Re: This sickens me to no end

2009-07-26 Thread Dana
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Our_Righteousness_Church On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 2:04 PM, Michael Dinowitz < mdino...@houseoffusion.com> wrote: > > So your saying the family of this girl are now considered American > religion? Where's the line (which is a whole other conversation). > I just ob

Re: This sickens me to no end

2009-07-26 Thread Dana
oh hell no wonder I was confused. You mean San Angelo not San Antonio On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 2:13 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox < zaph0d.b33bl3b...@gmail.com> wrote: > > the ranch is owned by the FLDS. Are you saying the Mormons are a > fringe cult? > > > On Jul 24, 2009, at 2:16 PM, Michael Dinowitz

Re: This sickens me to no end

2009-07-26 Thread Dana
yea, no wonder she was hysterical. Poor thing, I hope she gets counseling On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 8:32 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox < zaph0d.b33bl3b...@gmail.com> wrote: > > yeah, I know, my wife told me about it this morning and I haven't > really been able to get it off my mind. At a time when t

Re: This sickens me to no end

2009-07-25 Thread Maureen
It happens in America to America female children too. I know this in a very personal way. On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 6:43 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: > > http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32122954/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/ > > I'm thinking that we, as Americans, should decide we don't want the > famil

Re: This sickens me to no end

2009-07-25 Thread Cameron Childress
On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 7:03 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: > interestingly enough, the http://www.mormonfundamentalism.com/ > index.html site pretty much claims their mormonseven more mormon > than the lds church. > > regardless though, even if they're not mormon, they're bigger than a > cult a

RE: This sickens me to no end

2009-07-25 Thread Scott Stewart
-community Subject: Re: This sickens me to no end In keeping with the theme: http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/25/saudi.sex.bragger.arrested/ind ex.html?iref=mpstoryview " A Saudi Arabian man was arrested after bragging about his sex life on television, local media reported. Mazen

Re: This sickens me to no end

2009-07-25 Thread Vivec
In keeping with the theme: http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/25/saudi.sex.bragger.arrested/index.html?iref=mpstoryview " A Saudi Arabian man was arrested after bragging about his sex life on television, local media reported. Mazen Abdul Jawad appeared last week on a show on Lebanese cha

Re: This sickens me to no end

2009-07-24 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
interestingly enough, the http://www.mormonfundamentalism.com/ index.html site pretty much claims their mormonseven more mormon than the lds church. regardless though, even if they're not mormon, they're bigger than a cult and that's what I was originally replying about. On Jul 24, 200

Re: This sickens me to no end

2009-07-24 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
well that would be a fundamental difference between us :) On Jul 24, 2009, at 5:43 PM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > No, I just weigh the statement from the mormon's own website over > wikipedia's entry (which also states that are no longer part of the > Mormon church) > > On Jul 24, 2009, at 6:

Re: This sickens me to no end

2009-07-24 Thread Cameron Childress
No, I just weigh the statement from the mormon's own website over wikipedia's entry (which also states that are no longer part of the Mormon church) On Jul 24, 2009, at 6:37 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: > > Did you miss that first part --- "is one of the largest Mormon > fundamentalist deno

Re: This sickens me to no end

2009-07-24 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
Did you miss that first part --- "is one of the largest Mormon fundamentalist denominations" On Jul 24, 2009, at 5:16 PM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 4:30 PM, Zaphod Beeblebroxwrote: >> founding members left The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints >> (LDS Chur

Re: This sickens me to no end

2009-07-24 Thread Cameron Childress
On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 4:30 PM, Zaphod Beeblebroxwrote: > founding members left The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints > (LDS Church). The split occurred largely because of the LDS Church's > renunciation of polygamy and its decision to excommunicate > practitioners of plural marriage.

