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Health Inspectors shut down 7-year-old girl's lemonade stand (pg. 14)
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| Silky Johnson |
| quote: | Originally posted by idoru
It's just... I got caught up in the rat race of life and... oh God, I'm sorry. :( |
Oh yeah?! *punch* :mad: |
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| The17sss |
| quote: | Originally posted by bas
Look at you all. Bickering over something as insignificant as the word "marriage". You should all be ashamed. Do you think that little girl and her lemonade stand give a about this discussion and all the politics you guys have been spouting. NO! Because of a few fatcats up in Washington a little girl's dream of owning and operating America's first ever strip club/lemonade stand/thickkenwyde haberdashery have been crushed. I hope you're all proud of yourselves. |
Haha... way to bring it back. This thread definitely veered off course. Here's an update on the situation though: the County apologized to the little girl and her family for shutting down here lemonade stand.
| quote: | Multnomah County’s top elected official apologized Thursday for health inspectors who forced a 7-year-old girl to shut down her stand last week because she didn’t have a food-safety permit.
Chairman Jeff Cogen also said he has directed county health department workers to use “professional discretion” in doing their jobs. |
http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/...reprieve_m.html
| quote: | Originally posted by idoru
I can see where you're coming from on a lot of points, but I still don't understand why it can't be called marriage. But, whatever. I think we've both done enough for the day. |
Righton. |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by R.j.
I, personally, believe that homosexuality is an unnatural thing. |
As unnatural as posting your thoughts in an artificially codified system of signs through a complex network of man-made machines? |
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| igottaknow |
| homosexuality is gay |
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| R.j. |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
As unnatural as posting your thoughts in an artificially codified system of signs through a complex network of man-made machines? |
What are you driving at? |
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| Sushipunk |
| R.J, how could homosexuality possibly be unnatural? The very fact that it exists would surely be proof that it is, in fact, natural in human behaviour. |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by R.j.
What are you driving at? |
That if there's anything unnatural about homosexuality, it can't be less natural than what we're doing right now. |
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| Banora |
| What have you people done to my thread!? :( |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by Banora
What have you people done to my thread!? :( |
We gayed it. |
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| Sushipunk |
| quote: | Originally posted by Banora
What have you people done to my thread!? :( |
Are you really that surprised? |
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| Theresa |
At one time, the definition of a person only included white men. Women and people of colour were not to be considered persons, but more like belongings.
That was the tradition... and the label "meant something". However, it was realized that excluding people from taking on the label was discrimination, and it was changed.
To me, marriage is very similar. Similar to not allowing someone to be called or considered a 'person', you are advocating that people not be allowed to be called or considered 'married'.
person - belonging
married - civil union
Obviously they aren't exactly the same, but the premise is. Saying it's tradition is hobunky because A LOT of stuff has been tradition and we have abolished/changed these things because they were not right. |
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