Good to hear from you Don. Avoid: Murder, Rape and enslavement of others. On Jul 8, 2015 10:04 PM, "Don Johnson" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Seems I'm way late to this party but had to add something. "Big Girl" as i > would understand it used in context, of course, could mean a large young > woman. Not necessarily a pejorative. After all, Gordita, in the Spanish, > means fat. But it is also a term of endearment and appreciation for a > little extra chub in your woman. Cushion for the pushin' as the saying > goes. As Molly noted; it's all about the culture you're in and what your > complexion is. White boys should just keep our mouths shut and our wallets > open. > > On Sun, Mar 8, 2015 at 11:15 AM, Chris Jenkins <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> Hold up, now, there has to be SOME understanding of colloquial use of >> language if there's any hope to achieve common ground. "Big boy" and "Big >> girl" are very much colloquial ways to describe someone who is grown up and >> capable of taking care of themselves. It's not specifically gendered for >> the purpose of gender, and it's not the same casual usage of "girl" which >> causes offense to those sensitive to such. >> >> The language police have become much more aggressive, I see. >> >> On Sun, Mar 8, 2015 at 12:07 PM, Molly <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Allan, calling a woman a girl is well known to be gender insensitive. If >>> you don't think so, suggest you brush up or this may not be the last time >>> you are called out for it. If indeed we are all supportive for human >>> rights, we can bring ourselves to be sensitive to what the other feels when >>> bearing the brunt of our words. Here in the states, calling a man a boy can >>> get you in a great deal of trouble depending on the color of your skin and >>> the region that your feet are currently planted upon. Words do matter, and >>> claiming what is said is said in jest or is insignificant is an age old way >>> to discount the reality of inequity, and always shows itself to be exactly >>> what it is to people with attitudes that truly support human rights. So >>> many of our words come to us through social conditioning, we don't >>> understand the origin or inequity. It is incumbent on each of us to try. >>> Tolerance of biased or abusive attitudes creates cultures of inequity. >>> >>> >>> On Sunday, March 8, 2015 at 11:59:10 AM UTC-4, Allan Heretic wrote: >>> >>>> To me all " big girl " is saying is she is an adult and of female >>>> gender.. nothing more.. unless may be grow up. No different some one >>>> telling me I am a big boy.. >>>> >>>> But if i say the sun is shining Gabby is offended.. if she is offended >>>> i will stop using it.. >>>> >>>> تجنب. القتل والاغتصاب واستعباد الآخرين >>>> Avoid; murder, rape and enslavement of others >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Molly <[email protected]> >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Sent: Sun, 08 Mar 2015 4:38 PM >>>> Subject: Re: Mind's Eye Re: We are going backwards. >>>> >>>> Also, I have to go with Gabby on this one. Calling her a big girl is >>>> gender insensitive and demeaning. >>>> >>>> On Sunday, March 8, 2015 at 11:27:40 AM UTC-4, Allan Heretic wrote: >>>> >>>> I am trying to find out why our big girl Gabby is so bothered be me?? >>>> Is Gabby's soul felling a bit guilty over what..that is a real question.. >>>> >>>> تجنب. القتل والاغتصاب واستعباد الآخرين >>>> Avoid; murder, rape and enslavement of others >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: archytas <[email protected]> >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Sent: Sun, 08 Mar 2015 4:16 PM >>>> Subject: Re: Mind's Eye Re: We are going backwards. >>>> >>>> Do you have false teeth by any chance Gabby? If so, could you have a >>>> second set made, then you could leave them in situ after biting his ass, >>>> and save the rest of us from the thiedium? >>>> >>>> On Sunday, March 8, 2015 at 2:05:11 PM UTC, Gabby wrote: >>>> >>>> Big girl - that's not my wording, not my style, not how I view myself. >>>> It's true, I was trying to make a constructive suggestion to get us out >>>> of your barking at us and twisting our words to draw the focus of attention >>>> to your soul perspective. Can you think of another solution so we others do >>>> not have to constantly feel attacked? >>>> >>>> Am Sonntag, 8. März 2015 schrieb : >>>> >>>> If you want the topic opened, open it Gabby. You keep telling me you >>>> are a big girl.. >>>> >>>> تجنب. القتل والاغتصاب واستعباد الآخرين >>>> Avoid; murder, rape and enslavement of others >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: gabbydott <[email protected]> >>>> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Sun, 08 Mar 2015 2:34 PM >>>> Subject: Re: Mind's Eye Re: We are going backwards. >>>> >>>> Soul is a place holder for "guilty conscious" in this context here, I >>>> suppose. I suggest you open a thread with the header "soul" and you collect >>>> all the different meanings you have identified us others associate with it. >>>> We would also profit from it by being able to go there when in need of >>>> translation options for your "soul" usage. And you could be sure it was >>>> your very own translation that is being used by the others. What do you >>>> think? >>>> >>>> Am Sonntag, 8. März 2015 schrieb : >>>> >>>> When people do wrong knowing they justify it because their soul knows >>>> it is wrong and they should not be doing it. >>>> >>>> تجنب. القتل والاغتصاب واستعباد الآخرين >>>> Avoid; murder, rape and enslavement of others >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: RP Singh <[email protected]> >>>> To: Minds Eye <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Sun, 08 Mar 2015 8:57 AM >>>> Subject: Re: Mind's Eye Re: We are going backwards. >>>> >>>> Sure Allan, but these criminals seek excuses