sorry, i have to reply. hope i don't offend anyone too much.
> In light of the recent shooting in Michigan,
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > Let's see, I think it started when Madeline Murray
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > O'Hare complained she didn't want any prayer in our
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > schools, and we said OK..
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > Then someone said you better not read the Bible in
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > school, the Bible that says thou shalt not kill, thou
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > shalt not steal, and love your neighbor as yourself.
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > And we said, OK..
> > > >> > >
makes me wonder what people would think if someone tried integrating the
teachings of buddha or paganism into school. would christians understand
when buddhists or pagans were upset at them trying to have it removed?
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > children when they misbehave because their little
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > personalities would be warped and we might damage
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > their self-esteem. And we said, an expert should know
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > what he's talking about so we won't spank them
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > anymore..
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > Then someone said teachers and principals better not
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > discipline our children when they misbehave. And the
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > school administrators said no faculty member in this
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > school better touch a student when they misbehave
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > because we don't want any bad publicity, and we
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > surely don't want to be sued. And we accepted their
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > reasoning..
> > > >> > >
boy, it'd be nice if schools had enough money to provide adequate education
to children, much less enough money to fight thousands of abuse lawsuits.
seriously tho, this is america's "sue-happy" attitude at fault here and i
hate that. i think it's having quite a bad effect on not only society, but
actually the gene pool.
p.s. i'm a hardcore darwinist (survival of the fittest, etc.) it's not an
elitist attitude, actually i think i should be dead now, but because i'm so
sheltered i'm not and that's not right.
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > Then someone said, let's let our daughters have
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > abortions if they want, and they won't even have to
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > tell their parents. And we said, that's a grand idea..
> > > >> > >
not gonna touch this one...
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > Then some wise school board member said, since boys
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > will be boys and they're going to do it anyway, let's
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > give our sons all the condoms they want, so they can
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > have all the fun they desire, and we won't have to
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > tell their parents they got them at school. And we
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > said, that's another great idea..
> > > >> > >
well, umm, actually i never recieved a condom in school. and if i had, i'd
have probably blown it up and bounced it around on the bus. :)
i'd much rather use a free condom than have to go buy some, and not, and
then end up not using one, especially if i was a young kid.
people complain about teen pregnancy and then turn right around and complain
about condoms being given out in school (where the teens are). sex is gonna
happen amongst teens. you can either deny it and ignore it or accept it and
try to do something about it.
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > Then some of our top elected officials said it doesn't
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > matter what we do in private as long as we do our
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > jobs. And agreeing with them, we said it doesn't
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > matter to me what anyone, including the President, does
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > in private as long as I have a job and the economy is
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > good..
> > > >> > >
I agree wholeheartedly. it's my property and my body and my life and my
house. i moved out of my parents house because i was capable of taking care
of myself, i don't need someone else to take that job over. otherwise i'd
stop paying my house/electric/phone bills and move back in with my parents.
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > And then someone said let's print magazines with
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > pictures of nude women and call it wholesome
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > down-to-earth appreciation for the beauty of the
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > female body. And we said we have no problem with
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > that..
> > > >> > >
wH00!!! nekkid chicks!!! bring em on!
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > And someone else took that appreciation a step further
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > and published pictures of nude children and then
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > stepped further still by making them available on the
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > internet. And we said they're entitled to their free
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > speech.
> > > >> > >
well, that's against the law isn't it? when have people agreed to child
pornography?
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > And the entertainment industry said, let's make TV
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > shows and movies that promote profanity, violence, and
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > illicit sex. And let's record music that encourages
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > rape, drugs, murder, suicide, and satanic themes.. And
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > we said it's just entertainment, it has no adverse
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > effect, and nobody takes it seriously anyway, so go
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > right ahead..
> > > >> > >
yeah, they said that a LONG time ago. my parents seem to be doing fine,
even tho they grew up listening to such horrors as strawberry fields, I shot
the sherriff, etc. and watching nosferatu and all the bigtime horror movies,
and stuff. and i'm a pacifist and i happen to particularly enjoy rob
zombie, tool, and even stuff like cannibal corpse...go figure.
