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  Toddler accidentally shoots woman dead in Idaho Walmart

  by nicolaou in

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  a woman has been shot dead by a 2-year-old in a wal-mart store in idaho.. .

  the 29-year-old was shopping with four children in the store in hayden, when the two-year-old reached into her handbag and fired the weapon, shooting her dead.. initial reports suggested the woman was the boy's mother, but the police have said that this is as yet unclear how they are related.. source; http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/toddler-accidentally-shoots-woman-in-idaho-walmart-9950847.html.

  i've nothing to add to my past comments on americas psychotic relationship with guns.

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  "An empty soundbite argument. How many criminals are stopped by little old ladies with weapons? In fact, how many gun shooting sprees are ever stopped by an armed bystander?"

  
  

  Not nearly enough if you ask me.   If a gun owner prevents something bad from happening  you never hear about, because nothing happened!   Stopping an armed gunman is a MUCH smaller news story than a gunman going on a shooting spree.  How many crimes are prevented that we never hear about?
  

  
  

  The problem is not with law abiding peaceful gun owners.   It is with lawless violent individuals.   The flaw with passing a law to solve this problem is that you overwhelmingly limit the law abiding persons rights while doing nothing to stop the law breaking.   They are already law breakers and passing more laws won't stop them.

  
  

  Would licensing laws have done anything to prevent this sad situation in Walmart?
  

  
  

  
  
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  Toddler accidentally shoots woman dead in Idaho Walmart

  by nicolaou in

  1. social
  2. current

  a woman has been shot dead by a 2-year-old in a wal-mart store in idaho.. .

  the 29-year-old was shopping with four children in the store in hayden, when the two-year-old reached into her handbag and fired the weapon, shooting her dead.. initial reports suggested the woman was the boy's mother, but the police have said that this is as yet unclear how they are related.. source; http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/toddler-accidentally-shoots-woman-in-idaho-walmart-9950847.html.

  i've nothing to add to my past comments on americas psychotic relationship with guns.

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  "why is owing a lethal weapon considered just a right"    Have you read the constitution?

  
  

  Nothing else that I know can take a elderly Lady and make her an exact equal to the most hardened gang banger.   If you don't have a right to defend your own life, you don't have ANY rights.
  

  
  

  
  
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  Toddler accidentally shoots woman dead in Idaho Walmart

  by nicolaou in

  1. social
  2. current

  a woman has been shot dead by a 2-year-old in a wal-mart store in idaho.. .

  the 29-year-old was shopping with four children in the store in hayden, when the two-year-old reached into her handbag and fired the weapon, shooting her dead.. initial reports suggested the woman was the boy's mother, but the police have said that this is as yet unclear how they are related.. source; http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/toddler-accidentally-shoots-woman-in-idaho-walmart-9950847.html.

  i've nothing to add to my past comments on americas psychotic relationship with guns.

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  Simmon.... to use your analogy it goes both ways, nobody calls for banning cars every time there is an accident.  Nobody says we have a psychotic relationship with our cars.  That is why some of us feel a need to defend our rights.
  

  
  
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  How would you respond to this defense made on behalf of The Watchtower's Child Abuse lawsuits?

  by adjusted knowledge in

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  2. child-abuse

  details of the society's child abuse policies have been published in jehovah's witnesses' publications, although more specific guidelines are only made available to elders, or on request.

  press releases issued by the watch tower society's office of public information confirm that if a person accused of molestation repeatedly denies the charges of his victim, and there is no other witness to the incident, "the elders cannot take action within the congregation at that time", but would report to authorities if required by local laws.

  our families jehovahs witnesses and child protection.

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  As a Catholic I have to say they are taking it very serious (at least in my local area)  All volunteers must get fingerprinted. pass a background check, and be trained in spotting and preventing abuse.
  

  
  
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  Sunday Washington Post: Gay Christians choosing celibacy emerge from the shadows.

  by Balaamsass2 in

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  local.

  gay christians choosing celibacy emerge from the shadows.

  despite encountering criticism, the lgbt community is finding greater acceptance, even in religious circles.

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  Many straight people choose to live a celibate lifestyle are they also a square peg in a round hole?

  Being Catholic I gotta say I think my Church is somewhat progressive on this issue. ANY sex outside of marriage is frowned apon. So the teaching is just as hard for a hetrosexual as it is for a homosexual. Pre Marital Sex, Adultery, Homosexual Sex is all considered the same essentially. Many straight people don't live this teaching but nobody condems them. There should be no more condemnation for a homosexual.

  You are who you are. Nobody really knows what makes one homosexual or another hetrosexual. Being yourself is not a sin. Having desires for homosexual sex is not a sin. However things we do can be sin.
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  Top 10 Signs that Jehovah's Witnesses Want to Disfellowship You:

  by OnTheWayOut in

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  i've posted these years ago and was reminiscing, so i thought i would share the laugh with you again.. top 10 signs that jehovah's witnesses want to disfellowship you:.

