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Visiting the following website set me to ponderin'.....
http://www.gospeltruth.net/children/pearl_tuac.htm ..........as I browse through the many websites devoted to anti cps rhetoric I am struck by my inability to find one that somewhere in its "about us" pages isn't identified as "Christian." Some are so extreme in their Rightist leanings as to excite my interest in other right leaning Christian groups. And to the furtherest right of all in the country, Christianity's "Al Queda," Christian Reconstructionism. Oh, you best read up on CR. Do they have plans for the rest of us: http://www.publiceye.org/magazine/v08n1/chrisre1.html and source material from the benevolent CR folks them very selves: www.chalcedon.edu www.ustaxpayers.org Further wanderings in the Promised Land of Christian Rightism I come across claims that an often cited organization that now has made inroads into the powerful federal legislation involving families, ASFA, has principals that are linked, by some, to this Reconstructionism movement. Is it possible, is there a connection, between these factions and organizations that trace back to the CR folks, who plainly state their long term goal is a Theopolitical solution to all human matters with them at the helm, and our own lovely group of rabid anti CPS'rs? Some folks seem to think so: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delp...struction.html "The Home School Legal Defense Association/Foundation has many links to Reconstructionism. In his well-researched 1995 book, Home Schooling: The Right Choice, HSLDA attorney Christopher Klicka frequently quotes Reconstructionst writers, notably Rushdoony and Barton. In addition to including Rushdoony's "The Difference Between Christian Education and Humanistic Education", the book's forward was written by D. James Kennedy and many of the ideals expressed seem Reconstructionist, however, he does not state specifically that he is a Reconstructionist" "The relationship between President Michael Farris of HSLDA and Tim and Beverly LaHaye goes back to the early 1980's when Michael Farris was head of the legal department of Concerned Women for America. Tim LaHaye was attempting to start a television ministry that failed. In 1983 he started the American Coalition for Traditional Values which was similar to the now defunct Moral Majority, its goal being to mobilize Christians to register and vote. Some accounts indicate Michael Farris was deeply involved with ACTV while others do not mention his involvement. ACTV closed down shortly after the 1986 elections. Tim LaHaye withdrew from his television ministry when it was publicized that his church was funding an anti-Catholic group. In 1985 he further withdrew after it became known that CWA had accepted 'generous help' from the Rev. Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church which teaches the divinity of the Rev. Moon in direct conflict with Christian teachings. In 1987 Rev. LaHaye was forced to resign as co-chair from Jack Kemp's presidential campaign because newspapers printed divisive passages from his writings, which were anti-catholic and anti-Semetic." The organization popularized in this ng by Doug, who wouldn't discuss it further with me when I first pointed out the dangers of HSLDA involvement in federal legislation, other than to parrot the belief that they are only trying to insure that families "constitutional rights" would be more protected, is or is not closely linked to Christian Reconstructionism. Can I prove it, and will I be able to in the future? Yah got me there as it is now quite clear that the CR folks are going subrosa in the last few years as their Al Queda like approach to solving mankinds problems came under fire from opposing forces...like other Sane Christians who plainly see the dangers that more secular folks might miss. Is there a link? Yah got me.. I'm just speculating at the incursions into federal goverment agencies celebrated here so triumphantly by the anti-cps crowd. Could this ng be a target for CR's that see it as a fertile ground for planting their seeds of goverment takeover by preaching distrust? Hmmmm....? You women better get ready to walk three paces behind, everyone plan on there being a lot of dead children that defied their parents and were subjected to Old Testament Stoning, and babies scarred for life by such instruments of "Christian Parenting" as The Rod, and other fine solutions to national and global governance. Best wishes for a Happy Holiday. 'For yah know it it'll be Christmas. (And don't waste my time claiming I'm anti Christian as you folks have by trying to claim I'm anti parent....I'm anti abusive parent and anti CR..plainly) Whatah yah think folks, might The Jig be up? Kane |
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In addition to the implications for children, what I find sad and
