JLHPROF Posted January 24, 2017 Posted January 24, 2017 8 hours ago, Meadowchik said: I am reading World War Z and one of the best parts so far is when a mom grabs a zombie trying to bite her child. The mother rips the zombie's head right off. Reminds me of a dream I had, a tiger attacking my family. I'm a lucid dreamer and can often consciously direct the outcome of my dreams, and I grabbed a side of the tiger's jaw with each hand and broke it. Don't mess with mama bear! ( And don't touch her phone! ) Don't mess with Mama's kids! 1
Stargazer Posted January 28, 2017 Posted January 28, 2017 On 1/20/2017 at 5:02 PM, Meadowchik said: She was defending her property. And, who knows, her phone could be critical to her safety and livelihood. I think that disabling him enough so she has a fair expectation of getting away safely is reasonable. One thing that should be kept in mind, and that is that people keep lists of contacts on their phones, and that includes location addresses and so on. If a thief gets your phone, this opens you and yours up to not only identity theft (e.g. the thief can now text your friends as if he/she were you, and that can be a very bad thing), but other things as well. 2
Stargazer Posted January 28, 2017 Posted January 28, 2017 On 1/24/2017 at 0:13 AM, bcuzbcuz said: I see the phone as the problem. Cell phones are evil. If an evil person wants to relieve you of your evil possession, it should be handed over with glee. Yes, some people will hold on to evil even when offered assistance to break free from such an addictive tool of satan, but we must deny our lust for evil and accept help, no matter the source. That young man paid a high price for trying to be of assistance. I'm trying to figure out if this is a joke or if you're being serious.
bcuzbcuz Posted January 30, 2017 Posted January 30, 2017 On 2017-01-27 at 10:20 PM, Stargazer said: I'm trying to figure out if this is a joke or if you're being serious. Both. I have taught teenagers for many years. I have half a dozen teenage grandchildren. Their mobile phones are a curse. Disregard any of the alarmist ideas of pornography. It's there but only a few are caught in that ugly trap. The problem lies in facebook and messenger and programs like them, where kids can anonymously post terrible things about each other. On-line bullying is real, it's ugly and more and more kids exploit an avenue of being mean without any price to pay. Kids who get bullied are trapped in an ugly spiral downward. 2
bcuzbcuz Posted January 31, 2017 Posted January 31, 2017 (edited) oops Edited January 31, 2017 by bcuzbcuz copied twice
Stargazer Posted February 2, 2017 Posted February 2, 2017 On 1/30/2017 at 1:35 PM, bcuzbcuz said: Both. I have taught teenagers for many years. I have half a dozen teenage grandchildren. Their mobile phones are a curse. Disregard any of the alarmist ideas of pornography. It's there but only a few are caught in that ugly trap. The problem lies in facebook and messenger and programs like them, where kids can anonymously post terrible things about each other. On-line bullying is real, it's ugly and more and more kids exploit an avenue of being mean without any price to pay. Kids who get bullied are trapped in an ugly spiral downward. I definitely get it.
Eek! Posted December 23, 2017 Posted December 23, 2017 (edited) Apologies for doing the zombie thread thing again, but I've been away for a while, and the questions posed in the opening post hit close to home for me. I think there is a place in our progression where it would be appropriate to fight back because not fighting back would be a betrayal of oneself. And evidently there is another place further along in our progression where just the opposite is true - where fighting back would be a betrayal of oneself. So I don't see one course of action as "right" and the other as "wrong", but rather as reflections of different versions of what it means to be true to oneself. I think it has to do with how big we draw our circle of inclusion. Okay if I tell a story? This is a true story, I watched it happen. I changed the names but nothing else. Jim and Mike were best of friends, had been for years. When they were seniors in high school (they were one year ahead of me), one day something went wrong between them, some misunderstanding. Mike started punching Jim with all his might. They were both big strong kids, excellent athletes. Jim just covered up while Mike hit him over and over again as hard as he could. Finally Mike stopped, but he was still mad. The next day, whatever it was, it had been patched up and they were the best of friends again. Why did Jim not fight back? I think it was because the circle that he drew included Mike even when Mike was at his worst. Edited December 23, 2017 by Eek! 2
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