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Post by mentalguru on Feb 26, 2011 12:27:55 GMT -5
Making miscarriage ILLEGAL what. motherjones.com/blue-marble/2011/02/miscarriage-death-penalty-georgiaI have no sympathsises for someone who would subscribe my mother to the death penalty for something which was outside her own control (I may not be American or from Georgia but if we were and mum was younger and this passed... what). WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS MAN. Women generally can't control it when it happens regardless of your thoughts on whether humanity begins at conception. Women generally can't tell they're pregnant from the moment of conception either. You stupid, stupid, silly bigoted little man. I almost feel sorry you're so repulsive and disgusting and it really is a mircale you were voted into office- and if anything people should be calling for you to be removed from your place. And then there's the rest of it, which I can't touch either. There is something very wrong with you Mr Franklin. /rant.
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Post by pitbulllady on Feb 26, 2011 12:40:02 GMT -5
Making miscarriage ILLEGAL what. motherjones.com/blue-marble/2011/02/miscarriage-death-penalty-georgiaI have no sympathsises for someone who would subscribe my mother to the death penalty for something which was outside her own control (I may not be American or from Georgia but if we were and mum was younger and this passed... what). WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS MAN. Women generally can't control it when it happens regardless of your thoughts on whether humanity begins at conception. Women generally can't tell they're pregnant from the moment of conception either. You stupid, stupid, silly bigoted little man. I almost feel sorry you're so repulsive and disgusting and it really is a mircale you were voted into office- and if anything people should be calling for you to be removed from your place. And then there's the rest of it, which I can't touch either. There is something very wrong with you Mr Franklin. /rant. This is the same legislator who introduced a bill to ban ownership of all constricting snakes in Georgia last year(defeated by USARK)and has repeated introduced BSL bills in the state legislature. He has also tried to get the state to ban any and all references to evolution, including the existance of the dinosaurs, in the state's Science curriculum. He's a nut-job if ever there was one, a hard-core control freak. Fortunately, most people in the legistlature do not take him seriously at all. Oh, yeah, forgot about the bill he co-sponsored to implement a state-wide dress code, banning baggy pants, bandanas, tight pants, mini skirts, and women's tank tops, among other things. pitbulllady
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Post by mentalguru on Feb 26, 2011 12:55:22 GMT -5
Ugh why am I not surprised?
It's good to hear he's not taken seriously at least but...
How can someone this crazy hold a governmental position? I mean seriously? Did he fiddle the vote? When is the next election for reps in any case?
He seems to violate both ethics and scientific truth at the same time in one fell swoop with this idea.
It really made me rage not only for the other things but for my mum too- she went through it three times. She had problems so she got lucky with my sister and me being born. I imagine a woman already having to go through a miscarriage of having gotten ready for a baby, suffering that disappointment and in addition having to go through a court case to defend themselves from prison or the death penalty and uggggghhh. And then of course the rest of it too.
So I take it he's not a fan of women or... anyone who isn't like him?
On principle Politians should be making decisions or suggestions which make life better for the people not worse.
Maybe that's too much to ask though in Mr.Franklin's case though.
I mean it kind of shocks me with this whole miscarriage idea how anyone can think like that and be so lacking in empathy. It scares me actually.