frightening is the implication spread by the extremist organizations that spanking and child abuse is somehow "Christian." Hurting children is no more Christian than bombing the World Trade Center is representative of Islam. Hundreds and thousands of fundamentalist Christians do not hit and hurt their children. Hundreds and thousands of fundamentalist Muslims do not blow up buildings and engage in suicide bombings. Yet this is now how we think of Christians and Muslims. LaVonne Kane wrote: Visiting the following website set me to ponderin'..... http://www.gospeltruth.net/children/pearl_tuac.htm .........as I browse through the many websites devoted to anti cps rhetoric I am struck by my inability to find one that somewhere in its "about us" pages isn't identified as "Christian." Some are so extreme in their Rightist leanings as to excite my interest in other right leaning Christian groups. And to the furtherest right of all in the country, Christianity's "Al Queda," Christian Reconstructionism. Oh, you best read up on CR. Do they have plans for the rest of us: http://www.publiceye.org/magazine/v08n1/chrisre1.html and source material from the benevolent CR folks them very selves: www.chalcedon.edu www.ustaxpayers.org Further wanderings in the Promised Land of Christian Rightism I come across claims that an often cited organization that now has made inroads into the powerful federal legislation involving families, ASFA, has principals that are linked, by some, to this Reconstructionism movement. Is it possible, is there a connection, between these factions and organizations that trace back to the CR folks, who plainly state their long term goal is a Theopolitical solution to all human matters with them at the helm, and our own lovely group of rabid anti CPS'rs? Some folks seem to think so: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delp...struction.html "The Home School Legal Defense Association/Foundation has many links to Reconstructionism. In his well-researched 1995 book, Home Schooling: The Right Choice, HSLDA attorney Christopher Klicka frequently quotes Reconstructionst writers, notably Rushdoony and Barton. In addition to including Rushdoony's "The Difference Between Christian Education and Humanistic Education", the book's forward was written by D. James Kennedy and many of the ideals expressed seem Reconstructionist, however, he does not state specifically that he is a Reconstructionist" "The relationship between President Michael Farris of HSLDA and Tim and Beverly LaHaye goes back to the early 1980's when Michael Farris was head of the legal department of Concerned Women for America. Tim LaHaye was attempting to start a television ministry that failed. In 1983 he started the American Coalition for Traditional Values which was similar to the now defunct Moral Majority, its goal being to mobilize Christians to register and vote. Some accounts indicate Michael Farris was deeply involved with ACTV while others do not mention his involvement. ACTV closed down shortly after the 1986 elections. Tim LaHaye withdrew from his television ministry when it was publicized that his church was funding an anti-Catholic group. In 1985 he further withdrew after it became known that CWA had accepted 'generous help' from the Rev. Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church which teaches the divinity of the Rev. Moon in direct conflict with Christian teachings. In 1987 Rev. LaHaye was forced to resign as co-chair from Jack Kemp's presidential campaign because newspapers printed divisive passages from his writings, which were anti-catholic and anti-Semetic." The organization popularized in this ng by Doug, who wouldn't discuss it further with me when I first pointed out the dangers of HSLDA involvement in federal legislation, other than to parrot the belief that they are only trying to insure that families "constitutional rights" would be more protected, is or is not closely linked to Christian Reconstructionism. Can I prove it, and will I be able to in the future? Yah got me there as it is now quite clear that the CR folks are going subrosa in the last few years as their Al Queda like approach to solving mankinds problems came under fire from opposing forces...like other Sane Christians who plainly see the dangers that more secular folks might miss. Is there a link? Yah got me.. I'm just speculating at the incursions into federal goverment agencies celebrated here so triumphantly by the anti-cps crowd. Could this ng be a target for CR's that see it as a fertile ground for planting their seeds of goverment takeover by preaching distrust? Hmmmm....? You women better get ready to walk three paces behind, everyone plan on there being a lot of dead children that defied their parents and were subjected to Old Testament Stoning, and babies scarred for life by such instruments of "Christian Parenting" as The Rod, and other fine solutions to national and global governance. Best wishes for a Happy Holiday. 'For yah know it it'll be Christmas. (And don't waste my time claiming I'm anti Christian as you folks have by trying to claim I'm anti parent....I'm anti abusive parent and anti CR..plainly) Whatah yah think folks, might The Jig be up? Kane |
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On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 18:20:33 -0500, in alt.parenting.spanking Lavonne
