Can babies just be snatched from their teen mothers and given up for adoption without maternal consent?
As has been pointed out, the setting of that show is London in the 1950's. Many things have changed since then.Also, the show is originally shown on BBC, then sent to other countries (such as PBS in the United States). Laws on adoption vary from country to country.Lastly (regarding the show), it is still nothing more than a TV show. It is presented as a drama, not a documentary. There may be great efforts to keep the show historically accurate but too accurate is "boring." So be wary of putting too much trust in anything that is intended, to a greater or lesser degree, as entertainment.As far as the real world, it is possible that scenes similar to the one you describe did take place. It may not have been legal and it certainly was not just, but there are many stories out there with that common thread.I have been in contact with several adoption searchers through different forums and they all have stories about young mothers being tricked, pressured or coerced into giving up their child.Thanks for the A2A, Jade.
What is the easiest truth that you had to accept?
When I was born I was so ugly the doctor slapped my mother. When he placed me on my mom's chest for that bonding moment, she asked if there was an exchange policy. As a child I knew I was ugly when I walked my dog, he would wear a bag over his head. I knew I was ugly when my mom tied a pork chop around my neck so the dog would play with me, and the dog said he was vegan. Then as I got older, I would go into the bathroom to shave, brush my teeth, when I looked in the mirror my reflection went aaaaaaaa, don't sneak up on me like that. I'm so ugly as an adult, my shadow refuses to be seen with me. Due to being ugly the closest thing I have had to being a date, is going to the airport and getting patted down by TSA agents. So the easiest thing that I accepted in life is, well it should be obvious. Hope you have fun with these answers.
What are some movies where the main character is an audiophile or a music fanatic, where the plot centers around his/her musical taste?
As Good As It Gets, in which the Jack Nicholson character, a wealthy OCD writer and misanthrope named Melvin Udall, falls for a single mother (played by Helen Hunt). Udall insists on music from CDs he burns himself. Each song has to be played at just the right moment in the right setting. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119...Ghost World, in which the Steve Buscemi character Seymour sells the high school senior protagonists Enid and Rebecca a classic delta blues record with a Skip James song "Devil Got My Woman" on it. He plays the song for the girls, and one of them gets preoccupied with the eerie quality of Skip James' voice. Turns out Seymour is a prewar-era blues aficionado and record collector. See http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0162...Songcatcher, in which the Janet McTeer character, a musicologist named Lily Penleric, finds long lost folk songs still being passed down by families in the Appalachians.See http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0210...By the way, Martin Scorsese and Clint Eastwood are both music enthusiasts, and both collaborated on a PBS blues documentary well worth watching. See http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0287.... Scorsese's also done a Bob Dylan bio/documentary. But the most inspiring music bio/documentary I've seen is a PBS American Masters episode about Atlantic Records co-founder Ahmet Ertegun. See http://www.pbs.org/wnet/american...I'm not aware of feature-length, fictional movies that feature an audiophile character. As I recall, the John Cusack character in High Fidelity had a record obsession, not a gear obsession. Here's a short student documentary on equipment-obsessed audiophiles that explains the distinction: http://www.cratekings.com/audiop...
Is the news on TV a reliable source of truthful unbiased information?
Why sure.Would Chuck Toad or Chris Matthews lie to us? Obama good,global warming real,islams peaceful.Duh!!!!!!!
Can you tell the difference between an Indian and Black person?
Anyone who cannot tell the difference between someone who is Black or 'Indian' (Desi Asian) must be blind or extremely sheltered. For starters, Indians and other Desi Asians have very particular skull structure and facial features. They are caucasoids, meaning that their skull structure is the SAME as White peoples. They tend to have more pronounced brow bones and nasal bridges. On the other hand, Black people (negr0id skull structure) have flatter nasal bridges and wider set nostrils. They also are more often than not darker in skin tone than Indians. They look totally different almost 100% of the time. You get the odd Black individual who is lighter skinned and has somewhat Desi Asian features which can be confusing, but that is extremely rare.
Please suggest essential books/movies/documentriews on World War II?
Three books by antony beevor. Berlin, the downfall 1945; Stalingrad, the fateful siege; and D-Day, the battle for normandy are some of the best ever written about WW2. They're a great blend of the larger historical picture and the details of many different people's personal stories. Very readable. The recent PBS series, The War, by ken burns, is outstanding too. A great german movie about hitler's last days is Downfall (Untergang in german). Stephen Ambrose's many books are very good, and very readable. The Thin Red Line is a great WW2 movie.