Re: This sickens me to no end

2009-07-24 Thread Vivec
*smirk* I never said it was the norm, Michael. I said that America has its own form of this behaviour. But anyways..other list members have already explained what I said. 2009/7/24 Michael Dinowitz : > > Lets discount the imported as he said America. Also, he said religious > leaders. I really do

Re: This sickens me to no end

2009-07-24 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
From wikipedia: The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS Church) is one of the largest Mormon fundamentalistdenominations[1][2] and one of United States' largest practitioners of plural marriage.[3] The FLDS Church emerged in the early twentieth century when its

Re: This sickens me to no end

2009-07-24 Thread Jerry Johnson
I thought they _were_ Mormons, but not members of the LDS (Like Koresh was a Christian or "Jews for Jesus" are Jews, basically a self-identifying subset, considered an apostate sect by the main group) But, then again, as you know, I am often wrong. On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 4:20 PM, Cameron Child

Re: This sickens me to no end

2009-07-24 Thread Cameron Childress
On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 4:13 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: > the ranch is owned by the FLDS.  Are you saying the Mormons are a > fringe cult? FLDS != Mormo ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let t

Re: This sickens me to no end

2009-07-24 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
the ranch is owned by the FLDS. Are you saying the Mormons are a fringe cult? On Jul 24, 2009, at 2:16 PM, Michael Dinowitz wrote: > > So basically your talking the fringe cults, right? > > On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 3:13 PM, Zaphod > Beeblebrox wrote: >> >> San Antonio's got a whole commune of

Re: This sickens me to no end

2009-07-24 Thread Jerry Johnson
They may not yet be, but the culture they belong to may be. When does a culture go from "theirs" to "ours"? I think when it bridges a generation of native-born Americans. Definitely when it bridges two. And when it "infects" another non-related culture with some ideas. On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 4

Re: This sickens me to no end

2009-07-24 Thread Michael Dinowitz
So your saying the family of this girl are now considered American religion? Where's the line (which is a whole other conversation). I just objected to the implication that incest, multiple wives, and the sort was not so rare for American religious leaders. Mainstream religious leaders. But your m

Re: This sickens me to no end

2009-07-24 Thread Jerry Johnson
Many of those imported ARE now Americans, and are part and parcel of their respective communities. Some for generations. Look at the Catholic Church's leaders' handling of victims of sexual abuse. Look at all of the "fundamentalist" Morman splinter groups. Look at the imams of large cities, like

Re: This sickens me to no end

2009-07-24 Thread Michael Dinowitz
So basically your talking the fringe cults, right? On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 3:13 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: > > San Antonio's got a whole commune of 'em living outside the city > limits on some huge ranch. ~| Want to reach the

Re: This sickens me to no end

2009-07-24 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
San Antonio's got a whole commune of 'em living outside the city limits on some huge ranch. On Jul 24, 2009, at 2:04 PM, Michael Dinowitz wrote: > > Lets discount the imported as he said America. Also, he said religious > leaders. I really don't see a notable amount of religious leaders > fitt

Re: This sickens me to no end

2009-07-24 Thread Michael Dinowitz
Lets discount the imported as he said America. Also, he said religious leaders. I really don't see a notable amount of religious leaders fitting his profile. On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Jerry Johnson wrote: > > There are whole cultures here in the US, some home grown and some imported, > tha

Re: This sickens me to no end

2009-07-24 Thread Jerry Johnson
There are whole cultures here in the US, some home grown and some imported, that fall in this category. And they are large enough to be more than footnotes, or classified as "one-off"s On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 1:59 PM, Michael Dinowitz < mdino...@houseoffusion.com> wrote: > > Excuse me while I fo

Re: This sickens me to no end

2009-07-24 Thread Michael Dinowitz
Excuse me while I fork the thread but where is anything you say here the norm? Oh, you mean some nut job like David Koresh and his messianic ilk? I seemed to have missed where any mainstream religious leader fits your profile. > And let us not forget that America has it's own form of this behavio

RE: This sickens me to no end

2009-07-24 Thread Justin Scott
> Blaming the victim is a common practice here - how many > times have you heard - if she didn't dress that way it > wouldn't have happened to her etc. Usually I don't see that thinking as "blaming" the victim so much as it is trying to come up with yet another example of why "their" way of doing

Re: This sickens me to no end

2009-07-24 Thread Jerry Johnson
I do see a difference in a family blaming and shunning an adult, and blaming and shunning a child. The first is wrong. The second is wrong and more cruel. In theory the adult is not as dependent on the parents and family as the child is. The child is completely at the mercy of the others. > O

