Mass shooting of the week, high school in parkland, FL.

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hog88 said:
My mom was similar although she rarely whipped us, that was a task she left up to dad. My dad is the most easy going non-confrontational guy you ever want to meet but you knew you were in trouble when you heard him say "damn it boy come here" after mom briefed him on the days events.
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"Go ask for your father's belt..."
 
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LouderVol said:
Thankfully they, and their parents, always looked to make a better situation for their children. Getting out was definitely part of that.
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That is exactly like my parents and grandparents did. My paternal grandfather, with only a 3rd grade education, moved his family out of the coal mines of SW Virginia, and made something out of himself.
He taught himself to be an engineer, traveled to various sites, and was in charge of constructing dams, railroad trestles, and bridges in the early 1900's. He would never get in the door today. Later, he opened his own lumber yard and building business, and secured government contracts to make containers and ammunition boxes for the war effort.
 
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hog88 said:
My mom was similar although she rarely whipped us, that was a task she left up to dad. My dad is the most easy going non-confrontational guy you ever want to meet but you knew you were in trouble when you heard him say "damn it boy come here" after mom briefed him on the days events.
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My dad rarely whipped us, but on a couple of occasions , he took matters into his own hands. My mother generally administered the punishment with a keen switch. Damn, that hurt.

My dad would take his belt off, and start wrapping it around his hand, and that would usually get my brother and me to stop whatever it was we were doing that was bad.
 
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hog88 said:
Yep.
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My mother was a fiercely independent and proud southern woman with a fiery temper. In later years she tried to pull off this persona of a kind and gentle elderly woman. We never fell for the ruse.

I remember a discussion where my oldest brother told my mother she threatened to kill him. He told her she said “damn you boy I’ll kill you!”

To which she smiled and calmly replied “I never said any such thing to any of you children”

To which we replied in unison “ the hell you didn’t!”

My father remained quiet and reached for the remote and turned up the TV volume.
 
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hog88 said:
Mom and granny were switch people dad and pawpaw were more proficient with the belt. Different strokes I guess.
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My best friend when I was growing up had a mother that whipped him with a fly swatter. I always thought that wouldn't feel too good on bare skin.
 
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NorthDallas40 said:
My mother was a fiercely independent and proud southern woman with a fiery temper. In later years she tried to pull off this persona of a kind and gentle elderly woman. We never fell for the ruse.

I remember a discussion where my oldest brother told my mother she threatened to kill him. He told her she said “damn you boy I’ll kill you!”

To which she smiled and calmly replied “I never said any such thing to any of you children”

To which we replied in unison “ the hell you didn’t!”

My father remained quiet and reached for the remote and turned up the TV volume.
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Mom had a quick temper and as we got older she would whack us with whatever was handy. She broke her broom over my back one day so she went out and got a new one and the very next day I pissed her off she broke the new one swinging it at me. I ran after that one.
 
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Grand Vol said:
"Go ask for your father's belt..."
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Yeah that reminds me of a lesson in questioning authority I got myself.

In teenage years my mother directed me to go get my belt with which it was her intent to beat me relentlessly.

To wit I reply “you’re the one that wants it to beat me. I’m not gonna get you the belt to beat me with get it yourself.”

Big mistake. I wasn’t a very wise child. But I was a quick learner.
 
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1972 Grad said:
My best friend when I was growing up had a mother that whipped him with a fly swatter. I always thought that wouldn't feel too good on bare skin.
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No it probably wouldn't. I had a couple teachers hit me with rulers and that didn't feel good.
 
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Grand Vol said:
More like I just jumped into the fire.
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I'm going to leave the rest unsaid.

I said earlier that the normalization and acceptance of hatred is what has changed. Also, that a lot can be learned by looking at others who are willing to massacre large groups of innocent people.

I'll leave the rest up to each individual.
 
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luthervol said:
lol......Remember, only a minuscule percentage of Muslims would ever resort to terrorist attacks. Focus on what makes that minuscule different.
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Islam has 1.5 billion adherents.


If only 1% "would ever resort to terrorist attacks", that leaves you with 15 million terrorists.


Hmmm.......
 
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luthervol said:
I'm going to leave the rest unsaid.

I said earlier that the normalization and acceptance of hatred is what has changed. Also, that a lot can be learned by looking at others who are willing to massacre large groups of innocent people.

I'll leave the rest up to each individual.
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I can't see the parallels at all.
 
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NorthDallas40 said:
Yeah that reminds me of a lesson in questioning authority I got myself.

In teenage years my mother directed me to go get my belt with which it was her intent to beat me relentlessly.

To wit I reply “you’re the one that wants it to beat me. I’m not gonna get you the belt to beat me with get it yourself.”

Big mistake. I wasn’t a very wise child. But I was a quick learner.
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I made a similar mistake once. My mother would often say "this is going to hurt me more than it hurts you" before a whipping. One time I said "why don't I whip you then?" I swear I think I saw her trying to hold back a laugh before she struck the first lick.
 
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One notorious Good Friday, as the family was driving to Moultrie, Ga for pizza, my younger sister and I were quiet as church mice in the back seat. Dad looked back at us through the read-view mirror:

Dad: "The kids sure are quiet."

Mom (with the wind still in her jaws): "They should be! They combined for seven spankings today."

Dad (checks the rear-view mirror again): "Well. It worked."
 
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1972 Grad said:
I made a similar mistake once. My mother would often say "this is going to hurt me more than it hurts you" before a whipping. One time I said "why don't I whip you then?" I swear I think I saw her trying to hold back a laugh before she struck the first lick.
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I made the classic mistake of telling my dad "that didn't hurt" after a whipping. He made sure it hurt for awhile.
 
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GreyWolf1129 said:
Islam has 1.5 billion adherents.


If only 1% "would ever resort to terrorist attacks", that leaves you with 15 million terrorists.


Hmmm.......
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Luckily it's 0.0001%. That percentage can and will fluctuate and we have some baring on that fluctuation.
 
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luthervol said:
Luckily it's 0.0001%. That percentage can and will fluctuate and we have some baring on that fluctuation.
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Well, that's much better, then.


I got my numbers from a Muslim-sourced data bank, and...of course...the "miniscule percent" you quoted. I figured 1% was fairly miniscule.


Curious where yours came from.
 
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GreyWolf1129 said:
Well, that's much better, then.


I got my numbers from a Muslim-sourced data bank, and...of course...the "miniscule percent" you quoted. I figured 1% was fairly miniscule.


Curious where yours came from.
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Empirical evidence.

The number can be debated but the answer would remain unknowable.

Either way, it has no baring on the dynamics of the commonalities of people willing to massacre large groups of innocent people.
 
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1972 Grad said:
I made a similar mistake once. My mother would often say "this is going to hurt me more than it hurts you" before a whipping. One time I said "why don't I whip you then?" I swear I think I saw her trying to hold back a laugh before she struck the first lick.
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your mom into some kinky stuff it sounds like.
 
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