Originally Posted By nancyan is this a gay place because so many are defending those type of people. My family believes in one husband and one wife only because that is Gods intentions. I think I will ask my oldest daughter to show me how to lead you folks to a better family place because I do not like that place that the nice inspecter showed me on this big intrnet.
Originally Posted By mele <<where a person who kills Cristopher Lowell would possibly get a hate crime sentence>> Wait, you're telling me that Christopher Lowell is GAY???
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<because I do not like that place that the nice inspecter showed me on this big intrnet.>> Perhaps you should leave then. Everyone here is TRYING to be nice to you, but my troll detector is going off BIG TIME!
Originally Posted By nancyan ms or mr roadtrip I beg your parden but that is not a very decent thing to tell me. You are very rude to tell some one to leave. you are very mean and I am hurt by you. Just because I do not eccept my grandson to be a full gay does not make me bad. I love him anyway even if he is doing the wrong thing. it is you who needs to eccept others who are not like you.
Originally Posted By tiggertoo <<Just because I do not eccept my grandson to be a full gay does not make me bad. I love him anyway even if he is doing the wrong thing. it is you who needs to eccept others who are not like you.>> You don't see the hypocrisy in this statement? You want others to accept you, but you refuse to accept you son’s sexual orientation.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <<but my troll detector is going off BIG TIME! < I called this one earlier -- BEEP BEEP BEEP !!
Originally Posted By oldladyfrompasadena Now Now people lets not pick on the older generation. After all she is trying her best. (sarcasm)
Originally Posted By oldladyfrompasadena And Roadie and Co. remember to play nice or she just might leave "this place" (sarcasm again)
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 <<My other point is that hate is hate.>> As I posted previously, the law differentiates between hating someone because of their individual qualities and hating them because of their membership in a group. Again, from the FBI website: "Hate (bias) crime has been described as 'the violence of intolerance and bigotry, intended to hurt and intimidate someone because of their race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, or disability.'" So you hate the guy your cheatin' wife took up with. You kill him. That's not a "hate" crime in the same way the law defines hate crimes. <<If someone hates republicans so much they would kill one, how is that any different from someone who hates blacks, jews or gays?>> Being Republican is a choice people make. Being black, Jewish, or gay is an inherent characteristic. (Okay, okay, some people convert to Judiasm. But the hate that affects converts is a generalized hate against a religion.) <<My point about some idiot killing Rush because they hated him for being a talk show host is valid.>> I don't think so. Rush would be killed because he's a sensationalistic, simplistic, conservative, ratings-seeking attention whore. Again, those are individual traits that have nothing to do with being born into a protected class. Therefore, his murder would not be a "hate crime" as defined by the law. It'd be more similar to a pop star who was killed for spurning a fan. <<[Rush's] killer would not get extra jail time for a hate crime where a person who kills Cristopher Lowell would possibly get a hate crime sentence. There is no consistency here. To watch people try and justify this lack of fairness is very telling.>> You're being speculative, melodramatic, and martyr-like with this comment.
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 <<My grandma was a designer for Fields for almost 40 years -- we do not recognize macy's -- but we do recognize Fields as you accurately described it.>> Oh, man. Sorry, vbdad55. It must be more real for your family than for the many of the rest of us that Macy's is out to macy-ize local chains across the country in order to create its "national store." For what it's worth, we'll be "Macy's North," and they pledge to keep our local flavor. We'll see what the changes actually bring. We should all meet on State Street or at Cedar Point some time.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 only the landmark status of the building is saving the clocks they wanted to take down.... to make matters even closer to home, a family friend portrays Marshall Field at the Civil War Days in our area held in May...( re enactments etc)- <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Field" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M arshall_Field</a>'s
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 <<only the landmark status of the building is saving the clocks they wanted to take down....>> VERY interesting. All the company's internal publications are presenting it as though OF COURSE Macy's wanted to preserve our local heritage. I can't post the single-word paragraph that I wanted to post next here next because: (A) It would be against LP Community Standards. (B) I work for "Marshall Field's."
Originally Posted By vbdad55 The 'peace' offering here was trying to bring back Frango production to Chicago.. but Fields' name itself and identification is being covered wherever it can be...very sad. The rush on Field's branded logo stuff here at year end was crazy - with people from all over grabbing stuff...
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Southern California has lost May Company, Robinson's and the hybrid Robinsons-May department store. All are being converted to Macy's or Bloomingdale's.
Originally Posted By jonvn Robinson's used to be a really nice store, until May Company bought them. Then May Company proceeded to ruin them. I never liked May Company. So now May Company is gone, too? Good riddance.
Originally Posted By Mr X >>>There is only one person on here I don't like and it's not even Shooba who attacks me in the most personal way possible.<<< Yeah, Beau. I know, I know. I don't like you either.
Originally Posted By FaMulan is this a gay place because so many are defending those type of people.<< No, this is a place where most people are understanding and tolerant of the lifestyles of others. Many of us would prefer to see our family and friends happy with their lives than miserably living a lie.
Originally Posted By Beaumandy Mr X, you know I like you. We havn't had a cross word in YEARS!. You have a free spirit I like.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA <So now May Company is gone, too? Good riddance.> jonvn, May Company and Robinsons merged in 1992 and became Robinsons-May -- stupid name, huh? Other department stores that have left the SoCal landscape include 'The Broadway' 'Buffums' and 'Bullocks'
