Punishment for 8 year old

[HiTech]

Anyway all you have to do to an 8 yr old (now a days) is to take away their cellphone and delete their myspace acct. I would just scream at them really loudly in their face

Maybe it's that way in the ghetto projects, but in my area of upper middle class suburbia, even most 10-12 yr. old kids aren't given cell phones and MySpace access. We take away their X Boxes, Playstations, and remove the air from the tires on their Haro or Diamondback bmx bikes!

 

[audioguru]

In Toronto, a 14 year old kid bought a car then took his friends for a ride, crashed and killed them. The court might just slap his wrist to avoid a racial battle (he is Arab).

 

[Thunderchild]

What does that have to do with christianity?

the church used to destroy people that had any knowledge (such as herbs or astronomy) with the accuse of which craft the church did not the political authority (that was really the church anyhow) but THE CRISTIAN CHURCH.
galileo galilei that made useful discoveries in astronomy had to retract his findings publicly (basically admit to being a liar) to escape death and it was all over discovering that the earth was not the centre of the universe but the sun was (he didn't get as far as discovering that the universe is more than our solar system and its not at the centre in those days it was all the univers).

 

[Thunderchild]

In Toronto, a 14 year old kid bought a car then took his friends for a ride, crashed and killed them. The court might just slap his wrist to avoid a racial battle (he is Arab).

its getting ike that in the UK too kids in general and foreigners,
any literature released by goverment bodies featuring pictures of "citizens" generally have at leat 50 % of images of black people but thats not representive of our nations make up (it may well be soon) its like we are self rascist

 

[HiTech]

Well at least you don't have to put up with Affirmative Action legislation like we do here in the states!

 

[Hank Fletcher]

Well at least you don't have to put up with Affirmative Action legislation like we do here in the states

Why do you have to "put up" with Affirmative Action (or anything else in your country, for that matter)? Is apathy a recently re-discovered virtue of the founding fathers of the U.S. or something?

 

[HiTech]

Affirmative Action is a federal mandated pgm. that is supposed to be reconciliation to the negroes for their years of slavery in the south. While some aspects of the pgm. are ok, other parts of it are not.

 

[Hank Fletcher]

Affirmative Action is a federal mandated pgm. that is supposed to be reconciliation to the negroes for their years of slavery in the south. While some aspects of the pgm. are ok, other parts of it are not.

Some parts are working for you, and for the rest you have the freedom to voice your opinion on. That's hardly having to "put up" with it, is it? FYI, the correct terminology, in your case, is "black people," not "negroes."

 

[The Mad Electrician]

WOW and people think I'm evil because I spank my child.

 

[HiTech]

Some parts are working for you, and for the rest you have the freedom to voice your opinion on. That's hardly having to "put up" with it, is it? FYI, the correct terminology, in your case, is "black people," not "negroes."

Not quite correct there in your wordage. Back then when the pgm was introduced the term "negro" was current. Over the years it has changed to "blacks" and the pgm was retribution for primarily negro slavery back in the 1800's, although it never could have benefit that generation... it was more for appeasing their present day ancesters who have raised their voices. The AA pgm. has morphed into including others like Hispanics and some others. Like I said, some aspects of the pgm. are ok and offer balance for opportunities, however the biggest caviat is that too often, the best qualified person for the job doesn't get hired because a department or company doesn't meet the recommended quotas on hired minorities.
Interestingly enough, there are indeed some present day blacks who feel AA is a bogus program to benefit the black race in America for something (slavery) that has been abolished for scores of years, and they were never a part or victim of. Many others are opportunists, and reach out with both hands for so-called entitlements of the program.

 

[shokjok]

The innocent child is psychologically affected for life, but the tormentors seem to enjoy their infliction of pain. What was the parents' reaction? Did they file charges or a lawsuit?

 

[CynicalMan]

those people were having sex with each other, worshiping idols, killing people, sacrificing children to pagan gods, pillaging other people and living in disgust, there was no other logical response except for punishment.

This sounds like what the conquistadors did. Let's compare what they to the supposedly satanistic practises of the people and culture they destroyed


The Mesoamericans killed themselves in the name of their gods.
The conquistadors killed the Mesoamericans in the name of their god.

The Mesoamericans worshipped their gods and believed that no other gods were real.
The conquistadors worshipped their god and believed that no other gods were real.

The Mesoamericans believed that their acts were allowed and encouraged by their gods.
The conquistadors believed that their acts were allowed and encouraged by their god.

The Mesoamericans warred amongst themselves but generally didn't hurt any other cultures.
The conquistadors took it upon themselves to destroy all cultures that didn't believe in their god.

PS This doesn't sound a lot like the Cristian tenet to love and accept everyone.

 

[Hero999]

those people were having sex with each other,

Oh no, people have sex!

Do you know what would be really bad? If people stopped having sex.

worshiping idols

So what? They're not killing anyone, more fool them.

 

[HiTech]

I brought my daughter up properly! - she loves Monty Python, and even has the DVD "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" - one of the best films ever. She's played it for numerous friends, all of whom have fallen in love with Monty Python.

Go and buy it, or hire it - don't bother with "The Life of Brian", that's no where near as good.

I thought "The Meaning of Life" was a decent one from them also.