genetically modified foods, for instance), which, while potentially harmful in the short term, could save millions of lives in the future? go to entry	by emahleb		Aug 30, 2006 15:14
question Where does the line between personal freedom and social responsibility towards the common good fall? Who gets to decide? go to entry	by Saphyre Rogers		Aug 30, 2006 15:14
question How does consumer culture actually influence the personalities, the ways people live, the way they think within a given culture? How does it become part of us and what does it mean to be able to resist that visual and verbal culture that seems to me is always reducing and simplifying reality into something that can be easily bought and sold? go to entry	by abcq		Aug 30, 2006 15:14
question If you had one piece of knowledge to give to the world, what would it be? go to entry	by Gretchen Scheidler		Sep 05, 2006 14:50
question How come we are so many people but still feel alone? go to entry	by Nadja Holtz Calderón		Sep 05, 2006 14:50
question How can we protect cities from sameness? How can we retain the identity of different cities? go to entry	by Sara Baig		Aug 30, 2006 15:14
question How can two answers to a single question be right, but still contradict each other? go to entry	by Matthias Hohlbach		Sep 05, 2006 14:50
question What if all Chinese people want a car? go to entry	by Andrew from DE		Aug 30, 2006 15:14
question What's after capitalism? go to entry	by Wera Koseleck		Sep 06, 2006 15:14
question Why do I as a black American continue to love and defend a country that treats me like an unwanted child? go to entry	by Jason Robinson		Sep 05, 2006 14:50
question what is the purpose of public international law if there are no effective enforcement mechanisms to apply it? go to entry	by Maria Kyriacou		Sep 05, 2006 14:50
question What is the future of the city? go to entry	by nick_from_brisbane		Sep 05, 2006 14:50
question What are the basic dignities that each human being deserves and why do we let so many people go without them? go to entry	by clairemack		Aug 30, 2006 15:14
question How much of our liberty we are going to offer for our supposed security? go to entry	by Florian Großer		Aug 30, 2006 15:14
question How objective is science? go to entry	by Janina Sprenger		Aug 30, 2006 15:14
question What steps can be immediately taken to prepare all world societies for the pending "Long Emergency" associated with the convergence of peak oil, distruction of biodiversity, climate change, poverty, and global disease? go to entry	by Mike Walters		Aug 30, 2006 15:14
question Why is it socially acceptable to hoard wealth while so many go without basic needs? go to entry	by K2toU		Sep 05, 2006 14:50
question Is corporate social responsibility possible? go to entry	by Adam Furnarie		Sep 06, 2006 15:16
question Why is the food we eat of such a bad quality? go to entry	by Sascha Hellmick		Aug 30, 2006 15:14
question Television is a very powerful communication tool. Why do we use it to spread such unimportant information? go to entry	by MichaelGR		Aug 30, 2006 15:14
question Do you think, that now we have the internet in our homes, that we are being intimidated and controlled more than ever? go to entry	by chrissy		Aug 03, 2006 15:50
question Why is it that when the powerful use force it is called "self-defense" and when the weak use force it is called "terrorism"? go to entry	by Haya El Azzah		Aug 30, 2006 15:14
question Is the current economic system inherently corrupt? If so, how do we go about dismantling it? go to entry	by Glen		Sep 06, 2006 15:11
question What does the future you want look like? go to entry	by walook		Sep 05, 2006 14:50
question Do we have the right to consider human beings as more valuable than other life forms? go to entry	by easygisi01		Sep 06, 2006 15:20
question If Darwin's theory is right about life beginning in Africa, then why are African states less developed than Western states? go to entry	by abcq		Aug 30, 2006 15:14
question How will the world compensate for the growing energy needs and resource consumption of developing nations like China and India when nations like the United States consume resources disproportionate to their populations? go to entry	by nathandh		Sep 05, 2006 14:50
question Why is it easier to get a cold can of Coca Cola than a fresh glass of water? go to entry	by Dagmar Seidel		Sep 05, 2006 14:50
question Why does it seem that life gets more and more stressful with each thing we invent to save time? go to entry	by Desiree		Sep 05, 2006 14:50
