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  • #16
    Then I submit that you don't know jack**** about my values.
    Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
    "Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
    He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead

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    • #17
      Judging by the OP, you seem to lament the fact that it is more difficult for an adult to beat and molest little children nowadays.
      The enemy cannot push a button if you disable his hand.

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      • #18
        I could complete that but today is NYE, good party all of you

        SlowwHand

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        • #19
          Re: Progress. It's Not Always Progress.

          Originally posted by SlowwHand
          Scenario: Mary turns up pregnant.

          1973 - 5 High School Boys leave town. Mary does her senior year at a special school for expectant mothers.

          2006 - Middle School Counselor calls Planned Parenthood, who notifies the ACLU. Mary is driven to the next state over and gets an abortion without her parent's consent or knowledge. Mary given condoms and told to be more careful next time.



          All in the name of progress!

          Enjoy your day.


          Anyone else think the 2006 one is an improvement?
          The genesis of the "evil Finn" concept- Evil, evil Finland

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          • #20
            Yes
            "You're the biggest user of hindsight that I've ever known. Your favorite team, in any sport, is the one that just won. If you were a woman, you'd likely be a slut." - Slowwhand, to Imran

            Eschewing silly games since December 4, 2005

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            • #21
              Depends. The OP doesn't even mention what Mary herself wants to do, so we don't have enough information to call it 'choice' or not.
              Unbelievable!

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              • #22
                Originally posted by Combat Ingrid
                Judging by the OP, you seem to lament the fact that it is more difficult for an adult to beat and molest little children nowadays.
                We have to beat the child to save the child.

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                • #23
                  Originally posted by Combat Ingrid
                  Judging by the OP, you seem to lament the fact that it is more difficult for an adult to beat and molest little children nowadays.
                  My ex was a teacher. Two of her three predecessors left with nervous breakdowns because of the constant abuse from the kids who she was unable to punish. My ex got racist abuse every day, and a colleague who defended herself against an attack with a pair of scissors was accused of assaulting the child who attacked her and thrown out of her job.

                  As I said in my post above, teachers used to be the ones allowed to act with impunity, but now we have the opposite problem. It seems that whoever holds the power will abuse it, and there is a pressing need for balance.

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                  • #24
                    Same on the gender level.

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                    • #25
                      Originally posted by Ecthy
                      Looking at SlowwHand and his values I'm still in favour of progress and how stuff is run nowadays.
                      Same here. Just because Sloww is a reactionary ****, doesn't mean the rest of us are .
                      “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
                      - John 13:34-35 (NRSV)

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                      • #26
                        Don't worry! Just go to Korea, it's still "1973" there...

                        Remember, always belt your kids!
                        "Wait a minute..this isn''t FAUX dive, it's just a DIVE!"
                        "...Mangy dog staggering about, looking vainly for a place to die."
                        "sauna stories? There are no 'sauna stories'.. I mean.. sauna is sauna. You do by the laws of sauna." -P.

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