Re: This sickens me to no end

2009-07-24 Thread Michael Grant
Too true! Yet they are fucktards that _live_ in a civilized society. On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 11:52 AM, Scott Stroz wrote: > > Yea, those people are fucktards too. > > On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 11:45 AM, Larry Lyons > wrote: > > > >>> Yes, many societies have problems with abusers, but > >>> MOST

Re: This sickens me to no end

2009-07-24 Thread Scott Stroz
Yea, those people are fucktards too. On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 11:45 AM, Larry Lyons wrote: > >>> Yes, many societies have problems with abusers, but >>> MOST civilized societies would not blame and shun >>> the poor helpless girl. >> >>You have to remember where they're from.  Most Americans would

Re: This sickens me to no end

2009-07-24 Thread Larry Lyons
>> Yes, many societies have problems with abusers, but >> MOST civilized societies would not blame and shun >> the poor helpless girl. > >You have to remember where they're from. Most Americans wouldn't consider >many places in Africa to be "civilized societies." Unfortunately, blaming >the vict

Re: This sickens me to no end

2009-07-24 Thread Scott Stroz
There is no punishment too cruel nor too unusual for those boys or for the parents of the girl. Have I ever mentioned that I hate people? On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 9:43 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: > > http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32122954/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/ > > I'm thinking that we, as A

Re: This sickens me to no end

2009-07-24 Thread Jerry Johnson
Maybe the key there is "civilized society". I propose that any society that would shun her is _not_, in fact, civilized. On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 10:43 AM, Vivec wrote: > > That's not true. Just on a population basis you may be surprised that > perhaps MOST families would not take her back. > K

Re: This sickens me to no end

2009-07-24 Thread Jerry Johnson
Well, then, they suck On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 10:43 AM, Vivec wrote: > > That's not true. Just on a population basis you may be surprised that > perhaps MOST families would not take her back. > Keep in mind the relative populations of the Middle East, India, > China, and Africa where these cult

RE: This sickens me to no end

2009-07-24 Thread Justin Scott
> Yes, many societies have problems with abusers, but > MOST civilized societies would not blame and shun > the poor helpless girl. You have to remember where they're from. Most Americans wouldn't consider many places in Africa to be "civilized societies." Unfortunately, blaming the victim of s

Re: This sickens me to no end

2009-07-24 Thread Vivec
That's not true. Just on a population basis you may be surprised that perhaps MOST families would not take her back. Keep in mind the relative populations of the Middle East, India, China, and Africa where these cultural and religious beliefs prevail. Our western society with its notions of Human

Re: This sickens me to no end

2009-07-24 Thread Jerry Johnson
I agree with everything you said below, but I think one of the most disturbing part of this story for readers is that the family of the GIRL doesn't want her back. That is so wrong, it defies belief. Yes, many societies have problems with abusers, but MOST civilized societies would not blame and

Re: This sickens me to no end

2009-07-24 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
yeah, I know, my wife told me about it this morning and I haven't really been able to get it off my mind. At a time when that little girl needs them the most, they frickin abandon her. BASTARD! On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 9:07 AM, Michael Grant wrote: > > Good God. That poor poor girl. What of the

Re: This sickens me to no end

2009-07-24 Thread Vivec
It is very sad, but unfortunately it is a part of their male dominated culture. Of course, they brought that culture with them to the States. It is questionable that these children, and they ARE just children, really understood what they were doing, and all the repercussions and consequences for

Re: This sickens me to no end

2009-07-24 Thread Yves Arsenault
It sickens me when I read stuff like that. Really. It does. Anyone believe we're only as strong as our weakest link?? That sound reassuring?? Yves Arsenault "Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend". --Martin Luther King, Jr. On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 11:07 AM, Mic

Re: This sickens me to no end

2009-07-24 Thread Michael Grant
Good God. That poor poor girl. What of the parents of the boys? How the hell have they raised their children? Children raping children? This whole thing is just disgusting and disturbing. I kind of wish you hadn't posted the link. :( On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 9:43 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox < zaph0d.b33

This sickens me to no end

2009-07-24 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32122954/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/ I'm thinking that we, as Americans, should decide we don't want the family here anymore since they're bringing shame to us. piece of shit parents. And then the ferry man said, "There is trouble ahead, so you must pay me now, Y