I assure you, I am not, by any modern clinical definition, a pedophile. I am an activist working against child abuse and I volunteer to work with children who have been abused. The most disturbing moments of my life have been from seeing the result of a pedophiles selfish and evil whims inflicted on a child. If I ever had a single stray thought that it might be okay to think about a child sexually, I would end my life then and there. Why? Because I am a decent person (or, at least, not a bad one). If pedophiles cared about anyone except themselves, they would do the same.
AC, I commend you for your work with the victims. I doubt if it's something many here (and certainly not me) would volunteer to do. I think the criticism you've been taking has been for your "hang-'em-all" attitude.
Question though - have you found out why child molesters do it? I read once that rape wasn't a sexual act - it was an act of violence expressed in a sexual way. In your opinion, does pedophilia have that aspect as well?
I'm quite serious - and again, thanks from this part of society for carrying the can.
including yourself. I'm with Crono (unfairly, imho, modded as flamebait). If you're travelling and trying to work, you're either going to miss some amazing sights ("Taj Mahal? Sorry, can't make it today - just want to get this exercise complete...") or get ripped off (no disrespect to the other side of the world - which to me is the States, btw...).
Do some travelling, meet people. Talk. Look. Think. Consider. Learn how to talk to other people and learn how you react to other things. Learn another language. Try some different food. You'll come back a better person, and have better conversations, better outlook, better health. Yeah, you'll be poorer and a year or two out of date with tech. Is it worth it? Now that's another matter.
Anyone else thing it EXTREMELY convenient that they found a living relative to the body they pulled out of the ground? I've a sister who does the genealogy for our family, and she's gone back to the late 18th century. Middle ages = no censuses, no births/deaths/marriages columns... and the occasional child out of wedlock. So how the heck did they go back to the middle ages for a carpenter living in London?
And then there's other accounts that say Richard's bones were tossed into the local river. So if that happened, someone dragged him out, rearranged them, got permission to bury them in the church.... Sorry, can't find the link. All sites seem to have been redacted.
I call nonsense on the whole thing. Leicester tourist office has a lot to answer!
You beat me to it. Yes, in several decades/centuries/millennia, our datacentres will be run by Robots (or the D'Jingiil, an alien race well known for getting a kick out of running datacentres and playing cards in the night shift)
... did the first hovercraft crossing of the Cook Strait in a home-built hovercraft. He then checked out the ferry times for the return trip home, checked his watch, and shortly after did the second hovercraft crossing of the Cook Strait in a home-built hovercraft.
Well it is a step in the right direction. If you look at a globe Australia south of Far East Asia.
Sure they can do business with the Yanks and the Brits, but they are missing their closest neighbors.
This is pretty much the same argument against requiring gun safes. If someone is too stupid to teach their kids what to do with the guns in the house then they're probably too stupid to have guns (or kids, for that matter) in the house.
Fortunately mother nature prevents stupid people from having children. Oh, wait...
I'm aware of two 4GLs that themselves write code in COBOL - so you'd write the code in LDL+, and press a button/turn a handle and it spits out COBOL (and ALGOL, and C I think... who cares). It's rare when us folk used to get down to the COBOL level.
If a meter is not equal to a metre, where are we going ? A liter not being equal to a litre ? A ton not being equal to a tonne ? A gallon not being equal to a gallon ?
A ton isn't equal to a tonne. One's non-metric, the other is metric - and the weights (or masses, if you prefer) are different. And a gallon may not be equal to a gallon: there's a US gallon and an imperial gallon. Litres and metres are ok, barring quantum physics...
Our country is devolving into an oligarchy. If you're not upper crust, your opinion is irrelevant. Our politicians cater to the fat cats....
Forgive me, isn't that a plutocracy? Oligarchy is government by the few. Plutocracy is government by the rich. Sorry to split a hair but I thought it worth splitting.
