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  1. This is a discussion that comes up a lot during some of my lectures. How educated should one have to be to vote. I get very interesting answers. When I asked if you were a teacher the other day you said no - what's the deal TeacherCD?
  2. You know how the tapes recently came out with past conversations Trumps' "PR Guy" had with the press (you know, the guy who's voice sounded just like Trumps?) I can't imagine he has the time, but is it possible that he is on this board spouting his catch phrases? Some of the comments here are just a little too "straight from the mouth" of the master. Ex. "He's a terrific sales-person, and as long as you aren't concerned with the confrontational style he has, his pitch is phenomenal." "Trump's got a great track record of being one of the best negotiators in the world. Everything with foreign relations, trade, war, national debt, etc. "
  3. First off, this was from Keyshawn Sr, not Junior. I'm quite aware Secondly, he went to USC so already dislikes Oregon Okay ... Thirdly- He is joking around and supporting the Huskers and his kid. I understand he thinks it a joke and that you feel any press is good press I am all on-board having some fun. Key is a talker and I am very ok with that! You'll likely get to see more of it in the coming years I'm guessing. If he's doing it prior to Jr. even moving to Lincoln, it's not going to slow down once his kids' in the line up. I just don't think it aligns much with our brand as "americas greatest college fb fans" or our coaching staff's philosophy on how one should conduct themselves. Lighten up, blue hair. People can have differing opinions. No need to call names because someone disagrees with yours.
  4. First off, this was from Keyshawn Sr, not Junior. I'm quite aware Secondly, he went to USC so already dislikes Oregon Okay ... Thirdly- He is joking around and supporting the Huskers and his kid. I understand he thinks it a joke and that you feel any press is good press I am all on-board having some fun. Key is a talker and I am very ok with that! You'll likely get to see more of it in the coming years I'm guessing. If he's doing it prior to Jr. even moving to Lincoln, it's not going to slow down once his kids' in the line up. I just don't think it aligns much with our brand as "americas greatest college fb fans" or our coaching staff's philosophy on how one should conduct themselves.
  5. This type of talk is not poor sportsmanship and is pretty normal throughout CFB. Not normally from a father of a player but hopefully Sr.'s swagger got passed down to son as well as athletic abilities. We need a little more testosterone running throughout the team. Just need to apply it while on the field, but hey, its a start! Matter of opinion on the level of sportsmanship - I like the testosterone, just prefer it in the locker room and on the field. I'd prefer we get it done and let that speak for itself. Just like dancing in the end zone - I think it's more impactful to politely hand the ref the ball and get back to the sideline. Do your business. Don't talk about it, and certainly don't talk about it on twitter months before a game. Look at the 92' Huskers vs. the Miami Hurricanes of the 80s'. I'd rather be the former and be respected for our talent than hated for our mouths.
  6. Yeah, I'm sure none of our past or current players have ever trash talked an opponent. Didn't say that did I? Said I didn't like it. That I'd prefer we be bigger than that and better sportsman, and I think on the whole historically Nebraska has been pretty good about walking the walk and not talking it. Can't do much to control ones parent, but hopefully the players are more cautious about what they put out publicly. It certainly wouldn't be reflective of how this coaching staff goes about their business.
  7. Ugggh - hope he gets it together before Jr gets onto the field - hate that we'd suddenly be in that cocky, trash talking mentality. I'd rather be the better sportsman and use bs like this to motivate our guys, not have to defend against.
  8. Yup. I'm hoping he doesn't pull a fast one and announce for NE - honestly I'm a bit worn out with his drama.
  9. UCLA definitely belongs in there as well Does he have a girlfriend or a sister that goes there? That's why I see them being a contender, but still think it's Stanford or Nebraska. I hope I don't eat my words. He has a current girlfriend, who I think is a Freshman in High School who is being recruited there. Must be talented, she's aiming to be the youngest track olympian.
  10. I think we'll be better served to court other prospects who bring less ... drama. VERY well said.
  11. Guy''s never been up to visit ... seems to be very excited about the home state school. Mom supposedly wants him close. Seems to be a wee bit of an attention seeker, and has been trying to get Husker fans reeled in with twitter, but I think that's about all he likes us for right now. Matter of opinion but I agree, he won't come to Lincoln. After watching his activity socially I'm more interested in the other guy ... from FL maybe?
  12. Gingies get er done! Was Cav a red head back in the day? Seems like I could see that. I love this new pick up. Looks like he's got solid pancaking technique now (love the extra "and stay down!") and looks like he could put on some weight and really be something. I think he has a younger brother too that just got his first offer from somewhere ... like how we're potentially thinking ahead on recruiting families.
  13. Again, why do we want another team's cast offs? If they got kicked off the team there was a reason, academically or behavior ... If they are good at being DT's I really don't care if they did poorly in Econ 101. And you're a teacher? Nope Ah, that explains the screen name then (not). Sorry, I assumed. Honest question, not trolling - is there anyone that has been kicked off the Nebraska team in the last few years that you think, "yeah, that would be a good pick up"?
