Posts by Yizuman

What I found offensive was a link that leads to an article calling the bombing of Hiroshima a terrorist attack. Of course, this isn't the first time it was called that. Pre-9/11, the Smithonian Institute once placed a plaque calling the bombing of Hiroshima a terrible attack amd called the Japanese people "victims". This offended the war veterans who demanded that it be taken down and it was done.

My father served the U.S. Marines, 1st Division, 16th Battalian from 1943 to 1945. He fought against the Japanese and was wounded just right before the end of the war.

When Pearl Harbor was attacked, it was attacked because the United States and other countries disagreed with the Empire of Japan invading China. The US then called for a blockade of oil shipment to Japan. Delivery of oil was stopped altogether. This made the Empire of Japan angry. They tried to reason with the US and other countries joining us in protest against Japan's war against China and we did not listen. Our demand for Japan to pull out their forces from China remained intact.

This left Japan with a decision to attack the US, specifically Pearl Harbor. This attack was wrong and we retailiated against them.

Japan had a goal for a 1000 year war because they then loved war and they believed war would bring glory and honor to the Empire of Japan.

Because of that attitude, we knew that we had to shake up Japan. The war would have continued on for many many years if we had continued with conventional war. So we needed something BIG and it had to be something that we hoped would end the war very quickly. The US and our Allies had no intention of participating in the 1000 year war and moreso, we had no intention of continuing on the bloodshed of our brothers who stood for freedom and peace.

Hence, the Atom bomb was built and we dropped it. Of course, the first one didn't change their minds, so we dropped another one, at Nagasaki. They finally surrendered. If we hadn't done what we did, hundreds of thousands more of our US forces and our Allies would have died as a result of the conventional war.

Now today, they called us terrorist because we dropped 2 atomic bombs that killed over 300,000 Japanese people. They forgot about what they did to us in December 7th, 1941. How very sad.

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Ozzie's Weekend Poll #31

by ozziepost in

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'tis the season to be jolly!

how's this last weekend before xmas going?

if you're like most people, you've not had a moment to stop and think!

Yizuman

Definantly number 10 Mr. Ozzie...

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I need advise please

by WildHorses in

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i once posted about my son, and his being given a ticket for public intoxication.

well, he came home a while ago drunk.

i flew off the handle and we had a few words.

Yizuman

Have you ever considered taking him to the morgue?

Call your local morgue and ask someone to notify you for any cases they have that is related to alcoholism, such as death from DUI, chronic liver damage from drinking, etc. and then ask them to call you so you can then grab your son and take them there to pay the morgue a visit.

This may help scare him straight.

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Cochlear Implants Bacterial Meningitis

by Yizuman in

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for all those who may have a hard of hearing or deaf children or those the readers who are hoh or deaf that is considering a cochlear implant may want to consider the problem that may associate to the side effects and health problems as a result of the implants.. .

Yizuman

Lady Lee - oooo I'm going to put my foot in it

***Steps out of the way to avoid being stumped on***

Firstly I think deaf culture is great BUT it is based on a disability.. To say that nothing should be done to prevent or fix a disability is absurd. Finding the source of the infecions in CI would be important because I agree one death is too much.

Maybe it is considered a disability. But I don't see it as a problem. It's the hearing people that has a problem, so it hinders us from striving to be the best and be just as good as any hearing people, except hear.

They may find a way to fix a disability, but I don't believe they can fix the entire deaf peopulation as some cannot be fixed at all medically.

Yes I would have to agree they do need to find the source of the infections first. I think the CI program should be suspended pending further research. One death is too many indeed and to continue this program while researching the cause of the problem could bring about more deaths would be the dumbest idea.

An an interpreter I know too well the problems of the deaf who must interact with the hearing world - doctors lawyers, education (sometimes having to send their child into a residential school miles away), work. It isn't easy.

No one said being deaf would be easy. In fact, life itself is not easy regardless if I am deaf or not.

Yes sign within the deaf community is wonderful and all the technology is great. But to say that if the deaf all recieved CI then deaf culture would die out is not quite right either. Some people cannot have the implant. Forcing sugery on someone would be wrong too.

I am glad you agree and see the dilemma in this issue.

So where is the balanced view?

Good question.

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Cochlear Implants Bacterial Meningitis

by Yizuman in

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for all those who may have a hard of hearing or deaf children or those the readers who are hoh or deaf that is considering a cochlear implant may want to consider the problem that may associate to the side effects and health problems as a result of the implants.. .

