NeuroTypical

So, I'm a big 2nd amendment fan. I believe the words layed down in the age of muskets and horse-mounted cavalry are still relevant in an age of 33-rd concealable handguns. I think through the changes in what "papers and effects" mean. Someone uses a computer that does not belong to them, to type words which are then sent through cables which do not belong to them, and stored in places they don't own, kept and maintained by people they don't know. And yet, these emails, and the systems which create and handle them, are set up so the author can try to exercise control over who can see them. So I think I'll stand with the constitution here. However, I also remain of a very practical mindset. If you do something electronically, you're a fool if you expect privacy, no matter what the constitution or law says.

Here is a partial list of careers he may find exciting and fulfilling:Fireman Engineer Law enforcement Military Heavy equipment technician or operator Mines/resources tech Glad he didn't get heard saying that in school, where things may happen to quash his dreams and talents instead of encouraging and building them!

Life got so much easier when I stopped caring why other people do what they do.

Some unfriending folks might be your friends, just not want to read to lengthy political posts...

I keep meaning to pick the Dr. Who fandom back up, haven't really paid attention since Tom Baker. But it went further down the list after I saw what they did with their Torchwood spinoff. Suddenly, it's less about good British SciFi, and more about who is gay and who is linking up with who. I hope they don't do that to Dr. Who. GLBTQI Doctor, anyone?

TStevieRob, thank you for your service to this country. I personally know two vets with PTSD very well, and I married someone with PTSD, so I may have maybe a touch more insight into your struggles than the average poster here. That said: I'll see your wishful thinking, and raise you my wife's firsthand experience. I see a cop-out happening here, but it's not with my argument. You strike me as someone who has seen so much, you are no longer in the mood to turn a blind eye to the truth. I hear what you are saying about how "things don't have to be that way". Do you honestly bear no responsibility to deal with how things actually are right now?

Regarding sexual abuse, the LDS church went through the same scandals and growing pains the Catholics did, just about a decade earlier. We took responsibility by beefing up member records and making permanent annotations possible, so predators couldn't move around from ward to ward. We've also done things like stick windows in classroom doors, mandate the 2 brethren rule for teaching sunday school/primary, created that toll-free number for leaders to call when they hear about abuse, increased training, and other things.

To date, we've encountered maybe a dozen or so folks like Anne, maybe a couple possible bad guys, but zero confirmed bad guys. We let our kids (12 & 9) be alone in cars in public, whenever we deem it safe and appropriate to do so, and we see a good enough reason to do so. (It's been like maybe 5 times total, usually 2-4 minutes, never longer than 10 minutes.) When this happens in a public place, we take steps to make the kids hard to spot. Mostly to keep from being targeted by folks like Anne*, but also to keep them from being targeted by bad guys. Well, a tiny percentage of any town-or-larger demographic will be a predator. We assume their existence. (*In case of Anne, the kids practice a range of responses, given according to the behavior of the Anne. Usually ignoring, or maybe politely thanking for the concern, but occasionally making a big screaming scene and attracting lots of attention.)

What stuff like this shows to me, is that our children are talking about, exploring, thinking about killing and death and good/bad distinctions at a very very early age. True, understanding things at only a very superficial level, but interacting with such things nonetheless. I'm a big fan of talking about serious adult things with kids. There is no subject that should be taboo, just different ways of approaching them in age-appropriate fashions.

Ok Klein, out with it. Did you make this thing from start to finish? Who did the instrumentals and vocals? What equipment did you use to mix and whatnot? (Put all this stuff in the description area next time, dude!) I must say, if this is your baby, I enjoyed it much more than your videos. You may have found a niche in the nonvisual media into which you can expand. (I've never read the book, so I probably missed much of what your song had to offer.)

I started hearing this last year here in Colorado: Joy to the world! Barney is dead! They barbequed his head! Don't worry about the body They flushed it down the potty Around and around and down, Around and around and down Aroooooo-uuuuund around, around and down!

Hi KyleLock, and welcome! What brought you back to church?

"Ladybug, ladybug, fly away home. Your house is on fire, and your children are dating a cute boy." - Traditional nursery rhyme, slightly modernized by my kid #2

My Catholic neighbor didn't think much of the LDS church before the issue, he considers our recent embracing of the recent BSA decision to be another example of why we're messed up.Whereas when thinking of his own religion, he seems to be mainly ticked off at an organization of US Bishops. I don't quite get the levels of authority and groups of Catholicism.

Wow. I haven't seen an issue this divisive in a while. My Catholic neighbor's facebook arguments with other Catholics are looking similar to this thread. From what I could see, three people figure the Scoutmaster should be reprimanded and removed. Is there anyone else who wants to chime in on what should happen to him? The BSA national organization, I believe, has stated they will take no action - leaving it up to the local leadership. Is this appropriate?

