Someone posted a Myspace bulletin with this in. Myspace bulletins are rarely interesting so I feel it is only right to celebrate the exception to the rule:
I am the boy who never finished high school, because I got called a fag everyday
I am the girl kicked out of her home because I confided in my mother that I am a lesbian.
I am the prostitute working the streets because nobody will hire a transsexual woman.
I am the sister who holds her gay brother tight through the painful, tear-filled nights.
We are the parents who buried our daughter long before her time.
I am the man who died alone in the hospital because they would not let my partner of twenty-seven years into the room.
I am the foster child who wakes up with nightmares of being taken away from the two fathers who are the only loving family I have ever had. I wish they could adopt me.
I am not one of the lucky ones. I killed myself just weeks before graduating high school. It was simply too much to bear.
We are the couple who had the realtor hang up on us when she found out we wanted to rent a one-bedroom for two men.
I am the person who never knows which bathroom I should use if I want to avoid getting the management called on me.
I am the mother who is not allowed to even visit the children I bore, nursed, and raised. The court says I am an unfit mother because I now live with another woman.
I am the domestic-violence survivor who found the support system grow suddenly cold and distant when they found out my abusive partner is also a woman.
I am the domestic-violence survivor who has no support system to turn to because I am male.
I am the father who has never hugged his son because I grew up afraid to show affection to other men.
I am the home-economics teacher who always wanted to teach gym until someone told me that only lesbians do that.
I am the woman who died when the EMTs stopped treating me as soon as they realized I was transsexual.
I am the person who feels guilty because I think I could be a much better person if I didnt have to always deal with society hating me.
I am the man who stopped attending church, not because I don’t believe, but because they closed their doors to my kind.
I am the person who has to hide what this world needs most, love.
I am the person ashamed to tell my own friends im a lesbian, because they constantly make fun of them.
I am the boy tied to a fence, beaten to a bloody pulp and left to die because two straight men wanted to “teach me a lesson”. http://www.matthewsplace.org/
Here is a letter I found here.
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Why Can’t I Own a Canadian?
October 2002
Dr. Laura Schlessinger is a radio personality who dispenses advice to people who call in to her radio show. Recently, she said that, as an observant Orthodox Jew, homosexuality is an abomination according to Leviticus 18:22 and cannot be condoned under any circumstance. The following is an open letter to Dr. Laura penned by a east coast resident, which was posted on the Internet. It’s funny, as well as informative:
Dear Dr. Laura:
Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God’s Law. I have learned a great deal from your show, and try to share that knowledge with as many people as I can. When someone tries to defend the homosexual lifestyle, for example, I simply remind them that Leviticus 18:22 clearly states it to be an abomination. End of debate. I do need some advice from you, however, regarding some of the other specific laws and how to follow them:
When I burn a bull on the altar as a sacrifice, I know it creates a pleasing odor for the Lord - Lev.1:9. The problem is my neighbors. They claim the odor is not pleasing to them. Should I smite them?
I would like to sell my daughter into slavery, as sanctioned in Exodus 21:7. In this day and age, what do you think would be a fair price for her?
I know that I am allowed no contact with a woman while she is in her period of menstrual uncleanliness - Lev.15:19- 24. The problem is, how do I tell? I have tried asking, but most women take offense.
Lev. 25:44 states that I may indeed possess slaves, both male and female, provided they are purchased from neighboring nations. A friend of mine claims that this applies to Mexicans, but not Canadians. Can you clarify? Why can’t I own Canadians?
I have a neighbor who insists on working on the Sabbath. Exodus 35:2 clearly states he should be put to death. Am I morally obligated to kill him myself?
A friend of mine feels that even though eating shellfish is an abomination - Lev. 11:10, it is a lesser abomination than homosexuality. I don’t agree. Can you settle this?
Lev. 21:20 states that I may not approach the altar of God if I have a defect in my sight. I have to admit that I wear reading glasses. Does my vision have to be 20/20, or is there some wiggle room here?
Most of my male friends get their hair trimmed, including the hair around their temples, even though this is expressly forbidden by Lev. 19:27. How should they die?
I know from Lev. 11:6-8 that touching the skin of a dead pig makes me unclean, but may I still play football if I wear gloves?
My uncle has a farm. He violates Lev. 19:19 by planting two different crops in the same field, as does his wife by wearing garments made of two different kinds of thread (cotton/polyester blend). He also tends to curse and blaspheme a lot. Is it really necessary that we go to all the trouble of getting the whole town together to stone them? - Lev.24:10-16. Couldn’t we just burn them to death at a private family affair like we do with people who sleep with their in-laws? (Lev. 20:14)
I know you have studied these things extensively, so I am confident you can help. Thank you again for reminding us that God’s word is eternal and unchanging.