wrote: In addition to the implications for children, what I find sad and frightening is the implication spread by the extremist organizations that spanking and child abuse is somehow "Christian." Hurting children is no more Christian than bombing the World Trade Center is representative of Islam. Point taken. Hundreds and thousands of fundamentalist Christians do not hit and hurt their children. Actually I include all Christians, so for me it is MILLIONS that do not. Hundreds and thousands of fundamentalist Muslims do not blow up buildings and engage in suicide bombings. Yet this is now how we think of Christians and Muslims. Again, I tend to include all Muslims and millions upon millions did not approve of nor would they participate in such a thing. LaVonne Kane Kane wrote: Visiting the following website set me to ponderin'..... http://www.gospeltruth.net/children/pearl_tuac.htm .........as I browse through the many websites devoted to anti cps rhetoric I am struck by my inability to find one that somewhere in its "about us" pages isn't identified as "Christian." Some are so extreme in their Rightist leanings as to excite my interest in other right leaning Christian groups. And to the furtherest right of all in the country, Christianity's "Al Queda," Christian Reconstructionism. Oh, you best read up on CR. Do they have plans for the rest of us: http://www.publiceye.org/magazine/v08n1/chrisre1.html and source material from the benevolent CR folks them very selves: www.chalcedon.edu www.ustaxpayers.org Further wanderings in the Promised Land of Christian Rightism I come across claims that an often cited organization that now has made inroads into the powerful federal legislation involving families, ASFA, has principals that are linked, by some, to this Reconstructionism movement. Is it possible, is there a connection, between these factions and organizations that trace back to the CR folks, who plainly state their long term goal is a Theopolitical solution to all human matters with them at the helm, and our own lovely group of rabid anti CPS'rs? Some folks seem to think so: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delp...struction.html "The Home School Legal Defense Association/Foundation has many links to Reconstructionism. In his well-researched 1995 book, Home Schooling: The Right Choice, HSLDA attorney Christopher Klicka frequently quotes Reconstructionst writers, notably Rushdoony and Barton. In addition to including Rushdoony's "The Difference Between Christian Education and Humanistic Education", the book's forward was written by D. James Kennedy and many of the ideals expressed seem Reconstructionist, however, he does not state specifically that he is a Reconstructionist" "The relationship between President Michael Farris of HSLDA and Tim and Beverly LaHaye goes back to the early 1980's when Michael Farris was head of the legal department of Concerned Women for America. Tim LaHaye was attempting to start a television ministry that failed. In 1983 he started the American Coalition for Traditional Values which was similar to the now defunct Moral Majority, its goal being to mobilize Christians to register and vote. Some accounts indicate Michael Farris was deeply involved with ACTV while others do not mention his involvement. ACTV closed down shortly after the 1986 elections. Tim LaHaye withdrew from his television ministry when it was publicized that his church was funding an anti-Catholic group. In 1985 he further withdrew after it became known that CWA had accepted 'generous help' from the Rev. Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church which teaches the divinity of the Rev. Moon in direct conflict with Christian teachings. In 1987 Rev. LaHaye was forced to resign as co-chair from Jack Kemp's presidential campaign because newspapers printed divisive passages from his writings, which were anti-catholic and anti-Semetic." The organization popularized in this ng by Doug, who wouldn't discuss it further with me when I first pointed out the dangers of HSLDA involvement in federal legislation, other than to parrot the belief that they are only trying to insure that families "constitutional rights" would be more protected, is or is not closely linked to Christian Reconstructionism. Can I prove it, and will I be able to in the future? Yah got me there as it is now quite clear that the CR folks are going subrosa in the last few years as their Al Queda like approach to solving mankinds problems came under fire from opposing forces...like other Sane Christians who plainly see the dangers that more secular folks might miss. Is there a link? Yah got me.. I'm just speculating at the incursions into federal goverment agencies celebrated here so triumphantly by the anti-cps crowd. Could this ng be a target for CR's that see it as a fertile ground for planting their seeds of goverment takeover by preaching distrust? Hmmmm....? You women better get ready to walk three paces behind, everyone plan on there being a lot of dead children that defied their parents and were subjected to Old Testament Stoning, and babies scarred for life by such instruments of "Christian Parenting" as The Rod, and other fine solutions to national and global governance. Best wishes for a Happy Holiday. 'For yah know it it'll be Christmas. (And don't waste my time claiming I'm anti Christian as you folks have by trying to claim I'm anti parent....I'm anti abusive parent and anti CR..plainly) Whatah yah think folks, might The Jig be up? Kane |
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For those of you who could not tell, Kane is an atheist.