I lived in Rome for two years. We often saw young kids (4-8 or so) on the streets with family around midnight. Our 4-year-old was tucked up and snoring. Heck, I should have been tucked up and snoring...
Rule for life: Don't impose your viewpoints on others. This also applies to wanting the schools to start later to suit the kids who go to bed late. (Maybe start a different class with the same stuff, staggered by two hours... hey, there's in money in this... I hold the copyright, remember).
Seriously, I'm putting the blame on Hollywood for this one.
Good point. We've a glut of reality TV here in NZ - we just need one on programming. And the usual people on the stage (sorry, behind the desks). The weepy blonde. The aggressive dude. The young, naive guy. The token ethnic minority. The other token ethnic minority (taken from the minority of the week poll; example: albino). The guy who's overly confident. The person who's obviously going to win. The older person with a mission.
Judges: Young-Attractive-female, Hip-Person and always-Grumpy-Person.
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We have the same problem in the U.S....
"No country is so poor or so backward that it can't afford the most modern weapons technology". Can't remember who said it, but ...
I assure you, I am not, by any modern clinical definition, a pedophile. I am an activist working against child abuse and I volunteer to work with children who have been abused. The most disturbing moments of my life have been from seeing the result of a pedophiles selfish and evil whims inflicted on a child. If I ever had a single stray thought that it might be okay to think about a child sexually, I would end my life then and there. Why? Because I am a decent person (or, at least, not a bad one). If pedophiles cared about anyone except themselves, they would do the same.
AC, I commend you for your work with the victims. I doubt if it's something many here (and certainly not me) would volunteer to do. I think the criticism you've been taking has been for your "hang-'em-all" attitude.
Question though - have you found out why child molesters do it? I read once that rape wasn't a sexual act - it was an act of violence expressed in a sexual way. In your opinion, does pedophilia have that aspect as well?
I'm quite serious - and again, thanks from this part of society for carrying the can.
including yourself. I'm with Crono (unfairly, imho, modded as flamebait). If you're travelling and trying to work, you're either going to miss some amazing sights ("Taj Mahal? Sorry, can't make it today - just want to get this exercise complete...") or get ripped off (no disrespect to the other side of the world - which to me is the States, btw...).
Do some travelling, meet people. Talk. Look. Think. Consider. Learn how to talk to other people and learn how you react to other things. Learn another language. Try some different food. You'll come back a better person, and have better conversations, better outlook, better health. Yeah, you'll be poorer and a year or two out of date with tech. Is it worth it? Now that's another matter.
Anyone else thing it EXTREMELY convenient that they found a living relative to the body they pulled out of the ground? I've a sister who does the genealogy for our family, and she's gone back to the late 18th century. Middle ages = no censuses, no births/deaths/marriages columns ... and the occasional child out of wedlock. So how the heck did they go back to the middle ages for a carpenter living in London?
And also - modern analysis of the Richard III painting that's contemporary show it to have been 'retouched', to add in the 'hump'. And yet the body found has a hump. http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw05304/King-Richard-III?LinkID=mp03765&role=sit&rNo=1
And then there's other accounts that say Richard's bones were tossed into the local river. So if that happened, someone dragged him out, rearranged them, got permission to bury them in the church.... Sorry, can't find the link. All sites seem to have been redacted.
I call nonsense on the whole thing. Leicester tourist office has a lot to answer!
Hyperbole is not a very good debate tool.
Are you kidding? Hyperbole is SUPERB debate tool!
Will robots take over [x]? Yes, eventually.
You beat me to it. Yes, in several decades/centuries/millennia, our datacentres will be run by Robots (or the D'Jingiil, an alien race well known for getting a kick out of running datacentres and playing cards in the night shift)
... did the first hovercraft crossing of the Cook Strait in a home-built hovercraft. He then checked out the ferry times for the return trip home, checked his watch, and shortly after did the second hovercraft crossing of the Cook Strait in a home-built hovercraft.
