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oritteropo
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Thanks!
I'll second that, congrats on the shiny silver star
Mordhaus
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Thanks Mord! Hope you have a good holiday too.
Happy Holidays!
Mordhaus
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Awesome thanks, I'm DL right now!
It's on sale on Steam atm, 13.59 usd
carnivorous
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I agree with you.
That gets me but my then dairy farm GF didn't bat an eye. All part of life.
I do though, have the experience of playing violent vids since the mid ninetys and do not feel it makes me any more violent.
I understand that killing an animal "for fun only" is on the way to psyco ville but I truly don't think this is where shag is coming from. Farmers, hunters I've found are much more realists. life and death happen daily on farms (barn kittens getting stepped on by milk cows
Buck, I am not a vegetarian and as I stated previously in the thread, I am not opposed to hunting for the purpose of food. Perhaps you didn't catch my sarcasm, but that last comment was meant as a joke. I also agree with you completely about factory farming being a miserable life for an animal. My issue is with the addiction to violence. Once a person has become accustomed to not feeling remorse for causing pain and suffering, it causes them to be less empathetic towards human beings. In school, violence is not tolerated and yet at home, parents are teaching children how to kill. Does this not worry you? As shang said, it becomes much like a videogame. Not to mention that when a person takes delight in killing animals, it is a possible warning sign of a psychopathic personality disorder. An addiction to that sort of violent behaviour is a problem in my book and I sure as hell wouldn't be sending my child over to shang's house to play with his kids.
TheSluiceGate
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In reply to this comment by TheSluiceGate:
Hey buck, are you government sponsored, or do the family pay for your services?
Just interested as here in Ireland I personally know a person with an autistic son that, in the future, will likely have to quit their job to look after them once they become an adult.
In reply to this comment by Buck:
I do this for a living too!! These guys are so cool, smart and can often do amazing things that you or I can't.
AUTISM AWARENESS!!!
Hi, I work for an agency (in Ontario, Canada) that is mostly funded by the government but also has fundraisers through out the year. I love where I work, they really care about their staff and in turn the staff care about the individuals we support...really a great place.
Now the sucky thing is the Gov. just changed the way and length of support for all new clients. Much shorter support times and long wait lists.
I work in the community side of things and try to get the guys out and about doing whatever they like to do. There is also a residential side to my agency that is a bit different in function but essentially they are group homes where staff help the clients live daily.
Another avenue is private respite, our gov. gives a bit of money to familys that need this break, and they hire someone they like to work with their child.
Ageing parents are a problem too, we have wait lists years long for group homes.
I have a co worker with a son just diagnosed...she may have to quite her job too, but the school system here is slowly helping more than hindering things so there would be daytime breaks for her, only till her child is 21 then he is on his own as it were, thats where agencys and private individuals like my agency come into play helping them find jobs or volunteer positions in the community.
everyone deserves a chance to live to their fullest potential, we try to help with that.
any questions fire away.