It makes me feel pretty helpless.
I don't think we're weak or cowardly - just at a loss for what to do.
I feel like I've been raging against the machine for months but I know it's just words.
Postmodern doesn't mean much as a label to me, so I Googled it. The wikipedia entry for it is pretty loaded - so I would say that whether or not someone agreed that these characteristics were postmodern might not really matter - because it looks like lots of things are. Maybe it's just too...
It's the lady part, not the dancing part, that makes it unlikely ;)
IMO a//theism is a basic value though. I had to have harmony there. I don't think it would be a peaceful house if my spouse was pretty sure I was going to hell because I never went to church.
We did agree on motorcycles...
I could add that I most likely wouldn't choose one as a life partner ... but they most likely wouldn't choose me either. Could extend that to dancing girls as well.
It sure did!
But we knew Puerto Rico was an island (well, most of us did) for the entire time we knew that Maria was going to smack it as a Cat 4 or 5. People were making plans to have resources in place (helicopters! ships!) that could re-open airports and roads and put generators in emergency...
The military has troops trained for setting up airports, rebuilding power grids, using heavy machinery to clear and repair roads, and so on. Country (re)building is one of their missions, though not their primary one. They had been planning a response long before Maria hit;
HOWEVER
No matter...
I don't think it's disrespectful or unpatriotic.
Disrespectful would be doing something like turning your back, making an obviously rude gesture (middle finger, spitting), or something like that, IMO. I know a couple of veterans very well - high ranking Green Berets - who have said they also...
Middle of the green square.
Your Political Compass
Economic Left/Right: -5.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.05
Our household is likely in strong agreement on most things, but especially this one, which keeps things loud:
My family's maxim could appropriately be "nous défions"
Or...
I think we've all been pointing out for several pages now that the answer to the original question posed is, indeed, no.
[Edited... sounds better this way: People have been pointing out to ME for several pages that the answer to my question is no, which I agreed to in my summary above.]
And...
I did summarize my conclusions here:
Can the government make me decorate a cake?
And this post may help with some of your background information:
Do Public Accommodations Laws Violate Free Speech and Free Exercise Rights?
I think those might answer your questions.
That is correct.
Look for replies from Nous, which contain links to information that was helpful and that I did not know when I posted my original question.
Well, I came here hoping for something more thoughtful than what I can get on Facebook, plus anonymous, so if someone's going to make the effort to meet me half way, I have to do my part :)
First, this world is not horrible for me, but I know it is for some or many people. I don't know how they cope. There were some parts of my childhood that really sucked and I'm sure I'm more resilient because of that. But as kid I didn't have many choices; I just dealt with it and...
I'm aware of the Bartleby tactic.
I can assure you that courage and convictions are not only possessed by Christian martyrs.
Anyone who has tried to make me do something against my will is also sure of that.
My original question isn't about courage and convictions, though - it's about the...
From this article "DOJ’s filing raises the possibility that if the Masterpiece Cakeshop can’t refuse to bake a cake for the marriage of a same-sex couple, then a freelance graphic designer who designs flyers for Jewish affinity groups might also be forced to do so “for a neo-Nazi group or the...