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Jun 16
Backyard Bombardier commented on Slog Bible Study: Leviticus 20:9.
Backyard Bombardier commented on Slog Bible Study: Leviticus 20:9.
@17 What are you on? Lots of Sloggers love dads. Lots of us are dads. Hell, Dan loves dads so much that he got his son TWO of them!
Jun 8
Backyard Bombardier commented on Sacred Sanctity of Marriage Watch.
Backyard Bombardier commented on Sacred Sanctity of Marriage Watch.
@18, 19: Jesus. It's like sgt. doom, Cascadian Bacon, and SeattleBlues got together and had a hate-baby.
Jun 7
Backyard Bombardier commented on Australian PSA.
Backyard Bombardier commented on Australian PSA.
@9, @13: While there is no law governing abortion in Canada, in practice it is not possible to obtain an abortion past 24 weeks gestation as there are no facilities or doctors in the country that will provide one at that point. There are few who will even provide an abortion past 20 weeks.
90% of abortions in Canada take place prior to 13 weeks, and fewer than 1% take place after 20 weeks. Something about having abortion services freely available in almost every region of the country seems to totally eliminate the demand for late-term abortion.
As to gender selection, most doctors and hospitals who do fetal ultrasounds will not determine or reveal the gender until 20 weeks gestation. Most private ultrasound clinics also have this policy. There are cases where clinics have been found to be violating these policies and some communities where gender selective abortion seems to be taking place. The approach to this has not been to ban the practice in law, but rather to educate the public and work on changing the cultural values that promote gender selective abortion.
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90% of abortions in Canada take place prior to 13 weeks, and fewer than 1% take place after 20 weeks. Something about having abortion services freely available in almost every region of the country seems to totally eliminate the demand for late-term abortion.
As to gender selection, most doctors and hospitals who do fetal ultrasounds will not determine or reveal the gender until 20 weeks gestation. Most private ultrasound clinics also have this policy. There are cases where clinics have been found to be violating these policies and some communities where gender selective abortion seems to be taking place. The approach to this has not been to ban the practice in law, but rather to educate the public and work on changing the cultural values that promote gender selective abortion.
May 31
Backyard Bombardier commented on "Don't Grab the Gimp!".
Backyard Bombardier commented on "Don't Grab the Gimp!".
@33: Oh for fuck's sake. Is that seriously your takeaway here, or are you just trying to be a dick?
Friendliness and courtesy are good.
Pushing someone around without their permission is not.
Offering help to someone who clearly needs assistance is good.
Offering help to someone simply because they have a visible disability - so you assume they need help with EVERYTHING - is not.
Friendliness and courtesy are good.
Pushing someone around without their permission is not.
Offering help to someone who clearly needs assistance is good.
Offering help to someone simply because they have a visible disability - so you assume they need help with EVERYTHING - is not.
May 30
Backyard Bombardier commented on "Don't Grab the Gimp!".
Backyard Bombardier commented on "Don't Grab the Gimp!".
Unregistered @31 makes some great points. Notably this:
Exactly. Go ahead and hold the door open - that's just courtesy for anyone. If you see someone fall on their face - from their legs or out of a wheelchair - by all means rush over and offer to help.
But if you saw someone in a store staring at the shelves, you wouldn't walk up and say "Can I help you," unless maybe you worked there. Treat someone in a wheelchair the same way.
Ask if somebody needs help if you really think they might - although being visibly disabled isn't a good reason... basically, use the exact same rules you use with able-bodied people.
Exactly. Go ahead and hold the door open - that's just courtesy for anyone. If you see someone fall on their face - from their legs or out of a wheelchair - by all means rush over and offer to help.
But if you saw someone in a store staring at the shelves, you wouldn't walk up and say "Can I help you," unless maybe you worked there. Treat someone in a wheelchair the same way.
May 30
Backyard Bombardier commented on "Don't Grab the Gimp!".
Backyard Bombardier commented on "Don't Grab the Gimp!".
@ManyOfYou: This isn't about "offering" assistance. This is about laying hands on a person and pushing, without waiting to see if that is something the person wants or needs.
No one is saying "Don't hold the door for a person with a disability." No one is saying "Don't ask, 'Can I help you?'". What they are saying is, "Don't touch me without my permission." Is that difficult to grasp?
No one just walks up to an able-bodied person, lays hands on, and starts trying to move them around. But it happens to persons with disabilities all the time.
It isn't a hard thing to understand: If you see someone who you think needs your assistance, offer it, wait to hear if they need it, and if so, what assistance they need.
"Do you a need a hand with that? Ok, what can I do to help?"
No one is saying "Don't hold the door for a person with a disability." No one is saying "Don't ask, 'Can I help you?'". What they are saying is, "Don't touch me without my permission." Is that difficult to grasp?
No one just walks up to an able-bodied person, lays hands on, and starts trying to move them around. But it happens to persons with disabilities all the time.
It isn't a hard thing to understand: If you see someone who you think needs your assistance, offer it, wait to hear if they need it, and if so, what assistance they need.
"Do you a need a hand with that? Ok, what can I do to help?"
May 29
Backyard Bombardier commented on Maine Governor Talks Armed Rebellion Against the Government Because the Constitution Says So.
Backyard Bombardier commented on Maine Governor Talks Armed Rebellion Against the Government Because the Constitution Says So.
@4: And what do you think of this one?
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/05…
Don't y'all still have laws about sedition down there?
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/05…
Don't y'all still have laws about sedition down there?
May 27
Backyard Bombardier commented on It Was More than Just a Bridge that Failed.
Backyard Bombardier commented on It Was More than Just a Bridge that Failed.
@41: Physically threaten readers? Interesting. All I saw was someone offered a beer.
If that was the worst that happened to me when I called someone a "bloated fuckwit," I'd be pretty cheerful.
Then again, I love beer.
If that was the worst that happened to me when I called someone a "bloated fuckwit," I'd be pretty cheerful.
Then again, I love beer.
May 22
Backyard Bombardier commented on Kids Shoot the Darndest Things.
Backyard Bombardier commented on Kids Shoot the Darndest Things.
@32 Most proponents of firearm regulation would be happy if guns were regulated no more severely than cars. Mandatory licensing, registration, and insurance? Yes please.
May 22
Backyard Bombardier commented on Kids Shoot the Darndest Things.
Backyard Bombardier commented on Kids Shoot the Darndest Things.
@14:
You mean legislating like this?
http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~scripts/n…
Does Seattle have a bylaw requiring that all firearms be stored in a container or location "designed to resist the entrance of children"?
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If we are SERIOUSLY concerned about saving children's lives, should we not be legislating for swimming pool fences?
You mean legislating like this?
Seattle Municipal Code
Title 23 - LAND USE CODE
Subtitle III - Land Use Regulations
Division 2 - Authorized Uses and Development Standards
Chapter 23.44 - RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY
SubChapter III - Accessory Uses
23.44.044 Swimming pools.
"D. All swimming pools shall be enclosed with a fence, or located within a yard enclosed by a fence, not less than four (4) feet high and designed to resist the entrance of children.
http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~scripts/n…
Does Seattle have a bylaw requiring that all firearms be stored in a container or location "designed to resist the entrance of children"?
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