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > Now we're asking ourselves why our children have no
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > conscience, why they don't know right from wrong, and
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > why it doesn't bother them to kill strangers, their
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > classmates, and themselves.
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > Probably, if we think about it long and hard enough,
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > we can figure it out. I think it has a great deal to
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > do with... "WE REAP WHAT WE SOW."
> > > >> > >
cause their parents don't know how to raise them, that's why. that one's
easy.
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > Pass it on if you think it has merit! If not then just
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > discard..... but if you discard this thought process,
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > then don't sit back and complain about what a bad
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > shape the world is in...VOICE YOUR OPINION HOWEVER YOU
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > CAN!
> > > >> > >
why thank you, i think i will (voice my opinion that is...i do so very
rarely, i guess i should more often.)
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > Dear God,
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > Why didn't you save the little girl in Michigan?
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > Sincerely,
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > Concerned Student
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > >
because he isn't real. or maybe because she wasn't worthy. or maybe he
just didn't care. who knows.
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > AND THE REPLY...
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > Dear Concerned Student:
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > I am not allowed in schools.
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > Sincerely,
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > God.
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > >
oh, i see, people follow the church, the church follows god, and god follows
school officials. damn, i guess i better switch my major to education!
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > Funny how simple it is for people to trash God and
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > then wonder why the world's going to hell. Funny how
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > we believe what the newspapers say, but question what
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > the Bible says.
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > Funny how everyone wants to go to heaven provided they
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > do not have to believe, think, say, or do anything the
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > Bible says.
well, if they don't believe, think, say or do anything the bible says, then
they probably don't believe in god...hence they don't want to go to heaven.
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > Funny how someone can say "I believe in God" but still
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > follow Satan (who, by the way, also "believes" in
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > God).
that is funny. christianity needs some serious refining if you ask me.
or maybe it's the people. that's what ended it for me.
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > Funny how we are quick to judge but not to be judged.
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > Funny how you can send a thousand 'jokes' through
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > e-mail and they spread like wildfire, but when you
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > start sending messages regarding the Lord, people
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > think twice about sharing.
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > Funny how the lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene pass
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > freely through cyberspace, but the public discussion
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > of Jesus is suppressed in the school and workplace.
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > Funny how someone can be so fired up for Christ on
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > Sunday, but be an invisible Christian the rest of the
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > week.
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > >
so, what's cyberspace got to do with school or workplace?
besides, how often do you hear classes having class discussions about how
the goddess is moving through streams. it's not about christianity, get
over it dammit. it's about religion. i don't want to hear anything about
religion of any sorts when i'm at school, nor do i want to pay for that.
that's a private-life thing.
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > Are you laughing?
> > > >> > >
heh, actually yes.
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > Funny how when you go to forward this message, you
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > will not send it to many on your address list because
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > you're not sure what they believe, or what they will
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > think of you for sending it to them. Funny how I can
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > be more worried about what other
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > people think of me than what God thinks of me.
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > Are you thinking???
yup. i'm thinking. i'm always thinking. don't want my brain to stagnate.
:)
hope i don't offend anyone, tho i know i will. i hope you'll realize that
this is just MY opinion and part of being in the US is being able to have
and voice MY opinion without fear of retribution, except for another's
opinion. i don't mean to hurt anyone's feelings.
before you discount me as an idiot, after quitting high school and getting
my ged, i proceeded to get a 31 on my act the first time i took it (35's in
science and english, 31 in reading, and 22 in math...i was outta practice on
the math) and a full scholarship to college. and the last iq test i took i
made 157 on. that's 3 away from the genius rating...
and please don't pray for me...that's so silly. would you want me burning
incense and meditating for your soul?
--Hoostine
98 club cab sport, 3.9L, 5-spd, 3.23's, totally stock minus the cat, black.
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