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Yes, I have been extensively studying the decolonisation processes of many countries this year.  I had an exam three hours ago on it.  I have to say that you really do not understand the situations at all, expecially if you think that the British were somehow so much worse than the French (Algeria anyone?) or the Belgians (leaving 30 graduates to fill 3,000 administrative positions - nice one!).  I'm not going to continue this conversation, because the whole process of decolonisation and the interaction between the independence movements and the colonising powers is so much more complicated than "rebel teenager and his parents" and for you to insist that upping sticks and just leaving somehow rids the ex-imperial powers of all responsibility for their current situation, you are very misguided.

FYI, this is the bit where you have it all wrong:

To put it in a simply (and excessive simplist) example: You are in your parents home, and if they treat you reasonbly well.

Nacho, if you knew a bit of history (like you insist you do) then you might also be aware that the total lack of political or economic infrastructure that occurs when decolonisation consists of upping sticks and running away (the Congo is probably the best/worst example of this) also completely destroys these third world countries.  No wonder they have military governments in power - they are the only viable institutions left! 

Additionally, you seem to be insisting that every decolonised country is somehow "communist"?  Military dictatorships, mostly, I believe.  Not communist.

Colonialism severely damaged many of these countries, keeping their economic development at a level where it was entirely based on exports (to feed the manufacturing economies of the first world countries), basically enslaving their economies to a point where all they can do is produce raw materials for export to the detriment of growing food for their own people (Angola, Mozambique).  I think arguing that "well we left and then they fucked it up!" is very ignorant. We, the citizens of the ex-colonial powers must recognise the problems that were set in motion due to the pasts of our own countries and do what we can best to help them.

You're asking it to invent information that isn't there.  That's not going to work.

You can be honest and still be selfish and ignorant, they're not mutually exclusive.

Yeah, and I bet a thousand years ago they thought they were so advanced when they discovered how to vaccinate against smallpox.

That was only in 1796, only 212 years ago.

Also, this thread is hilarious, as if a unified world government would ever exist, hahaha.

Actually, they were just examples of female leaders in countries with substantial Muslim populations.  Whether you agree with what they did once they were in power or not, many of them successfully engaged with populist politics to get elected, so the idea that Hilary Clinton is a bad candidate for the US elections by virtue of her being a woman and therefore Muslims will not listen is a bit...hamfisted...and just covers up the posters own sexism.

How do muslims think about women?

Muslims are not just found in the Middle East.  They are more than capable of listening to and electing female leaders.  Please look up the following women, who were in positions of political power in Muslim dominated or heavily Muslim countries:

Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Indira Gandhi
Sheikh Hasina Wajed
Begum Khaleda Zia
Aung San Suu Kyi
Sonia Gandhi
Wan Azizah Wan Ismail
Benazir Bhutto
Megawati Sukarnoputri
Chandrika Kumaratunga

However you may personally feel about their politics - women cannot be excluded from politics because "mushlimz won't listen lol" when that is blatantly false.

It's interesting, but interesting in the same way that a tooth extraction is.  It's going to be long, painful and messy, and cost the earth.

For those who missed the point of my post: both homosexuals and heterosexuals love to talk about sex!  Hooray!  It sure is fun!  As I am a heterosexual female I will talk about heterosexual males because I most commonly come into contact with heterosexual males who like to talk about sex all the time.  I do not hate men, nor do I hate heterosexuals.

So we're all agreed that everyone loves sex and because some of the people that like sex might be homosexuals it's not a reason to politically stigmatise and deny them the rights of marriage and adoption?  Good.  Let's move on.

In my experience, all women do is talk about sex and who's a virgin and who just popped who's cherry.

You need to meet some women who are not teenage girls.

Duh MrColossal it's totally a-okay to insult disabled people!

It's just a pointless criticism that TEH GAYZ are always talking about sex when EVERYONE straight or not does it.  I have no problem with people doing whatever in public (well there are limits...) but complaining that in a gay bar that someone might describe a desired sexual activity BECAUSE THEY ARE EVIL AND GAY AND TALK ABOUT SEX is such a pathetic excuse.  Obviously people who talk about sex can't look after kids.  Because kids are immaculately concieved and no naughty-naughty-rumpy-pumpy ever took place.  Ever.

You know, I hate heterosexuals.  All the time they just talk about wanking and chicks and how much they are or are not getting laid.  And they go around rubbing their personal lives in our faces with their kissing in public and their holding hands and ugh I can't go into a straight bar without some heterosexual telling me how much he'd like me to suck him off.  Sodding straights and their always going on about sex.

Jurassic Park is mostly animatronics, btw

But if one questions my sexuality, I will get insulted.

I'm still not getting how someone enquiring what someone else's sexuality is is insulting.

And If I've seen someone asked somebody else if he's gay and he would be upset and angry about it, I would think that it is more likely that he is truly gay than if his reaction was normal and mature.

I'd tend to think he was an immature homophobic twat.

If someone I knew (or even worse, didn't know) sincerely asked me if I was gay, I'd probably flip out too.

That in itself is pretty fucked up.  What is so wrong with someone enquiring about your sexuality that the thought that you could be anything other than straight straight straight! is enraging? 

From personal experience:

This:

there was a science teacher that was sexually harassing girls in his classes

Is infinitely more common than this:

students would indeed lie and claim they've been sexually harassed by a teacher just to get back at him/her for giving them a bad mark or something along those lines

My secondary school was an all girls school, and there were a number of male teachers that harassed the students - one memorable occasion is when my English teacher was calling someone in our class "Sexy Legs" instead of her name when he called the register.  He did eventually leave the school.

But Pablo, the internets is SERIOUS BUSINESS for some people.

You may not choose to have an irrational fear, but you can choose to control how much you let it affect your behaviour. 

How about just talking to people and getting to know them instead of cheesy one liners?