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An Eye For An Eye?
Does a man deserve to live after he had purposely and intentionally killed another man? I hear this nonsense all the time about his constitutional right to live but what about the rights of the person he had killed?
I believe that every person has the right to live and therefore has the right to defend his own life; or the life of another, providing that he does not use excessive force.
Killing somebody by negligence and/or recklessness should be heavily punished according to the circumstances. We cannot claim an accident if we were reckless or negligent.
I don’t believe that crimes of passion or things done on the spur of the moment are any different than any other crime. If you have intended to kill at the time, you should pay for that crime.
To me attempted murder is no different than murder. Doing a bad job is no mitigation. It is the intent that matters; not the result.
No, I don’t think a man deserves the right to live if he had willfully killed another; no matter what the reason. He had forfeited that right when he took it away from another.
May you have a wonderful Wednesday.
I believe that every person has the right to live and therefore has the right to defend his own life; or the life of another, providing that he does not use excessive force.
Killing somebody by negligence and/or recklessness should be heavily punished according to the circumstances. We cannot claim an accident if we were reckless or negligent.
I don’t believe that crimes of passion or things done on the spur of the moment are any different than any other crime. If you have intended to kill at the time, you should pay for that crime.
To me attempted murder is no different than murder. Doing a bad job is no mitigation. It is the intent that matters; not the result.
No, I don’t think a man deserves the right to live if he had willfully killed another; no matter what the reason. He had forfeited that right when he took it away from another.
May you have a wonderful Wednesday.
What Does Your Profile Try To Tell Us?
I’m sure most of us have viewed a few profiles while on dating sites. Sometimes we just scan it briefly or maybe only partially while other times we read it attentively. Sometimes you may read it even several times.
What is it that makes you pay more attention to a specific profile? Was it the picture or was it some word(s) in there that captured your attention. Is it some special characteristic that you seek?
And most of all; what does your profile try to tell us. What is the single most important thing you try to convey when a person read your profile or do you think that a good looking picture is enough?
Greeting from a wet and windy Cape Town.
I have to nip out for a while. Should not be too long.
What is it that makes you pay more attention to a specific profile? Was it the picture or was it some word(s) in there that captured your attention. Is it some special characteristic that you seek?
And most of all; what does your profile try to tell us. What is the single most important thing you try to convey when a person read your profile or do you think that a good looking picture is enough?
Greeting from a wet and windy Cape Town.
I have to nip out for a while. Should not be too long.
Be Yourself
It is so easy to spin a yarn to impress somebody but it always backfires. If it requires a lie to be the person that somebody wants you to be, it is doomed to failure; for one lie is never enough. You have to keep lying to maintain all the previous lies and before you know your whole life will be build on lies. You may even believe your own lies in the end but sooner or later the whole card house will collapse.
If you are not what the object of your affections requires you to be, give it up. You can never be exactly what other people want you to be; they will always find fault with it. You will be pretending and that will make you a fake. And sooner or later fakes are always discovered.
Don’t try to change yourself into what others want you to be and don’t expect them to do it; you will be wasting your time with one unsuccessful relationship after the other. Precious time that could have been used to find somebody who likes you just the way you are.
Sure, work on your shortcomings, by all means. Develop and better yourself. Those who can accept you with all your flaws will only like you more if you improve yourself. Widen your horizons but in the directions that you want to go. Don’t allow others to decide what you want to be. Only you know who you really want to be.
Remember, you cannot ever please everybody so please yourself. Those who do not like you as you are not worth your time.
Don't allow your Monday to be blue. Paint it black!
If you are not what the object of your affections requires you to be, give it up. You can never be exactly what other people want you to be; they will always find fault with it. You will be pretending and that will make you a fake. And sooner or later fakes are always discovered.
Don’t try to change yourself into what others want you to be and don’t expect them to do it; you will be wasting your time with one unsuccessful relationship after the other. Precious time that could have been used to find somebody who likes you just the way you are.
Sure, work on your shortcomings, by all means. Develop and better yourself. Those who can accept you with all your flaws will only like you more if you improve yourself. Widen your horizons but in the directions that you want to go. Don’t allow others to decide what you want to be. Only you know who you really want to be.
Remember, you cannot ever please everybody so please yourself. Those who do not like you as you are not worth your time.
