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wendee @wendee (359) • Canada 3 May 07

I have been getting lot of lfack for not circumsising my sons. Apparently my whole family is circumsised and of course they all think it shold be done. My husband is not and doesnt think it should be done. We talked about it a lot...

baby

baby boy

curcumcision

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sapphiresage Agreed! Unless you're in a country where uncut is the norm, most women are going to be turned off at best, repulsed at worst by it. We had our son circumsized the day after he was born. It never crossed my mind not to; it's just the norm in my family and...

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sandie61 @sandie61 (2359) • United States 28 Apr 07

my husband always likes a charcoal grill. he says the food tastes better. we do not even own a gas grill. I was wondering what others like to use.

bbq grill

charcoal grill

gas grill

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sapphiresage My husband uses a huge charcoal grill; we don't like the taste of food cooked on a gas grill. We grill out year round, at least three times a week. Sometimes we soak hickory chips and add them to the fire to smoke the food, or sometimes we'll just cook over...

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nelly5 @nelly5 (1424) • United States 29 Apr 07

I have an eleven month old, male, house cat. He has always lived inside, I got him when he was just a baby. The only times that he has seen the outside was when we moved to our new place and during the trip to the vets office....

cats

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sapphiresage I'd let the poor -animal- out to explore. He's not a child, he's an animal with natural instincts who can take care of himself outside, and he obviously knows what he wants. If cats were meant to be inside houses all the time, they'd have evolved the...

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kwlanje @kwlanje (52) • India 29 Apr 07

why should i spent my valuable bandwith on windows security updates?

internet

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sapphiresage Because all the bandwidth in the world won't do you a darned bit of good with a computer that's been hacked and destroyed. Or maybe you prefer the scenario of having your machine hacked and all your personal data stolen? Having someone open credit card...

29 Apr 07

samtaylorskykierajen @samtaylorskykierajen (7977) • Canada 29 Apr 07

Should there be a limit to how much homework a teacher sends home with a student each night ? Does a teacher have the rigth to send home homework that requires your participation ? And does a teacher have a right to have your...

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sapphiresage I do believe there should be a limit on the homework, and when they send it home, the child should be able to do the work without parental assistance. When my daughter comes home and doesn't understand her homework at all, I have serious doubts about the...

29 Apr 07

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soccermom @soccermom (3198) • United States 23 Apr 07

As most of you already know my daughter was sexually assaulted by my ex husband when she was very young. My husbands cousin is going through the same thing now. She is 12, and has a 4 year old sister that was also assaulted by...

mature content

sex offender

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sapphiresage Has anyone stopped and asked the 12 year old who is testifying what she wants? It sounds like the adults in the situation are having a tug of war over what they think should be done, but when talking about what she would find supportive, why not ask...

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Drakhan @Drakhan (240) • United States 19 Apr 07

I want to get this off my chest. Cho Seung-Hui killed 32 people at Virginia Tech. It was an evil, violent act and he should be condemned for it. However, I'm a little annoyed at the way people are reacting. Over and over,...

bullying

school shooting

virginia tech

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sapphiresage What people who say "oh there are alway bullies" don't understand is that it is a process of erosion. A person can be bullied for quite a while without going anywhere near the edge. But it is when it happens for years on end, with no relief, that it begins to...

22 Apr 07

mariyamaka @mariyamaka (931) • India 22 Apr 07

Do you talk with your 2months infant??? does it makes any sense?? have seen anyone talking with their infant baby? I have seen many parents and grandparents talking with infant baby... and i wonder do they understand? i have not...

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sapphiresage If we didn't talk to babies, they wouldn't pick up the sounds and rhythm of our language, and wouldn't learn to speak it. Even when the baby doesn't understand the words, it is comforted by the sound of its mother's voice - something it has heard since it...

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littlemissmistress @littlemissmistress (187) • United States 27 Mar 07

I'm sitting here watching an episode of House MD, and he brings up a good point. A man on death row develops a heart problem and needs treatment to stay alive. Should they do so? I am torn on the issue myself. The man is...

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sapphiresage Repenting doesn't undo the damage the criminal has done and doesn't change a death sentence. The criminal chose not to act like a human being, and in my book, gave up the right to be treated as one.

19 Apr 07

crazynurse @crazynurse (7482) • United States 9 Jan 07

It often troubles me that so many tax dollars go to fund the cost of houseing prisoners. While some tax money is needed, I feel a great deal of tax dollars could be saved by making the prisoners and prison be more self-supportive....

jobs

prison

prisoners

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sapphiresage I've always thought those prisons should be on remote islands, where prisoners are air-dropped with a tent and basic survival gear (okay, so we'd teach them how to use the gear first). If they want to commit crimes and act like animals, fine, let's treat them...

19 Apr 07

Drakhan @Drakhan (240) • United States 19 Apr 07

I want to get this off my chest. Cho Seung-Hui killed 32 people at Virginia Tech. It was an evil, violent act and he should be condemned for it. However, I'm a little annoyed at the way people are reacting. Over and over,...

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sapphiresage I'm not looking for a scapegoat. I'm examining what drives people to do this sort of thing. You can only truly fix or change things if you really understand how the dynamic works in the first place, and that does require a closer look at cause and effect (as...

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Drakhan @Drakhan (240) • United States 19 Apr 07

I want to get this off my chest. Cho Seung-Hui killed 32 people at Virginia Tech. It was an evil, violent act and he should be condemned for it. However, I'm a little annoyed at the way people are reacting. Over and over,...

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sapphiresage The schools in my area do not allow bullying, either. But guess what? It happens anyway. The kids are just not as obvious about it when teachers are looking.

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Drakhan @Drakhan (240) • United States 19 Apr 07

I want to get this off my chest. Cho Seung-Hui killed 32 people at Virginia Tech. It was an evil, violent act and he should be condemned for it. However, I'm a little annoyed at the way people are reacting. Over and over,...

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sapphiresage It is not only immigrants, as one poster was speaking of. There are just kids that the herd sees as different (usually smart kids who aren't into the lame stuff that the 'cool' kids get sucked into), and the herd attacks them. Yeah, I've been one of those...

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soccermom @soccermom (3198) • United States 18 Apr 07

I coached soccer last year for AYSO. This year I volunteered to Assistant coach because I joined the board and it takes up quite a bit of time. We're at our board meeting tonight and the other 5 look at me and tell me they've...

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sapphiresage Good luck with that. I've been on the board of our local youth football and cheer organization for about four years now. I've been coaching for five years, whether I intended to or not. Last year, I said no. I said it 927 times. I am the treasurer, but I...

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