Fenix03
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posted on March 3, 2004 06:00:13 PM new
What is it with the right? For those of you who have not read the Girl Scout Cookie theme there is a distrurbing trend in the responses.
Two responses in support of a christian family values boycott, and both specially base their support on issues which are either not even brought up or are directly eliminated in the article.
Do people even read anymore? Is there an effort to actually understand issues or does "the right" now automatically embrace any issue which can, in any way shape or form, be attached to or mentioned in the same breath as "Family Values" or "Homeland Safety" (I mention that one because of the ridiculous prescription drug issue which barred reimportation as a potentional security risk that somehow managed to find support on this board)
The knee jerk reaction to defend and support any issue adopted by any organization that has the word "Christian" in it's title is getting kind of scary. When did they decide to drink the kool-aid?
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If it's really "common" sense, why do so few people actually have it?
[ edited by Fenix03 on Mar 3, 2004 06:01 PM ]
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bunnicula
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posted on March 3, 2004 06:14:20 PM new
I don't know the answer, but you're right--they're scary sometimes. My best friend has become a devotee of the Right. Her TV is turned 99% of the time (all day, every day) to Fox News Channel & she manages to bring almost every conversation to something she's heard o n it. Quotes it verbatim, I'm not kidding. Conversations can be derailed when out of the blue she inserts something totally off-topic from Fox News. It's frightening, especially since she never used to be this way. Now it'slike The Invasion of the Body Snathcers and I keepexpecting to find pods growing in her husband's garden (he's almost as bad as she is on this).
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Censorship, like charity, should begin at home; but unlike charity, it should end there --Clare Booth Luce
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Twelvepole
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posted on March 3, 2004 06:18:49 PM new
You know fenix you are so full of sh*t.... I guess reading an article and forming an opinion doesn't make sense to the left...
Probably because we are getting quite fkn' tired of the left giving away everything that good and decent people over the years fought and died for...
AIN'T LIFE GRAND... 
http://www.nogaymarriage.com/
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Fenix03
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posted on March 3, 2004 06:35:37 PM new
Twelve...... I have not insulted you, called you names or used profanity in a post directed to you. I disagree with you on a vast array of topics but I have shown you the respect to not make personal attacks and I would appreciate the same.
If you want to argue an issue I'll go toe to toe with you but I ask two things - you show me the same respect I show you and that you actually pick an issue rather than this broad sweep profanity laced statement that has no actual topic or purpose other than to attack.
Bunni....... Your mention of Fox reminded me of something I heard this morning - when reporting on AQ honchos caught and or trapped in Yemen the announcer stated that Bin Laden was of Yemeni desent. Was he a complete idiot or is this some new disclosure of previously undiscovered bloodlines?
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If it's really "common" sense, why do so few people actually have it?
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gravid
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posted on March 3, 2004 06:43:51 PM new
If the rapure sweeps all these turkeys away from the rest of us - please - float away and we shall have more peace than tribulation from their going.
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Twelvepole
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posted on March 3, 2004 07:12:50 PM new
I will not be changing my posting style for you or anyone else... try the ignore button if you don't like it.
Oh and by starting this thread you attacked not only myself but also Linda... she however is more calm about such attacks, I am not...
I don't care much for backdoor tactics... I come at you straight on...
AIN'T LIFE GRAND...
http://www.nogaymarriage.com/
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profe51
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posted on March 3, 2004 07:46:45 PM new
fenix, it's not news really...bin Laden was born in Saudi Arabia but his family's roots are in Yemen...remember a while back it was being tossed around that he might hide in Yemen and that he had a lot of support there? That's why...
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profe51
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posted on March 3, 2004 07:54:04 PM new
Probably because we are getting quite fkn' tired of the left giving away everything that good and decent people over the years fought and died for..
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Fenix03
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posted on March 3, 2004 08:14:39 PM new
: h and by starting this thread you attacked not only myself but also Linda... she however is more calm about such attacks, I am not...
I don't care much for backdoor tactics... I come at you straight on... ::
What backdoor tactic - I confronted you straight on in the original thread regarding you misstatements. This thread was about the greater theme that your misstatements as well as Lindas are a syptom of. Rather than running two different conversations in one thread I brought the new issue to a new thread.
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Linda_K
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posted on March 3, 2004 08:30:03 PM new
fenix - Would you mind being a little clearer on what misstatements I've made and exactly what that has to do with the rapture? I'm not clear and would like to be before responding.
Re-elect President Bush!!
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Fenix03
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posted on March 3, 2004 08:41:48 PM new
I was referring to your initial statement that the girls were subjected to literature from Planned Parenthood when it was stated that they were not.