Yizuman

But the species as a WHOLE has hearing - individual defects aside. Why do you suppose that is?

Oh? Since when a dog is a defect? The dog can do anything except hear.

Okay, and if she had the choice at birth to have been able to see and hear her whole life instead of being blind and deaf, don't you think she would?

I asked her about that. She has had no complaints. She's very acceptable of her deafness and blindness. She asked me why people can't accept people for who they are regardless of their disability. She really doesn't view her disability really a disability. She said if it were, she wouldn't have a wonderful life like she has now. She's happy and doesn't understand why people think she isn't.

And, in fact, that isn't even a fair question because she has no point of reference. She doesn't realize what she is missing, so she may well still choose the known quantity.

Oh she's aware of it. She knows she's missing what she can't see. But the fact of the matter is, it doesn't bother her at all. She can "see" some things that is considered wonderful and beautiful. She sees the beauty of people who treat her as a human being. She sees the ugly of people who pity her and it ticks her off.

Let me phrase the question differently:
You know what it is to see. You can see just fine. Great.
Now, assume you couldn't. You were born blind. You've never seen a sunset or sunrise or beautiful woman. Never seen the majestic mountains, rolling clouds, the first snowfall in winter. Never seen any movie, TV show, or read - really READ - a book. Computers are next to useless to you. You DO know what you'd be missing if you couldn't see.
Now, what if you couldn't see because the treatment to enable you to see was denied you at birth? They COULD have treated your blindness, but someone didn't want to because it would diminish the 'blind community'.
What would you say to them? Knowing all you would have lost in this example?
How can you inflict a similar decision on somone else?

Let me answer this question with a question if I may....if you lost both your hearing and sight TODAY. Does that mean your life is over? Even when the damage is too exensive to be repaired?

Now, to answer the question, if I became blind today, my life is not over. I will learn to overcome my new disability and live a normal life as the best I can.

And, you know what's amazing?
Absolutely everything you listed after that quote - HEARING PEOPLE CAN DO TOO. Only BETTER.
Why is inferiority something to be cherised WHEN IT CAN BE FIXED?

Hitler considered any form of disability to be inferior and he killed a good number of them in Germany. He even steralized them as well. Do you think what he did was a good idea?

Hitler saw black people to be inferior. He saw homosexuals to be inferior. He saw Jews to be inferior. And he killed alot of them. 6 million Jews plus 4 million non-Jews for various reasons as stated above.

Why the notion that we need to be fixed? Are we not part of nature? Why fix nature when we are part of it? Nature has variety, why oppose a few of them and say it needs to be fixed?

Let me assure you - the ability to hear perfectly is just as wonderful. If you don't think you need it - fine. If you want to appreciate the 'culture', as you call it, that has arisen from people trying to cope with a disability, fine.

We aren't trying to cope with it, we are coping with it. It's the hearing people that can't cope with us. I know that first hand.

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The Atheist

by target in

one beautiful morning an atheist was walking through the forest, admiring natures surroundings... .

he looked up and saw the trees swaying in the wind high above him and smiled... .

he saw the river glisten in the sun twinkle like a new born star and it made him warm inside... .

Yizuman

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5 G.B members accused..............

by ScoobySnax in

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oh now come on..........this forum is seriously losing credibilty..............are you seriously accusing 5 members on the governing body of child abuse?.....ok, many of you had bad experiences with the jw faith and i don't mean to be-little that, but how far will some of you go?

sometimes i wonder if your motives are quite right, you know this echos much of what i felt about how some jumped on the franz/bowen bandwagon in the last few days, from what i read bill bowen seemed to be adulated here, then bam!

he stepped onto ray franz ' turf.....and all hell broke loose.

Yizuman

After learning some d00d speak on the forums from some elite nerds, here's what I have to say to ScoobySnax,

Bad Scooby! No scooby snack 4 joo!!

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David Duke: Will he survive?

by Kenneson in

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an interesting story on david duke appeared in yesterday's paper.. "david duke, the former kkk leader and politicians who spent the past three years preaching 'white survival,' pleaded guilty wednesday to bilking his supporters and cheating on his taxes.

duke, 52, could get up to 15 months in prison and $10,000 in fines under a plea bargain reached with federal prosecutors.

he is free on bail until his sentencing march 19. the plea to felony charges also disqualifies duke from running for public office again.".

Yizuman

No, he'll get ambushed by African American JWs jumping out of the bush waving Watchtower magazines in his face and he will die instantly by running into a telephone pole behind him.

Like I wish....