Israel and Palestine

偏見 . 改變

Curling camp 中一位來自 Slovenia 的女士主動過來跟我們打招呼。她談到一些人不肯接受改變，不肯接受異己，經常投訴麻怨攪亂。她表示這班人可以相信他們的主意，過他們的生活；但不要迫其他人跟他們一樣，排除新事物。

現在科技發展得很快，令一些人很不安。他們還是活在以自然非人為為好的法則時代，越走越極端。連疫苗，西醫藥，科學都不相信。不去認識新事物，不去了解問題，只抱著偏見，糊亂推翻任何不經典的事。最後，連別人耐心解釋都不相信了！

Two More Mysterious Siberian Craters Discovered

July 30, 2014 | by Lisa Winter

A couple weeks ago, scientists were made aware of a massive crater in the permafrost of Yamal, Siberia. They're currently analyzing the crater to understand the origins of the 30-meter-wide hole, but no definitive cause has been identified. Curiouser and curiouser, two new smaller craters have been discovered that seem to have arisen under similarly mysterious conditions. The Siberian Times reports that one of the craters is also located in Yamal and the other is to the east in the Taymyr Peninsula.

The second Yamal crater is about 15 meters wide and has a small icy lake at the bottom. Unlike the original crater, there were witnesses when this was formed on September 27, 2013, although there is some discrepancy about what happened. Some local residents claim the ground began smoking and then a huge flash of light appeared, while others believe it was caused by a meteorite.

The Taymyr crater was accidentally discovered by herders who nearly fell into it, and there are no eyewitness accounts of how it came to be. It is shaped like a slender cone, with the opening at 4 meters in diameter and reaching depths of 60-100 meters. Scientists aren’t sure what would cause this perfect cone shape, as it doesn’t overtly appear to be manmade or naturally occurring.

The original crater set the internet on fire with possible explanations of its origins, including weapons testing, meteorites, and even alien activity. One leading hypothesis involves an explosion of gas that had been trapped underground in the permafrost, especially given its proximity to the largest natural gas reserve in Siberia. The thawing ground would have warmed the methane, increasing pressure until it popped like a cork.

As this area has been particularly affected by climate change and is warmer than it has been in 120,000 years. The rampant thawing may have caused a large pingo, in which frozen ground begins to push up to the surface. As the ground thawed, the pingo could have collapsed, forming the deep hole with water at the bottom. While some preliminary analysis has been completed, scientists won’t speculate on a cause until more study has been completed. Unfortunately, the Arctic is so remote that large portions of it have not been well studied.

If climate change really is the driving force behind these mysterious craters, they could very well happen more frequently. Researchers might be able to predict if/when another crater explosion is likely to appear if they are able to determine a definitive cause. This could be important in protecting people and property in the area.

http://www.iflscience.com/environment/two-more-mysterious-siberian-craters-discovered

點解佢硬係要嚮嗰到爆窿？

西伯利亞嘅永久冰土上出現咗個30米闊嘅大大大孤窿！何來？暫時不明。然後又再搵多兩個細啲一樣樣嘅。

第二個細嘅於此2013年9月27日形成。當時有當地人話見到有煙，然後一度強光。有其他人話係隕石做成。

第三個形狀似完美嘅倒轉雪糕銅，4米闊60-100米深。由遊牧人發現，差啲跌咗落去。冇人目擊點形成嘅。唔知係人為定天然嘅。

猜測有好多！排第一嘅假設係被困嘅氣體爆炸，尤其咁接近西伯利亞自然氣儲存地。沼气嚮地底被暖和因為上面溶雪，爭加壓力至最後好似水松蓋咁爆出！

嗰到比起十二萬年前暖咗好多，地向上推，已經形成咗小丘。當地面繼續溶雪，小丘開始倒塌。造成一個有水嘅好深嘅大孤窿！雖然初步分析已有，但未作更多研究之前科學家唔會就原因作出推測。可惜一大大遍北極地帶仍未被研究。

若呢啲大孤窿真係地球暖化而造成，將會陸續有嚟！若能確定原因，研究人員就有可能預測到下一次嘅發生，減輕對當地人及財產嘅損傷。

真正的朋友

小時候父母會教導孩子要對別人好。為甚麼？因為別人就會對自己好。
騙人的！
事實是，你對別人好，別人不一定對你好。但你對別人不好，那別人就一定會對你不好！
第一次遇到對別人好，而別人未有對自己期望的好，甚至對自己不好時，那種被背叛的感覺不好受吧！
所以，長大了點，對好的要求有量度時，父母要開始教導孩子升級：施恩莫望報。這就是真正的朋友！

神化了人 . 人化了神

基督教顯示人類的自大程度 -- 人係照住神而做 -- 把神人性化或把人神性化！創造者創造了萬物也好定律也好，之後何解它那麼緊張人是否向善？那麼介意人崇拜不崇拜它？如果神真的超凡 (divine)，它不應該有更重要的任務嗎？何解跟人類玩人的低俗遊戲？一切不過圍著人作中心，把人的心思投射一個個體稱為神，將人於這個神話之中無限放大。萬物恍惚掌管在人手裡。神跟人說，所有生物都是為人而生。不是人就沒有方舟，所有生物都會被浸死！但人的力量不竟有限，致少就掌管不了死亡。對此非常恐懼。基督教那種父子關係正正填補了被眷顧的需要。神只不過那個人未掌管得了的部份，得敬而遠之。漸漸整個教義變得迷信。怕智能，怕醫學科技，怕改變，怕異類 ...... 怎麼辦？要收起自大，還是齊來禱告？我就想不到怎麼把地球暖化或同性戀禱告掉！我也沒有興趣跟那些用聖經蓋著眼睛的人說道理

可怕的性事

小朋友「隻狗狗係咪你㗎？係咩狗嚟㗎？」
我『係呀！呢種狗叫哥基。佢叫包包，女仔嚟㗎！』
小朋友「我屋企有4隻狗。」
我『嘩！咁多隻。係咩狗嚟㗎？』
小朋友「全部都係比熊狗。因為daddy媽咪生咗5隻bb，賣咗3隻。淨番兩隻bb。加理daddy媽咪，就係4隻。」
陪著佢有位姨姨，不停在傍糾正 "daddy媽咪" 呢個 terms。必須指明並非人。
我『咁依家狗狗有冇絶育呀？』
小朋友「有呀！daddy媽咪做咗。bb等佢大個啲先。」
我『絶育早啲做會好啲。』
小朋友「點解呀？」
我『因為細個做，好快就忘記咗痛。第二，細個做，好番會快啲。第三，從來冇經歷過性事就唔會生想bb ......』
姨姨一聽到呢到就話要番去，唔好阻住姐姐(我)。
小朋友「咩係性事？」
我『性事就係想生bb囉！』
小朋友認真想咁樣，微微點頭。姨姨就開始趕羊咁。
我『而且絕育可預防老年患癌。所以絕育好緊要㗎！』