And by useful, that means whichever language group has girls you think are the hottest, learn that one.
Klingon? Dothraki?
Well it is a step in the right direction. If you look at a globe Australia south of Far East Asia. Sure they can do business with the Yanks and the Brits, but they are missing their closest neighbors.
No it's ok - we talk English in New Zealand too.
This is pretty much the same argument against requiring gun safes. If someone is too stupid to teach their kids what to do with the guns in the house then they're probably too stupid to have guns (or kids, for that matter) in the house.
Fortunately mother nature prevents stupid people from having children. Oh, wait...
Someone had to start it up.
I'm aware of two 4GLs that themselves write code in COBOL - so you'd write the code in LDL+, and press a button/turn a handle and it spits out COBOL (and ALGOL, and C I think... who cares). It's rare when us folk used to get down to the COBOL level.
This is very interesting - I just finished reading The Link by Colin Tudge, et al (You can get it here. I definitely recommend reading it .
FWIW - thank for the link.
I wish that people would have an OS that has a simple sandbox keeping software installation tools from installing whatever they want.
Hear that sound? It's a thousand LINUX users struggling to type fast enough on the keyboard.
tit-for-tat expulsions that usually follow someone (innocent or guilty) getting nabbed? How long before the CIA nab a Russian agent in Washington DC?
I've got to change my default font, I first read that as "SMITE HIM WITH LLAMAS!" which was of course incorrect...
I would pay good money to see someone smited (smitten?) with llamas.
Not me. It's alpacas or nothing.
I will now go for a drive, and crank the stereo.
It will be a real world test to see if becoming an anti-social jerk causes me to become black and enlarges my genetalia.
I'm proudly hispanic, but I'd trade the racial identity for an even bigger penis.
Let me know if if also helps develop a sense of rhythm. I play the tenor sax (badly) and can't dance.
If a meter is not equal to a metre, where are we going ? A liter not being equal to a litre ? A ton not being equal to a tonne ? A gallon not being equal to a gallon ?
A ton isn't equal to a tonne. One's non-metric, the other is metric - and the weights (or masses, if you prefer) are different. And a gallon may not be equal to a gallon: there's a US gallon and an imperial gallon. Litres and metres are ok, barring quantum physics...
Our country is devolving into an oligarchy. If you're not upper crust, your opinion is irrelevant. Our politicians cater to the fat cats ....
Forgive me, isn't that a plutocracy? Oligarchy is government by the few. Plutocracy is government by the rich. Sorry to split a hair but I thought it worth splitting.
I lived in Rome for two years. We often saw young kids (4-8 or so) on the streets with family around midnight. Our 4-year-old was tucked up and snoring. Heck, I should have been tucked up and snoring...
Rule for life: Don't impose your viewpoints on others. This also applies to wanting the schools to start later to suit the kids who go to bed late. (Maybe start a different class with the same stuff, staggered by two hours... hey, there's in money in this... I hold the copyright, remember).
What is that, 20 miles? Must be an island.
Don't be sillly. [john donne]No man is an island [/john donne]
Of course, nobody's going in the first place so you're still stuck with the rest of us.
My thought exactly - this is a publicity stunt for another reality show.
Then what's the opposite of Hate?
Must be difference, I'm thinking.
Is that "drop and give me 20" type stuff? In other places, it's called "gardening leave" or maybe "leaving to spend more time with his family"
Seriously, I'm putting the blame on Hollywood for this one.
Good point. We've a glut of reality TV here in NZ - we just need one on programming. And the usual people on the stage (sorry, behind the desks). The weepy blonde. The aggressive dude. The young, naive guy. The token ethnic minority. The other token ethnic minority (taken from the minority of the week poll; example: albino). The guy who's overly confident. The person who's obviously going to win. The older person with a mission.
Judges: Young-Attractive-female, Hip-Person and always-Grumpy-Person.