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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 05:53 PM Original message |
A point about the Texas sect that many people are overlooking. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
1. Excellent point: so many posters here are treating the men like they're sex perverts |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 06:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Bingo. |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 06:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. It's easy to react. It's much harder to think and reason. |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 06:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Well said and too true |
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jasmine621 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 10:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
33. They are perverts and should be locked up. No excuses . |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 10:34 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Don't get me wrong, their kids should be taken away |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 10:45 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. i dont. i really dont n/t |
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madmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 12:00 AM Response to Reply #33 |
44. Bull |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
5. i dont know that i can agree. had to delete. will think about it. |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 08:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I'd like to hear points of disagreement if you have any. |
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senaca (173 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 03:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
51. I would like to know the success rate of deprogramming. |
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T Monk (271 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
6. I don't like the pre-trial punishment aspect of it, re: separating parents.. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 08:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Those children are in imminent danger of harm |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 09:10 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. if you even THINK a child is being raped, molested, abused, tortured |
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T Monk (271 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 09:34 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. with all due respect |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 09:52 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. i cant get into all that. i did not watch all that, not aware, not informed |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 09:44 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. This cult is knowing for moving families and kids around the country |
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T Monk (271 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 09:54 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. perhaps I'm too cautious in regard to state authority |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 09:58 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Ordinarily I very much agree with you. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 10:03 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. in this case, they were years overly cautious. n/t |
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greendog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
9. They are the victims of religion. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 08:43 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Such nonsense |
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greendog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 09:11 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Informed by history. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 01:59 PM Response to Reply #19 |
45. So therefore every modern day religion is the same? |
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greendog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 03:54 PM Response to Reply #45 |
53. Every copy of the "modern day" Holy Bible is pretty much the same. |
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MisterHowdy (295 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 09:06 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. Agreed |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
10. That's a good, if difficult point |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 08:52 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Right and wrong are not inherent, but are taught. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 08:55 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. they KNOW they are breaking the law. they hide it, they lie about it, they know |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
13. i have sat with this and thought. i cant agree. i can understand, be empathetic |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
15. We here outside believe that each individual has intrinsic worth. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 09:00 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. they are victims that become the abuser and isnt that classic of what happens |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 10:21 PM Response to Reply #16 |
32. Exactly. Excellent point. |
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anitar1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
21. One point is, they are supported with tax dollars. |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 10:36 PM Response to Reply #21 |
36. Authorities claim they don't even know how old many of these |
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senaca (173 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 02:51 PM Response to Reply #36 |
47. Generational documentation may prove key. |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
24. Maybe you need to rewrite that excusing racists for their behavior |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
25. And yet, they do not live on another planet, or in another country. |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
29. I'll get back to you later. n/t |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 10:15 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. lol..... n/t |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
30. We might as well empty out all the prisons then |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
35. But as time went on, things got a LOT easier for the males |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
38. Deprogrammed. Excellent point! |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
39. Good point, but.... |
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guyanakoolaid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
40. They belong in jail. No justification for breaking laws, period. If that's the way you were brought |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
41. "... My sister (also a member of the FLDS) and I used to have a grim joke: "Don't drink the punch" - |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
42. You nailed it. I've had trouble putting my finger on what was bothering |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 11:23 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. That said, the inbreeding has to stop yesterday |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
46. i just read a thread where the boys are sexually molested too. |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
48. Did you hear/see how one breaks the babies? Water torture! |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
49. oh for the love of christ |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 04:42 PM Response to Reply #49 |
56. I agree completely. |
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auburngrad82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
50. To learn how they handle young boys, google "lost boys of polygamy" |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
52. Remember what Mark Twain said about polygamy |
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OneDemsConscience (47 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 04:34 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. ROFL |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
54. A lot of serial killers and rapists were raised in an environment |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
57. K&R. Brilliantly written, Xithras. My son and daughter-in-law are LDS members. |
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