Your devoted fan,
Jim
Myself and Jordan fell into a slight debate today over MSN. I found it quite interesting (if occasionally repetitive) so I thought I’d pop it onto here. Comment me your views afterwards.
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hi
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evening
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hw goes life?
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good thanks, you?
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mmm yea pretty good, i ts been quite the weekend
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much fun had by all and what not
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goodgood
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did i offend you with my outrageous political views?
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haha, not at all, im often the one causing offence with mine
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lol
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its one of the main reasons brookes next door neighbour didnt quite take too much of a shine to me i feel
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what did you say to him lol
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not much all things considered he was generally quite off with me from the start ever since brooke said “well your quite posh so…” (talking to me…i cant remember why she said it) then he just started…clawing away at me all eve, oh and he was offended that i said ema was a bribe to go to college
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lol
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(which it blatantly is)
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sort of
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funny way to put it though
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you could say your paying them to go to college…..
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or “providing financial support for those who have chose to continue in full time education rather than entering the world of work”
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well yes, but what does it go on really? the families have survived sending them to school for years they’ll survive sending them to college for 2, and if you want to give them money for the bus journeys dont give it to them give it to the bus company so they ride for free, or better yet just give the money to the college so the cost isnt much at all, for 9/10 people the ema goes on clothes
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or something equally unneeded (when i say clothes, i mean new clothes in an all ready full wardrobe)
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“the families have survived sending them to school for years they’ll survive sending them to college for 2,” on those grounds, there is no reason why anyone should ever leave education
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there is, as there come’s a point where people have enough knowledge to perform a reasonable function in society, aiding the economy as a whole, providing them with more useless knowledge wont help any one
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so apart from a sense of duty towards your country you needn’t bother leaving education?
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not so much a sence of duty towards your country, more towards the world and the ongoing stability of the human race whether your function in society be waste removal or orthapeadic surgery, and also im not saying there isnt a financial strain in leaving education and getting a job you take a step towards being able to support yourself and so remove the financial strain from your parents
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“not so much a sence of duty towards your country, more towards the world and the ongoing stability of the human race “
i dont think anyone gets a job out of duty towards the global economy.
“getting a job you take a step towards being able to support yourself and so remove the financial strain from your parents”
so does the EMA
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1) no1 does, they get jobs because they need money
2)yes it does, or rather, its supposed to, but in most cases its spent on items not really needed because the families can still float by without it, im not saying it shouldnt be given im saying it shouldnt be given to the students who will waste it, give it to the college’s or directly to the parents who will probably put it too good use
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brb! mother dearest needs to send an e-mail
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1) so if the primary motive for getting a job is because they need money, then less people who would be best staying in education are going to get a job out of money needs because they will get EMA money.
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2) why should someone who is staying in education (and will become a valuable member of society) have to “float by” when people who spend the same amount of time working but happen to be doing this in an establishment which pays get to spend money on things that are “unneeded”.
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Are you telling me that you don’t believe people should spend any money on things that they don’t need? That people should only do things that are necessary for for survival, and not waste any time or money on unneeded (but enjoyable) activities?
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i realise that this might be a fairly futile argument, as both of us agree that the EMA is a good thing:S
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not at all, people can do what they want (as long as its legal….) im simply saying they shouldnt be given money for free that goes to no real good other than impulse buys that they want, people are aloud to spend money on unneeded (but enjoyable) activities as long as they have earned that money, sadly EMA simply gives them the money without the earning it
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(and im back!……though im not sure for how long as my younger sister is hovering apparently she needs the computer…)
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i think they have earned it. i think full time education is just as tiring as full time work and in many respects more stressful. And it’s just as productive for the human race.
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not really, as some1 who has tried both full time education, and full time work, im quite confident full time work is far more stressfull, having held discussions with many people in the same position, my dad, my piano teacher, some friends who chose not to continue too college and so on, we are in total agreeman that full time work is far more tricky, and full time education is quite the picnic
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by comparison
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and the pay is much less
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sorry, i meant proportional to money
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the reward for work is pay, the reward for education should be simply the fact that you are gaining an education, the gift of knowledge, happy and gratefull to be granted that knowledge, not everyone who wanted to go to billborough would have got in, the very fact that they are there, should be reward enough
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work offers education too, just in a more informal way.
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to some extent, but then again without a person spending a week or two teaching how to do that job, then no progress would be made, and that education will not help you outside of that job
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not necessarily, that may be the case in starbucks. but many jobs teach you things that you will find useful outside your workplace
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do give an example…
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a teacher will find raising their own children easier, an accountant will be able to cope with their finances better, a carpenter will be better at doing their DIY
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a carpenter is a trade that you teach yourself, or get taught by becoming an apprentice, either way you dont get paid for learning it, only for doing it, the same for a teacher, all of whom do a course which amongst many things teaches you how to deal with children, once again you dont get paid for the course, and most accountants do a degree in it an university
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so once all those three have finished their qualification they’ve learnt everything? a carpenter who’s just finished his apprentice will have the same knowledge as a carpenter who has been doing it for 20 years?