LaVonne, What is your religious orientation? (Your comments make it an appropriate question.) I am most definately NOT a Christian Reconstructionist. I am agnostic, not lost, just deliberately neutral and respectful of all religions. Was an honorary International Student. Why would it be a problem for a group to have "connections to" some other more radical group? It sounds to me like you're complaining that they do something right, in that they have "connections to" a large number of other groups. Sounds a lot like some sort of "guilt by association" ploy. Joseph McCarthy lives on. |
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On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 10:34:12 -0400, "madeupagin"
wrote: Define success. Did you say that or did I? Just curious. Then I'll tell you. Okay. Let's see if mine agrees with yours. I've got over 270 families on my radar right now. Dan has far fewer families he has aimed his radar at and won at an incredible rate of success, and he's taken really tough ones. Want to make a wild guess right now what I consider success? Number of targets aimed at, in sharpshooting, isn't the measure of success. The number hit, even if only one target, is. Success isn't always the child being returned -- success to ME is the parent not losing hope. But, that's MY definition. What's yours? The child being returned, no matter the feelings, always and forever. I don't go for feel good solutions. Is that a male thing I wonder? Could be. As for MY success - I've beaten them three times on my youngest child. Excellent. I am pleased for the child's sake. I am a bit more cautious when it comes to recommending your definition of success above though. Waaay too much room for error. I suspect the Christine's felt very elated and successful driving away from the rest stop with their kids. Tactics matter a great deal more than feeling hopeful. They keep coming after her to shut me up about the other two. Which is the success? To me, both. They keep taking youngest because they know I'm right about other two. Who were NEVER removed from MY care. Never being removed is the ultimate in success. I'll buy that. I won't buy your former definition for anything useful to families. Keeping one's hope up is nice, it's even energizing, something needed, but in the end there is only one measure, no matter what went befo the child is home for good. Tere Notice how our mileage differs. Kane "Kane" wrote in message . com... "madeupagin" wrote in message . .. "Kane" wrote in message om... Visiting the following website set me to ponderin'..... snipping..................... Whatah yah think folks, might The Jig be up? Kane Well, no. Because those of us who don't have web sites right now are busy saving families. What have you done, and how many families are you working to save? How many saved so far? I'm not being rude. I look for people that are successful. If they want help they get it. I, for one, don't have a web site yet (but damn if it isn't in my brain, all pretty just for you). You will? Why? I didn't ask for a website from anyone. When I *do* have a website, although I am indeed a Christian -- that word will be no where on it. Why? Because it isn't just Christian families having problems with CPS. Indeed. I know. Did I say anything to lead to believe that I was saying there weren't. This isn't about "Christian families," it's about all families that may be being terribly suckered. So, Kane, just for you, I don't need you to do anything for me. Well, except keep on target, help families where you can, and be wary of those that come bearing false hope and bad directions for those families. Children can be gotten back, but ask yourself, how many in this ng have accomplished that? And why haven't they? While it takes a great deal of persistence, the means to do so has been laid down by one here. Certainly these folks that pillory him are smart enough to use those methods (well...I am stretching it just a bit here...r r r r), but no. They won't. Now why would they persist in continuing methods that have been shown, ala Greegor the Whore and his magnificent opus to Motions everywhere, but criticize success? Either they are, as I claim, dumb as posts, or they have an interest in the failure of families to get their children back. People in pain, more especially that of loss, and more especially of loss of loved ones, are extremely vulnerable. One can get them to do damn near anything, no matter how dangerous and foolish it might appear to those of us not so encumbered by loss and pain. Have you read the saga of Ruth and Brian