desert_vulture wrote:Rodney King had it right. "Can't we all just get along goddamit"
Did he say that before or after they beat him? I can't remember.
I suspect it was a few years after King was arrested for beating his wife; and a few years after he was arrested for "assault with a deadly weapon, second-degree robbery, and intent to commit great bodily injury"; and it was not long after King took the police on a 110 -115 mph chase through L.A. and resisted arrest (which is when the beatings occured).
However, I think it was said months before he was spotted having sex with a prostitute, and sped away nearly hittting a police officer. It was a year or so before "King's second wife reported to police that King had hit her and she feared for her life." and the following month he "was arrested at 1:40 A.M. for driving while intoxicated". The follwoing year "King crashed into a wall near a downtown Los Angeles nightclub. He had a blood alcohol level of 0.19" Two years later: "King was arrested for DUI while on a trip to Pennsylvania." Two months after that, "King got into an argument with his wife while he was driving, pulled off the freeway and ordered her out of the car. When she started to get out, King sped off, leaving her on the highway with a bruised arm. King was charged with assault with a deadly weapon (his car), reckless driving, spousal abuse, and hit-and-run." in 1999, "King allegedly injured the sixteen-year-old girl that he had fathered out of wedlock when he was seventeen, as well as the girl's mother. King was arrested for injuring the woman, the girl, and for vandalizing property." (See: Kings Arrest Record.
Thanks, -Wade Englund-
By smearing King, Wade, you merely make yourself look more and more like a bigot and a racist. I bet you thought the guys heckling Michael "Kosmo Kramer" Richards "deserved" what they got too, eh?
That is an interesting bit of emoting, Scratch. To your way of "thinking", smearing and bigotry and racism are a function of merely reporting historical facts (absent any commentary) that had nothing to do with racism or bigotry. Facinating!
And, on that stupifyingly emotive basis, you ironically stereotyped me as likely thinking the hecklers "'deserved' what they got." Stunning!
We'll see how well your banality plays with your fellow hecklers (at me). Who wouldn't be proud to have your wisdom and wit in their corner.
That is an interesting bit of emoting, Scratch. To your way of "thinking", smearing and bigotry and racism are a function of merely reporting historical facts (absent any commentary) that had nothing to do with racism or bigotry. Facinating!
ROFLMPAO
But it's ok to ignore historical facts about your church with regards to racism. Oh, Wade...what would we do for entertainment without you here?
Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances. -Ghandi
That is an interesting bit of emoting, Scratch. To your way of "thinking", smearing and bigotry and racism are a function of merely reporting historical facts (absent any commentary) that had nothing to do with racism or bigotry. Facinating!
ROFLMPAO
But it's ok to ignore historical facts about your church with regards to racism. Oh, Wade...what would we do for entertainment without you here?
I suppose you could always prop up straw man of me--like what you just did. (Hint: I have never said, let alone suggested it was "ok", for you or anyone to ignore historical facts about my Church regarding alleged racism.)
Are you going to give Runtu the solutions for moving forward, or not.
You've spent all of this time on the thread meandering around, claiming that you have some panacea solution that is going to "help" everyone who chose to vent upon deciding to leave the Church.
Let's hear your solutions. My guess is that you really don't have any....or that you just haven't read that far in the cognitive behavior book you've checked out for the library, and are stalling for time until you can at least pretend to be an expert.
In case anyone is interested, Karen Armstrong's recent book, "The Spiral Staircase" is a beautiful, heartfelt story of her spiritual journey. This bio particularly describes the process of disbelief albeit with Catholicism. You get a sense of her world collapsing as she left the convent, her anger with religion, her struggle to make sense of the world, her self criticism, and eventually her ability to bring a healthy spiritual dimension to her life.
That is an interesting bit of emoting, Scratch. To your way of "thinking", smearing and bigotry and racism are a function of merely reporting historical facts (absent any commentary) that had nothing to do with racism or bigotry. Facinating!