question What is your tree? What is it in your life that calls you to be bigger than what you think is possible? go to entry	by abcq		Aug 30, 2006 15:14
question How can we reconcile respect for universal human rights when these rights conflict with traditional cultural and/or religious values? go to entry	by Frank Davis		Sep 06, 2006 15:18
question What can I do, and tell others to do, to stop global warming? go to entry	by Nancy Clemons		Aug 30, 2006 15:14
question Why is an Iranian Nuclear bomb supposed to be more dangerous than an American, Israeli or French? go to entry	by Wolfgang Jost		Sep 06, 2006 15:26
question What can we learn from Africa? go to entry	by santini297		Sep 05, 2006 14:50
question Why don't we dump all patent laws all around the world and stop restraining creativity and innovation? go to entry	by esavard		Aug 30, 2006 15:14
question What is freedom? Is it relative to where you are in the world? go to entry	by apwong		Aug 30, 2006 15:14
question Who are your heroes? go to entry	by gasycom		Sep 05, 2006 14:50
question The trend in war in the last 100 years has seen a dramatic increase in civilian death... why is this tolerated? go to entry	by Angela		Aug 30, 2006 15:14
question What is the modern version of colonialization? go to entry	by Adrienn Meszaros		Sep 05, 2006 14:50
question Does economic globalization promote democracy or consolidate dictatorship? go to entry	by David Dubois		Sep 06, 2006 15:06
question How would the world be today if the Africans were never brought over to the Americas to be enslaved? go to entry	by Shoshana Friedman		Sep 05, 2006 14:50
question How can we stop gang violence in the inner cities and motivate young people to place importance on education instead of killing each other? go to entry	by ruby92052		Aug 30, 2006 15:14
question What?s the most important subject in the arts that needs to be talked about and why? go to entry	by Layna Francisco		Aug 30, 2006 15:14
question Who is profiting from terrorism? go to entry	by Barcelona Forum 2004		Sep 05, 2006 14:50
question How can the decent people of the world help each other while the actions of their leadership are self-serving and internationally divisive? go to entry	by Bo Chamberlain		Sep 05, 2006 14:50
question How can architecture better serve the social, econmic, political and environmental concerns of our present and future? go to entry	by Kenneth Hinchcliffe		Aug 30, 2006 15:14
question What moves you? go to entry	by nyork		Aug 30, 2006 15:14
question Is there an ecological limit to economic growth ? go to entry	by David Letellier		Aug 30, 2006 15:14
question Can we still be indigenous in the twenty-first century? go to entry	by farem		Sep 05, 2006 14:50
question Look at domesticated animals - pets - and how their inability to fend for themselves has rendered them largely obese, lazy, dependent, and less curious. In this sense: Are humans becoming domesticated by technology? go to entry	by Ian Manheimer		Aug 30, 2006 15:14
question How can people in the developed world enjoy cheap products and also criticize China for its rapid industrialization? go to entry	by Qin Chuan		Sep 05, 2006 14:50
question How could the technology boom of the past fifty years have been more useful to humankind if it wasn't driven by military or market forces? go to entry	by Hilly		Sep 05, 2006 14:50
question I would like to know if there?s a way when change is happening that it can happen gracefully and doesn?t have to take innocent victims with it? Is there a way for America to lose its standing as the most powerful nation on this planet without that disrupting the entire planet? Can power ever relinquish power? go to entry	by abcq		Aug 30, 2006 15:14
question Does our wealth depend on the 3rd world being poor? go to entry	by Tom Henze		Sep 05, 2006 14:50
question If any these questions are answered, how do we get the world to listen? go to entry	by Benjamin McQuillan		Sep 05, 2006 14:50
question Will it someday be possible to directly connect human brains to machines (like computers) ? If Yes, when and how ? go to entry	by Nicolas Flagey		Aug 30, 2006 15:14
question What would be the best use for the trillion dollars a year spent by the United States and other countries on their military budgets? go to entry	by Howard Zinn		Aug 30, 2006 15:14
question Should we have the right to choose where we live? go to entry	by purdylagoon		Sep 05, 2006 14:50
