Comments on: Children And Divorce: Shielding Them From Harm

By: rothavallo

rothavallo — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 06:31:35 +0000

I had plenty to alienate Me before I ever loved Metal. Being raised as a Fundie Christian alienated Me far more from My peers at the time that My later love of Metal ever did.

By: BushJeri30

BushJeri30 — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 02:58:53 +0000

Different people all over the world receive the business loans from different banks, just because that's simple and comfortable.

By: smer

smer — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 21:55:42 +0000

A decade ago psychologist Ronald Levant, then at Nova Southeastern University, was telling some of his colleagues at a conference about patients with schizophrenia whom he had seen recover. One of them asked rhetorically, “Recovery from schizophrenia? Have you lost your mind, too?”
Until recently, virtually all experts agreed that schizophrenia is always, or almost always, marked by a steady downhill progression. But is this bleak forecast warranted? Certainly schizophrenia is a severe condition. Its victims, who make up about 1 percent of the population, experience a loss of contact with reality that puts them at a heightened risk of suicide, unemployment, relationship problems, physical ailments and even early death. Those who abuse substances are also at risk for committing violent acts against others. Contrary to popular belief, people with schizophrenia do not have multiple personalities, nor are they all essentially alike–or victims of poor parenting.
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By: walkesnaha

walkesnaha — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:06:09 +0000

. Marx said it directly: "The human essence is the true collectivity of man." He also noted that human beings constitute specie-beings and comprise "an organic whole" in the collectivity we call humanity. What is important about you and me for a consistent, thoroughgoing socialist is that we belong to the human race, somewhat analogously to the way a bee belongs to its hive or an ant to its colony, only in this case the constituent parts are intelligent persons.

The right to private property is the social-political principle that adult human beings may not be prohibited or prevented by anyone from acquiring, holding and trading (with willing parties) valued items not already owned by others. Such a right is, thus, unalienable and, if in fact justified, is supposed to enjoy respect and legal protection in a just human community.

In the development of classical liberalism there emerged in Western political thought a shift of focus as to the prime value in social-political matters, from the group–a tribe, class, state or nation–to the human individual. It started with the effort to gradually transfer power from a few or even one person as the source of collective authority and power to more segments of society involved in exercising such authority and power, leading, eventually, to the sovereignty of the human individual. The way in which power is diffused when individuals are sovereigns rather than groups is through the fact that individuals have only a little and highly diversified power to wield. In consequences, they aren't likely to impose themselves on others by, say, starting a war, even when they disagree very seriously. That, in essence, was the initial motivation for moving toward individualism, which, when implemented via law and public policy, is much more conducive to peace and, as a result, to prosperity than is any form of collectivism. Thus classical liberalism has had some considerable support on practical grounds–its usefulness to attaining various widely sought after objectives.

A major reason, however, that individualism makes better sense than its competitors is that the view that human beings are primarily parts of a social whole is wrong. This last is a false notion. When invoked, arguably it tends to serve as a disguise for certain special or vested privileges of some members of society. Generalizing such special or vested interests, the values or goals pursued in their name, has been a major source of political acrimony throughout human history. It even continues to drive much of contemporary democratic politics.

By: frita

frita — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:12:47 +0000

gosh -bumper stickers seem so judgemental: i wonder if self-alienation is implicit in the act of judging

By: arle

arle — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:38:09 +0000

This song is actually dedicated to the crew of the Space Ship Columbia which desinigrated in the Earth’s atmosphere on 2003.

By: doraletter

doraletter — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:06:16 +0000

Cool video.

By: katsurugni

katsurugni — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:30:49 +0000

Well, it sucks. It did for me anyway. Unless your kids really like the guy that you are with, it will take a while to adjust. Most kids (especially depending on their age) don't like anyone new. So approach all this with caution, and expect some resentment simply because it doesn't seem normal to them at first.

Just listen to your kids and what they have to say about it. Let them know you love them, but want adult companionship with another man. They may not like it, but at least you are talking about it. My parents didn't do that with us.

By: verlangfie

verlangfie — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 01:04:21 +0000

no,but you may be able to track her down using a people search:

all the best
-Jake

By: gier dharillect

gier dharillect — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 07:59:37 +0000

"The dismay of being sick comes in part from the loss of close human contact; touch is medicine's real professional secret." So treat yours…