| Welcome to The New Coffee Room. We hope you enjoy your visit. You're currently viewing our forum as a guest. This means you are limited to certain areas of the board and there are some features you can't use. If you join our community, you'll be able to access member-only sections, and use many member-only features such as customizing your profile, sending personal messages, and voting in polls. Registration is simple, fast, and completely free. Join our community! If you're already a member please log in to your account to access all of our features: |
| And take that lousy hymnal with you... | |
|---|---|
| Tweet Topic Started: May 14 2006, 02:30 PM (339 Views) | |
| Jolly | May 14 2006, 02:30 PM Post #1 |
![]()
Geaux Tigers!
|
http://www.goupstate.com/apps/pbcs.dll/art...331/1051/NEWS01 |
| The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States.- George Soros | |
![]() |
|
| big al | May 14 2006, 07:41 PM Post #2 |
|
Bull-Carp
|
Amendment I Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;... Interesting situation, since it is a private entity (the landlord) prohibiting the free exercise of religion on his property. There is no indication that the government in any of its forms has given any directive to which the landlord is responding. To what degree does a tenant surrender their rights to practice their religion to the landlord when they agee to a rental or lease? Big Al |
|
Location: Western PA "jesu, der simcha fun der man's farlangen." -bachophile | |
![]() |
|
| pianojerome | May 14 2006, 07:44 PM Post #3 |
|
HOLY CARP!!!
|
Maybe they could just meet in someone's room for bible study? (with a digital piano, if the host doesn't have a piano) |
| Sam | |
![]() |
|
| bachophile | May 14 2006, 08:03 PM Post #4 |
|
HOLY CARP!!!
|
ridiculous political correct is the next great american disease |
| "I don't know much about classical music. For years I thought the Goldberg Variations were something Mr. and Mrs. Goldberg did on their wedding night." Woody Allen | |
![]() |
|
| pianojerome | May 14 2006, 08:08 PM Post #5 |
|
HOLY CARP!!!
|
I agree. |
| Sam | |
![]() |
|
| Bernard | May 14 2006, 09:13 PM Post #6 |
|
Senior Carp
|
I disagree. (With such a blanket statement.) |
![]() |
|
| LWpianistin | May 14 2006, 09:23 PM Post #7 |
|
HOLY CARP!!!
|
it's already taking hold |
| And how are you today? | |
![]() |
|
| Mikhailoh | May 15 2006, 03:26 AM Post #8 |
|
If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
|
I can see where the owners are coming from, which is a symptom of another disease rampant in our nation - litigaphopia - fear of being sued. Perhaps we need to add a jury step prior to a suit being sent to the other party or heard by any court, a reasonableness test. Any suit filed against this, or a cross that has stood as a memorial to fallen soliders for fifty years, or a hot cup of coffee, could be put through this common sense test and discarded as what they are or would be, ridiculous. |
|
Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball | |
![]() |
|
| John D'Oh | May 15 2006, 04:15 AM Post #9 |
|
MAMIL
|
Don't forget bird flu, or 'migratory avian disorder number H5N1' as we should really call it if we want to avoid offending people who own budgerigars. |
| What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket? | |
![]() |
|
| JBryan | May 15 2006, 04:42 AM Post #10 |
![]()
I am the grey one
|
Is this yet another of those obscure British obscenities? |
|
"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it". Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody. Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore. From The Lion in Winter. | |
![]() |
|
| John D'Oh | May 15 2006, 04:45 AM Post #11 |
|
MAMIL
|
They do have very good mimicing talents, and with proper training, obscenities are well within their capability. |
| What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket? | |
![]() |
|
| bachophile | May 15 2006, 05:19 AM Post #12 |
|
HOLY CARP!!!
|
"We've decided to have the budgie put down." "Oh, is he very old then?" "No, we just don't like him." "Oh. How do they put budgies down anyway?" "Well, it's funny you should be asking that, as I've been reading a great big book called `How to put your budgie down'. And as I understand it, you can either hit them over the head with the book, or shoot them there, just above the beak." "Mrs. Conkers flushed hers down the loo." "Oh, you don't want to do that, because they breed in the sewers and pretty soon you get huge evil smelling flocks of soiled budgies flying out of peoples lavatories infringing their personal freedoms. |
| "I don't know much about classical music. For years I thought the Goldberg Variations were something Mr. and Mrs. Goldberg did on their wedding night." Woody Allen | |
![]() |
|
| Jolly | May 15 2006, 08:21 AM Post #13 |
![]()
Geaux Tigers!
|
***BINGO*** Damn lawyers..... |
| The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States.- George Soros | |
![]() |
|
| Steve Miller | May 15 2006, 08:29 AM Post #14 |
|
Bull-Carp
|
Don't look to me to defend lawyers - I'm not going there. The problem isn't the lawyers though, the problem is vague laws and even more vague interpretation of those laws. Sharpen up the wording so landlords can understand what their legal responsibilities are, and the problem goes away. |
|
Wag more Bark less | |
![]() |
|
| Jolly | May 15 2006, 08:30 AM Post #15 |
![]()
Geaux Tigers!
|
Has there ever been a law crafted tightly enough that a good attorney couldn't turn it upside down? |
| The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States.- George Soros | |
![]() |
|
| Dewey | May 15 2006, 08:41 AM Post #16 |
![]()
HOLY CARP!!!
|
One of the most frustrating meetings I ever sat in was one in which we were reviewing and hammering out proposed language to hire an architect for our church's expansion. A partcular clause had been so vaguely written that it could have been interpreted as either "X" or "the exact opposite of X." I pointed out to the group - including the two attorneys who had crafted the language - that the clause did nothing but muddy matters, giving neither the architect nor the church any clear understanding of its rights and responsibilities regarding this particular issue, and that it invited misunderstandings and problems during the course of the project. One of the attorneys said flatly, "Oh no, we don't want to be precise about this - we want to be able to determine what we mean by it later on, if we have a problem - it can mean whatever suits our interests best!" the other attorney agreed wholeheartedly with this wonderful approach of "flexibility." What a great way to live one's faith, and to establish clear lines of responsibility and communication for your project team. I wanted to throw up. I never offered another comment regarding the whole project. Clear language is apparently the enemy of the legal profession, whether in private contracts or public laws. |
|
"By nature, i prefer brevity." - John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, p. 685. "Never waste your time trying to explain yourself to people who are committed to misunderstanding you." - Anonymous "Oh sure, every once in a while a turd floated by, but other than that it was just fine." - Joe A., 2011 I'll answer your other comments later, but my primary priority for the rest of the evening is to get drunk." - Klaus, 12/31/14 | |
![]() |
|
| « Previous Topic · The New Coffee Room · Next Topic » |










12:19 AM Jul 11