Posted on 05/12/2010 5:53:51 AM PDT by abb
Very, very sage advice!
I worked with a woman that was a troublemaker (gossiping, backstabbing, taking credit for other people's work, etc.). Anyway, on two separate occasions she asked me for a ride home after work. Wouldn't you know those two nights were the nights I had very important errands to run, all in the opposite direction of the town where she lived?
Last I heard she was suing the company for ‘mental duress’. Dodged a HUGE potential bullet there, twice.
What I don’t understand is how they could have fired her for it when she hadn’t yet gone to court. And the judge giving custody of her children to her husband when she hadn’t been convicted is mind boggling.
The sad thing is that she probably won’t get her children back except for every other weekend and alternating holidays. Status Quo has been established and she would have to prove that there was a change that involved the lives of the children.
You thinking she had a Michael Jackson thing going?
Perfectly stated! Well done!
You’re right... he’s a great writer.
I hope that poor woman sues them all into poverty.
FRegards
Yeah, eternity. It would be nice to see them live there Hell on Earth once in a while.
This was 15 years ago and I didn’t think much of it at the time..If I had to do it again, I would have called the parent out of the gym class to do it.
>> It would be nice to see them live there Hell on Earth once in a while.
Romans 12:19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
But like you, FRiend, so often I want them to pay NOW! While I watch.
This is one of the most difficult matters of faith with which I struggle.
Salem witch trials all over again.
Wise man. I used to teach Sunday School to 4th graders. Our church had recently instituted a policy that required two teachers in all classes at all times for two reasons: to protect the children and to protect the teachers. It was a good policy.
Two kids and the daughter were all coached by the child molestation advocates. Juries remember the McMartin and Amirault cases. They don't like having no physical evidence and being asked to put someone away solely on the testimony of 3 young kids. They don't buy the 'kids don't lie' line.
>> I think if there is one thing the Bible teaches us or attempts to teach us is restraint on passions and deny our baser instincts.
Agreed.
I tend to separate punishment duly administered by authority to wrongdoers, which as you suggest IS biblically valid, from my own personal burning hatred and desire to strike back at those who I think “deserve it”, which is not valid according to God’s word.
>> the accusers were shown on videotape
That’s bogus. Unconstitutional, too.
O’Reilly got it wrong. The kids testified in open court, and were cross-examined, but live cameras weren’t allowed during their testimony.
>> O’Reilly got it wrong.
Wow, that’s never happened before! :-)
thanks
I was doing a bit of quick research for my previous response regarding the matter of “weregilds” but that concept probably wasn’t contemporary with the time of the Bible. Anyway, there was no distinction between murder and manslaughter until the 13th century. Driving your ox over an innocent bystander or hacking off someone’s head with your pen knife were considered the same.
The concept of a sanctuary city was also quite different. Well as long as you didn’t have crushed testicles.
I’m a teacher. I always leave the door open during student conferences, even when discussing grades. I’d rather be reprimanded for violating student privacy.
Weregeld - payment for damages done. Literally "man money".
Shunning - If the accused refuses to pay, then he is ostracized from the community. That was pretty serious back in the day. Generally led to the accused moving away.
Vendetta - If the person refused to pay, and was protected by his family or others, then the family of the wronged could declare a vendetta. That meant the wronged person or his family could kill the accused, kill all of his family, and seize or destroy all of their property.
All of these remain in some form to this day in the laws or customs of the Roman lands conquered by the Germanic tribes. See the "Godfather" series.
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