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Post by gotSTEAM? on Oct 3, 2006 17:48:11 GMT
Oh, you make me cry, Bobwinkle T_T
When I was younger, we had this playground...it had this awesome bridge where people would jump on the tops and others would sit on the bottom and be tossed into the air. No-one ever got hurt, we all knew what to do XD Then one day, they took it DOWN T___T
I found out that our beloved bridge was torn down because some kid got a hairline fracture in his arm. However the kid's mother was wealthy and had a say in town politics T___T She declared the bridge 'unsafe' and had it removed.
That was right before I moved, but I was sure sad, along with all the other neighbourhood kids. To my knowlage, some of locals were mad enough to beat up on the 'offending boy' ^^'
~Elizabeth
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Post by inuprincess on Oct 3, 2006 18:31:45 GMT
ok, I'm from New York, and my playgrounds still have wood and have sand. Wooden playgrounds replaced by wooden playgrounds. The're still there, just go to Central Park in Manhattan. There's these huge brand new wooden playgrounds. Just this summer, I went in one since I was taking my little cousin to the Museum of Natural History. Let me tell you, some of those things are still scarey, even for a 19 yr old girl like me. There's this shaking bridge you're suppose to run across and the monkey bars are soo high. I was hanging on one and was too scared to move to the next. It took me like three minutes to have the courage to finally let myself fall since I was blocking the way of a little girl. Just come to Manhattan if you guys want scarey wooden playgrounds, new ones.
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Post by 01Salty on Oct 3, 2006 23:25:10 GMT
In a nearby suburb in Brisbane, there's a playground. A BIG playground. It's HUGE! There are rope ladders (and rope tubes you climb up and down), big slides, three sets of swings, bridges, step ladders, and even a huge metal pole behind it which looks like a roller coaster. Oh, did I mention it had it's own maze? A maze in the playground. In fact, the things so big, it has speaking tubes throughout it, so you could call into a funnel one end, and get heard at the other ends around 10 metres away. It's awesome.
Luckily, it hasn't been taken down yet, and I hope it never does. I feel sorry for you Bobwinkle, as I too love/loved playgrounds.
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Post by FlyingScotsman on Oct 4, 2006 12:57:22 GMT
Is it me, or are we moving from political correctness to health and safety around here?
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Post by ~Mad Marty~ on Oct 10, 2006 3:07:28 GMT
Ah Political Correctness...
Its going to get to the point that "The Flying Scotsman" will be renamed "The Gravitationally-Challenged North-British Person"
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Post by FlyingScotsman on Oct 10, 2006 12:30:59 GMT
Anyone calls me "gravitationally challenged" gets a thick ear.
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Post by Alaric on Oct 11, 2006 23:27:02 GMT
This seems the best place to ask this. What do you say to a Christian who finds it absurd that you believe in evolution and cannot comprehend that you would prefer to be 'lucky' rather than created by a loving God?
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Post by bobwinkle007 on Oct 12, 2006 2:02:25 GMT
What do you say to a Christian who finds it absurd that you believe in evolution and cannot comprehend that you would prefer to be 'lucky' rather than created by a loving God? Go away.
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Post by Alaric on Oct 12, 2006 8:58:45 GMT
Perhaps I should specify. What do you say to your flat mate, who is an OK guy if kinda stubborn and aloof, who is Christian and finds the idea of believing in a scientific origin of creation laughable compared to the idea of a man in the sky making everyhing in the world in 6 days, and finds it ludicrous that you would prefer to be a lucky 'accident' rather than made by a 'loving God', baring in mind you don't want to insult him because you have to live with the guy for three years?
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Post by FlyingScotsman on Oct 12, 2006 10:35:56 GMT
That's difficult. Ultimately, the whole point of religion, including atheism, is that you believe you're right and everyone who doesn't agree is just plain wrong (or misguided, if you're being polite). I take it you don't want to attack his beliefs, so I suggest that you use an argument along the lines of, "Well, that's what you believe, but I'm afraid I can't make such a leap of faith without the evidence to back it up. You think my beliefs are wrong, I think yours are wrong. We'll have to agree to disagree."
Generally, just avoid using any inflammatory terms, emphasise that your disagreement is a matter of your belief, not an attack on his beliefs, and that you don't want it to come between you. I had to deal with a similar situation myself in my third year of university, and I must admit that I probably didn't handle it in the best way.
Essentially, the person I was dealing with was what I call a "hypochristian", i.e. someone who calls themself a Christian, uses this to lord it over other people, but doesn't actually follow the principles of the faith. So she would basically march around proclaiming how I was going to hell. I ended up demanding why someone as proud, judgmental and intolerant as her should be rewarded in th next life. Suffice it to say that relationships were "strained" after that.
