yes lived in sin for 4 or more years in a house we both built when I was 21. Loved her to bits right up to her passing away a little over 3 years ago....knocked the stuffing out of me and I still weep a tear for what we had ...she was my best friend and a cracker in the looks dept = bonus.
Weddings and bonded marriage suits many, but not me, the ties that bind should be worked on daily with love, affection, admiration and individualism celebrated to create 2 people power, not an absorption model so many couples seem to melt into.
Relationships are what they are. Dependent on the individuals involved and their mutual commitment.
Nothing to do with the gratuitous frills round the edges.
A solution to this endless discussion about whether gay marriage should happen etc., would be for all marriage to not exist at all.
A legal arrangement via civil unions should be available to everyone if that's what they want in terms of protection of property etc if the love dies and the hatred sets in.
I appreciate your difference of opinion as it is thought provoking. In line with the thread topic and the post by Bellenuit of the mob burning of those three (one unborn) Pakistanis. Specifically, I condemn those actions perpetrated by this religion on those innocent people. To support these religious actions is not acceptable in this country. The goal is some future freer world.
I don't agree with the U.S. interventions and their attitude toward their own country folk. Documents set in stone (Constitution) should be debated and voted upon on a more regular basis. Particularly the right to bear arms and the fanatics that grieve not, as more school children get shot up. It borders insanity why nothing has been done to remove the free availability of guns in their society. Their 'international agenda' has obviously disturbed a hornet's nest and it is their self righteousness, arrogance and wanton intervention that irks people. Even angers people to perform hideous acts of violence in "retaliation".
There is defense on one hand and there is intimidation by forcing will on the other hand. But. And a big but. What would the world look like without the U.S. interventions around the world?
My comment about leaving the country concerns the religious fanatics pushing their fanatical religious agenda in Australia.
Yes you are right. These people need a spokesperson or activist. It would be a different world with everyone getting what they want during their lifetime. The low cost of general education in Australia along with parental guidance is a great place to start.
Thankfully, and one of the reasons why people love living in Australia, is the wide expanse of land with more opportunity than any other country in the world to have a go.
yes lived in sin for 4 or more years in a house we both built when I was 21. Loved her to bits right up to her passing away a little over 3 years ago....knocked the stuffing out of me and I still weep a tear for what we had ...she was my best friend and a cracker in the looks dept = bonus.
Weddings and bonded marriage suits many, but not me, the ties that bind should be worked on daily with love, affection, admiration and individualism celebrated to create 2 people power, not an absorption model so many couples seem to melt into.
A solution to this endless discussion about whether gay marriage should happen etc., would be for all marriage to not exist at all.
A legal arrangement via civil unions should be available to everyone if that's what they want in terms of protection of property etc if the love dies and the hatred sets in.
So much fuss about something which is essentially meaningless. No ceremony or bit of paper, piles of wedding presents, bridesmaids and honeymoons, will ensure a sound relationship.
Relationships are what they are. Dependent on the individuals involved and their mutual commitment.
Nothing to do with the gratuitous frills round the edges.
VC
Maybe you should ask the Brits how their politically correct garbage is going, and the destruction of the family institution, that is all it seems to be doing, attacking and destroying.
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Christianity is the foundation of our civilisation, and for me, our Christian heritage is worth standing up for
There is an interesting article in today's Weekend Australian on the attraction Islam has for the mentally unwell and the incarcerated criminal class.
It is about the obsessive nature of the observances and the sense of community in enclosed environments that Islam engenders.
It is worth a read.
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And smoking is just meant to be a harmless leisure activity, but things don't always work out that way, and when we learn the real side effects are harmful, we should avoid the dangerous activity.
Can you think of a single positive benefit of religion that can not be achieved in other ways?
And if you can't think of any positive benefit that can not be achieved in other ways, why take the pill with the terrible side effects, it's my opinion that religion should be avoided.
Fighting the urge
err, no, it doesn't. It again conflates a multitude of factors. Are all immigrants created equal? No.
You shouldn't compare African Americans to Muslims. African Americans are well-established in America. Most Muslims in the US are first or second generation immigrants. That's entirely different, and it takes a while for cultures to assimilate (e.g. Italian gangsters).
It could easily warp results, if almost all Muslims in Italy come from these backgrounds (hence almost all are criminals). Remember, as you said - it's proportion that matters, not total numbers. Aborigines are 10x overrepresented in Australian jails. By your logic, a) this enormous gap can't be explained by a range of societal factors and b) it's definitely thus because they believe in dreamtime.
I'm not disagreeing with you. I'm disagreeing with any inferences drawn from that that relate to Islam. Yes, Muslims are overrepresented in jail populations, and hence display higher criminality than others, at least in the US and Italy. That's about the only conclusion one can draw, and nobody is denying that.
How exactly did you strengthen your argument that Islam is an explanatory variable? Almost all North Africans are Muslim, and are hence susceptible to the destitution, lack of education, and range of economic factors that create the gap which you referred to. Nothing necessarily to do with Islam, despite almost all of Italy's immigrants coming from there.
Luutzu sums it up well.
That's a perfect example of confirmation bias Luutzu - people see what they expect to see, which reinforces their previously held (mis)conceptions.
Exactly.
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