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everything that can be taught about a subject is taught during the qualification years?
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its true, you do pick certain things up, its all rather off topic any way, you dont enter into a job to gain an education you enter into it to get paid, you enter into college to get an education not to get paid, the education in a job is an inevatable side effect but the money given in going to college isnt at all necessary for the students
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besides, education (although very nice) isn’t the same as material posessions or the opportunity to go out and have a drink with some mates
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if you would like those things, get a saturday job, or live two more years without them, the government shouldnt give you the money to go and do them, if your saying the government is giving people money to convince them to go to college, and a side effect of it is they enjoy that money, then that is (quite literally) by definition bribery
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i never said that it wasn’t bribery
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you said it was “providing financial support for those who have chose to continue in full time education rather than entering the world of work”"
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“financial support” for their drinking?
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support in keeping the people in full time education in a financial state where they are able to spend money on things they choose to.
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yes but they dont need those things, and as such they should earn them, they can still have those things if they get a saturday job, most people get money from their parents, i never did unless i earned it and i managed to get by fine
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“yes but they dont need those things, and as such they should earn them, they can still have those things if they get a saturday job,”
the general idea is to prevent students needing to take saturday jobs as they affect the student’s education
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“most people get money from their parents”
1) if students are forced to rely on their parents for money then their parents are going to be less keen on their children pursuing full time education
2) why should the financial burden be solely on the parents? why not the state as a whole?
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2 is once again off point, some burden is being put on the state purely through ema, and im not saying its a bad thing, im saying how its distributed is a bad thing, if students get money from their parents, the parents get ema, the parents can give…some of that ema to the students increasing the students general spending, the rest can be put to good use (compromise)
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and 8 hours a week on a saturday wont damage their education
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especially as most saturdays are just spent messing around not working on their studies any way
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the parents can take the money off the children if they’re staying with them. however, as they are 16 they can legally live elsewhere in which case it would be absurd for the parents to take the money.
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everyone needs time to relax and enjoy themselves. an 8 hour saturday job will have to infringe on either leisure time or study time and it can cause great stress to students having to juggle all their commitments
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far from it, people underestimate the amount a determined mind can handle, if a student were determined enough they’d easily handle a few hours on a saturday, and the five hours, probably less (on average) work a day they have to do on weekdays, sadly they are all mothered too much on notions of “everyone needs time too relax” it begins getting disproportionate, eventually they get comfortable on
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“more time to relax” than they really need
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students are among the poorest demographic groups in the UK. college students are children, mere children. I agree that a determined mind can handle a lot, but what are the affects of that? Should we reintroduce child labour for people who don’t get a high enough grade in their year 6 SATS?
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i dont think that pumping children with the maximum amount of work they can handle is at all healthy for the child or the country
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they are far from children, many are 17, only a short skip from being 18, in fact many 17 year olds conicder themselves to be very mature and grown up, most turn 18 whilst still at collegehow many times have we heard “im 18, im an adult now” many in college being of this age….they can vote they can drink they can do an awfull lot, they are far from children in the eyes of society they are adults
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pumping them with as much work as is reasonable, is all i ask, and “reasonable” is what they do in a week, and a few hours on weekends..maybe…if they want it
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i promise you by this time tomorrow brooke will be relaxing, and will probably have been relaxing since about 6
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in a day she spends more time relaxing than she does working and such is the case on weekdays for the vast majority of students
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they’re as good as children. you can call them whatever you want but they won’t have matured enough to cope fully in the world until at least 25
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if they arent mature enough then they shouldnt be allowed to vote or drink untill they are atleast 25
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since when does being able to have an independent political opinion and having a body that can cope with the effects of alcohol mean that they can handle all the responsibilities of an adult?
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however, i do think the voting and drinking age should probably be increased
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(me too) its not about the physical ability to cope its about the mental, if they are mentally unequipped for something as simple as working 30 hour weeks (lets do the maths, college, on average, 5 hour days…and thats being kind, then lets say another 5 hours on weekends as thats all you need to get by at that age) then they are mentally unequipped for more important things in life
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what’s your point?
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what did i say that students could cope with?
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alcahol and what not, but the point is i feel a30 hour week (25 “working” at school and 5 on a job at weekends) is well within the reach of students and as such EMA for the students is pointless, it should be given to parents, and if students want money they should go and earn it with a not overly taxing 5 hours on saturday
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i never said that the students could cope with alcohol
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but it now seems like we are going in circles, so shall we agree to disagree? (to use a cliché)
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haha quite
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can i put the debate on my blog?
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certainly, it was rather a good one