Don't allow your Monday to be blue. Paint it black!
Be your own man
To start with, I want to apologize for abandoning my blog yesterday; I had a little mishap here at home. Nothing serious though.
I did not read the comments posted since my last response. I will not be able to reply to each one of them, but I promise to read all of them before I go to sleep.
Regarding the blog, I had something to say and I said it. I sought nobody’s approval prior to posting the blog while I knew some would disagree and or object. That is life on the blogs.
But there is something else that is bothering me. Why look for numbers by saying ‘I agree with so and so’. If you want to say something, be your own man and say it. Maybe we ARE sheep.
And if you’re scared that your view won’t meet the approval of the others, don’t say one thing on the blog and send a PM saying the opposite. Just keep quiet if you are scared to say what you think. It confuses me when people do that because I don’t know whether to believe the comment or the PM.
Wow! It is weekend again.
I did not read the comments posted since my last response. I will not be able to reply to each one of them, but I promise to read all of them before I go to sleep.
Regarding the blog, I had something to say and I said it. I sought nobody’s approval prior to posting the blog while I knew some would disagree and or object. That is life on the blogs.
But there is something else that is bothering me. Why look for numbers by saying ‘I agree with so and so’. If you want to say something, be your own man and say it. Maybe we ARE sheep.
And if you’re scared that your view won’t meet the approval of the others, don’t say one thing on the blog and send a PM saying the opposite. Just keep quiet if you are scared to say what you think. It confuses me when people do that because I don’t know whether to believe the comment or the PM.
Wow! It is weekend again.
Hallelujah...Finally the veil of ignorance has been lifted.
Thanks to the political intelligentsia of CS 
, the veil of ignorance that had shrouded me has now been lifted.
I shall never view history the way I once did. Now I understand. Now I know.
They did it to themselves.
It all makes total sense now.
Any group that felt hard done by, garnered public sympathy by attacking themselves.
It was never due to hate-fuelling rhetoric by the leader of their enemy, or the fanaticism of their opponents, it was all concocted and carried out by themselves.
The foresight to plant a loyal supporter as a fanatical opponent who attended their opposition's rallies years before is truly admirable. It should be applauded.
That this brave man drove around in a van with politically-motivated posters on his van , planting pipe-bombs against his own people, surely is a call for his elevation to sainthood. Especially considering he will surely spend the rest of his life in prison for this selfless act.
And the brave party members who allowed the pipe bombs to be sent to them will surely be rewarded in heaven.
All to make their party look like the victims? Yes, it was indeed a cunning plan worthy of its place in history.
Speaking of history, it made me think of other atrocities which must now be questioned. If they weren't carried out by card-carrying members of the group who were blamed for doing it, was it all a big conspiracy by the supposed victims?
Were the Jews so disenchanted by their treatment by the right wing party in government that they planted some people to carry out atrocities against themselves to garner public support? It makes total sense. And it worked,
Did Poland and The Netherlands arrange to be invaded?
Are there Palestinians amongst the illegal settlers on their lands?
The list is endless and mind blowing.
As my tiny imbecilic brain cannot possibly take all of this in, the only two simple things I can take from this are:
1. The obvious perpetrators are never at fault.
2. Any outspoken fanaticist is probably a plant from the other side.
Thank you for opening my eyes.
, the veil of ignorance that had shrouded me has now been lifted.I shall never view history the way I once did. Now I understand. Now I know.
They did it to themselves.
It all makes total sense now.
Any group that felt hard done by, garnered public sympathy by attacking themselves.
It was never due to hate-fuelling rhetoric by the leader of their enemy, or the fanaticism of their opponents, it was all concocted and carried out by themselves.
The foresight to plant a loyal supporter as a fanatical opponent who attended their opposition's rallies years before is truly admirable. It should be applauded.
That this brave man drove around in a van with politically-motivated posters on his van , planting pipe-bombs against his own people, surely is a call for his elevation to sainthood. Especially considering he will surely spend the rest of his life in prison for this selfless act.
And the brave party members who allowed the pipe bombs to be sent to them will surely be rewarded in heaven.
All to make their party look like the victims? Yes, it was indeed a cunning plan worthy of its place in history.
