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Editorial: The Newton, CT, Shooting
Pundits and talking heads on TV, radio, and the Internet, and the president himself, have noted that this goes on far too often in this country. We keep asking about the solution and the cause. I may be oversimplifying things, but I would propose two things be done right away.
1) The shooters in all the cases that have come about this and other years were all emotionally or mentally disturbed. Our "wise" government has repeatedly chosen to cut mental health care and counseling services, leaving these people with nowhere to turn for much-needed help. The result is that we now have more people who are not in their right minds wandering the streets and committing crimes, hurting themselves and others, winding up in already-crowded prisons or in hospitals. Let us restore funding for these services to what they were back in the 1980s and before.
2) Guns. The U.S. Constitution provides rights for us to bear arms "in a well-regulated militia." This is to protect ourselves from the possibility of hostile attacks where no immediate government help was available (back then, I think they were thinking of native attacks or possibly British invasions on unprotected territories) and against our own government should it become despotic (almost there, by the way). Also, the Founding Fathers would never have conceived of the advanced weaponry we have these days that is capable of shooting hundreds of rounds per minute. They had muskets.
The solution is not to take weapons out of citizens' hands. The solution is to regulate weapons better. Why did this shooter's mom own military-style guns? Adam Lanza had tried to buy a rifle at a sporting goods store but was turned away, so he just stole his mom's gun, which became the weapon that killed her. While the law prevented Adam from getting a gun himself, a law should be in place where entire households should not have guns should one or more family members not be eligible to possess one themselves. In other words, to get a gun license, every occupant of the household must also qualify, even if they do not plan to use the weapon.
Private citizens should not possess guns that even police officers don't go near. Single-shot rifles for hunting and possibly home defense should be enough. Australia is one country that bans automatic weapons from being privately owned. When was the last time you heard of a mass-shooting in Australia? That's right, never.
A Congresswoman recently made a good point: she noted we regulate things like food and cigarettes and liquor for the protection of citizens. Why don't we do the same for guns? Adam Lanza was not even old enough to legally drink, yet he could get his hands on a weapon a terrorist would enjoy.
You cannot protect the world from itself, but our "leaders" need to screw their heads on straight and realize that the "right to bear arms" is not a blank check to do whatever we want with them. They assumed we would be wise enough to put some regulations on gun ownership. Guess they were wrong.
We have a lot of dead, innocent kids on our hands now. It's not just Adam's fault or his mom's fault. It is the fault of a society that is crazy for guns, that glamorizes violence, and that refuses to help those in need and stigmatizes them as "moochers."
Papabear
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FC-106 Consensual Tentacles - I'm thinking. Usually I'm more creative... give me a few minutes.
I’m thinking. Usually I’m more creative… give me a few minutes.
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Emails:
- Aeowyn – “hii again it’s MEEE!”
- Anonymous – “I apologize”
- Joey – “Hey furcast crew – my story and a few questions.”
- Abby – “More Transgender Questions (And Mandatory Fayroe-Bashing)”
- Sayt – “Sayt’s Relationship Question(s) – Read my name or not i dun care.”
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Mate Has a Suspicious Double Standard
First things first, I'm a non-fur, at least by the definition that has come to me through a few years of dealing with the fur community.
However, I have a lot of friends in the fur community, some of whom are furs, some who aren't, but choose to socialize with them for the same reasons I socialize with these particular friends. The reason I joined Fur Affinity in the first place was because my boyfriend (now Fiance) had joined the fur community, but for a lot of the wrong reasons (sexual things), and it bothered me, so I wanted to see what it was all about and see if maybe I was just misjudging him.
After years of ups and downs, we finally got our relationship back on track, and solidified our terms of what's okay and what's not, and now things are much better than they used to be.
The problem now is that he doesn't like me being on FA anymore, because during our many 'discussions' he decided the best way to avoid causing drama due to inappropriate behavior with random furs was to just stop using the website. He does still visit it, just very rarely, and at most he'll comment on a picture his friend drew, and then delete all other activity and log out.