I got this link from my Catholic neighbor who quit as scoutmaster, withdrew his family, and is campaigning to get the Catholic church out of scouting. Boy Scouts defy orders, wear uniforms in Utah gay pride parade What is going to happen to Scoutmaster Brownstein? What should happen?

HBDTY Iggy!

I'm having a hard time figuring out what it is you're asking here. You married a guy who came from a pretty base family. When you go be with them, you'll experience their behavior, and so will your kid. This will never, ever, ever change. Ever. I guess you can maybe have rules in your home, and enforce them. That probably means throwing people out and causing a great big stink. I'd only consider that an option if your husband supports you. But you can't really go hang out with them, and demand they stop being who they are. That's not how it works. Best you can do there, is learn to love people who wear their sins out where everyone can see them, and teach your baby how to do the same.

Survey all taken. It was just a 1 page survey, yes? After I clicked 'done', there wasn't any 'thanks for taking our survey' page - so I wanted to make sure I didn't break something.

Ok - this makes a big difference. He's basically a disabled dependent adult child, who will probably need your (or some other) assistance and support, long-term, to live as independently as possible. Is that an accurate statement?If that's the case, then you get to make medical decisions for him. And maybe you need to take legal steps to assure you can. What do you think - is your child actually a girl who has basically been treated and thought of as the wrong gender for all these years? If not, then it would seem that you don't allow the surgery. Something to consider - faith may or may not ease your path here. Faith can help you make up your mind, but then you need a lot of things besides faith to help you walk.

That's odd, I was going to advise you to be kind, considerate, and loving without being enabling. Sounds like you answered your own question.If he's 20 and living on his own, why is he still on your insurance in the first place? Sounds like a great time to take him off. If he's an independent adult, treat him like one. If he's a dependent child, treat him like one. Make sure you love the heck out of him as he moves through whatever he's moving through. Folks wanting/getting sex changes tend to have all sorts of problems and much higer rates of drug abuse and suicide (both attempts and successes). God bless you for adopting him. Sounds like you've done your best.

Yeah, this was pretty scary. They kept waking her up at 1am in her dark cell, demanding she sign something, and refusing to let her read it. She says she used to downplay the dangerousness of Mexico and urge her friends to visit, but not any more. It's a pity that the story required international attention and pressure to get the authorities in Mexico moving.

Huh. I am certainly seeing gun enthusaists in greater numbers. And there's quite a bit of anger, especially here in Colorado, at recent legislation. I'm mad too a little, as the law was so poorly written that it might turn me into a criminal and I haven't done anything wrong. I know Glenn Beck is more and more fringey every time I hear him, and he keeps being proven correct enough to hold his more skeptical audience. But the only time I've ever heard of people "needing" to sleep with their guns, is in this thread. It's possible, I guess. But I remember the first ammo shortage paranoia of 2008 - worse than the 2012 cycle. And I vaguely remember the original fed gun and magazine ban from 1994-2004, the apocalyptic screaming and fretting was much more melodramatic than it is today in my circles.I do think the Relief Society may have passed my Elder's Quorum in number of people with conceal carry permits in my ward, but it's going by without the end-of-times nuttiness.

Really? I'm as gun-nutty as the next guy, and I do know of a private citizen here and there who carries everywhere, and some who even keep it handy during sleep. But in the 7 years I've been associating with these folks, their numbers haven't really increased. And the words "feeling" "must" and "especially while sleeping" don't really apply to many of them. I know plenty of people who stridently believe the end is near. The last time I was hearing strongly from them, was a few months ago when ammo was hard to find. The tornadoes have them sharing stories, but nobody is talking about the last stand of the Nephites. I have noticed that a big stack of ladies in and out of my ward, have obtained their conceal-carry permits. But they're not talking end-times-sleep-on-your-swordery either.

Sorry - let me try again.Traveller is looking for "evidences that a Gadianton inspired secret society has taken control or power over a government". Understanding what power is, is critical to giving any meaningful answer. Romans 13:1 is very important. Gadiantons don't have power, what they have, is a shared belief in an old lie that satan tells us - that unrighteous dominion, the ability to force people to do what you want them to, is power. It is not. In order for it to seem like power, you need someone willing to be unrighteously dominoned over. Someone must choose to do what you want them to. The Gadianton must have someone else bought into the lie, otherwise, they're just a secret club of punks who nobody takes seriously. So to directly answer Traveller, when you believe that gadiantons can have power, your belief is evidence that it can happen. When you believe it is happening, your belief is evidence that it is happening. Sorry that this is wordy and sounds like semantic fluffery.