  14. Again, why do we want another team's cast offs? If they got kicked off the team there was a reason, academically or behavior ... If they are good at being DT's I really don't care if they did poorly in Econ 101. And you're a teacher?
  15. Again, why do we want another team's cast offs? If they got kicked off the team there was a reason, academically or behavior ...
  16. "Good people are going to be harmed regardless of what happens." Why would this be your take away It'sNotAFakeID? I go back to when laws were enacted to desegregate schools ... it was beyond controversial, mostly because parents at that time felt it would put their children at risk, because (gasp) white and black kids would be in the same classroom, going to the same dances, showering in the same place after gym class. How were good people harmed with that initiative? The only harm came when white people (parents and others) harmed innocent children who were just trying to go to school in order to make a point. Bad people will always find a way to "justify" their behaviors. Talk about playing to the minority ... the defense many have given here is that we must think ahead to the handful of people who MAY (or may not) take advantage of this new rule to do bad things. I think it speaks volumes about our culture that instead of doing what's right and then dealing with the issues that MAY (or may not) come up we fight doing what's right because maybe, just maybe there will be a problem. The real underlying problem here (in my opinion) is the lack of comfort people have with someone who is different. Do we now look at the fact that black, asian, spanish, etc and white kids all join hands at the school concert as alarming? No. Would our grandparents, probably. So I find some comfort in that each generation seems to be exposed to more and seems to be much more accepting of people in general. But the whole debate surrounding this being an issue of safety is bunk. It's us. We are afraid. Not of safety but of change and of things we don't know. Now if in a year there is a surge in bathroom assaults and harm is being done to people by transgender folks or by people who use that as an excuse then perhaps my perspective could be changed because it would be fact based. But (to close out my diatribe), I wonder did we see an increase in crimes when blacks were allowed to use the same bathrooms as whites? Because sadly, the feeling at that time was allowing them to do so would expose women and children to savages and put them at risk. Sound familiar?
  17. And, JJ, I want to ditto Landlords comments, "... I appreciate your thoughts and posture in this thread. You've definitely got a more conservative slant than I do, but it isn't lacking compassion or a willingness to learn and look outside the box, which we all could benefit to do better with."
  18. Maybe I'm naive, but I don't think transitioning is the only "celebrated" option. I think as a general rule people want others to be happy and content. If that's assisted by counseling because one wants to get more comfortable in their own body - great! If it is assisted by allowing one to evolve into the physical embodiment of what they feel - great! It really doesn't impact anybody but that person and potentially their family. Now on the binary comment, I don't think that's bad either - it is what it is. But it is NEVER going to change because the majority of people are fortunate to feel like they look, and content to be labeled as such, and it's for some reason an important thing for culture to be able to bucket people into categories. It would be great if we could just be who we are without classification. On your example - YES! He is your child and regardless of what he plays with he likes what he likes and is who he is. Now if he came to you down the road and said, "Mom/Dad, I have been tender and loved Barbies for my entire life, and I've been struggling because although I was physically born a male, I really feel female and I'd like to live as such" - cool. If he grows up to be an effeminate male that feels male - cool. Either way he is still your tender loving child. To add a wrench into this entire binary conversation, there is a population of folks that doesn't feel one or the other distinctly, or feels both depending on the day and situation (gender fluidity) so they buck the binary system ...
  19. You're ridiculous. That very well might be (at least the litter box comment) but I very seriously would like it explained to me how gender identity issues are significantly different than species identity issues. Truly and seriously, I'm not trolling this subject. You've called one ridiculous and you think the other needs special accommodations made for it. I personally don't think a person with species confusion thinks they are ridiculous. It is a very real thing, I actually knew a girl my daughter attended elementary school with who thought and claimed and at times acted like she was a fox (no, not the hot babe type of fox). It was awkward for the other kids and caused her to be somewhat of an outcast, subjected to ridicule, etc. A very real situation. On the otherhand, I do not know personally one transgender or person with a gender identity issue. So I really do want to know what is the difference between accommodating for this girls identity issues as opposed to someone with a gender identity issue? If you think it is really that ridiculous, then simply don't reply. I can't speak to species identity issues, as it's not something that I've heard about or am familiar with, my reaction was to the dramatic way you commented (which I think was your goal). If I had to wager I'm fairly sure that would fall into a mental diagnosis and I can imagine that to be a difficult situation for all involved. As far as accommodating, I'm sure that they didn't send this child outside to go to the bathroom or etc, but just like when any handicapped person (mental or physical) is in a school every effort is made to insure that that child is respected, given the resources they need and the teachers' difficult job is to make sure they are treated fairly - tough with school children I'm sure. The difference is that transgenderism is not a handicap. Just like being gay is not a handicap or being tall is not a handicap, or being from Iowa is not (or is it?) a handicap. I think if you read some of the articles by parents of children who are transgendered or watch documentaries or meet families who are involved you'd be surprised to hear how easily kids adapt to each other, and that the bigger problem with acceptance comes with the parents. Kids are not born biased or prejudiced or afraid of someone who is different. A 5 year old tells the other kid at the table he's a boy and that's that. (I'd be happy to recommend some reading/viewing material if you're interested.) I am not debating your philosophy on bathroom risk and etc. I think several days ago we agreed to disagree on that. Also I think (very rationally) you said a week or so ago and you mention here that exposure to different sorts of people is often a factor in ones opinion on issues such as this. I moved from Nebraska to the east coast more than 20 years ago, and I don't know that back then I would have been so open minded, or that I'd be spending time defending the normalcy of something that doesn't directly impact me in any way. But now I know, live and work with all sorts -the founder of my company is a transgender woman who transitioned very late in life, and I live near another transgender woman. I'm sure that the opportunity to get to know people, and to realize they're no different than me (or you) has allowed me to make a quicker move toward acceptance. I'm a firm believe that history repeats itself, and I see many parallels between race relations in the 60's and the gay rights struggles of the 90's. I also see similarities between transgender issues of today and both of those (as well as prejudice against jews in WW2 but that's another thread) ... and we should be learning from our past. People are people. Everybody deserves to be comfortable in their own skin - and should be respected and treated fairly. It's frustrating to me that we're not adapting more quickly to treating folks as they deserve to be treated. When it comes down to it people have made a mountain out of a mole hill with this issue (5 pages of debate here!). It's simply not something that is going to be a noticed problem - as you made mention above, transgendered women will use the women's room without issue regardless of how far they've gone surgically in their transition and it will be fine. People may notice if they don't wash their hands but they won't notice if they used to be a man. Wow...wow...wow...wow...wow. Your point?
