Posted by David Dong I love being an american, but I still support and embrace my cultural roots.

i still have family in Ireland and really have no idea what it means to be Irish.
How strange is that?

Posted by Samurai i still have family in Ireland and really have no idea what it means to be Irish. How strange is that?

Not strange...you just didn't have the corned beef and cabbage thing or the drinking till you drop thing growing up. Well...you didn't have the corned beef and cabbage thing anyway.
Just like I didn't have the indian reservation, instead...I had the pork pies and french canadian slang.
America is becoming homogenized...forget about cultural roots here.

Shael

Posted by Samurai i still have family in Ireland and really have no idea what it means to be Irish. How strange is that?

Drink a bunch of beer and punch the guy next to you.

Posted by KONG Drink a bunch of beer and punch the guy next to you.

Sounds right to me.

Posted by KONG On that note.. I hate fat kids.

I hate fat kids too, but not just the fat kids, it's the fat parents of the fat kids i don't like. You don't have to feed your kid 2 tonnes of food as well.

Posted by atomx I hate fat kids too, but not just the fat kids, it's the fat parents of the fat kids i don't like. You don't have to feed your kid 2 tonnes of food as well.

Wunderbar!

Posted by atomx I hate fat kids too, but not just the fat kids, it's the fat parents of the fat kids i don't like. You don't have to feed your kid 2 tonnes of food as well. http://www.expandm...irls-and-fries.jpg

Oh man! Please warn us next time!!! That was just gross!

Posted by rainman8889 Oh man! Please warn us next time!!! That was just gross!

I'll bet Skelly took the day off.

Posted by KublaKhan I'll bet Skelly took the day off.

I hate fat enablers.

Posted by Lexi I hate fat enablers.

wtf is a fat enabler?

I have no clue, but I don't like Skelly so I'll go with it.

Posted by Samurai wtf is a fat enabler?

Somebody like my mom. Who insists you clean your plate but bitches about your weight. Which is what I've put up with the past 34 years.

Shael

Posted by Lexi I hate fat enablers.

...yer killin me.

Here's another one:

When the government interferes with parents trying to discipline their children.

Before I post the link: I am fully for protecting children from abuse. However, there is a limit. While the government should take measures to prevent child abuse, they should not be interfering with a parent doing their job of raising a child.

Here's the link:

http://ca.news.yah...hild_court_offbeat

And if it doesn't work:

OTTAWA (AFP) - A Canadian court has lifted a 12-year-old girl's grounding, overturning her father's punishment for disobeying his orders to stay off the Internet, his lawyer said Wednesday.

The girl had taken her father to Quebec Superior Court after he refused to allow her to go on a school trip for chatting on websites he tried to block, and then posting "inappropriate" pictures of herself online using a friend's computer.


The father's lawyer Kim Beaudoin said the disciplinary measures were for the girl's "own protection" and is appealing the ruling.


"She's a child," Beaudoin told AFP. "At her age, children test their limits and it's up to their parents to set boundaries."


"I started an appeal of the decision today to reestablish parental authority, and to ensure that this case doesn't set a precedent," she said. Otherwise, said Beaudoin, "parents are going to be walking on egg shells from now on."


"I think most children respect their parents and would never go so far as to take them to court, but it's clear that some would and we have to ask ourselves how far this will go."


According to court documents, the girl's Internet transgression was just the latest in a string of broken house rules. Even so, Justice Suzanne Tessier found her punishment too severe.


Beaudoin noted the girl used a court-appointed lawyer in her parents' 10-year custody dispute to launch her landmark case against dear old dad.


From me: Who winds up taking the blame when the girl gets hurt? The government for preventing the father from disciplining her or the father for not disciplining her?

I'm not a parent nor am I a child expert but I still believe there should be some discipline and that the parents should be in charge of the household.

yeah.. that's pretty sad

It was UER, wasn't it?