The reasons I've stayed on FA are because I had set up my crafting business on various websites and e-shops, as well as on FA, and my biggest following for my work is on FA. The way the website is constructed is more conducive to socializing than any other I've been on, and thus it's easier for me to get my work noticed and find more customers on FA than anywhere else. The other reason being that some of my close friends happen to frequent the site as well, either socially or in a business aspect, like myself. I like to view their work, or participate in their conversations when they post journals and such, but I've unwatched any members who I feel are more about drama than anything else, just to avoid causing any drama myself.
Still, whenever we wind up arguing about something, he'll bring up the fact that I'm still on FA, even though he uses it as well, and still goes out of his way to join other furry communities (gamers mostly) and still talks to many of the furs who nearly cost us our relationship more than once, despite that I don't like him talking to them.
I've resigned myself to the fact that he's going to talk to whoever he's going to talk to, fur or otherwise, so is it really so bad that I stay on FA for my friends and my craft business? Or should I really consider closing my accounts?
And to be clear, the reason I didn't want him in the fur community was because he'd usually make it into a sexual thing, whereas I was (and still am) very adamant about "paws off", so I never went that far. To me, there's no real reason I should close my FA accounts since I never did anything pervy with anyone there, but he did. I haven't told him not to use the site at all, I just asked him to not encourage any sexual or perverted behavior, since a lot of furs seem to just go straight for his pants. He's the one who decided to avoid the site (mostly) to make that easier to accomplish.
KGH
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Dear KGH,
It’s terrific that you’re working things out with your mate. If this is the only issue between the two of you that needs to be straightened out, that’s really not bad at all. Still, let’s see if we can take care of this last bit of drama.
The crux of the problem here is that there is a double standard. Your mate is allowed to go on FA but you are not. Papabear says that you should either BOTH be on FA or BOTH not be on FA. I suspect—and this is only a suspicion—that the motive here is that he wants to be on FA and start doing sexual RPs again without your seeing it (which might be why after each time he is on FA he will "delete all other activity and log out.")
It is unfair of him to demand you refrain from using FA, especially when you use it for very practical, nonsexual reasons, while he continues to use it.
So, well, really a short response here because the solution is basic. Both of you are in this relationship, both of you should be treated the same, so both of you should be allowed to do the same things or agree to not do them—together.
The two of you need to work on that until you come to an agreement. No Double Standards! Capice?
Good luck!
Papabear
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"There's places under the ground. Old places. No one knows where they came from, who built them, or what. But they've got structures in them like this." He put a claw on the picture. "Just like this. Like something out of a nightmare."
"Curiosity and the Ringtailed Cat" by Frank LeRenard
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AD 048 - Curiosity and the Ringtailed Cat - "There's places under the ground. Old places. No one knows where they came from, who built them, or what. But they've got structures in them like this." He put a claw on the picture. "Just like this. Like something...I would do anything to get my stuffed ducky back
Re: TODAY IS YOUR COLONEL'S DAY
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Episode 40 - As Advent continues, we figured it would be a good idea to talk about what it means, who observes it, to what extent, and give mention of some other related topics. A good topic to listen to, and perhaps educational if you haven't before hear
As Advent continues, we figured it would be a good idea to talk about what it means, who observes it, to what extent, and give mention of some other related topics. A good topic to listen to, and perhaps educational if you haven’t before heard of the meanings or ideas behind things such as Advent and Lent and the similar.
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Episode 40 - As Advent continues, we figured it would be a good idea to talk about what it means, who observes it, to what extent, and give mention of some other related topics. A good topic to listen to, and perhaps educational if you haven't before heard of the m...
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An idea regarding half the posts in this Subreddit.
I'm sure most of you will agree that there are many posts in this subreddit that normally look as such, "New to the fandom..." or "Just became a furry!" Most of the time, these people are asking for advice or want information about the whole "Furry thing". Well, I have a proposal and idea for the mods here, as well as any subscribers: A "tour guide" program, where we have a list of people willing to help out people new to the fandom/culture get oriented and educated. It would work best if we covered all of the possible instant messaging services, so all the newcomers could get adequate attention. The tour guides would of course be volunteers, willing to sacrifice their own time in order to help a fellow redditor and furry (or potential furry). At the very least, the program will have people forging new relationships, which is never a bad thing! What do you guys/gals think?
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