Speaking of history, it made me think of other atrocities which must now be questioned. If they weren't carried out by card-carrying members of the group who were blamed for doing it, was it all a big conspiracy by the supposed victims?
Were the Jews so disenchanted by their treatment by the right wing party in government that they planted some people to carry out atrocities against themselves to garner public support? It makes total sense. And it worked,
Did Poland and The Netherlands arrange to be invaded?
Are there Palestinians amongst the illegal settlers on their lands?
The list is endless and mind blowing.
As my tiny imbecilic brain cannot possibly take all of this in, the only two simple things I can take from this are:
1. The obvious perpetrators are never at fault.
2. Any outspoken fanaticist is probably a plant from the other side.
Thank you for opening my eyes.
CS End of year academy awards 2016
This blog is in no way meant to be harmful or hurtful to anyone and all nominees are coincidental, not directed personally towards anyone, and the categories are:
1. Best looking male blogger
2. Best looking female blogger
3. Best overall blogger
4. Worst overall blogger
5. Best loved blogger
6. Most hated blogger
7. Biggest attention seeking blogger
8. Biggest crap talking blogger
9. Most caring and sincere blogger
10. Blogger of the year 2016
Cast your votes now by number and name, results and winners to be announced Friday evening,..............
1. Best looking male blogger
2. Best looking female blogger
3. Best overall blogger
4. Worst overall blogger
5. Best loved blogger
6. Most hated blogger
7. Biggest attention seeking blogger
8. Biggest crap talking blogger
9. Most caring and sincere blogger
10. Blogger of the year 2016
Cast your votes now by number and name, results and winners to be announced Friday evening,..............
online today!
Political Interference
Need I say more?
Oh, but I will...
A disgruntled judge going after Trump for Biden and the democrats. Be hard to prove that Trump knew he lost. Another dumbest charge added on to all these other dumbest charges.
It's all politics. They're bringing it onto Trump now all because he's the frontrunner. The demo are scared, that's why they're using their two tier justice system.
What goes around comes around!.
Oh, but I will...
A disgruntled judge going after Trump for Biden and the democrats. Be hard to prove that Trump knew he lost. Another dumbest charge added on to all these other dumbest charges.
It's all politics. They're bringing it onto Trump now all because he's the frontrunner. The demo are scared, that's why they're using their two tier justice system.
What goes around comes around!.
Are You Jealous?
Yes, I am jealous, though just a little and outsiders will never know it. A little jealousy is good for a relationship and it should be shown sometimes. Just to let your partner know that you still care. Methinks that the one who claims not to be jealous, is either lying or simply does not care.
However, jealousy is often confused with a monster called possessiveness. This emotion drives people to violence. When you see it - unless if you like it when your life is controlled by somebody else - run for the hills! This is the guy or doll that is going to tell you who you may not be friends with, what you may not do, who you may not talk to, where you may not go to, what you may not wear, and even when you may not laugh. In fact, this person will try to take over your entire life and smother your personality.
Quite unlike a bit of healthy jealousy that is good for a relationship, possessiveness will kill it and trap you in a cocoon of fear or frustration. This person is obsessed with you, and may easily threaten murder or suicide if you should leave. And some will be capable of it. They are sick people.
There is another related emotion called ‘envy’. This is when you are ‘jealous’ of the achievements and possessions of other people and it drives people to inferiority, dishonesty and/or nastiness. I’m not going to dwell on that today. We see enough of it every day.
So when do I get jealous? I don’t mind a bit of light flirting, I‘m a shameless flirt myself but I always try to give my girlfriend or date more attention than all the others together. I expect more or less the same from her. I think that is only reasonable.
I don’t get jealous when a guy gives a lot of attention to my girlfriend or date. I rather like the idea if she is popular. It only underlines my good taste in women. However, if he is obviously irritating her, forcing him up to her, or if she ask me to, I will tell him off very politely the first time and if he does not respond accordingly, I’ll do it again but more to the point second time around.
If I feel that my girlfriend is paying too much attention to somebody, I’ll let it sleep for a few days before I tell her so. If she was just a date, I won’t tell her anything and if it continues after a second or third date, I simply won’t date her again.
So, in my opinion, it perfectly normal to be jealous and there is nothing wrong with it. It is the other two members of the family that we must guard against.
I wish you a wonderful day.
