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I agree with you 100% in that I see it as being distastefull. But shouln't the choice ultimately be up to the woman? My biggest handicap is that sometimes the hole in the front of my head operates a tad bit faster than the grey matter contained within.

Never looked at it that way. Rather amusing. Agreed Would make for interesting research. Oh it will become an issue. I see many a straw man eventually arising from this issue. As I stated above I find any kind of "engineering" of a childs traits to be distastefull, but I do not see why someone should be denied the choice to do that. My biggest handicap is that sometimes the hole in the front of my head operates a tad bit faster than the grey matter contained within.

You just did! Reluctant, not completely unwilling. My biggest handicap is that sometimes the hole in the front of my head operates a tad bit faster than the grey matter contained within.

http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/issuesideas/story.html?id=43b515fc-51c9-4662-8932-e3aa10fdc826 I will love to see the controversy this will stir up. I am reluctant to touch this one with a 10 foot pole as anyone who sides with the feminists will be accused of being a homophobe, and anyone who sides with the gay rights groups will be accused of wanting to control womens bodies (particularly here in SC where everything is polarized). I can't see how gay rights groups can oppose this if they also beleive in a womans right to choose. Anyway, opinions? I would not choose to engineer my childs gender, orientation or any other attribute but I do not see why others cannot. My biggest handicap is that sometimes the hole in the front of my head operates a tad bit faster than the grey matter contained within.

Funny thief trap. http://break.com/index/thief_gets_owned.html My biggest handicap is that sometimes the hole in the front of my head operates a tad bit faster than the grey matter contained within.

I think you misunderstood me. I was not attacking female students, by any stretch, nor was I suggesting that a large majority of them welcome this behaviour. My comment was directed at the skygods who treat most rookies like they are dogshit, but will suddenly take an interest in coaching/instructing the minute an attractive female walks on to the dropzone. Within the female skydiving community you will see the same cross section of character that you see in the rest of the population; most will treat that sort of behaviour with the contempt it deserves and some will take advantage of it and bask in the attention. Anyway, I apologise if my comments were interpretted as a generalization of the majority of the female skydiving community, as they were not intended that way. I still hate skygods though. My biggest handicap is that sometimes the hole in the front of my head operates a tad bit faster than the grey matter contained within.

I really would go to the gym but I am a lazy dogfuck. It's not my fault....really! My biggest handicap is that sometimes the hole in the front of my head operates a tad bit faster than the grey matter contained within.

Agreed Except the students with breasts. If you have a good rack, every skygod on the DZ will take you under his wing as his personal protoge and invite you on 10 ways before you have completed your first jump. My biggest handicap is that sometimes the hole in the front of my head operates a tad bit faster than the grey matter contained within.

The problem was, in this case they were looking at it from across the packing hanger and could not have really seen if there was a problem I agree entirely. It was just one bad group of people I was dealing with. Unfortunately it was when I was just starting so it initially shaped my perceptions. Most of my experience has been good. It also helped to find out that most really experienced jumpers looked down on these medium experience skygods, and that I was not expected to put up with crap as part of being a student. Again. Most have been great. My biggest handicap is that sometimes the hole in the front of my head operates a tad bit faster than the grey matter contained within.

Precisely. When I was learning to pack i was somewhat intimidated since my packing quality could have implications for the next user. Sometimes if I asked a question about my lines or said "does this look right" a skygod would say "who cares...you should see some of the abortions i've packed" or in one case " well if it malfunctions then you will know you fucked up". As a new jumper I did not find these remarks to be confidence inspiring. Some seem to enjoy the one-upmanship of acting like a condescending professor shooting down the foolish student. If they are not willing to give quality advice they should at least then refrain from comment (unless it is a safety issue). My biggest handicap is that sometimes the hole in the front of my head operates a tad bit faster than the grey matter contained within.

I never pressed anyone to take me on to a jump with them . I never started doing 4 ways until I was invited on them. Usually I would ask advice where I could and if I needed one on one i would respect that persons time and pay for it. That said, I do not see why some people would refuse to give you a one sentence answer to a question without asking for money, however that is their choice. Understood. You do not want my lack of skills to hurt/kill you on a jump. It doesn't sound at all like you became one of them. You expect people to progress at a safe pace and wish to be compensated for the human capital you have paid to develop. The kind of guys that I am referring to are the ones who wouldn't talk to a "fucking cherry" once the beer light was on, and who would make life needlessly dificult for a new guy. Granted most are not like that but some DZ's have more than others. Again in the case of the individual I had problems with he was being paid to conduct my self supervision test and decided he wanted to use that as a means of letting me know what he thought of me. I was disapointed in the dropzone owner for allowing someone like that to instruct. My biggest handicap is that sometimes the hole in the front of my head operates a tad bit faster than the grey matter contained within.

Understood. I respect someones desire to work within thier skill level and I always expected to pay for the other persons time. If I offered to pay for that persons time and they did not want my money, that was a bonus but I never expected that. In the case of the coach I was talking about he made the choice to be a coach and his jump was paid for. If he did not want to conduct my test he had the right to refuse, but he did not. Instead he played stupid games with me for his own amusement. He was a clique-monger and he felt that I did not fit. Not sure how that relates to my post, but I have always been a safety first jumper and I listened intently to the advice of those who were offering it. Whenever I did make a mistake I welcomed criticism. I appreciated that a person pointing out my mistake was looking out for my safety and that of others. I agree that people like that exist in all sports, but like any other sport, some clubs have more of that than others. My biggest handicap is that sometimes the hole in the front of my head operates a tad bit faster than the grey matter contained within.

