Comments on: “Our Child Really Wanted a Pony for Christmas and . . .” http://www.blogadilla.com/2007/07/17/our-child-really-wanted-a-pony-for-christmas-and/ The Tijuana of the Internet Fri, 05 Dec 2008 13:14:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Heywood http://www.blogadilla.com/2007/07/17/our-child-really-wanted-a-pony-for-christmas-and/#comment-650 Heywood Sat, 21 Jul 2007 22:26:18 +0000 http://www.blogadilla.com/2007/07/17/our-child-really-wanted-a-pony-for-christmas-and/#comment-650 Touché, my friend, <i>touché</i>. Touché, my friend, touché.

]]> By: timbotron http://www.blogadilla.com/2007/07/17/our-child-really-wanted-a-pony-for-christmas-and/#comment-648 timbotron Sat, 21 Jul 2007 18:49:19 +0000 http://www.blogadilla.com/2007/07/17/our-child-really-wanted-a-pony-for-christmas-and/#comment-648 Or . . . what if we call it a "dump" instead of a "house" - then actually their "dump" is rather clean. Or . . . what if we call it a “dump” instead of a “house” - then actually their “dump” is rather clean.

]]> By: Heywood http://www.blogadilla.com/2007/07/17/our-child-really-wanted-a-pony-for-christmas-and/#comment-637 Heywood Thu, 19 Jul 2007 03:45:27 +0000 http://www.blogadilla.com/2007/07/17/our-child-really-wanted-a-pony-for-christmas-and/#comment-637 <p>And now a more philosophical thought:<br /> The law is all about semantics. If you call that a 'house' then those people look terrible. But change 'house' to 'barn' and it's really not all that bad. I'm not saying I'd want to do it, but maybe living like/with animals seems normal to those people...but society tells them that's wrong. Aren't we just supposed to be ourselves? Or what level of social conditioning is OK? This may be an extreme scenario to some, but somewhere we have to draw the line-- where?</p> And now a more philosophical thought:
The law is all about semantics. If you call that a ‘house’ then those people look terrible. But change ‘house’ to ‘barn’ and it’s really not all that bad.

I’m not saying I’d want to do it, but maybe living like/with animals seems normal to those people…but society tells them that’s wrong. Aren’t we just supposed to be ourselves? Or what level of social conditioning is OK?

This may be an extreme scenario to some, but somewhere we have to draw the line– where?

]]> By: Heywood http://www.blogadilla.com/2007/07/17/our-child-really-wanted-a-pony-for-christmas-and/#comment-636 Heywood Thu, 19 Jul 2007 03:41:21 +0000 http://www.blogadilla.com/2007/07/17/our-child-really-wanted-a-pony-for-christmas-and/#comment-636 I love the captions for the slideshow... they talk to you as if you're a 10 year old! I love the captions for the slideshow… they talk to you as if you’re a 10 year old!

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