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Post by pitbulllady on Feb 26, 2011 18:47:10 GMT -5
Ugh why am I not surprised? It's good to hear he's not taken seriously at least but... How can someone this crazy hold a governmental position? I mean seriously? Did he fiddle the vote? When is the next election for reps in any case? He seems to violate both ethics and scientific truth at the same time in one fell swoop with this idea. It really made me rage not only for the other things but for my mum too- she went through it three times. She had problems so she got lucky with my sister and me being born. I imagine a woman already having to go through a miscarriage of having gotten ready for a baby, suffering that disappointment and in addition having to go through a court case to defend themselves from prison or the death penalty and uggggghhh. And then of course the rest of it too. So I take it he's not a fan of women or... anyone who isn't like him? On principle Politians should be making decisions or suggestions which make life better for the people not worse. Maybe that's too much to ask though in Mr.Franklin's case though. I mean it kind of shocks me with this whole miscarriage idea how anyone can think like that and be so lacking in empathy. It scares me actually. This sort of thing is normal here in the South, where the "Good Ole' Boy System" is still very much alive and well. People get elected and hold office because of family connections and other relationships, like cronyism(shades of Waternoose and Sulley and the whole CDA thing). It has nothing to do with competency or ethics. The legality of abortion-whether you oppose or support it-was established in a landmark FEDERAL Supreme Court case, "Rowe vs. Wade". A state CANNOT ban abortion if the Federal government has ruled it to be legal, period. As for the attitutude towards women, well, that's not uncommon here in the South, too. There are still a lot of people here who believe, most sincerely, that a woman's place is in the home, barefoot and pregnant, and that women should be subservient to men, always. To give you an example of the attitude towards women, a couple of years ago in my homestate of South Carolina(next door to GA), one of our legislators was pushing a bill to make c o c k-fighting a felony(it's currenty a misdemenor). He got royally pissed off because the General Assembly voted it down in order to pass a bill that would make it a crime to kill a woman in an instance of domestic abuse. You see, up until then, if a man beat his girlfriend/wife to death, he could very well have wound up serving NO time at all, especially if this was his first accusation of domestic violence! At the most, he would be charged with involuntary manslaughter, but NOT murder! Killing a woman during an episode of domestic violence was NOT considered to be murder, since for so many decades, it had been considered legal and acceptable for a man to "punish" his woman however he saw fit for whatever misdeeds, no lie! Anyway, the politcian got pissed because the fellow lawmakers decided that protecting women was more important than protecting CHICKENS, and he argued that women who are beaten are asking for it and deserve it, backing it up with the statistics that many abused women continue to remain with their abusers, while roosters do not have a choice as to whether they have to fight each other or not, therefore the women did not deserve the protection of law for choosing to be with an abusive partner, while chickens did! pitbulllady
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Post by mentalguru on Feb 27, 2011 17:51:23 GMT -5
Sulley does have compency issues when it comes to being CEO at the very least, but at least he'd generally care for workers. Unfortunatly, not all his decisions stated from the board or shareholders for the 'good of the company' would be for the good of workers at all. But he's not borderline sociopathic. Not like these guys seem to be.
Personally when it comes to abortion I could only get it under certain circumstances but that's more my choice and no-one gets to dictate that. (Though unfortunatly they kind of do here- unless say a woman threatens suicide or will die, abortion is illegal on both sides of the irish border here and the south of ireland wants the dark ages back generally if the stupid blasphemy law is to be taken seriously- though it's hilariously completely unworkable. But in abortion court cases take forever in debating it so it's better to go over the Irish sea instead- you have to go to England/Scotland/Wales instead to get one where it is legal).
I'm kind of relieved these people in the those states are generally ignored at least in some areas. But still they are therefore at best a waste of space and money. At best.
If you are an adult and have no concept of ethics or scientific knowledge or logic, what are you really? It's not someone you want in a political position. Politians in general are not or should not be expected to be perfect, after all they are human- but these guys aren't even trying. Maybe because in their positions they don't have to try and do good things. But also of course there's the people in power who let them in who also display such selfishness. Do they not at least have a friend or a relative who is... ethical and competant? (Of course it's likely their own ethics are screwy as well of course).
And that whole chicken thing is totally messed up. While c o c k-fighting should be illegal I think protecting human life is more important than protecting chickens! That's practically a PETA way of thinking in a way. Plus it ignores the psychology behind much of abuse. So many people blame themselves for abuse they recieve as if it's their fault or maybe even think it's normal for everyone even- if they're not too scared the man/woman will come for them if they leave and do something worse. Not everyone has a family to go to and gets the strength to leave because there's still that fear. Abusers sometimes even when a family and friends exists work on cutting ties- as they are very posessive generally speaking this can happen a lot and in many cases.
And even then there's still the shame. Like it's their fault.
But it isn't.
No-one can deserve that sort of treatment let alone from people who are supposed to love them or that they feel they love themselves. Love is something which means you have power over someone and unfortunatly it's a power some consider they can abuse or have the right to abuse. Abusers can use many tactics in order to hide from the outside too and thus women and men afraid or under extreme psycological strain might not seek help- so when the worst comes these men/women need to be put in prison and prevent him tricking some other women (or men) from suffering as well.
