just a quick reminder of the "evolved" culture we live in:.
1- we live in a time where the humanity of a child is not determined by science [chromosomes, dna] but by the feelings of the mother.. 2- gender used to be determined by the objective anatomical, psychological, and genetical differences..now based purely on your emotional self.. 3- philosophy used to be a discipline which sought for ultimate truth, arguments were deliberated, calculated, and worldviews challenged.
humanity sought to know why we believe not just what we believe.
One thing though and I'm sure you didn"t mean it this way but....women and blacks and minorities are actually people!
So when you fight for rights for these individuals you are in fact fighting for human rights. Exactly what human rights are you talking about?
just a quick reminder of the "evolved" culture we live in:.
1- we live in a time where the humanity of a child is not determined by science [chromosomes, dna] but by the feelings of the mother.. 2- gender used to be determined by the objective anatomical, psychological, and genetical differences..now based purely on your emotional self.. 3- philosophy used to be a discipline which sought for ultimate truth, arguments were deliberated, calculated, and worldviews challenged.
humanity sought to know why we believe not just what we believe.
laughable!!!!!
We live in the only country that continually bombs and invades other countries.
We live in the only wealthy country without univeral healthcare
We live in the country with the most people in prison
We live in a country that believes in rights of gun owners over the basic right to human life
We live in a country that has denied the rights of so many yet complains when people expect equality
We live in a country that spends over 50% of it's money on weapons of mass destruction
We live in the only country that has ever used atomic bombs on people {we dropped two}
We live in a country where corporations are people, with religious views and rights that even regular folks don't have
We live in a country where people regularly vote against their best intrest because of fear and ignorance
okay, some good takeaway:.
i have never been to a convention quite like this before.
a very friendly vibe all around, lots of banners and posters with sayings like "sending love to all our brothers", "see you in the paradise", "ecuador sends greetings", and "jehovahs-witness.net" (okay, i lied on that last one...).
my God none of loving brothers would pick you up?
Probably could have walked to your car in a half hour, you know! just a thought
in some ways i just have to admire wt for the amount of crap they can take and despite this can keep it from the r&f, and still keep coming up smelling of roses.
you think about all the dramas they have had and can yet still keep showing an increase - all be it in internet deprived developing countries.
but even still an over all increase is still an increase.
Hey Ocean,
I think I'm following you but can you dumb down your explanation for a possible decrease.
I don't quite understand it
the old guys sided with hobby lobby today in denying birth control coverage to its female employees based on the owners religious views.
intact- is viagra for the guys.
funny how the far right evangelical owners of hobby lobby didn't want to touch that one.... read judge ginburg's scathing counter argument and opinion.. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/13pdf/13-354_olp1.pdf.
Happy dad...
Now that's what I call... Eating your words!!!!
the old guys sided with hobby lobby today in denying birth control coverage to its female employees based on the owners religious views.
intact- is viagra for the guys.
funny how the far right evangelical owners of hobby lobby didn't want to touch that one.... read judge ginburg's scathing counter argument and opinion.. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/13pdf/13-354_olp1.pdf.
The TRUTH is that this isn't the first time religious objections by companies has come before the Supremes! In 1964 a man sued to keep blacks out of his restuarant, because god told him too. He lost 8-0! Decades later a company religiously thought only men should work outside the house. They paid women employees less money after being forced to hire some. They lost!!!!
This is another example of the rich and powerful controlling the poor and weak!!!!!!!!!!!
i don't mean you advised them and they changed their lives around, kind of saving a life.. i mean right before your eyes, right now, you had to do something to save a person or they would be dead.. how did it make you feel?
did it have any affect on you?.
forty years ago i was working on a construction site and a back-hoe had loosened a large boulder.
I did a few years ago. It was a surreal experience. I learned the man who i helped died about 18 months later.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/183814/1/I-helped-save-someones-life-today
just wondering.. do you agree/disagree with capital punishment?.
are there any circumstances that would justify it?.
or is taking any human life unacceptable, regardless of the crime?.
I also want to say, as a Court Recorder, I am in the courtroom during all types of trials-both civil and criminal. One particular trial was a murder case. The victim was a 2 year old little boyand he was beat to death by his mom's boyfriend.
That poor baby was battered to death. He had bruises on top of bruises, a lacerated liver, bruising on his lung and heart and cigarette burns all over his body and these are not all his injuries! The pictures were devastating to see. I cried when i left the courtroom that morning.
The guy who did this does not deserve to live. He is a demon, a monster. I would feel no sympathy whatsoever if he was to be executed.
And again, i don't want to have to pay my hard earned money for the upkeep of this monster in prison.
just wondering.. do you agree/disagree with capital punishment?.
are there any circumstances that would justify it?.
or is taking any human life unacceptable, regardless of the crime?.
If one of my loved ones was a victim of a violent crime and it was proven beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant was guilty, i would not blink an eye at their execution. I don't think that they deserve to live and i certainly don't want to pay for their long term stay in prison.
i was asked by a friend to design a book cover for her book of poems and finally after 3 designs found one she was happy with.
the publishers sent me a lovely response and asked if they could pass my details on to anyone who wanted cover art as i was obviously a professional.
was both surprised and delighted.
That is wonderful!! Best wishes on this new endeavor.