  10. there's two guys in suits staying all night outside your home in a four-door sedan.. 9. an elder you spoke to on the phone calls and asks you to repeat what you said the other day, but asks you to speak slowly and clearly.. 8. suddenly, jw friends stop by and ask an awful lot of the same questions.. 7. your laptop computer was moved, left on, or is missing.. 6. you left your car unlocked, it was thoroughly searched by someone but absolutely nothing is missing including your gps which was searched too.. 5. your boss asks if you are in trouble with the law or someone, stating some really polite men were asking about you and left some "tracts.".

  4. someone picked up the cigarette butts around your back porch.. 3. the bartender at your favorite nightspot asks if you have ever before seen the guys in the corner booth that have been ordering "cokes" all evening and pulling out a camera everytime you order a beer.. 2. you receive registered mail and you already served on a jury this year.. 1. your jw mother who finally had accepted that you will never go back starts begging you to either go back to the kingdom hall or move with no forwarding address.. .

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  Some of those sound outlandish. Do you know of examples for all of them or is this simply a comedy piece?

  I don't know if I should find this funny or very sad. It invokes both feelings simulanteously.
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  JW.bore invades my vacation?!?

  by darth frosty in

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  just got back from a cruise and dubs were walking around the boat faithfully wearing their jw.bore pins smdh.

  than at cozumel i saw these lovely sisters.

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  "the one on the left is my favourite one"

  "The one on the left is rather cute"

  "the right one probably have very nice tits."

  You guys make me feel so good. I am just so happy that I am not the only one thinking these things :)
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  The inactive God

  by Rattigan350 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in the creation vs evolution argument:.

  the often used illustration of a watch found in the desert.

  someone had to make it.. with creation also someone had to make it.

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  I see what you did there Steve :)

  However Christianity (at least true Christianity IMO) isn't about me, but about what we can do for the least among us.
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  The inactive God

  by Rattigan350 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in the creation vs evolution argument:.

  the often used illustration of a watch found in the desert.

  someone had to make it.. with creation also someone had to make it.

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  I think there is a lot of ego involved when we say we know how the world should or shouldn't function. Our perspectives are so limited and even the smartests among us have tiny brains. Whos to say that if you where in charge the world wouldn't even be worse than it is?

  This reminds me of an awesome Futurama episode called "Godfellas". Bender gets to play God for awhile. It goes horribly. The take away from the episode is that God wants to move in ways that are not obvious at all that he is moving. If God where to directly intervene it would mess everything up. We are the ones that need to go out and make a differnce. Gods mode of action is to work through us, and not by constantly setting aside the laws of physics to fix every percieved wrong in the world.

  Changing the human heart is a MUCH bigger miracle than parting of the Red Sea(or any other physical intervention of God).
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  Any Guitar Players Out there?

  by WillowTrees in

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  2. friends

  i'm trying to understand which chords these are, in terms of piano.

  it's off helmets song "blacktop".

  |-------------------------------------------|---------------------| |-------------------------------------------|---------------------| |-------------------------------------------|---------------------| |-7--7--7-7-3--3--3-3-5--5--5-5-5-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| |-7--7--7-7-3--3--3-3-5--5--5-5-5-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| |-7--7--7-7-3--3--3-3-5--5--5-5-5-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| play x 3 | pm................................................... play x 4 outro |-------------------------|-----------------| |-------------------------|-----------------| |-------------------------|-----------------| |-0-0-0-/7--3-3-0-3-4-5~~-|-6-5-3-0-3-5-3-0-| |-0-0-0-/7--3-3-0-3-4-5~~-|-6-5-3-0-3-5-3-0-| |-0-0-0-/7--3-3-0-3-4-5~~-|-6-5-3-0-3-5-3-0-| play x 12* |.

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  James Brown, wow, you sound like quite a character. I would love it if we could hang out and jam sometime :) I don't have the pro experince you do, I have mostly played for Church. I have some college level music classes and I have been around some great musicians that is how I have learned. However I am out of work now so I would love it if I could make money with music.

  I would love to have a Hofner style bass, it has a similar tone to my bass but it is MUCH lighter. I fell in love with my bass in the music store because of its tone and playablity but it gets awefully heavy after a couple hours. (Kind of hard to test how you will like an instrument after several hours of playing in the music store)

  My passion right now is recording. I recently got a zoom H6 portable digital recorder. It is amazing the sound quality that is possible now a days with a realitivly low cost portable device.. I really like making other people sound good. That is why I enjoy playing bass, recording, and running live sound boards.

  Are you actually able to make money from recording? People pay good money to have a pro photographer/videoographer to record special events in their lifes. Why wouldn't they also spend good money to get high quality audio recordings as well?