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July 24, 2016 at 12:25 PM in reply to: 3.4 new households for every new residential permit in SD #799913
scaredyclassic
Participantsociety is a noise machine.
Participanti dont mind being wrong in matters of opinion..
not in situations involving money, or important exams, or situations where being right matters in an objective way…but just “being wrong” on an opinion is, well, kind of exciting, especially if it is unexpected.
the only really firmly held position i would refuse to give up is that my ability to know is very very limited.
also, a corollary…you can be right, or you can be married but you cant be both.
Participant[quote=njtosd][quote=zk][quote=FlyerInHi]
The question we have to ask ourselves is why a large portion of the population feels anger and resentment at this new knowledge of police abuse. Why do they try to minimize and justify it by pointing to what they feel are more pressing problems?[/quote]
That’s easy. I can sum it up in 4 words: Right-wing noise machine. They’ve been brainwashed into thinking that the view of the world they want to be real (which includes most black people being the bad guys and all cops being the good guys) is reality. And humans get upset when their view of reality is challenged, especially if it’s one they’ve invested a lot of emotional energy in. And they don’t like to be wrong.[/quote]
You realize that your answer can be condensed somewhat: Those other guys (who are totally weak minded and prejudiced) are causing this “minimizing” (although no data has been supplied that suggests that any “minimizing” has happened). In other words, even theoretical issues are “the other guy’s fault”.
When are people going to accept that others can disagree with them politically without being stupid racists (conservatives) or hypocritical narcissists (liberals)? And frankly – I agree that conservatives don’t like to be wrong. Neither do liberals. Do you know anyone, zk, who likes to be wrong? There is equal jerkish behavior on both sides of the political fence – it just bugs you more when you don’t agree with the jerk’s politics.
I don’t like the behavior that a lot of these police officers have been accused of. . But when did a virtual jury of the Internet replace a careful and thorough investigation? Police behaving badly makes great copy for the news networks, but there is a reason we pay people to conduct careful investigations before we decide to prosecute.[/quote]
public opinion moves the law, from the united states supreme ct down to the lowly line prosecutor decision to prosecute.
gay marriage could not have been legal in 1986…but it is in 2016. the constitutions text is the same. pay is similar.
July 23, 2016 at 3:52 PM in reply to: 3.4 new households for every new residential permit in SD #799865Participantour apt was less than 900 sq ft, my brother slept in a tiny side room, one bathroom, no yard.
everything turned out ok. my kids pretty much always lived on acreage. now they are ALL hankering to live in small apts in big city.
thats life
my moms been there since 1969. rent control.
Participant[quote=harvey]The deeds themselves are shameful.
The entirely predictable collective self-righteous attempts at justifying the deeds are disgusting.
Common sense tells us that we’ve only seen a fraction of what really happens. And every time, every cop involved compromises their integrity to protect their own.
The definition of a coward is someone who protects themselves at the cost of others.
Until cops start holding other cops accountable for their misdeeds, they are all cowards in my view.[/quote]
true bravery is putting yourself at risk for others. not just making it home safe.
Participantso 7 days.
you kill a day getting there and back.
5 days.
minus a day to recover.
4 days.
and probablt about a day of planning.
3 days.
you get sick or tired.
2 days out of 7.
basically you lose 70 perc of a week, to be physically somewhere else.although sometimes my favorite part is reading a book on a plane. but id rather read it in the temecula library.
Participantsex tourism.
adventure tourism.
tour groups that visit gang territory in l.a.
war tourism.
poverty tourism.
club med tourism.
pilgrimages.what have i missed?
Participantmaybe.
Participant“alan bennett describes in one of his journals how, during a visit to egypt, he found himself trapped among cohorts of tourists trudging wearily though dusty wastes of sand and rocks under a merciless sun: the famous,site he had come to admire looked merely like a,stone quarry full of sweaty crowds. he wondered if tourism was not like pornography: a desperate search for lost sensations. the fact is, the only impressions that truly register on our sensibilities are accidental–we did not seek them out (let alone book an organised tour!”
simon leys, THE HALLS OF USELESSNESS, P.488.
Participanti start to disintegrate outside of a 60 mile radius. i also vastly prefer vanilla ice cream. i thrive on regular routine. i detest travelling or visiting new places unless i can get home the same day. willing to hike or bike new trails.
Participant[quote=njtosd][quote=zk][quote=scaredyclassic][quote=zk]Maybe the guy in India is as happy as the guy at the garden store.[/quote]
maybe. i felt an uncomfortable pause after i said my household income. like it pricked him. i could be projecting.
the guy in the garden store was having a really truly good time. told me hed spent 10 years working at a gas station and this job was awesome in comparison…of course, i didnt tell him my income, but he mightve thought i was a rich idiot, spending so much cash on giant pots…although frankly he didnt seem the type to judge.
i kinda wanted to hang out with him. maybe get trained to work there? that is, if money were no object. which is obviously not the case…[/quote]
Question: If you could trade places with the guy at the garden store, would you? (Leaving your family out of the equation.) You’d have his job and also his innate ability to be happy. You’d work in the garden store, and you’d be happy. You wouldn’t have much money.
You hear people say that how happy you are is a choice, but I think that’s only true to a very small extent. I think (and research says) a person spends most of his life hovering around his spot on the happiness spectrum, and it doesn’t really matter if he’s putting effort into being happy, and it doesn’t really matter if he’s a well-off lawyer or an $11/hour garden-store guy. It doesn’t even matter if he’s paralyzed or blind.
I was in NYC last summer on vacation. I’m having a decent time on vacation, and here I am on the subway. I’m probably mildly stressing about dinner accommodations or tomorrow’s itinerary. Three Jamaican maids walk in and sit down. They’re talking and laughing and sparkling. Two of them were, anyway. The other was happy to be along for the ride. I felt the same way about them as you did about the garden store guy. I wanted to hang out with them.
To me, being born (or raised, or whatever it is) with that level of happiness is worth far more than being born with the advantages of wealth, intelligence, first-world residence, educational opportunities, dominant race, good looks, or just about anything else.[/quote]
I have this discussion with my kids: would you take a drug that would reduce your IQ 20% but would guarantee that you’re happy for the rest of your life? Please no one argue about the relevance of IQ (we can just call it intellect).
Another way to put it: before I had my first child I worried about Down Syndrome. But DS kids are generally happy and loving. What I would worry about now is Autism – kids who find it hard to be socially integrated or content, and there’s no prenatal test for it.[/quote]
ill take the drug but i need same financial status…
Participant[quote=zk]Maybe the guy in India is as happy as the guy at the garden store.[/quote]
maybe. i felt an uncomfortable pause after i said my household income. like it pricked him. i could be projecting.
the guy in the garden store was having a really truly good time. told me hed spent 10 years working at a gas station and this job was awesome in comparison…of course, i didnt tell him my income, but he mightve thought i was a rich idiot, spending so much cash on giant pots…although frankly he didnt seem the type to judge.
i kinda wanted to hang out with him. maybe get trained to work there? that is, if money were no object. which is obviously not the case…
Participant[quote=spdrun]I prefer to see all boats sinking, other than mine. More life jackets for me in case mine sinks.[/quote]
i think no ones on boats, we are all on jet skis.
Participantthe 2nd am. was aruably intended for people to be armed to rise up against an oppressive govt.
what exactly do 2nd am. supporters think such an uprise would look like? would it resemble the sniper in dallas, but a lot more?
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