  20. You're ridiculous. That very well might be (at least the litter box comment) but I very seriously would like it explained to me how gender identity issues are significantly different than species identity issues. Truly and seriously, I'm not trolling this subject. You've called one ridiculous and you think the other needs special accommodations made for it. I personally don't think a person with species confusion thinks they are ridiculous. It is a very real thing, I actually knew a girl my daughter attended elementary school with who thought and claimed and at times acted like she was a fox (no, not the hot babe type of fox). It was awkward for the other kids and caused her to be somewhat of an outcast, subjected to ridicule, etc. A very real situation. On the otherhand, I do not know personally one transgender or person with a gender identity issue. So I really do want to know what is the difference between accommodating for this girls identity issues as opposed to someone with a gender identity issue? If you think it is really that ridiculous, then simply don't reply. I can't speak to species identity issues, as it's not something that I've heard about or am familiar with, my reaction was to the dramatic way you commented (which I think was your goal). If I had to wager I'm fairly sure that would fall into a mental diagnosis and I can imagine that to be a difficult situation for all involved. As far as accommodating, I'm sure that they didn't send this child outside to go to the bathroom or etc, but just like when any handicapped person (mental or physical) is in a school every effort is made to insure that that child is respected, given the resources they need and the teachers' difficult job is to make sure they are treated fairly - tough with school children I'm sure. The difference is that transgenderism is not a handicap. Just like being gay is not a handicap or being tall is not a handicap, or being from Iowa is not (or is it?) a handicap. I think if you read some of the articles by parents of children who are transgendered or watch documentaries or meet families who are involved you'd be surprised to hear how easily kids adapt to each other, and that the bigger problem with acceptance comes with the parents. Kids are not born biased or prejudiced or afraid of someone who is different. A 5 year old tells the other kid at the table he's a boy and that's that. (I'd be happy to recommend some reading/viewing material if you're interested.) I am not debating your philosophy on bathroom risk and etc. I think several days ago we agreed to disagree on that. Also I think (very rationally) you said a week or so ago and you mention here that exposure to different sorts of people is often a factor in ones opinion on issues such as this. I moved from Nebraska to the east coast more than 20 years ago, and I don't know that back then I would have been so open minded, or that I'd be spending time defending the normalcy of something that doesn't directly impact me in any way. But now I know, live and work with all sorts -the founder of my company is a transgender woman who transitioned very late in life, and I live near another transgender woman. I'm sure that the opportunity to get to know people, and to realize they're no different than me (or you) has allowed me to make a quicker move toward acceptance. I'm a firm believe that history repeats itself, and I see many parallels between race relations in the 60's and the gay rights struggles of the 90's. I also see similarities between transgender issues of today and both of those (as well as prejudice against jews in WW2 but that's another thread) ... and we should be learning from our past. People are people. Everybody deserves to be comfortable in their own skin - and should be respected and treated fairly. It's frustrating to me that we're not adapting more quickly to treating folks as they deserve to be treated. When it comes down to it people have made a mountain out of a mole hill with this issue (5 pages of debate here!). It's simply not something that is going to be a noticed problem - as you made mention above, transgendered women will use the women's room without issue regardless of how far they've gone surgically in their transition and it will be fine. People may notice if they don't wash their hands but they won't notice if they used to be a man.
  21. If AL couldn't figure out a way to keep him or help him why would we want to take on the risk/headache? Gone before playing a down screams trouble to me.
  22. PLEASE allow or explain the option to ignore threads ... I don't come here for "Jugs".
  23. Similarly - is there a way to mute certain threads?
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