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uppityperson's JournalPeople are being sent into Syria, not boots. Fu k depersonalizing people
I really hate the depersonalization of people in the military. They aren't "boots" but people. A boot is an article of clothing. What is being put into Syria is not articles of clothing but people will are sons, daughters, brothers, sisters, dads, moms, etc.
Fuck this "sending boots" bullshit. They are sending PEOPLE who can get injured, maimed, killed, psychologically traumatized by being out into situations where they do awful things to other people.
They should not be allowed to minimalist it by calling them "boots,".
These are people in special ops.
These are boots.
Mentally ill people aren’t killers. Angry people are.
I think this is a good article. Thoughts on it?
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2014/04/anger_causes_violence_treat_it_rather_than_mental_illness_to_stop_mass_murder.html
In the wake of a string of horrific mass shootings by people who in many cases had emotional problems, it has become fashionable to blame mental illness for violent crimes. It has even been suggested that these crimes justify not only banning people with a history of mental illness from buying weapons but also arming those without such diagnoses so that they may protect themselves from the dangerous mentally ill. This fundamentally misrepresents where the danger lies.
Violence is not a product of mental illness. Nor is violence generally the action of ordinary, stable individuals who suddenly “break” and commit crimes of passion. Violent crimes are committed by violent people, those who do not have the skills to manage their anger. Most homicides are committed by people with a history of violence. Murderers are rarely ordinary, law-abiding citizens, and they are also rarely mentally ill. Violence is a product of compromised anger management skills.
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After Tiller wins Emmy for documentary about late term abortions
http://current.org/2015/09/frontline-pov-tie-for-best-documentary-at-news-emmy-awards/https://m.facebook.com/AfterTiller
https://m.facebook.com/AfterTiller/photos/a.741306682640759.1073741830.307430392695059/741302749307819/?type=3&source=48
Sorry, having a hard time linking but wanted to share the news.
Thou shalt not commit logical fallacies
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ETA, you can buy a poster, but if you do as I wrote, "click on individual icons", you get the information for free.
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Last night I got the jury request bug also
No matter which link I clicked, it said "sorry that jury is full....etc" and when I refreshed it asked again. I finally ignored it and after a while it went away.
Thanks for letting us play here last night and mock the repub "debate".
No reply needed, just wanted to give a bit more on the recent jury request bug for Elad. Thanks.
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I am SO FUCKING TIRED of bigotry and people hurting others
ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
People are people, different from each other in so many ways, alike in so many ways. Just. Be. Decent. Towards. Each. Other.
It is that simple.
Why should someone who is transgender not use the facilities they identify with?
I am writing she/he and girls/boys, please put the genders together when you read. Perhaps "identified gender:people of the same identified gender" would be more accurate, but it seemed clumsy to write.
I sincerely do not understand the reasoning behind not allowing a person to use the facility (restroom, locker room) that they identify with.
Also, I will be on and off DU for a couple days at random times so may not be able to answer/reply quickly.
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ETA, thank you for all the replies and votes. The proper answer is they should use the facilities they identify with.
Have you ever worked with someone who refused to do part of their legal job due to religious objecti
objections? Did their religion or morality related to religious belief get in the way of their job? What did you do, how was it dealt with?
30 years ago I worked with a nurse who refused to give people dying on hospice care narcotics because it was against her ethical standards to give drugs someone would get addicted to. Pointing out that they were dying, soon, didn't matter because she just could not do it, morally. She also could not care for a person who was a failed suicide because suicide is a sin and she could not support anyone who did that as they were sinners going to hell. Yes, living with a face half blown off and suffering sneers from her were not enough, the person was a sinner headed straight for hell. Eventually.
The director of nurses tried working with this nurse to get her patients that didn't offend her morality or religion. The only good thing was this nurse did not try to force the rest of us to work and believe like she did. Eventually she quit nursing, discovering that having an open mind was a bit necessary while working with people.
Since then I have worked with many people, some of whom held very strong religious beliefs, some very strong moral beliefs, some lacking either or both. But none as blatant as the first one I mentioned. That was a bit odd.
How about you?
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