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CF has always been a site that welcomes people from different backgrounds and beliefs to participate in discussion and even debate. That is the nature of its ministry. In view of recent events emotions are running very high. We need to remind people of some basic principles in debating on this site. We need to be civil when we express differences in opinion. No personal attacks. Avoid you, your statements. Don't characterize an entire political party with comparisons to Fascism or Communism or other extreme movements that committed atrocities. CF is not the place for broad brush or blanket statements about groups and political parties. Put the broad brushes and blankets away when you come to CF, better yet, put them in the incinerator. Debate had no place for them. We need to remember that people that commit acts of violence represent themselves or a small extreme faction.
What's on your mind?
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No. Just the usual odd people finally exhibiting their bizarreness. I just think it's been very pleasant around here as of late and we don't need it all to come crashing down.
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Watching the film Airplane! for the first time. Love Leslie Nelson, yet never managed to watch this movie of his.
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There have been plenty of times when I was about to eat something that might be questionable and thought, "I'll just add some ketchup to it. That'll fix whatever might be off!" lol
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Agreed. Soon I plan to start my Christmas bakingI guess this just means we need to ramp up the Christmas spirit! (And maybe avoid creating threads that are going to obviously spark debate lol...)
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Gonna watch Bram Stoker's Dracula.. don't like Vampires.. but it is directed by Francis Ford Coppla and stars Winona Ryder so I'm a little intrigued to see what the film is like.. lol.
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Boy do I ever love getting sucked into someone else's drama .... And then them getting mad because I am not reacting the same way they are, angry and crying. And then getting this guilt clincher "I pray that you NEVER become a parent and have to experience your child getting murdered! Because you just don't know!"
What do you want me to say to that? I didn't do or say anything to deserve that crap thrown in my face. It's like I am being punished for not being a parent so I can empathize with the victims more. All because I refuse to get melodramatic over someone else's circumstances that you chose to drag me into. No, it was because I did not join in the emotion-driven "Oh yeah, that guy is totally guilty (without damning evidence being shown yet)! I agree! Execute him immediately! He deserves to burn in hell!" No, instead, I said, it's possible he isn't guilty, and someone has set him up. I would not convict him right away if I were on the jury. (When directly asked what i would do if I were on the jury, first, mind you, which I would just as soon have nothing to do with.) And now she goes on an emotional rampage, telling me she hopes I never go on a jury (because my way of approaching the law is wrong in her eyes, I guess), and that I never become a parent.
I'm sorry, but even if he is guilty (and he may well be, I DON'T KNOW, hence why I said I would not declare him so right away out of pure vengeance and anger), how will him getting convicted and put down or thrown in jail for the rest of his life bring the victim back? How? How does deliberately bringing anger and a desire for vengeance upon yourself ever ultimately help you or make you feel better? If your child is murdered, it already sucks. It is in fact the worst thing that can ever happen to a parent. I totally agree that it is! And that is the very reason why seeking out someone to make suffer for it, whether they were proven guilty or not, will never begin to compensate for your own suffering and loss.
And don't expect me to take your emotion (when you aren't even the parent of the lost child yourself, just an acquaintance) seriously when you look me in the eye and say the person you believe killed the daughter is a *racial slur for black people* and a *even more offensive racial slur for black people*, and that is why black criminals are called such things.
But you are right; I can't know or understand well because I myself am not a parent. So why the frilly heck are you asking my opinion on this in the first freaking place if you are just going to mad that I am not agreeing with you 100%?
Families, man .... Seriously. THIS kind of thing, her getting anxious about something, trying to make me feel the same about it, and then getting mad at me that I am not, is one of the reasons I do not want to live with her all my life. ... Well, I take that back; yeah, I am getting pretty anxious now, as you can tell from the appearance of this post, after she berates me for not getting emotional at first.
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Actually, no, you know what? She even said beforehand that she was asking me what I would do if I were on this guy's jury because I she knows me to be the kind of person to "analyze, and analyze, and analyze, and analyze everything so much ...." So she already knew what kind of answer I would give. The kind of person who has to be logical and analyze everything would of course say, after being told the story of the crime and what evidence was found and asked what I would do, that I don't think I would immediately declare him guilty. SO WHY ARE YOU GETTING MAD AT ME AND CRYING LIKE I SAID SOMETHING TERRIBLE THAT YOU SET ME UP TO SAY. I am sick of drama being forced into my life at any time, to any degree, because of her. To where it's like I have to be feeling anxious just like her over something, that I have to agree with her on, or else she needs to get on to me in some way for not thinking and feeling correctly. Just like that time over a year ago (I remember posting about it, my resulting frustration with her over trying to get me upset) I refused to get all riled up because the bank once held my deposit for two weeks before it'd go through - which if I recall is a common thing when you deposit such a large amount of money at once, big deal - and she got on to me for not getting mad and making a scene over it. There was nothing I felt it necessary to get upset over! SO WHY WOULD I DO IT TO MYSELF PURPOSEFULLY?