At the first DZ there were a couple of people like that who almost turned me against the sport. One in particular was a complete goof and was trying to fuck me around on my self supervision test. I was contemplating just beating the shit out of the guy until a more senior instructor caught wind of what he was doing, intervened and took over the test. When a rival dropzone in the area opened up ( owned by one of the top instructors at the first school ) I started jumping there and had a completely different experience. My point...shop around, that crap does not happen everywhere. When I moved to Vancouver and looked at the dropzones in the area, that was the first thing I looked out for when checking out the 3 dropzones that existed at the time. I did not get into the sport so some insecure idiot coach with a complex can make himself feel like he has a man sized dick at my expense. Fortunately most dropzones I have been to have discouraged that kind of nonsense, and my overall experience in the sport has been positive. My biggest handicap is that sometimes the hole in the front of my head operates a tad bit faster than the grey matter contained within.

Why not give them the same sentence that would have been given to the accused had he been convicted. That would be my only concern. If they did not make absolutely certain a woman was lying, prosecution of accusers could cause victims with weak evidence to not come forward. My biggest handicap is that sometimes the hole in the front of my head operates a tad bit faster than the grey matter contained within.

Watch TV while lying down. It works for me. My biggest handicap is that sometimes the hole in the front of my head operates a tad bit faster than the grey matter contained within.

Just trying to answer his question to the best of my limitted ability No need to be My biggest handicap is that sometimes the hole in the front of my head operates a tad bit faster than the grey matter contained within.

Pure speculation (I have no experience), however I would imagine you would want someone reasonably young (late teens early 20's) who had not been overly physically active (tender with good marbleing) but who had eaten a healthy diet, and you would want to kill them by surprise (I heard that if an animal dies in terror it releases certain enzymes that can affect the taste of the meat, but you might want to get a second opinion on this). You will want to hang the body to drain the blood and allow the meat to age (check with a butcher for appropriate storage temp and hanging time). After that I guess you would want loin meat for tenderness, preferably done in a rotisserie to medium rare. Serve with double baked potato and steamed asparagus. Couldn't tell you what wine would be best (I like almost any red). Might not want to tell guests what it is until after the fact or they might be closed minded and not try it. Anything chocolate based would be apropriate for dessert. Hope this helps. PS. Why do you want to know about eating humans? Are you insane? Creepy...very creepy. My biggest handicap is that sometimes the hole in the front of my head operates a tad bit faster than the grey matter contained within.

Agreed. And it is harmless. This makes sense. Again, if they want to make a statement, that is their right. It is not as though they are going out of their way to interfere with anyone elses right to enjoy life. My biggest handicap is that sometimes the hole in the front of my head operates a tad bit faster than the grey matter contained within.

It is thier business. They can accept what ever currency they want. My biggest handicap is that sometimes the hole in the front of my head operates a tad bit faster than the grey matter contained within.

For the most part I am the same, but where I work/study it is a extremely left environment so I am not as open with my political views as I am here. I have to bite my tounge there quite frequently. My biggest handicap is that sometimes the hole in the front of my head operates a tad bit faster than the grey matter contained within.

BC unfortunately is an extreme left province that views welfare as being owed. When I lived in BC they had the most riciculous system. It was so cozy that people in other provinces used to save a portion of each welfare check until they could afford a ticket to vancouver where they could immediately become part of the burden. They used to have a sign at the Main St. terminal telling new arrivals where the nearest welfare office was (I actually met people who pulled that bullshit). The NDP in an uncharacteristic move did something sensible and implemented a 3 month residency requirement for social assistance so as to mitigate the problem. This of course was met with huge protests by the extreme left (most of vancouver). The panhandling out there was ridiculous also until they started cracking down. It seems to have improved but there still is a huge culture of entitlement in vancouver unfortunately. My biggest handicap is that sometimes the hole in the front of my head operates a tad bit faster than the grey matter contained within.

This the key problem. Too many on assistance feel it is an entitlement and that somehow being carried indefinitely is a constitutional right. My biggest handicap is that sometimes the hole in the front of my head operates a tad bit faster than the grey matter contained within.

I've made this argument several times, but people get quite upset at me when I say it. Apparenly by making that argument I am "being a fascist who wants to demean the poor". I agree with workfare where appropriate and I think they should be given a check for their landlord and food stamps and clothing vouchers. Regrettably, advocates for the poor see any progressive measures as a mean spirited "war against the poor" or "an attack on the most vulnerable" My biggest handicap is that sometimes the hole in the front of my head operates a tad bit faster than the grey matter contained within.

Of course. Offensive discussion is the first sign that people are thinking things that qualify as banned thoughts. We don't want people thinking things that they should not be allowed to think do we. Next thing you know they might want to (gasp) say things that are not supposed to be said. My biggest handicap is that sometimes the hole in the front of my head operates a tad bit faster than the grey matter contained within.

I thought creative academia was to be encouraged but again I was wrong. There was a professor who did a great deal of research on family develpment and she had some theory (presumably supported by data) that stated the importance of both a male and female parental figure in a childs up-bringing. I do not recall the specifics but her argument was that a child needed both figures and apparently children brought up in single parent homes or with two parents of the same gender might be at a disadvantage develomentally to a kid who grew up with a mom and dad. Her points were not an attack on anyone, but gay rights groups protested her and tried to have her banned from several universities. Why discourage research even if we disagree with it. What next...burn offensive books? My biggest handicap is that sometimes the hole in the front of my head operates a tad bit faster than the grey matter contained within.