photosbysexton Loc: Knoxville, TN

Not the same. Sorry.

docrob Loc: Durango, Colorado

[quote=photosbysexton]If you wish to live a life of lies, that's your choice. But an honorable adult teaches their children about life through honest, open discussion of their past and their mistakes. Knowledge comes from learning from your mistakes, wisdom comes from learning from others and theirs.

You are quick to judge too, I see. You start your post by judging my character based on a question I asked then proceed to speak condescendingly as if you know what the truth is.

Yes, often times there is knowledge to be gleaned from one's mistakes provided that the mistake isn't fatal. And sometimes things just happen which no body planned. I suppose I take a more dim view of humanity's abilities to learn from our mistakes than you do. Perhaps that is because I usually have had to repeat mistakes more than once to really learn anything of use. Seems that way in photography too I guess - you know - figuring out how to meter and such. And here I see our country and our leaders making the same old same mistakes too - so yeah i guess i do believe that if the goal of human existence is to evolve we have a long long long way to go.

Wisdom, I suspect would strongly suggest there are many ways to parent and raise a healthy child - among which is surely the ability to discuss life's matters. I suspect too that wisdom springs from many sources and that the most essential wisdom is that which springs forth from one's own noble heart......others are important too

photosbysexton Loc: Knoxville, TN

[quote=docrob]

Did I judge? My mistake to have done this. My apologies for your perception of my statement. This was not my intention at all. On that note; 5am is going to arrive way too soon. Good night and God bless sir.

bvm Loc: Glendale, Arizona

I have a daughter, 37 and a son 35. About 35 years ago my wife and I read a book that had some great ideas.
EXAMPLE: You make a signed contract with you child that goes like this. If you want to watch tv, your room has to be clean.
So I come home from work and their room is a mess. I walk upto the tv and turn it off. "Hey Dad what did you do that for?" "Well you signed a contract that you'd keep your room clean and its not" In 15 minutes the rooms were neat and tidy.

So what transpired was that they learned accountability and responsibility. We had many contract and they learned their word was their honor. I am their parent, not their fuzzy buddy.

It teaches them that they are responsible for the consequences of their actions. Now at 35 & 37, live in the NW, never had a problem AND THEY KNOW HOW TO MAKE DECISIONS which are good for them.

You might like to try it. No abortions, no unwed mothers, no unwed fathers.

gmcase Loc: Galt's Gulch

Thank you raising responsible winners instead if victims.

:thumbup:

bvm Loc: Glendale, Arizona

Thank you, it certainly beats the guilt of stupid decisions.


BY the way" Ignorance is you don't know any better - stupidity is you do know better"

johnr9999 Loc: Carlton, OR

Wow! Not one line without a misspelling! You might want to look up the program iSpell. It allows you to spellcheck with a right click.

johnr9999 Loc: Carlton, OR

At least you don't have to apply logic to your statements. Life is filled with specific events in which we have to judge our decisions as good, bad or indifferent.
DocRob? Doctor of what? I don't know any M.D. or PHD of Science that would operate under the absurd conditions you dictate. You state that we can't dictate decisions to women about their bodies (even though pregnancy, in the high majority of cases, is the result of several chains of decisions, already) and yet you want to dictate what I think. Doctor of what? I would hazard a guess that I have delivered a good many more children than you, even though I have never been pregnant. I would guess that I have worked on a good many more bi-lateral amputations than you, even though this has never happened to me. I would guess that I have lifted many more patients out of wrecked vehicles than you, even though this has never happened to me.
Should I have told my oncologist she can't treat me because she has never had stage 4 colon cancer?
Doctor of what, philosophy? If so, I am sure you are familiar with the philosophers motto, "Will you have fries with that?".
I think I will join DJMills, whose wisdom and humor I have long enjoyed on this site and no longer participate with the name callers and subliterates.

RTR Loc: West Central Alabama

Well if you read it in the huffington and puffington post it must be true. Guess I will have to vote dumbocrat now :(

JBTaylor Loc: In hiding again

[quote=photosbysexton]

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kenneth_Galbraith

He was a Canadian-American economist. He was a Keynesian, an institutionalist, and a leading proponent of 20th-century American liberalism. His books on economic topics were bestsellers from the 1950s through the 2000s and he filled the role of public intellectual from the 1950s to the 1970s on matters of economics.

dtcracer

No, that is living with the consequences of ones actions. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. You have unprotected sex, you get pregnant. The purpose behind sex is to procreate. Humans and monkeys are the only beings that have sex for pleasure. It comes down to, if she doesn't want to get pregnant, don't have sex.

dtcracer

Please overlook docrob. He preaches compassion for people who do wrong, yet he cannot practice compassion himself. This is his normal attitude toward people who do not agree with is immoral view on life. He is typical of people who believe there are no consequences for their actions in the afterlife, because he does not believe in an afterlife, therefore people should be allowed to go wild while they are alive.

dtcracer

I do not think that it is ok for guys to be "horndogs and slut" around. I believe that if a boy is stupid enough to be a "horndog and slut around", then he should also be responsible for the consequences. It is a matter of responsibility. If they are adult enough to take part of an adult activity such as sex, then they should be adult enough to be responsible for the results of it. I have taught my sons to respect women, that they are not just sexual objects. You would think that all of the modern feminist would agree with this point of view, instead of teaching boys to disrespect women. I have taught them that sex is something to be experienced between a man and woman who are in love, and plan on being together for life. Someone that they are willing to have a lifetime attachment to through a child. It is not simply a recreational activity. It is something that comes with serious consequences, whether it be that of having a child, or that of catching an STD because their partner has practiced sex as recreation. I have also taught my sons that if they were to find themselves in a situation where they end up having sex, to do so responsibly and use protection.

dtcracer

Emancipation is not abortion. In the case of abortion, and LIFE is aborted. In the case of emancipation, the responsiblities of the parent is removed, yet their LIFE is still intact. Not even the same thing. At least that child was alive to make the choice of emancipation.

photosbysexton Loc: Knoxville, TN

[quote=JBTaylor]

Anyone that believed for one second that Keynes' economic theories would help our economy has been proven wrong several times over the past 90 years. The gov't spending money to create a stimulus only costs the taxpayer more, therefore slowing the economy even more. Why anyone would quote someone that supports those theories as an intellectual is beyond me.