Enough crap goes on in the average human being's life already without them needing to also seek out more things to up the anger and anxiety level. If I am not getting mad about something because I see no good reason to, you are ... just ... completely in the wrong to criticize me for it in any way. It's like saying "No! You need these negative emotions in your life! And more of them! Get mad! Get anxious, RIGHT NOW!"
What do you want me to say to that? I didn't do or say anything to deserve that crap thrown in my face. It's like I am being punished for not being a parent so I can empathize with the victims more. All because I refuse to get melodramatic over someone else's circumstances that you chose to drag me into. No, it was because I did not join in the emotion-driven "Oh yeah, that guy is totally guilty (without damning evidence being shown yet)! I agree! Execute him immediately! He deserves to burn in hell!" No, instead, I said, it's possible he isn't guilty, and someone has set him up. I would not convict him right away if I were on the jury. (When directly asked what i would do if I were on the jury, first, mind you, which I would just as soon have nothing to do with.) And now she goes on an emotional rampage, telling me she hopes I never go on a jury (because my way of approaching the law is wrong in her eyes, I guess), and that I never become a parent.
I'm sorry, but even if he is guilty (and he may well be, I DON'T KNOW, hence why I said I would not declare him so right away out of pure vengeance and anger), how will him getting convicted and put down or thrown in jail for the rest of his life bring the victim back? How? How does deliberately bringing anger and a desire for vengeance upon yourself ever ultimately help you or make you feel better? If your child is murdered, it already sucks. It is in fact the worst thing that can ever happen to a parent. I totally agree that it is! And that is the very reason why seeking out someone to make suffer for it, whether they were proven guilty or not, will never begin to compensate for your own suffering and loss.
And don't expect me to take your emotion (when you aren't even the parent of the lost child yourself, just an acquaintance) seriously when you look me in the eye and say the person you believe killed the daughter is a *racial slur for black people* and a *even more offensive racial slur for black people*, and that is why black criminals are called such things.
But you are right; I can't know or understand well because I myself am not a parent. So why the frilly heck are you asking my opinion on this in the first freaking place if you are just going to mad that I am not agreeing with you 100%?
Families, man .... Seriously. THIS kind of thing, her getting anxious about something, trying to make me feel the same about it, and then getting mad at me that I am not, is one of the reasons I do not want to live with her all my life. ... Well, I take that back; yeah, I am getting pretty anxious now, as you can tell from the appearance of this post, after she berates me for not getting emotional at first.
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Actually, no, you know what? She even said beforehand that she was asking me what I would do if I were on this guy's jury because I she knows me to be the kind of person to "analyze, and analyze, and analyze, and analyze everything so much ...." So she already knew what kind of answer I would give. The kind of person who has to be logical and analyze everything would of course say, after being told the story of the crime and what evidence was found and asked what I would do, that I don't think I would immediately declare him guilty. SO WHY ARE YOU GETTING MAD AT ME AND CRYING LIKE I SAID SOMETHING TERRIBLE THAT YOU SET ME UP TO SAY. I am sick of drama being forced into my life at any time, to any degree, because of her. To where it's like I have to be feeling anxious just like her over something, that I have to agree with her on, or else she needs to get on to me in some way for not thinking and feeling correctly. Just like that time over a year ago (I remember posting about it, my resulting frustration with her over trying to get me upset) I refused to get all riled up because the bank once held my deposit for two weeks before it'd go through - which if I recall is a common thing when you deposit such a large amount of money at once, big deal - and she got on to me for not getting mad and making a scene over it. There was nothing I felt it necessary to get upset over! SO WHY WOULD I DO IT TO MYSELF PURPOSEFULLY?
Enough crap goes on in the average human being's life already without them needing to also seek out more things to up the anger and anxiety level. If I am not getting mad about something because I see no good reason to, you are ... just ... completely in the wrong to criticize me for it in any way. It's like saying "No! You need these negative emotions in your life! And more of them! Get mad! Get anxious, RIGHT NOW!"
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OMM: Can't believe I'm out of hot chocolate! 
Oh well, guess I'll put on some Christmas music and boogie for a few hours.
Oh well, guess I'll put on some Christmas music and boogie for a few hours.
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Drawing went well today, I spent a few hours on it and now I'm working on editing the lineart. I'm having a lot of fun drawing this and listening to Christmas music for the first time this year. There's something about doing these things that makes me so happy! 
I hope everyone has a wonderful night/day!
There's something about doing these things that makes me so happy! I hope everyone has a wonderful night/day!
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Christmas is just plain awesome, isn't it?Drawing went well today, I spent a few hours on it and now I'm working on editing the lineart. I'm having a lot of fun drawing this and listening to Christmas music for the first time this year.
I hope everyone has a wonderful night/day!
Me right now:
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