What women hate about buying a car

Women hate buying a car. And the problem is the same as with men in general:

They act like they want a relationship. But really, they're just trying to screw you.

Ethical questions raised by Harry Potter

In the second novel, Harry Potter is faced with the task of transforming a pair of bunnies into slippers.

My question is: if he is successful, has he killed them?

This leads to additional questions:

If he does kill them, is it appropriate to use live animals in the classroom?

If he doesn't kill them, are they still alive?

Can shoes that are made of animals still be considered alive?

Are they any different than Muggle-made slippers if you can't tell them apart?

If you return the slippers to rabbit-form, and you changed Muggle slippers into rabbits too, would one set of rabbits be alive and the other set only simulating aliveness, would both sets be alive or would both sets be simulating aliveness?

If there is a difference, what gives them this difference?

If there isn't a difference, why would it be wrong to treat a pair of rabbits like slippers right now (lock them in a closet without food and water for a week)?

You can choose your friends...

MSNBC reports that Lynne Cheney, wife of Vice President Dick Cheney, revealed Tuesday that her husband and Democratic Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois — who wants to be the nation’s first black president — are eighth cousins. She said she discovered the two were related while researching her ancestry for her latest book, “Blue Skies, No Fences,” a memoir about growing up in Wyoming. “Every family has a black sheep,” Obama spokesman Bill Burton told The Associated Press.