ROFLMPAO
But it's ok to ignore historical facts about your church with regards to racism. Oh, Wade...what would we do for entertainment without you here?
I suppose you could always prop up straw man of me--like what you just did. (Hint: I have never said, let alone suggested it was "ok", for you or anyone to ignore historical facts about my Church regarding alleged racism.)
Thanks, -Wade Englund-
Wade, that is what you have done on other threads with regards to me and my situation. In saying that I'm speaking with an agenda, when you cannot truly state my story is false because you weren't there, you are ignoring your church's past and how it effects people like me today.
And I don't need to erect a straw man of you. You already are one in your presence on every board you frequent. Some folks are just more patient with you than I am, especially since you tried to blame me for your FAIR ban, even though the last conversation I had with you on there that was extensive was back in 2005.
Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances. -Ghandi
TD, Anne Rice's testimony at the end of her new book is amazing. I will have to check out the spiral staircase.
Liz, Wade doesn't have an answer for us, because he hasn't found one for himself with regards to the issues in his church. I want to go in depth with regards to the whole blacks and the priesthood thing, including quoting a book I bought from an LDS bookstore that speaks (quite horribly) on the issue. I'll be starting a new thread sometime today. Wade probably won't touch it, like he ignored the truth of my story. It's just easier to call people mental and hint at a solution rather than really engage them.
Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances. -Ghandi
GIMR wrote:When did Wade become our board therapist?
It seems it was just a short time after being banned from board after board, and ignoring his own smelly behavior. He then decided that in order to not focus on himself and any (and every) thing he needed to improve upon within himself, he needed to try to be everyone else's emotional savior.
Yes, we could go on and on..this could definitely get fun. It's been an irritating week for me. I could indulge...
i have been wondering that myself.....good to hear that someone else feels the same way....just think WADE is free..
Remember the saying you get what you pay for????
Welll WADDIE is free so maybe we should all...not listen
When I wake up I will be hungry....but this feels so good right now aaahhhhhh........
GIMR wrote:TD, Anne Rice's testimony at the end of her new book is amazing. I will have to check out the spiral staircase.
Liz, Wade doesn't have an answer for us, because he hasn't found one for himself with regards to the issues in his church. I want to go in depth with regards to the whole blacks and the priesthood thing, including quoting a book I bought from an LDS bookstore that speaks (quite horribly) on the issue. I'll be starting a new thread sometime today. Wade probably won't touch it, like he ignored the truth of my story. It's just easier to call people mental and hint at a solution rather than really engage them.
To be honest, GIRM, I don't think he has an answer either. Ironically, if he actually decides to read his own books, what is suggested in cognitive behavioral therapy is to take charge of your own actions and move forward, which is exactly what you, Runtu, and others here have done.
I'm trying to see how he resolves his supposed clinical approach with his obvious jugdemental attitude.
I don't think he can do it, but it's entertaining to see him try. ;)
GIMR wrote:TD, Anne Rice's testimony at the end of her new book is amazing. I will have to check out the spiral staircase.
Liz, Wade doesn't have an answer for us, because he hasn't found one for himself with regards to the issues in his church. I want to go in depth with regards to the whole blacks and the priesthood thing, including quoting a book I bought from an LDS bookstore that speaks (quite horribly) on the issue. I'll be starting a new thread sometime today. Wade probably won't touch it, like he ignored the truth of my story. It's just easier to call people mental and hint at a solution rather than really engage them.
To be honest, GIRM, I don't think he has an answer either. Ironically, if he actually decides to read his own books, what is suggested in cognitive behavioral therapy is to take charge of your own actions and move forward, which is exactly what you, Runtu, and others here have done.
I'm trying to see how he resolves his supposed clinical approach with his obvious jugdemental attitude.
I don't think he can do it, but it's entertaining to see him try. ;)
I just find it interesting that I'm at a point at which my therapist has said I don't need to talk to him anymore, but Wade is interested in rehashing the stuff I was doing before I saw the therapist.