Christine? Advised by the likes of some here, cheered on as they made serious error after error and in the end lost their children and their freedom. Thank goodness their children when to family and in time can reunite, but had they gone one little finger squeeze further, they would have been in jail essentailly for life. And the caterwauling around here about how they should have pulled that trigger gives ample testimony to my Blood Dancer claims. And I didn't see a single one of the anti crowd here do anything but wallow in it and not criticise those that suggested they should have killed caseworkers. You figure it out. I'd like to slap you with an insult now to wake you up but I'm weary and on the off chance you are still suffering mourning for your losses, I won't do that. But watch them take advantage of you. It would be kinder for my to whack you one upside the head. when I *do* have my site up and running (which will be a while, I'm busy with paperwork, screw getting a site for more work) I'll let you know. You do that. Can we count on you to find and tell the truth, or are you too going to lure other families down the path to loss? Are you that lonely in your pain you want others to join you, in hopes that more misery will ease yours? You can all commisserate each other and declare, "gee ain't it awful" or will you take the time to learn the tactics that win, win, win and get those children back home? Entirely up to you of course. Tere I'll even give you a tactical secret. I win against CPS by the slyest methods of all. I sneedle. I tell them nice things, what they want to hear, all the while sliding what I want right from under their noses. In fact they give it to me with both hands. If I think for a second they might see me in what to them is an oppositional posture, it's, "Hey, wanna go get a cup of coffee and talk it over?" I can't get case records, but anything about operations is mine for the taking if I am patient and nice. You have any idea what that's worth to a decent tactician in the fight to get children back? Of course, the difficulty with that is to be extremely careful who I share it with. And that goes especially for the brutes that think they are parents but are not. I'll be watching for your website, and good luck. Kane |
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Greg Hanson wrote: For those of you who could not tell, Kane is an atheist. LaVonne, What is your religious orientation? (Your comments make it an appropriate question.) I affiliate with no denomination but consider myself a Christian at this point in my life. There were times when I considered myself atheist, and later when I considered myself agnostic. I am most definately NOT a Christian Reconstructionist. Excuse my ignorance, Greg, but what is a Christian Reconstructionist? I am agnostic, not lost, just deliberately neutral and respectful of all religions. Was an honorary International Student. I wasn't lost when I was agnostic. I wasn't lost when I was atheist. What I currently believe has nothing to do with others, nor do I believe I have the right to judge anyone for their personal beliefs. This is quite different from some individuals who consider themselves to be fundamentalist Christians. Why would it be a problem for a group to have "connections to" some other more radical group? It sounds to me like you're complaining that they do something right, in that they have "connections to" a large number of other groups. One can go overboard with anything, Greg. The post of my which you cut stated that I do not like broad generalizations. Fundamentalist Christians have been lumped into a group that defends hitting and hurting children in the name of discipline. Some fundamentalist Christians believe this, many do not. I object to the over-generalization. There is a radical fundamentalist sect of Islam that, among other things, contributed to 9/11. This is not a fair judgment of Islam any more than believing that all Christians spank their children. Sounds a lot like some sort of "guilt by association" ploy. I was actually opposing "guilt by association." Perhaps you should have included my post. Joseph McCarthy lives on. |
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On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 15:47:16 -0500, LaVonne Carlson
