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Major confrontations......

by AK - Jeff in

... with pregnant hillbilly bitches over trespassing pit bulls who terrify my grandson are not that fun.

god - where do all the idiots come from?.

jeff .

I understand the dog lovers who plead not to kill the dog. Afterall, it hasn't attacked anyone yet. The problem with pits is that they often do so, without provocation, when they are on the loose [as attested by some of the posts above].

Please don't misunderstand me or the situation here. I am a dog lover. Always have been. Soft hearted. But, and this is the real crux of the problem, loose dogs, when startled, can become vicious killers in a moment. I cannot watch my 7 year old grandson every moment. If this dog gets loose it could endanger him or my granddaughter. [Fencing the yard would not be the answer, either physically or philosophically IMO]. My grandchildren are 12 and 7, and they are not going to be required to stay in a small fenced yard, of course. They are old enough to have outgrown that sort of thing. They have other friends in the neighborhood too - and the safety of those children [aged from 6 to 15] is also of concern.

I cannot take the sentimental position that the time for action is after someone is hurt or killed. I called the sheriffs office - they are sooooo interested apparently, that they didn't even bother to send an officer out to take a report. In our district, animal control is the sheriffs office. If they don't respond, there is no other authority figure to call. I live in the country, in an enclave sort of community. So it is not a farm, but it is not city. There are probably around 15 kids in the area, all of whom are in and out of my yard and the neighboring yards every day. So a dog on the run is/can be dangerous. Especially a breed that has been bred for the purpose of fighting/killing, even if the individual dog has not been so taught.

I will monitor the situation over the next few days. But if it seems like it might be a problem, I cannot take the bleeding heart tactics suggested. The life of these children is far too important.

Jeff

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CO's arrangement finishes????

by wolfman85 in

how true is that the circuit overseer's arrangement ends in 2011?.

AK - Jeff

They MAY BE backing off somewhat though. I can't confirm. But last week as I passed my old KH, lo and behold, a travel trailer like the ones used in times past for CO visits was sitting on the lot. It was there about a week.

This circuit has maintained an apartment for the CO for a couple of decades now. It made me wonder if they are 'cutting fat' in the local/national budget for the CO's. I don't have any additional information on that - but it did seem curious. Our CO's have been housed in luxury for a long time - perhaps they will not be now?

Jeff

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Major confrontations......

by AK - Jeff in

... with pregnant hillbilly bitches over trespassing pit bulls who terrify my grandson are not that fun.

god - where do all the idiots come from?.

jeff .

AK - Jeff

This one did not display aggression. But it scared my grandson [who lives with us], 7, very badly. It could have well been much uglier if the dog had been in attack mode. This one is prob not a threat, but who knows. The real problem was the owner who was far less interested in taking responsibility for her dog [or anything else it appears], and more interested in being an asshole toward those who challenged her lack of responsibility.

The sheriff never showed. Go figure!

I am a marksman when it comes to a deer rifle - but I don't currently have one. I may have to get one again.

Jeff

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How important are God and Jesus to you?

by Nickolas in

i ask this question because it goes to:.

- how disposed to objectively considering contrarian evidence you are, and.

- how much i might be messing with your life and happiness by helping you see things the way i do.. i read the posts of many people on this board who are apparently happy, even deliriously happy, with their theism.

AK - Jeff

My theory is that many, if not most, of these deeply pious individuals are incapable of considering contrarian evidence objectively because to do so would put their faith in danger.

I think this is ABSOLUTELY the situation for many of them, Nic.

At this time though, I just don't think its possible to conclude that there isn't a God.

Agreed, NRfG. Some believe in little green men, or garden gnomes, or demons in hell. But it should be upon those who DO BELIEVE in such things to prove it. Instead of wishing those who can't find the evidence for it to prove the negative [which is impossible isn't it?].

Sometimes I am a bit jealous of the certainty some people of faith have. But I am reminded that I have a level of mental freedom that I can live my life how I choose, rather than following the directions of a man/organization/book. To me, that's important.