to justify themselves to >>>> others and themselves. As a matter of fact there is no excuse for any crime >>>> and a criminal has to bear the consequences of his act. >>>> >>>> On Sun, Mar 8, 2015 at 12:02 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> There is no justification for rape in any form or of any gender. >>>> >>>> تجنب. القتل والاغتصاب واستعباد الآخرين >>>> Avoid; murder, rape and enslavement of others >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: RP Singh <[email protected]> >>>> To: Minds Eye <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Sun, 08 Mar 2015 3:36 AM >>>> Subject: Re: Mind's Eye Re: We are going backwards. >>>> >>>> The women dressing sense developed in the west gradually and it was not >>>> copying others but an indigenous matter and as it was a gradual process the >>>> western society as a whole was able to accept it. But in India it was not >>>> so, some educated girls started copying the west and Indian society as a >>>> whole was not prepared for it, and that is the reason that some backward >>>> sections of our society find it unacceptable, but still it has nothing to >>>> do with rape, which is a criminal act and done by criminal people. The >>>> reasons that such people give for it is just a justification for their >>>> criminal deed and not the real reason. >>>> >>>> On Sun, Mar 8, 2015 at 6:21 AM, RP Singh <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> The argument that there are rapes in India because girls are not raised >>>> up as equals with comparison to boys is not correct. If today girls are >>>> entering into the workforce is not as a result of girls asserting >>>> themselves but because their families are giving them a chance to make a >>>> career for themselves. The parents, brothers, and husbands are co-operating >>>> with the girls, they are encouraging the girls to go out and become career >>>> girls and this is not limited to just the urban population but also >>>> applicable to villagers. Consider the position of women a few centuries >>>> back in Europe and America, they were just housewives and were not >>>> encouraged to become doctors and engineers. India was an occupied country >>>> for a long time and the proceed of this land was taken overseas and the >>>> people as a mass were poor and uneducated, and as such women did not have >>>> chance to go out and work. There were a few jobs available and it was taken >>>> by boys. >>>> Today as India is progressing more and more women are going out to work >>>> even those belonging to the villages. Rapes are not happening because girls >>>> are not considered as equal to men , but because of a criminal mindset of >>>> some people. Formerly even women of the west were wearing discrete clothes >>>> and it has taken time for women sexuality to assert itself in the west. As >>>> the west is the leader in this respect the issue of attire was never raised >>>> as there was no one to compare with. Here as women are becoming modern, >>>> including their families, comparisons are drawn with the west because it is >>>> there to compare with. >>>> It is the uneducated and backward people here in India who are making a >>>> issue of dress in the name of culture and it is criminal mentality in some >>>> people which is making them rape and terrorize girls. Today girls are >>>> making friends with boys and it is accepted by their families, but India >>>> still holds spiritual values and it is expected that the relationship of >>>> the sexes remain pure, just as it was the case with the west. >>>> I have not seen the documentary but from what I have heard it appears >>>> that the cause of rapes in India is being said to be due to unequal >>>> upbringing of girls and boys. But this is far from the truth, Indians are >>>> going through the same phase of development that the west went through a >>>> century ago. WE are progressing as a people and very fast, and if there is >>>> crime, and I consider rape to be a crime, it is because of the criminal >>>> mentality of some people. Criminals always justify their actions they never >>>> say that they are doing wrong but lay the blame on others and as such the >>>> statements of the rapists and their backward advocates should not be taken >>>> as the truth. Rape occurs just like anywhere else because of cheap >>>> mentality of some people and the justification given by some people is due >>>> to a prejudiced mindset. Indians as a people are progressive and crime >>>> should be taken to be what it is and not otherwise. >>>> >>>> On Sun, Mar 8, 2015 at 12:35 AM, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Time published an article making the following points on India: >>>> >>>> 1. More rapes are being reported now: Along with the modernization of >>>> society, more Indian women are being educated and are going out to work. >>>> They are breaking out of the subservient mold that society had given to >>>> them and are more independent. While this means they are more likely to be >>>> sexually abused, it also means they are more likely — compared with women >>>> of a previous generation — to report rapes and confront sexual predators. >>>> In the three months after the Delhi gang rape, the number of rapes reported >>>> in the city more than doubled to 359, from the 143 reported in >>>> January-March of 2012. This doesn’t necessarily mean more rapes are >>>> happening now, just that more women are emboldened to come out and report. >>>> >>>> 2. India actually has a high conviction rate for rape: According to the >>>> Guardian, just 7% of reported rapes in the U.K. resulted in co >>>> >>>> ... >>> >>> -- >>> >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> ""Minds Eye"" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > ""Minds Eye"" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. 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