Of course prevention is better than the aftermath, it's better to prevent this but unfortunatly sometimes no-one knows until it's too late.
. Also there are so many abuse cases where people are totally blown away when they find out it happens because they don't seem like 'the type!'. This is also true of general child abuse. A large number of which come from what this guy would probably consider 'upstanding' citizens because they're white, christian, middle-class males born in the country. But that's a lie. They are just as likely to abuse and get away with it to boot.
What about husband beaters though? Or does he tell them to 'man up' or something equally innane because they are obviously 'so weak' as to not deal with a woman abusing them? Certainly women are more likely to suffer than men from domestic abuse, but men do get it too.
Abuse can happen to anyone. It doesn't mean that person, is weak or stupid nor does it mean the idea of 'free will' is really all that clear. There's the idea to leave out the front door but it's hideously more complicated in psychological terms than that even without the fear that something worse will happen to them or even to people they may care about.
Human beings are more complicated and complex than chickens not to mention more important- that much is obvious.
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Post by mintygreen on Feb 14, 2012 22:07:11 GMT -5
Box of chocolates: $20 Flowers: $12 Candy Hearts: $3 Getting your period on Valentine's Day: Priceless. -_-
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Post by mintygreen on Apr 12, 2012 23:49:14 GMT -5
I got a really creepy message from someone on DeviantART. :/
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Post by pitbulllady on Apr 13, 2012 13:05:16 GMT -5
Box of chocolates: $20 Flowers: $12 Candy Hearts: $3 Getting your period on Valentine's Day: Priceless. -_- I just noticed this post, and I swear I nearly fell outa my chair laughing! Guess guys can't really relate to that one, eh? Of course, that can't compare to it making its appearance when you go somewhere on vacation...like oh, the beach. pitbulllady
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Post by mintygreen on Apr 13, 2012 21:09:56 GMT -5
Box of chocolates: $20 Flowers: $12 Candy Hearts: $3 Getting your period on Valentine's Day: Priceless. -_- I just noticed this post, and I swear I nearly fell outa my chair laughing! Guess guys can't really relate to that one, eh? Of course, that can't compare to it making its appearance when you go somewhere on vacation...like oh, the beach. pitbulllady Haha, glad you found it funny. XD It's actually random how I kept getting it on holidays/special occasions because then the following one after that in March came on St. Patrick's Day. I don't tend to do anything on St. Patrick's Day anyway.....but still. I've never gotten it when going to a beach but then again I live in Canada. I don't exactly go to a beach that often. Anyway, yeah guys can't really relate although lucky for me my b/f is pretty understanding about it.....some guys just don't want to know anything and will just go "Ewwww!!!" EDIT: Most random thing ever: Well, just realized that just now my April one started.....so I guess now I have a Friday the 13th period. Blood on Friday the 13th? Sounds legit.
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Post by mintygreen on May 12, 2012 23:53:40 GMT -5
Okay I'm really upset right now. I finally had the cash to leave my lapis ring which I bought last summer(yeah almost a year ago) to be sized down slightly to fit my finger better(I swear I hate having fooking skinny fingers, hardly anything fits them and I have to re-size it).....and the jewelry place RUINED my ring. I went to pick it up today and noticed that the stone has been ruined! It looks like they probably polished it/cleaned it with something you shouldn't clean lapis with because it looked corroded and discoloured somewhat. What's worse is that they don't believe me right off the bat because they weren't the people who saw the ring when I first dropped it off so it's like they think maybe that is the condition I brought it to them to begin with! Yeah right how does that even make sense because why on earth would I want to re-size a ring that has a damaged stone? I wouldn't pay to have a ring re-sized if it has a damaged stone. I have pictures of the ring that I took back when I bought the ring last summer and I'm going to freaking bring those pictures there tomorrow to show them that it didn't used to look like that.
And I'm so pissed because for all I know they might still force me to pay not to mention that the stone is ruined and I don't know how I will ever replace it. It's not like they just sized it wrong and can just re-size it again. Nope, the stone is ruined. Ruined.
I hate my skinny ass fingers and how rings won't fit unless they are like size 4 and 3/4th....freaking child size rings.
