Completely OT : Cannes, Mickael Moore and the Iraq War

[Abdiel]

Fair enough. But argument by analogy is, in every case, a point for contention. And anyone can simply reject such an argument out of hand, philosophically.

Let's reword it to "Freud-esque" if that suits you better. But to link discipline in the family, being on the receiving end as a child, to the child as an adult tending towards military force... Now that's not such a clear-cut case.

Abd.

[psimancer]

i define corporal punishment as the use of spanking in a controlled and fair manner
unfortunatl as a youth i was not the most obedient nor respectful person
my father did not permit a disrespctful attitude in word or deed to him or more importantly my mother 1 warning 3 noncorporeal punishment chances and then corporeal punishment (spankings )

and he never allowed temper to interfere with punishment (better known as he had me stuck in my room until they deciced on what form of punishment and to what level )talk about anticipation
i mean 8 hours waiting when i truly ticked him off

as far the the ironic smiley ......no its not missing
i have observed in several individuals continued immature behavior and attitudes espially regarding what the world and their family owes them form their early years (11) to now (27) these observations aae of so far 4 girls and 6 boys who are children of family friends whom at least one parent believes that spanking is detrimental to the development of the child in all cases so far i hae seen a pattern of the child remaining in the parents house and usually being supported by the parent with little or no attempts to support themselves with excuses about the unfair treatment they recieve etc

oh and mephisto heres the bad part my father was raised in germany until he was 6 years old his stepfather's name ...keiser a cuban german
my national background a full third german

in america a child or an advocate can sue or remove the children of a parent for just spanking i know of one woman in ohio who has had this happen
i view it as follows
it is my responsibility as a perent to provide my child the best guidance as i can and the knowledge of the consequences of their actions is a part of thaat responsibility no man or woman can take away these responsibilities they can only take my children and if they do so then they are causing they same damage to my children as if i did not provide the guidance in the first place

baron well i suggest you might consider that many parents are just not discussing their attitudes openly any longer as the long term affects of spanking vs not spanking are easily determined by examination of the atitudes and behaviors of a large enough sample of the american population it is easily demonstrated that in the average not spanking tends to slow the maturation of the individual personality into a responsible adult in american society
however in european society this may be different as the cultual differences may provide suffecient alternate forms of instruction

[ June 29, 2004, 07:50: Message edited by: psimancer ]

[Will]

Originally posted by geoschmo:
Despite my pre-conceived opinion about Moore, I actually would like to go see the movie. I appreciate hearing opinions that conflict with my own, and if nothing else I'm sure it would be good for a few laughs. However, I can't sit through the graphic scenes. I understand he's got scenes of dead and mutilated Iraqi's as well one of the hostage beheadings. While I can understand why he feels the need to show this for shock value or whatever, I don't need proof that war is hell.

The graphic scenes are fairly brief. Probably the most graphic images is a approximately 10-second sequence depicting Iraqis dragging incinerated bodies (I'm pretty sure they're soldiers hit with a firebomb) through a street, then suspending them from street lights. The beheading scene is from footage that is several years old, and very grainy; I could only tell that it was a beheading from the text on the screen, since it looked more like a person getting hit with a baseball bat. The rest of the bloody scenes are fairly minor (IMHO, this may be from watching surgery/ER documentaries from a fairly young age), and most of it you can pretty much turn your head away from (the exception being the opening sequence, with black screen and audio from the hijackings).

[Mephisto]

Originally posted by psimancer:
it is my responsibility as a perent to provide my child the best guidance as i can and the knowledge of the consequences of their actions is a part of that responsibility no man or woman can take away these responsibilities they can only take my children and if they do so then they are causing they same damage to my children as if i did not provide the guidance in the first place.

You know, these lines you said could be copied from the German Constitution.
However, misconduct is still no excuse to punish another human with physical means.
BTW: I have never ever in my entire live been hit by my parents, never ever. And I very well do support myself, support others during my Paramedic job and support some of my relatives which got permanently ill. So much for the spanking theory.

[PvK]

Ya, good parenting does not need to include physical punishment. If the child values the parents' approval enough, serious disapproval about serious misbehaviour can teach plenty.

Maybe there are some families where some physical punishment can work well.

However, I know there are cases where physical punishment is used badly... and that can be really bad stuff, and do awful things to the parent/child relationship.

As for suggesting that intelligent and accomplished people ought to be forcefully violated because someone disagrees with their opinions, well, no.

When people disagree and can't get along, maybe they should just agree to disagree, and leave each other in peace. I tend to think the USA would be a happier place if the states were much more diverse in their laws and customs, and the Federal government cut back its roles a whole lot, so people could stop interfering with each others' beliefs and cultures, trying to pervert the system to try to control everyone else.

PvK

[Fyron]

Parenting that includes spanking (not to be confused with beating or other harsh punishments) is by no means bad parenting, of course. Just a different approach.

I tend to think the USA would be a happier place if the states were much more diverse in their laws and customs, and the Federal government cut back its roles a whole lot, so people could stop interfering with each others' beliefs and cultures, trying to pervert the system to try to control everyone else.

You must not be a Democrat then. Nor a Republican... they both tend to stand for more control by the government these days... ugh.

[ June 30, 2004, 05:55: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

[Atrocities]

Truth in Politics.

My official functions as one of your dually elected congressional DemO'Rep leaders will be to pass into a law obscenely stupid laws that protect you from your god given freedoms and constitutional rights.

Once elected I will completely forget all the campaign promises I have made and embark upon my quest to bilk you out of your hard earned money by raising taxes, reducing freedoms, accepting pay increases that I clear do not deserve, and enjoying the fringe benefits that come free to me but a cost to you. Oh yes, I shall secretly accept all bribes, kickbacks, and freebies that come my way.

When reelection comes I will lie to you again, smear my opponent, and embark upon my second term in office as I did the first. Eventually I shall become so powerful in the Washington political scene that I will run for the office of President where I will gladly accept any and all offers for sex from super models, female interns, and the occasional boy scout.

I will put my own interest ahead of the country and will continue the age-old tradition of taking from the poor and giving to the rich.

Thank You.

[ June 30, 2004, 07:56: Message edited by: Atrocities ]