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ivyleaf

michaels wrote: »

Another fun night with DS having a horror movie nosebleed and DW having to deal with it even though she sight of blood makes her faint as I was busy vomiting up the antibiotics. Remind me again why people go on holiday?

Oh, poor michaels family...definitely a holiday to remember, but for all the wrong reasons i bet you can't wait to get home!

ETA good luck with the slow cooker, PN.

LydiaJ

lostinrates wrote: »

I think there is a difference with Catholosim and Islam, with whole debate of whether figurative art is sinful or not. I don't know what stance is on that collectively in modern times ( if there is one..) but if its considered sinful or idolatry or whatever then to do it disrespectfully might be considered a double offence not the single 'poke'.

PasturesNew wrote: »

On the other hand, Life of Brian never caused death.

bugslet wrote: »

In fairness they have been poking fun at the Catholic Church for about 30 -40 years and no-one from there seems to have felt the need to shoot.

The difference in the stance on figurative art is part of it, I agree. The "love your enemies" thing is also part of it.

bugslet wrote: »

Cartoonists are there to poke fun, and the latest cartoon of al-Baghdadi wishing everyone a healthy new year, does exactly that. (Not brilliantly funny though).

As an atheist, I don't think you should have to !!!!!foot round people's imaginary friends. I think the Convent education failed somewhere.;)

I don't see it as about "having to" do anything. If we don't like Marine Le Pen and her ilk, if we would prefer to see integration and harmony rather than an escalation of offence, fear and antagonism, then even from a pragmatic PoV, surely we would want to avoid being pointlessly offensive about whatever people hold dear, whether we consider it to be imaginary or not?

It's the pointlessness of it that particularly gets me. I mean, let's not let fear of reprisals stop us having an important debate about, say, FGM, or the way in which sharia divorces give women a worse deal than they would be entitled to in a secular court, or things that really matter. But inflaming race/creed hatred, giving the jihadist hate preachers material for radicalising Muslim youth by telling young idealists that here is the proof that western culture hates them, just for the sake of a cheap pop at Islam by drawing Mohammed naked? Really? They can draw all the cartoons of Al-Baghdadi that they like, but before they draw one of Mohammed, they should just consider whether the resulting increase in dissension is really what they want to produce, in the interests of all of us.

silvercar

michaels wrote: »

Another fun night with DS having a horror movie nosebleed and DW having to deal with it even though she sight of blood makes her faint as I was busy vomiting up the antibiotics. Remind me again why people go on holiday?

Poor you!

Will you be well enough to fly home?

LydiaJ

michaels wrote: »

Another fun night with DS having a horror movie nosebleed and DW having to deal with it even though she sight of blood makes her faint as I was busy vomiting up the antibiotics. Remind me again why people go on holiday?

Oh no!

How are you all this morning? Are you getting the care that you need? Is your insurance covering it properly? What are the prospects for getting home?

SingleSue

Maths GCSE resit results today...and youngest got his C! So chuffed for him and with him as on the day of the second paper, he was barely able to stand upright due to illness and was completely overstressed and anxious. He thought he had completely blown it although he had a feeling he had done well on the first paper.

mystic_trev

PasturesNew wrote: »

On the other hand, Life of Brian never caused death.

That's because he's not the Messiah he's a very naughty boy!

silvercar

SingleSue wrote: »

Maths GCSE resit results today...and youngest got his C! So chuffed for him and with him as on the day of the second paper, he was barely able to stand upright due to illness and was completely overstressed and anxious. He thought he had completely blown it although he had a feeling he had done well on the first paper.

:j:j:j:j So pleased for him! :j:j:j:j

SingleSue

lostinrates wrote: »

Library is an interesting one.

Some homes have few books / little disposable income for them while others have flowing shelves. I'd wonder whether library is as important as reading.....and communication about that reading. Whether its what you are going to choose to eat from a menu , what is on road wings, what's on advertising.....reading isn't just books. And no library attendance doesn't mean no reading, and library attendance doesn't mean the communication around reading.....just being read to is fantastic.....but the thinking around it even more.

Personally was not a big fan of those school readers, though see the point in them. Purely for reAding. Rattling through things that didn't interest them wasn't really helpful. Didn't hold up niece one, but think was part of the compounding problem with niece 2. Oh well....not my problem any more.

I have always loved reading, right from a very young age but rarely went to the library (it was only usually for study), preferring to purchase my own and being able to keep them.

Two of my boys love reading, Josh doesn't like to read that much, he finds fiction very difficult to understand and get into although as a small child, he would love being read to with all the different voices I would do (reading to them was never just sitting there reading, it was a really interactive thing with voices, movements etc to make the stories come alive).

I didn't really take part in the group reading sessions at school, everyone else was behind where I was in reading ability, so they allowed me to read the older years books to keep me stimulated. The others in the class would be reading the start up books and I was reading books for the 11 year olds, at age 5 and understanding them as part of the test to see where my reading ability was, was to give me books of ever increasing ability to see where I started to struggle a little and ask the meaning of words.

Think even they were surprised it was so advanced but then they should have known bearing in mind my writing, counting, word understanding and spelling skills even at that age.

Re swanning about, my sister in law is always complaining about my niece and how troublesome she is. I never have any problems with her, I think because I keep her brain and body busy (she is very very bright), mainly because I can understand the need for information which she has and the frustration she feels when she can't get it...it's been the bane of my life afterall.

It takes a little more effort than sitting them with their toys or the telly but not much and the rewards to be gained from it can be huge.

Generali

So the fun and games continue. I dragged Mrs G and the G'issimos across town on foot in the rain to Gare du Nord. The moment we got there the army and SNCF workers started to evacuate the place.


We legged it down to the RER and managed to jump on the train to CdG where we are now stuck for the next 8 hours. There are army and CRS everywhere and they seem a little twitchy.

Joy. Oh well, the pubs are open. I can see a pression ou 2 avec ma nom ecrit au vers.

Spirit_2

SingleSue wrote: »

Maths GCSE resit results today...and youngest got his C! So chuffed for him and with him as on the day of the second paper, he was barely able to stand upright due to illness and was completely overstressed and anxious. He thought he had completely blown it although he had a feeling he had done well on the first paper.

Well that is something he will never have to do again.An important milestone in gaining entry to many opportunities. well done him.