However, jealousy is often confused with a monster called possessiveness. This emotion drives people to violence. When you see it - unless if you like it when your life is controlled by somebody else - run for the hills! This is the guy or doll that is going to tell you who you may not be friends with, what you may not do, who you may not talk to, where you may not go to, what you may not wear, and even when you may not laugh. In fact, this person will try to take over your entire life and smother your personality.
Quite unlike a bit of healthy jealousy that is good for a relationship, possessiveness will kill it and trap you in a cocoon of fear or frustration. This person is obsessed with you, and may easily threaten murder or suicide if you should leave. And some will be capable of it. They are sick people.
There is another related emotion called ‘envy’. This is when you are ‘jealous’ of the achievements and possessions of other people and it drives people to inferiority, dishonesty and/or nastiness. I’m not going to dwell on that today. We see enough of it every day.
So when do I get jealous? I don’t mind a bit of light flirting, I‘m a shameless flirt myself but I always try to give my girlfriend or date more attention than all the others together. I expect more or less the same from her. I think that is only reasonable.
I don’t get jealous when a guy gives a lot of attention to my girlfriend or date. I rather like the idea if she is popular. It only underlines my good taste in women. However, if he is obviously irritating her, forcing him up to her, or if she ask me to, I will tell him off very politely the first time and if he does not respond accordingly, I’ll do it again but more to the point second time around.
If I feel that my girlfriend is paying too much attention to somebody, I’ll let it sleep for a few days before I tell her so. If she was just a date, I won’t tell her anything and if it continues after a second or third date, I simply won’t date her again.
So, in my opinion, it perfectly normal to be jealous and there is nothing wrong with it. It is the other two members of the family that we must guard against.
I wish you a wonderful day.
When you was at school,...............................................
What was your nic name everyone called you?...........................................................
Are Love And Happiness Mutually Inclusive?
We all seek love; believing it will make us happy. Nothing can be further from the truth. Love on its own cannot make us happy and it is perfectly possible to be happy without it. Love is only one component of happiness.
Please note that I’m talking specifically about the love between a man and a woman here.
Happiness is not an emotion; it is a state of mind. But it does not come by itself. You have to work on it constantly. You have to make other people happy so they can contribute to your happiness as well.
We often confuse the euphoria of being in love with happiness. It only temporary blinds us from all the other things that make us unhappy. It will soon wear off. Our unhappiness with other things will have a negative impact on our love and pull it down as well. We have to be happy to enjoy unrestricted love.
Many things can make you unhappy but only you can make you happy. To be happy you must be satisfied with your life. You cannot claim to be happy while you hate your job, your house, or your sister-in-law. You have to identify and eliminate the things that make you unhappy. (Don’t eliminate your sister-in-law. It will bring more unhappiness. You won’t get away with 10 months.)
Take stock of the things that make you unhappy. Rectify the things that you can change, and then re-evaluate the things that you cannot change and accept that you cannot change it. Contentment is the first step towards happiness.
Love is not self-sustaining and does not bring lasting happiness, but it thrives on it. Work on your happiness and love will soon follow.
Remember that today is the first day of the rest of your life. Get a good start!
Please note that I’m talking specifically about the love between a man and a woman here.
Happiness is not an emotion; it is a state of mind. But it does not come by itself. You have to work on it constantly. You have to make other people happy so they can contribute to your happiness as well.
We often confuse the euphoria of being in love with happiness. It only temporary blinds us from all the other things that make us unhappy. It will soon wear off. Our unhappiness with other things will have a negative impact on our love and pull it down as well. We have to be happy to enjoy unrestricted love.
Many things can make you unhappy but only you can make you happy. To be happy you must be satisfied with your life. You cannot claim to be happy while you hate your job, your house, or your sister-in-law. You have to identify and eliminate the things that make you unhappy. (Don’t eliminate your sister-in-law. It will bring more unhappiness. You won’t get away with 10 months.)
Take stock of the things that make you unhappy. Rectify the things that you can change, and then re-evaluate the things that you cannot change and accept that you cannot change it. Contentment is the first step towards happiness.
Love is not self-sustaining and does not bring lasting happiness, but it thrives on it. Work on your happiness and love will soon follow.
Remember that today is the first day of the rest of your life. Get a good start!
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