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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 10:28 AM Original message |
The Underbelly of Theocracy |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
1. And now they've infiltrated the Democratic Party |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 10:56 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I was thinking about that .. |
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RLBaty (134 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
3. One small step at a time? |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 03:14 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I think we need to make hitting children illegal. |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 01:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. You are in favor of government telling you how to raise your kids? |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 04:29 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. The government already does tell you what you can and cannot do... |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 06:13 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. Yes. |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 11:58 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Hehe. Nice strawman. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:31 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. And you and I BOTH know |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:50 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. You are right that those lines are blurred |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:34 PM Response to Reply #30 |
39. Confusion: |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 06:58 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. Well, if you are going to paint me into a corner... |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 07:52 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. "In the world we live in, violence must sometimes be met with violence." |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 08:19 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Nice try, but wrong. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 08:35 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. That's fine, |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 12:16 AM Response to Reply #49 |
51. Nothing weak here, friend. I appreciate the compliment though. |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 05:08 PM Response to Reply #30 |
42. Then what is the purpose of spanking? |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 09:10 PM Response to Reply #42 |
50. What is the purpose of grounding? Of taking away TV time? |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 06:47 AM Response to Reply #50 |
53. The point isn't to cause "mental anguish".. |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 07:41 AM Response to Reply #53 |
54. A parent who spanks will also tell you that the "point" of it... |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 08:09 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Read the studies |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 11:20 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. What I see in those studies... |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:03 AM Response to Reply #58 |
59. Nah. |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 09:09 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Now I understand better why you're so adamantly against spanking. |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 03:16 PM Response to Reply #55 |
65. It's all OPINION!!!! |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 08:18 AM Response to Reply #65 |
75. Now, now! Stop being "incoherent"! |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:20 PM Response to Reply #30 |
63. And a lot of wife-beating shitpiles don't see it abuse, either, but "corrective" or "Christian duty" |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 03:18 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. Hehehe! Nice strawman! |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 03:24 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. No, we were already there. |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 03:42 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. And here is how you should read me |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 03:55 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. Ummm..... okay. |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 04:04 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. Are you unable to see that other do not have the same OPINION as you? |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 04:13 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. I'm prefectly capable of seeing that others share different opinions. I'm justsaying yours is wrong. |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 06:18 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. I respect your opinion, too, as wrong as it is from my view |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:52 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. I'll let the studies |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:58 PM Response to Reply #16 |
41. So in other words |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 06:59 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Deleted message |
skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 08:33 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. It's not what I fantasize about |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 12:19 AM Response to Reply #48 |
52. I dont know how to explain myself any better |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 04:52 PM Response to Reply #52 |
56. Apparently you don't |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 11:23 AM Response to Reply #56 |
61. So who gets to decide what is right and wrong |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 12:47 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. When given the choice, |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:42 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. Because we dont live in a world of gumdrops and rainbows. |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 04:22 AM Response to Reply #64 |
74. It means choose a non-violent method. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 07:18 PM Response to Reply #16 |
73. Sorry, but as long as there are people who think they have the |
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iris27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 02:14 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. I was disturbed by the recent Florida cases |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 04:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Is that thread above? or elsewhere? |
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RLBaty (134 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 05:52 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Re: Is that thread above? or elsewhere? |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 05:54 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Tks! |
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heidler1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
5. If you spank your kid for wetting the bed, it's stupid. |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 03:16 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Did you see the thread |
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heidler1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 03:43 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Thanks. Did you note the correlation of high # of votes for no beating on kids, |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 03:48 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I definitely think there is a connection. |
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heidler1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 12:08 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. This is pushing it, but I can't help believing it's more of the "god's work" that dominates our |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 01:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. Different views |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 01:20 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. It worked for you, thats great. |
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heidler1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 02:21 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. One main reason that we have laws is that people are persuaded to stick with methods that don't work |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 03:07 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Again, different views |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 06:17 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. Are children "property"? |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 12:03 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. I dont know if children are "property", but I do know that I am responsible |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:42 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Not my business? |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:55 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Its not your business. If you think it is, then call CPS. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:36 PM Response to Reply #33 |
40. As I said in my post, |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 07:02 PM Response to Reply #40 |
45. Concern is appreciated |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:50 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Did you read the OP? |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:58 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Society WILL thank me for the child I raise. |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:00 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. If not |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:08 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Since I was not asking for any, I'm okay with that. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
7. Where the Theocracy crazies can really affect you is when they are the |
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heidler1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 02:39 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. The real battle ground here in the USA is the fear of loss of power by the religious. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
10. OMG! Ike read Eric Hoffer!!! |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:21 PM Response to Reply #10 |
38. I thought Hoffer's thought was a bit simplistic. |
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Shallah Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 02:51 AM Response to Original message |
15. For Your Own Good: Hidden cruelty in child-rearing and the roots of violence by Alice Miller |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:01 PM Response to Reply #15 |
36. Good site. |
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Shallah Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
57. Huckabee 'My father was the most patriotic man I think I knew...He laid on the stripes; I saw stars. |
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