General rule: no politics, no religion.
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Post by stepneydude on Oct 12, 2006 16:48:51 GMT
On the topic of religion/political correctness... A few girls in my school today got really freaked out over my religion (LaVeyanism), as do most people. These girls must be part of the stereotype that every girl is obssessed with and guided by the media. Because Halloween is coming up, I explained to some of my friends that it's an important holiday in my religion and I was going to buy them presents. These aforementioned girls thought that giving presents on Halloween was stupid (yet they don't seem to hate Halloween - no offence to any... well, "plump" members here, to put it nicely - one of the girls was quite fat. ), but upon hearing that I was a LaVeyanist their faces turned white. They began screaming, acting like five-year-olds etc. - scared that I was going to sacrifice their babies to Satan or whatever. A teacher heard them (obviously, we're talking 120 decibel screams here) and upon hearing the whole dilemma, he told off the girls for being "religiously intolerant". My respect for political correctness has gone up slightly today. ;D My school is quite... what's the word?... "Up" on religious equality. I know several Jewish kids, and one of my friends is a member of the Rastafarianism movement.
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Post by gotSTEAM? on Oct 13, 2006 3:33:07 GMT
My friend Sandy got caught in the school bathroom reading her bible...she was having a hard day ^^' She got detention for practicing her faith in school - but she wasn't in the halls or corridors doing it, which bugs me majorly T_T
~Elizabeth
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Post by inuprincess on Oct 18, 2006 21:47:24 GMT
My friend Sandy got caught in the school bathroom reading her bible...she was having a hard day ^^' She got detention for practicing her faith in school - but she wasn't in the halls or corridors doing it, which bugs me majorly T_T ~Elizabeth hm...I might report the school to like some hire power. Get the gov't envolved or sue. She's not doing anything envolving church and state. All she's doing is practicing her faith in a very private area where no one can see. It's not disturbing anyone...what would they do if they had a muslm kid who has to pray facing east three times a day?
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Post by douglas on Oct 18, 2006 21:51:46 GMT
Yeah, I suppose they don't punish Jewish kids who talk in Hebrew, do they? That seems very racist and ridiculous to punish her for "practicing her faith in school." I agree with inuprincess, have her or her parents report to the gov't or report yourself.
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Post by Ronnie on Oct 18, 2006 23:05:50 GMT
Yeah, she can sue the school or something. As long as she is not in plain sight, she should be able to practice her faith, even if it is a public school.
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Post by gotSTEAM? on Oct 19, 2006 0:41:07 GMT
Oddly enough, there was a muslim kid I knew in my last year of high school - he carried the Koran (spelling?) with his school books...none of the teachers ever got on his case I do remember Sandy telling her mom, but all she got was, 'that's the way of the world' - and without backup from her, she couldn't take it to any higher powers. It seems that religous discrimination doesn't apply if you're white and Christian...or Catholic ^^' ~Elizabeth
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Post by Mafew on Oct 19, 2006 9:40:55 GMT
I think thats disgusting about the Bible and her getting punished for it. People do need to sort themselves out now before we get too crazy.
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Post by ~Mad Marty~ on Oct 19, 2006 14:23:30 GMT
About living with Christians:
Okay, Christians are supposed to "teach" other people about the faith, not ram it down their throats. And how are we supposed to teach? By loving people. By loving people, we must respect their human dignity. Love and respect are the core of Christian faith. Because God is love.
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Post by FlyingScotsman on Oct 19, 2006 14:42:44 GMT
I'd agree with you there. Religion should be something that people come to by themselves, not because someone's forced them to think one way or another. This is why I believe that church and state should always be kept separate.
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Post by inuprincess on Oct 19, 2006 18:37:11 GMT
Oddly enough, there was a muslim kid I knew in my last year of high school - he carried the Koran (spelling?) with his school books...none of the teachers ever got on his case I do remember Sandy telling her mom, but all she got was, 'that's the way of the world' - and without backup from her, she couldn't take it to any higher powers. It seems that religous discrimination doesn't apply if you're white and Christian...or Catholic ^^' ~Elizabeth Maybe she should write to a govt' official...anyone she can find the address of. That's really not fair. Did she tell her mother about the muslim kid being able to do it but not her? If I was her, I would walk around all day with that bible and if they kick me out, I'll just go to another school. Or do a boycott/strike like thing right outside the school, have other kids do it with me if they want. It might be on the news...maybe she should call up the local news channel so they can do something on it.
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