wrote: Greg Hanson wrote: For those of you who could not tell, Kane is an atheist. LaVonne, What is your religious orientation? (Your comments make it an appropriate question.) I affiliate with no denomination but consider myself a Christian at this point in my life. There were times when I considered myself atheist, and later when I considered myself agnostic. I am most definately NOT a Christian Reconstructionist. Excuse my ignorance, Greg, but what is a Christian Reconstructionist? Our own homegrown, Christian version of Al Queda. Their aim is pretty clearly a whole planet wide, starting here in the US, theocracy with them at the head and wait until you find out what they have in store for the rest of us. And don't sell them short. They may be grim in a funny sort of way, but they aren not playing for chumpchange. They want it all. Dominion over all. http://www.religioustolerance.org/reconstr.htm http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Atla...struction.html http://www.serve.com/thibodep/cr/cr.htm http://www.serve.com/thibodep/cr/words.htm I particularly like rambling through the above site, as it has those wonderful old time religion practices like stoning, the relative position of the wife to the husband, a cleareyed approach to child rearing...r r r . and more Better hurry they are catchin on that we are catchin on and the lies are starting up. http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delp...struction.html Watch for words like Dominion Theology out there in the world. It's the code phrase for "resistance is futile", we are the Boring. I am agnostic, not lost, just deliberately neutral and respectful of all religions. Was an honorary International Student. I wasn't lost when I was agnostic. I wasn't lost when I was atheist. What I currently believe has nothing to do with others, nor do I believe I have the right to judge anyone for their personal beliefs. This is quite different from some individuals who consider themselves to be fundamentalist Christians. And I just introduced to one of the strongest arguments for judging people by their beliefs. My key question is this, "would you kill in defense of your religion?" The answer tells me pretty clearly who and what I am talking to. Why would it be a problem for a group to have "connections to" some other more radical group? It sounds to me like you're complaining that they do something right, in that they have "connections to" a large number of other groups. One can go overboard with anything, Greg. The post of my which you cut stated that I do not like broad generalizations. Fundamentalist Christians have been lumped into a group that defends hitting and hurting children in the name of discipline. Some fundamentalist Christians believe this, many do not. I object to the over-generalization. There is a radical fundamentalist sect of Islam that, among other things, contributed to 9/11. This is not a fair judgment of Islam any more than believing that all Christians spank their children. Sounds a lot like some sort of "guilt by association" ploy. I was actually opposing "guilt by association." Perhaps you should have included my post. Joseph McCarthy lives on. |
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LaVonne Carlson said
Greg Hanson wrote: For those of you who could not tell, Kane is an atheist. LaVonne, What is your religious orientation? (Your comments make it an appropriate question.) I affiliate with no denomination but consider myself a Christian at this point in my life. There were times when I considered myself atheist, and later when I considered myself agnostic. I am most definately NOT a Christian Reconstructionist. Excuse my ignorance, Greg, but what is a Christian Reconstructionist? Something you expressed fear of, joining in with Kane in his lunacy. Quite Frankly, I don't know or CARE what it is, and don't need to know or CARE what it is to know that I am NOT a part of it. WhatEVER it is, I am not a part of it. The trap you fell into was set by an ATHEIST so rabid that they think all Christians are child abusers and the enemy. This is quite different from some individuals who consider themselves to be fundamentalist Christians. I'm torn on that one. The Fundy's do worry me, but Kane is going too far to foist some paranoid conspiracy theory. Kane seems to be full of cathartic psychology. Why would it be a problem for a group to have "connections to" some other more radical group? It sounds to me like you're complaining that they do something right, in that they have "connections to" a large number of other groups. One can go overboard with anything, Greg. The post of my which you cut stated that I do not like broad generalizations. I worry MOST about broad generalizations when they are used IN Juvenile Court, as with A. the myth that when a kid has spiral fractures that it's automatically child abuse. Kids removed FROM THEIR HOME