@Violet – Yes, we are getting way off topic. Your initial comment was unacceptable to me and I explained why. I’m one of the people who is most passionate about not ever having concentration camps in human history again. Never ever. I’m anti-racist, I fight antisemitism, I fight extremism, I fight prejudices, and sometimes I also react to generalizations, cynicism or casual remarks capable of hurting people’s feelings, because they have the potential to increase cultural divide. Instead I’d like to promote cross-cultural understanding. A remark or question like, why is it the German way to commit acts of brutality might not get a lot of attention outside of Germany. A question like, why is it the African-American way to to commit acts of brutality certainly would. Imagine the outcry. And the same applies to sarcastic comments about countries, groups of people, whatever minorities and so forth. It really depends on the audience. The Internet is global. My point is, we don’t need these comments, but they won’t disappear if people don’t react to them. If you felt I was picking on you, I apologize. This was not my intention.
Now, because the moderator has clearly asked us to stay on topic here, I would like to mention a few natural wonders of the world.
- Columnar Basalt
– Blue Holes
– Red Tides
– Mammatus Clouds
There are some really wonderful pictures here:
http://webecoist.com/2009/01/18/nature-phenomena-wonders-natural-world/