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Honeycombe8

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10. What makes you think the boys were "forced" to engage in religious rituals?
Tue Jun 5, 2012, 08:15 PM
Jun 2012

The fact that they put on their little hats, like daddy does?

Do you like to argue just for argument sake?

Boys wear long pants to school, have to do homework, wear reasonable clothing in accordance with their parents' religious beliefs, are told to eat their veggies, and a host of other things, since they are not old enough to decide these things for themselves. It's called raising children, not letting them raise themselves.

If you child wanted to start dressing like a Wall Street investment guy, sympathized with Rush Limbaugh, and wanted to grow up to be like Mel Gibson and Hitler, I'm guessing you'd try to infuse more decent values in the little tyke.

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What a F'ed up world we live in ... n/t RKP5637 Jun 2012 #1
very thin story Enrique Jun 2012 #2
Yeah, but the pic is really cute. nt DCKit Jun 2012 #4
except Skittles Jun 2012 #5
Do you feel the same way when parents pierce their kids ears? Mosby Jun 2012 #6
Yes and yes. ZombieHorde Jun 2012 #7
we need food to survive Skittles Jun 2012 #8
I have never heard of a child starving to death because of his or her own principles. ZombieHorde Jun 2012 #14
Do you know how foie gras is made? Cali_Democrat Jun 2012 #24
I am sure many find it delicious, but it doesn't sound like my sort of thing. nt ZombieHorde Jun 2012 #25
I had it once Cali_Democrat Jun 2012 #27
What makes you think the boys were "forced" to engage in religious rituals? Honeycombe8 Jun 2012 #10
Those Jewish boys were most definitely forced to participate in Jewish rituals from birth riderinthestorm Jun 2012 #12
Judaism is not a cult Mosby Jun 2012 #19
I really doubt they were physically forced, but they may have been emotionally forced. ZombieHorde Jun 2012 #15
You made an analogy to force feeding. Honeycombe8 Jun 2012 #23
When I was talking about force feeding, I was replying to the following line... ZombieHorde Jun 2012 #26
we need food to survive Skittles Jun 2012 #9
This message was self-deleted by its author Mosby Jun 2012 #11
Yeah, because having my daughter eat her carrots is JUST LIKE snooper2 Jun 2012 #17
teaching your children about "healthy living" Mosby Jun 2012 #18
No, it's not... snooper2 Jun 2012 #20
lol, ok. Mosby Jun 2012 #21
They call it... RobertEarl Jun 2012 #3
Humans are so fucking strange fujiyama Jun 2012 #13
All this violence over different forms of mythology and supernatural stories. Arugula Latte Jun 2012 #16
Sad. BlueIris Jun 2012 #22
Wonder how they'd dig these hat? BiggJawn Jun 2012 #28
Or these. Prometheus Bound Jun 2012 #29
I got yer provocative hat right here .... mysuzuki2 Jun 2012 #30
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