question why are women still in a disadvantage? go to entry	by Ramazon Keskin		Aug 30, 2006 15:14
question Is egoism the reason for human failure? go to entry	by Alain Appel		Sep 06, 2006 15:15
question Who's responsibility is it to manage the world's natural resources? go to entry	by Barbara Mark, Ph.D.		Sep 05, 2006 14:50
question In your opinion what should a young adult be reading, seeing or experiencing to spark a strong desire and knowledge to become a world-changer? go to entry	by publicrelate		Sep 05, 2006 14:50
question What is God`s religion? go to entry	by Miraj Khaled		Sep 05, 2006 14:50
question Why are we taking the incalculable risk of allowing genetically engineered food crops into the environment without fully understanding the effects and implications? go to entry	by Noah Brotman		Aug 30, 2006 15:14
question What are the three most important values a child should be taught? go to entry	by Elena75		Aug 30, 2006 15:14
question What are the myths that we need to create to change the world for the better? go to entry	by Keith Dierkx		Aug 30, 2006 15:14
question Which kind of genetic engineering should be allowed to correct defects and imperfections of genes? go to entry	by Kurt Weidemann		Sep 05, 2006 14:50
question Does our education system really enable a child to bloom? go to entry	by Sr.Jacintha Fernandes		Sep 06, 2006 15:16
question What is today's most important unreported story? go to entry	by aytod		Sep 05, 2006 14:50
question How can we create a balance between the preservation of local cultures and the development of a global community? go to entry	by Johanna Allen		Sep 05, 2006 14:50
question How should an economic system be devised that isn't in conflict with human, animal or planet rights? go to entry	by Jens Vosch		Aug 30, 2006 15:14
question How can everyone have sufficient clean water without conflict? go to entry	by Millennium Project		Aug 30, 2006 15:14
question AIDS in Africa: how big is our responsibility? go to entry	by Judith from Munich		Sep 06, 2006 15:15
question Why do we still believe more in nationality than in humanity? go to entry	by KatharinaD		Aug 30, 2006 15:14
question If somehow we could snap our fingers and there would no longer be any drugs in this world, would there be no more suffering? Or is it possible that addiction is not really about drugs, that addiction is really about the relationships that human beings form with one another? go to entry	by Ethan Nadelmann		Aug 30, 2006 15:14
question Why do we consider some lives to be worth more than others ? go to entry	by MsDemmie		Aug 30, 2006 15:14
question How can human society be in balance and harmony when there are so few women in positions of power and feminine values are so minimized in all areas? go to entry	by David Woolfson		Aug 30, 2006 15:14
question Do you know the connection between politics and violence? go to entry	by Yang Shaobin		Sep 05, 2006 14:50
question Is the ubiquitousness of mass media more of an opportunity or a problem? go to entry	by Jerry Mander		Aug 30, 2006 15:14
question How do we stop our governments from going to war? go to entry	by turboelf		Aug 30, 2006 15:14
question What concrete steps can we take to make sure that everyone has a decent education and that people, wherever they are born, have greater opportunity to contribute to the world? go to entry	by Bill Joy		Aug 30, 2006 15:14
question Between non-violent resistance and armed struggle where do we go? What is effective? What is the right thing to do? Or do we need a biodiversity of resistance? go to entry	by Arundhati Roy		Aug 30, 2006 15:14
question How can we create communities that are sustainable so that we stop using up resources at a rate far faster than they can be replaced? go to entry	by Cat Matlock		Aug 30, 2006 15:14
question Are brands more powerful than governments? go to entry	by Barcelona Forum 2004		Sep 05, 2006 14:50
question At a time when the concepts of 'self-defense' and 'humanitarian intervention' are being redefined, how are we to tell the difference between 'holy war' and 'just war'? go to entry	by Sandra Schaede		Aug 30, 2006 15:14
question We are in the knowledge age. How can the increase in access to technology (Internet and computer) among low- income communities help to promote social and economic development? go to entry	by abcq		Aug 30, 2006 15:14
question If we produce enough food to feed everyone in the world, why don't we? go to entry	by aquariusamy		Sep 05, 2006 14:50