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Hi Flower
Please dont take this personally but I have to say i'm rather sad reading your post, a report made by NCH the childrens charity and now called action for children show a decrease in men volunteering in the childrens sector, this has meant Beavers/cubs/scouts have been forced to close as well as schools being unable to provide male mentoring to male children and young adults.
Have a look at this link a summery of the report by the times
I may be wrong and this is only my opinion but I belive that part of the problem our sociaty has with young male adults including gangs, knife crime, the hoody culture and teenage pregnices are that there are very few men in the child and young adult socal area, this includes the usual clubs as mentioned above and the social worker careers,
as we know there are some poor parents out there and there are are young people who have trouble communicating with there parents, if they have somebody to talk to outside of there parents then maybe some of the above would be stopped, after all very few girls would talk openly about there initial puberty/sexual changes with a man so do we expect the boy to talk to a women and be open and honest, I dont think so because of the embaresent factor.
Anyway i think i'm starting to ramble a bit so I will sign off, but after alot of thinking and typing, I will also say a cracking post to start the debate.
Regards
Reacher

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Here are a whole load more "out-of-context" phrases then.....

Quote by TheLovelyOne
It's incredible to me that there is so much talk of not wanting to be hypocritical re Christenings and wanting children to make their own minds up etc when many of the very same people lavishly celebrate Christian festivals such as Christmas with no qualms about involving their children at all.
Isn't that a real hypocrisy?

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I was christened and so was my hubby, which meant we could, and did get married in church. We had our first 3 kids christened so that they would be accepted into the church if they chose and would also be able to consider a church wedding in the future. The younger two have not been so far, although they go to a C of E primary school, and I will have them christened if they express a wish to be. The only reason they are not is that we were at a very busy time in our lives and didn't get round to it when they were babies. We occasionally attend family services, and the primary school also have regular services in the church. I want my children to have a sense of what it means to behave as a Christian. I do not personally believe in God and view the bible as a way of conveying desirable behaviour rather than an accurate history of 'How the World came about'. If they choose to believe, I would never force my opposing views upon them, but try to support their belief in whatever way I could. There is nothing to be lost by having water applied to a forehead and a few words exchanged, if it gives peace of mind.

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The Palestinians living in Gaza elected the Hamas party, which is a Palestinian terrorist organization (recognised as such by Canada, the European Union, Japan and the US), to be their leaders and representatives. Hamas has continued to bomb Israel, to send suicide bombers to Israel and to build illegal underground tunnels into Israel. A truce was negotiated between Hamas and Israel, but despite the truce Hamas continued to bomb Israel. Israel issued a warning to Hamas and notified Egypt, who share a border with Gaza, that if Hamas' bombing continues Israel will take action. Hamas ignored the warning and continued the bombing. Several days in advance of actually commencing retaliatory strikes, Israel sent a message to notify thousands of Hamas Palestinian people that Israel did intend to attack the Hamas military infrastructure, and for Hamas to ensure that civilians are removed from Hamas military zones. Hamas ignored the warning and still continued bombing Israel and allowed Palestinian civilians to continue living near Hamas military sites. Hamas held army recruit graduation ceremonies on two Hamas bases despite the explicit warnings from Israel to evacuate the military areas. Hamas did not evacuate the local civilian population and continued bombing Israel. The Israelis retaliated in self-defence. The causes for the outbreaks of violence have been said by previous posters, but it should be noted that Jewish Israel have never expressed any religious hatred towards Muslims whereas Hamas quite clearly states it’s policy of anti-Semitism. In Israel, Muslims make up approx. 17% of the population and they live in peace with their neighbours. Current population of Jews in Gaza - 0%. In a nutshell, Hamas say that Israel is their land, the Israelis say it’s theirs. Archaeological digs have found Hebrew texts and other historical evidence to show that Jews had occupied the general area of Israel since before 2000 BC. Islam was founded in the mid 7th Century AD. You do the maths and decide who has the right to live there. The Jews have been persecuted by many nations throughout their history - they won’t take any more Muslim shit.

Quote by Lost
You are right Storm. I guess i'm just talking/thinking from the comfort of not living there and being in some way religeously or ethnically attached wondering why that piece of shitty land is that important.
Me? If I had my way i'd find a piece of land somewhere and say roll a dice lowest score moves to it. I only wish someone did because it all frightens the living crap out of me.

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Assuming said species isn't endangered. To kill for meat and throw the skin (and vice versa) is a waste.
I understand some have great fur and inedible or skant meat and I'm pretty sure pig-skin isn't all that attractive, but the principle is sound.