until somebody confesses, etc. B. the myths about Munchhausens which seem to have been fueled by undereducated amateurs who were welfare-to-work hires at CPS and who got whipped into a frenzy (seeing it everywhere) after seeing an NBC MOVIE OF THE WEEK. C. OVERBROAD generalization that step parents abuse kids D. Recovered memories (fiasco of the past, not dead yet.) E. Ritual Child Abuse (boondogle waste of the 1980's.) Sweeping generalizations might not always be BAD, but I don't think it's a stretch to say they have NO PLACE in Juvenile Court, being used to PRESUME things that destroy families. The guy who FABRICATED a ""sex abuse history"" on me seemed to think that the IMAGINED ends justified his truly despicable means. Fundamentalist Christians have been lumped into a group that defends hitting and hurting children in the name of discipline. Some fundamentalist Christians believe this, many do not. I object to the over-generalization. Where did you tell KANE this? You're addressing his issue. Although I should point out that your idea of what comprises "hitting and hurting children" includes all forms of SPANKING, doesn't it? I'm sure for you it's simpler to lump spanking in with caning and head wounds, but when you deal with people less liberal than yourself, you need to be more careful about that distinction. Can you agree to disagree about the spanking part and stop viewing spankers as equivalent to head bashers or stick beaters? If for no other reason than the HUGE legal difference? If you preach and practice TOLERANCE, then I'd suggest you stop lumping spankers with beaters by calling them all child beaters. .. If for no other reason that so you don't ALIENATE the large numbers in this country who DO believe in spanking. LaVonne: If you have a cause, web site, organization.. does it link to ANYBODY with views different from you own? Think. If you did that you could become dangerously politically inbred. (Something I KNOW for a fact was a problem when I left Minneapolis about ten years ago.) So, LaVonne, will you ever tell KANE that you don't like his whitewash McCarthyite smear tactic? I do believe you said you don't like it without saying you don't like it to KANE. There is a radical fundamentalist sect of Islam that, among other things, contributed to 9/11. This is not a fair judgment of Islam any more than believing that all Christians spank OH OH! Your agenda rears it's head! their children. Ya see, LaVonne, you started out talking about Christians BEATING kids, and then you let it slip you are really talking about Christians SPANKING kids! Your equation of the two is OFFENSIVE and Demogogic. You painted with a BROAD brush while trying to say you were against painting people with a broad brush. It's almost viral isn't it? If you're so against guilt by association, did I MISS a message where you admonished KANE for doing just that? Quite the opposite, I saw you chiming in to agree with the rabid ATHEIST and their whitewash of religion. Somehow I get the feeling that in your heart you mean well on this. I detect a spirit of tolerance and inclusionism in you. Am I wrong? While I do confess my fears of Fundy's, my fears are not a professional bias, professional opinion, will not be coded into law, or destroy a family. I'm confused about why you target Fundy's for spanking. Spanking is not the territory of just some extreme Fundy's. Quite the opposite, responsible spanking is believed in (used at minimum) by people of every faith. People who are agnostic, Lutheran, Atheist or Hindu should be speaking up about going after ANY Fundy or Wiccan for legal SPANKING. And judges should throw out any case with such creeping bias in it! There probably is a higher percentage of Fundy's who get into some literal thing about "the rod" for spanking. Would you suggest CHILD REMOVAL for that though? A cure worse than the ill? I guess when a Judge, a Cop, a Caseworker or a SW deals with a family the nature of their job calls for them to NOT MAKE GENERALIZATIONS and PRESUMPTIONS. An irked off family who saw 3 LOUSY attorneys might have good reason to generalize about lawyers. Not very professional. The family isn't supposed to be! An irked off family who has been in a sense "raped" by caseworkers lies and vilification might well have reason to generalize about caseworkers. Not very professional. The family isn't supposed to be! But Judges, caseworkers etc. in the system presume and generalize to the point of doing GREAT HARM. Not very professional. They ARE supposed to be! Not all anger is irrational. |
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