I have felt that, at times, Para. But mostly, no. Freedom of rational thought is so crucial to the success of mankind, that my worries for those who believe in the unprovable, and perhaps foolish ideas that encompass what we call 'faith', is that they are both wasting their lives, and potentially, due to focus on unreal things instead of reality, they might be shortchanging mankind. [Sorry, that was a run-on sentence, eh?] For who knows what mind might hold great invention and great art and great philosophy? How many of those minds are held captive to delusion, thereby depriving mankind due to failure too explore their minds due to such influences?

Jeff [just my 2 shekels]

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Well the dirty piece of trash got off.

by sooner7nc in

jw
friends

http://news.yahoo.com/casey-anthony-acquitted-killing-young-daughter-191600480.html .

AK - Jeff

A friend of mine posted this John Adams' quote on my wall - I think it apropos:

"It is more important that innocence be protected than it is that guilt be punished, for guilt and crimes are so frequent in this world that they cannot all be punished. But if innocence itself is brought to the bar and c ondemned, perhaps to die, then the citizen will say, “whether I do good or whether I do evil is immaterial, for innocence itself is no protection,” and if such an idea as that were to take hold in the mind of the citizen that would be the end of security whatsoever."

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Well the dirty piece of trash got off.

by sooner7nc in

jw
friends

http://news.yahoo.com/casey-anthony-acquitted-killing-young-daughter-191600480.html .

AK - Jeff

Perhaps Anthony has information that will get another person convicted at some point. Who knows? I hope if she does she gets it to the proper authorities.

I think the justice system works. Sometimes it works imperfectly. Sometimes better. I feel sorry for the loss of life, but remain baffled as to why the media looks for a single case to make news for weeks. There are thousands of trials, missing children, killers on the loose, meth labs, gangland shootings that never make the scrolling news at the bottom of the screen.

If the media would use it's considerable power to do good, instead of using it as a white board to promote a particular point of view, they could be an influence for positive in our world. Alas, I doubt we will ever see that happen again.

Jeff

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Major confrontations......

by AK - Jeff in

... with pregnant hillbilly bitches over trespassing pit bulls who terrify my grandson are not that fun.

god - where do all the idiots come from?.

jeff .

AK - Jeff

I told her I was going to put a 30 cal through him if he showed again. Her retort was that she would shoot me if I did. Hence my call to the county sheriff to see what he has to say about THAT.

Jeff

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Major confrontations......

by AK - Jeff in

... with pregnant hillbilly bitches over trespassing pit bulls who terrify my grandson are not that fun.

god - where do all the idiots come from?.

jeff .

AK - Jeff

... with pregnant hillbilly bitches over trespassing pit bulls who terrify my grandson are not THAT fun.

God - where do all the idiots come from?

Jeff

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A hearty laugh for this atheist ^_^

by Velour in

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AK - Jeff

Have you hired a preacher and a choir yet? I understand Crystal Cathedral might have some extra unemployed choral personnel.

Jeff

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Is immorality escalating?

by jworld in

i got the convention update from my mom, who attended this past weekend.

sounds like the society made the claim that immorality is escalating at a faster clip.

is that true?

AK - Jeff

From the standpoint of the self-righteous, bible thumping, 10 commandments type Christian. Then, probably immorality is increasing.

The problem becomes, if one does not accept the bible as any so called 'word of God', and if one understands that most 'morality' has been drawn from holy writ [that may not be so holy], then it is not so easy to answer the question.

I find it easier to just ask: Are my neighbors more violent, more selfish than they were, say, 20 years ago? Or are most people [no matter what they choose to do with their sexual parts behind closed doors - which is what most Christians refer to when they say immorality] just as kind, nice, gentle and helpful as they used to be?

My opinion is that little has changed in my neck of the woods in that regard. Though perhaps some are having more sex with those that they have not elected to enter the Christian marriage arrangement with. To which I say: So what?

Jeff

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