By Rapture am reffering to seeming automatic embracing of subjects wrapped in the guise of the two main platforms of the right as stated above, sometimes without full knowledge of the actual situation.
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profe51
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posted on March 3, 2004 08:50:03 PM new
fenix, I thought you meant the right was about to be raptured....as in taken away to heaven.....damn.....
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Linda_K
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posted on March 3, 2004 09:01:21 PM new
I was referring to your initial statement that the girls were subjected to literature from Planned Parenthood when it was stated that they were not. I did not state that, nor did I get that from your article, fenix. There was no confusion about that on my end. You took it that way [assumed] that's what I meant. And I also stated that if you found it surprising that some people aren't aware of the basic purpose of Planned Parenthood....then I didn't know what to say to you.
By Rapture am reffering to seeming automatic embracing of subjects wrapped in the guise of the two main platforms of the right as stated above, sometimes without full knowledge of the actual situation.
Well....as gravid said, and I agree with, your article wasn't very clear. But I doubt there's anyone that doesn't know the that the main job of Planned Parenthood is abortions.
I too thought you were referring to the 'rapture' that some believe in.
Re-elect President Bush!!
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bunnicula
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posted on March 3, 2004 10:48:21 PM new
I did not state that, nor did I get that from your article, fenix.
Linda, in your first post in that thread you stated: "For the life of me, I cannot understand how some see this differently than they see their own children having to do/learn/hear something [like prayers] that they so object to. How is this different? You don't want your children to be forced to pray. These parents don't want their children to be forced to listen to any issue that goes against their beliefs."
So Fenix wasn't mistaken, was he?
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Censorship, like charity, should begin at home; but unlike charity, it should end there --Clare Booth Luce
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Linda_K
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posted on March 4, 2004 12:38:52 AM new
bunni - So Fenix wasn't mistaken, was he?
I was directing my post ONLY to the PPH and abortion part of her post. I was not addressing any part of the other group at all. And if you'll read my other post I did explain that because of the way I worded it....that wasn't a very good way of putting it.
And I believe fenix is a she.
Re-elect President Bush!!
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neroter12
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posted on March 4, 2004 05:20:13 AM new
bunni, I thought fenix was a she?
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bunnicula
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posted on March 4, 2004 07:13:05 AM new
Dunno. Never heard one way or the other.
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Censorship, like charity, should begin at home; but unlike charity, it should end there --Clare Booth Luce
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Twelvepole
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posted on March 4, 2004 07:22:56 AM new
Fenix is a "she" very business savvy but...
a little leaning to the left 
AIN'T LIFE GRAND...
http://www.nogaymarriage.com/
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bunnicula
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posted on March 4, 2004 07:32:19 AM new
Learn something new everyday!
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Censorship, like charity, should begin at home; but unlike charity, it should end there --Clare Booth Luce
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gravid
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posted on March 4, 2004 08:30:23 AM new
Ah - OK - you meant it like 'rapture of the deep".
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Fenix03
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posted on March 4, 2004 09:37:17 AM new
They are right Bunni - I am a she
Twelve - thanks you
Linda -
::And I also stated that if you found it surprising that some people aren't aware of the basic purpose of Planned Parenthood....then I didn't know what to say to you. ::
Well according to you and Twelve it seems to be performing secret abortions. Are you sure you know what their basic purpose is? It is actually education and prevention of STDs and unwanted pregnancies. WHile they do in some locations perform abortions that is hardly their basic purpose. Unfortunately helping to educate kids on the reprocussions and responsibilities of sex is not one that people can really say they are against so the right has tried to turn PPH's reputation into that of just being an abortion mill.
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Linda_K
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posted on March 4, 2004 10:27:23 AM new
fenix - Yes, I'm sure I know. You are the mis-informed one on this subject.
Re-elect President Bush!!
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Fenix03
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posted on March 4, 2004 11:19:20 AM new
Adolescent Services
It is the policy of Planned Parenthood Federation of America to assure that adolescents have access to information about human sexuality and to reproductive health care services. Adolescents should be encouraged, when possible, to involve their parents and/or other responsible and concerned adults in their reproductive decision-making. Planned Parenthood opposesany limitation or restriction on the access of adolescents to confidential reproductive health services, including contraception and abortion. Planned Parenthood also supports a range of activities designed to reduce adolescent pregnancy and childbearing, such as expanded sexuality education, increased behavioral research, and the development of contraceptive methods specially suited to adolescents.
Call me kooky but does not sound like a secret abortion mill to me.
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gravid
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posted on March 4, 2004 01:54:28 PM new
Far better to have kids throw their babies in a dumpster and hang themselves than embarrass their parents.
Little whores get what they deserve don't they?
(Yes this is sarcasm for the terminally dense.)
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