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Post by mintygreen on Dec 18, 2012 23:58:36 GMT -5
My boyfriend recently got a job a few weeks ago but he had to quit it because it was insane. It was one of these marketing jobs where they only pay you when you make a sale....which means that your pay is really random because you don't know for sure when you are going to make a sale and when you aren't. Some places pay you minimum wage and then you get a BONUS when you make a sale but at this place you could stand around for hours and literally make no money....and some of his co-workers would get sent to better locations than him where they would be more likely to make sales. What's most shocking is that his boss actually tried to get him to do something illegal to make more sales! They wanted him to do a form of credit card fraud! It was insane. He refused to do that and it felt like he was losing his morality just from working there. He said some stuff to me on the weekend that was really out of character for him.....and it connects back to this job really because I've known him since we were both under 18 more than 10 years ago. It sucks though....when he graduated university earlier this year he was one of the top students in his class and he was part of the debating group and got his university to 2nd place for the first time ever for their university in the history of time! He's really smart....he was actually recommended for Mensa(he's from the UK) when he was little but his parents wanted him to have a more normal life. But yeah, it blows.
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Post by lizardgirl on Dec 26, 2012 9:15:07 GMT -5
That sucks, mintygreen. I really feel for your boyfriend, it must have been an awful experience. I've got my fingers crossed for you and him that he finds a better job with a better boss who doesn't try and force his employees to do illegal things...
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Post by mintygreen on Dec 26, 2012 23:32:05 GMT -5
That sucks, mintygreen. I really feel for your boyfriend, it must have been an awful experience. I've got my fingers crossed for you and him that he finds a better job with a better boss who doesn't try and force his employees to do illegal things... Yeah seriously. Thanks though. Part of the problem is also that some jobs are jobs where they want you to commit to working there for so many years or something like that....but he doesn't want to do that either because he has plans to move over here. Long distance relationships are complicated like that....since at some point in time, someone has to move over permanently if you want the relationship to continue. And we figure it's better if he comes here than me going there. There are more opportunities where I live. But yeah he wants to get a job there first and save up some more money and get more experience in the hopes that it will help him with getting a job here and then moving over. I've suggested that he move over here first and stay with my family while looking for a job but he doesn't want to feel like he's leaching off my family for a few months before he finds a job. He just feels bad about stuff like that. I still live with my family because it's very expensive to own your own place in a big city like this. Plus I do actually like living with my family for the most part and I help my mother because she is disabled. My family has never minded him staying here but he just doesn't want to potentially look bad to them.
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Post by lizardgirl on Dec 27, 2012 13:54:17 GMT -5
Just out of curiosity, whereabouts in the UK does your boyfriend live? (No worries if you'd rather not answer- I'm just being nosy, haha.)
Hmm, that's a difficult one. I can see where your boyfriend is coming from, and it's sweet that he doesn't want to come across in a certain way to your family. It must be tough having a long-distance relationship, but at the same time, at least you know that since it works long-distance, the two of you must be very secure- but you're right, at some point someone has to move. It sounds like you're both good at taking responsibility though, so I'm sure something will work out in the end.
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Post by mintygreen on Dec 27, 2012 23:27:42 GMT -5
Just out of curiosity, whereabouts in the UK does your boyfriend live? (No worries if you'd rather not answer- I'm just being nosy, haha.) Hmm, that's a difficult one. I can see where your boyfriend is coming from, and it's sweet that he doesn't want to come across in a certain way to your family. It must be tough having a long-distance relationship, but at the same time, at least you know that since it works long-distance, the two of you must be very secure- but you're right, at some point someone has to move. It sounds like you're both good at taking responsibility though, so I'm sure something will work out in the end. He lives in Scotland. Also, yeah....a lot of people actually trash long distance relationships, especially ones where you met online(we met online). What's nice about a long distance relationship though is that you know it's not based off of some physical thing since it's the physical thing that isn't an aspect so much when it's long distance. So you know that the guy isn't just trying to get into your pants or something. And even though we met online, I knew that he probably wasn't a creep because we were friends online for a few years first and because if he was a creep, why would he be interested in someone so far away anyway? If someone just wants to creep on someone, you'd think they would find someone much closer/easier. So there was really never anything to worry about, and the first few times he came here he stayed in a hotel but now that my family knows him better and everything, it's fine for him to stay with us in the same house.
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