i know a lady who says she feels demeaned if a man walks on the outside or opens a door for her or stands aside to let her pass.
i just think it's good manners.
being a gentleman has nothing to do with equality in my opinion..
If a woman challenged me for doing the gentlemanly thing for her ,she would get a mouthful from me as to what sort of person she is.
I can't help but wonder how thin that shiny veneer of gentleman-ness is if it comes of as soon as a (mere?) woman challenges the gentleman.
PS: I'm probably reading more into that sentence than the writer intended, but without knowing him I have to go by what he wrote.
let’s see what the watchtower will do now..
The Pope has made new church laws that say all abuse must be reported to the Vatican. He does not order reporting to the real authorities as that might bring trouble to Catholics in areas where they may be persecuted.
So, the CC now basically does what JW do already for a long time: report abuse internally, without reporting to the police.
JW apologists are gonna have a field day with this: "the CC finally follow the fine example of JW in handling abuse issues"
Barf.
so i just finished watching the latest cedars video on spanking children.
i like lloyd, and think that overall he does a good job covering issues in his videos.
but i've gotta disagree with him on this issue, to a point.. i don't agree with beating your children, but i do believe in spanking, when appropriate.
Spanking doesn't teach anything. Explaining and communicating does.
Spanking pushes the relationship between parent and child towards a fear based obedience. I prefer to actually communicate with my child, and for that she needs to trust me. She also shouldn't be afraid of telling me anything.
Spanking shows a child how violence to set things straight is acceptable. The same thing we tell them not to do to their peers, we'd do to them? How is overpowering a smaller person with physical force okay for punishment? To acutely protect them from harm, yes that makes sense. But after you stopped them from killing themselves, the spanking serves no educational goal.
I prefer to see my child as an autonomous individual, that deserves as much respect as I do. I try to teach empathy to both her and me. Spanking has no place in that.
FWIW this doesn't mean it's easy....but parenting isn't easy anyway.
i know many people support leniency for illegal aliens.
they feel terrible for them and often feel laws should be changed so we can welcome people who are not as fortunate as we might be.. would you allow an illegal alien to reside with you in your home, with your family?
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Btw it is hypocrisy to say 'yes I would take someone in my home' and then say no right after like they (appear to) do in the video!
i know many people support leniency for illegal aliens.
they feel terrible for them and often feel laws should be changed so we can welcome people who are not as fortunate as we might be.. would you allow an illegal alien to reside with you in your home, with your family?
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It’s all about hypocrisy! Sure we should allow illegals to live in our country but not I’m my house!
It's a silly question.
Should we allow minimus to live in our country? Most people would say yes. But quite sure most who think so wouldn't want him living in their house.
Likewise, would minimus allow his neighbors and many others (non refugees, non illegal aliens) to live in his country? Sure! But quite sure not in minimus' house...
It's silly to call hypocrisy if you would answer the same question in the same way in a slightly different but entirely similar situation.
i know many people support leniency for illegal aliens.
they feel terrible for them and often feel laws should be changed so we can welcome people who are not as fortunate as we might be.. would you allow an illegal alien to reside with you in your home, with your family?
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The same is true the other way around tho. Would you want to live in the country and situation those refugees come from?
If not, how dare we send them back?
If so, feel free to leave now ;-)
a few weeks ago the branch in the netherlands was raided by dutch police looking for evidence in csa court cases.. last week (april 25) belgian police raided the branch in belgium, after several high profile media items made it clear jw have a big problem when it comes to handling csa..
A few weeks ago the branch in the Netherlands was raided by Dutch police looking for evidence in CSA court cases.
Last week (April 25) Belgian police raided the branch in Belgium, after several high profile media items made it clear JW have a big problem when it comes to handling csa.
the new bethel is in bologna city.
rome be for sale.
the new bethel not ready until 2020.
Such great news! Thanks for sharing LaFrancia!
Too bad Jehovah didn't manage to properly foresee building cost. Even His own son knew you have to properly calculate the cost before building!
atlantis, do you have the circuit overseer's letter, where they say they scan and send your medical records through emails?
isn't that against the law?.
you would need to speak with those on the board with legal knowledge on that subject, because i am not qualified in such legal matters.
Did you all not know that once you join the Jdubs , you lose all your rights, sign off your privacy, give up all your rights !
The borg certainly acts as if that were true. Unfortunately for them decent governments disagree.
atlantis, do you have the circuit overseer's letter, where they say they scan and send your medical records through emails?
isn't that against the law?.
you would need to speak with those on the board with legal knowledge on that subject, because i am not qualified in such legal matters.
The question was "Is it illegal to email medical records" hence my answer, not if permission is granted. (in California apparently.)
That depends on jurisdiction, reason, what email, subject approval etc.
Generally it can be said that keeping electronic records and/or sharing records electronically (whether by email or otherwise) isn't illegal in and by itself. However, the way Watchtower representatives handle sensitive data such as ADD is very much illegal in many jurisdictions (at least all of Europe). Not necessarily because they share (which may be legal if the subject approved such sharing after he was fully informed) but because they don't keep the data safe, they have no policy on data retention/destruction, they have no way of knowing where the data goes or not, and Watchtower denies responsibility for data the elders keep for their Watchtower duties.
