Men who hit women, and women who hit men

I think these days, it's becoming a major problem with men and women hitting each other, when they're in relationships. I think men hit women because they fill they should be the dominant one in the relationship, and these days, women are becoming more independant and doing what they want to do. And they're not staying home and looking after the family like they used to. Jobs of house are now shared, well should be, between the husband and wife, between partners. I think women hit men, because they want to the dominant one in the relationship and not be pushed around.

But then their children see it and believe that that's what they're supposed to be like when they're in a relationship, when they're older. So then we get another generation of hitters. It's just an endless circle of violence.

http://www.usc.edu/student-affairs/cwm/DatingViolence.html

Road Rage

I think road rage is really bad. My fiance is terrible and so can my dad at times. If someone cuts him up, comes too close to his car, takes the wrong lane and scoots across in front of him, or they toot him... God help everyone. He either toots the horn as loud as he can or he moans and shouts about it till we get home. No matter how many times I try to explain to him that he has to watch himself, cause you can get done for road rage, he won't have it. I think road rage is bad, cause it can cause more trouble and accidents than anything on the road.

Yeah, I understand people get annoyed if someone cuts them up or are being stupid drivers. Believe me, I get just as annoyed as anyone. Moan about them later though. Cause while you're in the car, you're in a weapon. And you may have a stupid thought, that at the time was really a good idea, but I don't think ramming someone off the road or racing up beside them to give them the finger and swear at them (my dad on one occassion) or follow them all the way home is such a good idea.

There should be a thing to get all stupid and incapable drivers off the road. Incapable I mean: Drive really slow in a forty zone (doing about 20), drifting from side to side in your lane, can't keep a good cars length from someone and has to ride in the boot of the car of the person in front of them (bumper riders), people who use their phone to talk with when they have a bluetooth headset in their ear and all idiots in general. They should make it that people with a certain IQ can go for their test.

Now I know I can't really talk, as I don't have a driving license and only have a learners. But... I have been driving since I was eleven and have been for lessons for like three years. The only reason I don't have my license is because of the money, answering one question wrong on the written test and I can't be arsed to do it right now as I can't afford to keep a car on the road.

Stupid drivers and road rage drivers need help!

They're starting them off young these days.

http://www.mylinkspage.com/roadrage.html

Lying

When I was younger, I can remember telling little white lies to new kids I would meet so they would like me and would want to hang around with me. I can remember once when I was I think six, telling everyone at school that my nan had died the night before... I still don't know why to this day that I said it. The problem was, two of the teachers knew my nan and my family and couldn't understand why my parents had sent me into school and how come they hadn't been told. I come clean at the end of the it. They never told my parents as far as I know. I guess while everyone thought that my nan had died, I enjoyed the attention I was getting. Everyone was asking how I was and was giving me things and letting me get away with things for the morning.

I know and knew then that lying was wrong, and hate myself for lying about it. Which is probably why I don't like liarers now. There's no reason for lying, unless it's for a surprise or you've really got to lie. Such as, if you don't someone's gonna get killed or you're being paid to lie.

I've now turned my skill for lying to poker and am a very good bluffer. Hopefully my skill for lying will become useful for winning millions!

http://www.crooksandliars.com/

Response 5: David Evans (The Gospel According to Alfredo Garcia)

David wrote:
Your parents, teachers, and even the government have all been lying to you. Contrary to what they may have told you, smoking is big, and it is clever. In fact it's COOL AS FUCK. Let's just examine the evidence. Humphrey Bogart - chainsmoking, immortal icon of cool. Tom Cruise - non-smoking, health concious, scientologist dork. Sticking with the movie theme, I'm old enough to remember when you could smoke in the cinema. Words cannot describe the magic of dragging on a fag whilst watching a great film, with the smoke curling up into the beam from the projector. And what about cool smoking accessories? Nothing beats the clunk/ping (cling?punk?) of a shiny Zippo lighter in action. Check 'em out at http://www.zippo.com. I haven't had a cigarette for five years, (I was a 40 a day guy), but I still refuse to class myself as a non-smoker. Sure, it kills you, and those around you. Small price to pay for something so wonderful.

My Response:
You are one mad person... But we gotta love you!Smoking isn't as cool as it used to be. It's just a fad that hasn't gone yet. But it is wrong to try and make people stop doing something that they enjoy and wanna do. Let them kill themselves, it's there right. The government needs a ban on it more than anything. Ban voting and up there arses politicians.

Response 4: Megan Hellowell (Just don't expect it to be good...)

Meg wrote:
The EEEEEEVILS of alcohol.
No, it's ok, I don't think it's evil either. But I had to find something to blog about!So, anyway... Does anyone out there think booze is bad? Cos I know quite a few people who really don't... And I REALLY don't...I know there are obviously lots of people out there who don't drink, and that's their choice, that's fine by me, but has anyone else been accosted by someone trying to get them to stop? I remember my friend Kate and I were in a pub once, and this random woman came up to us and started telling us how evil alcohol was... I don't think either of us knew what to do, we just kind of sat there nodding until she went away. Whether she was once an alcoholic who had given it up, and therefore didn't want to see other people ruining their lives, or whether she was some sort of crazy cat lady I guess we'll never know. If it's any comfort to anyone, we carried on drinking till we'd forgotten all about her. Don't worry, we are NOT traumatised.I don't think drink is too bad in moderation (or in copious amounts, really), it's people who wake up and have a breakfast Vodka that I could never understand. But by the same token, these people have a problem, so who am I to judge at the end of the day. If the only way these people can cope is by being constanly intoxicated, then they should probably get help of some sort. I'm pleased to say that I'm not an alcoholic (yet... ), I drink for recreation... Which I shouldn't, according to CCL (Crazy Cat Lady) but at least it's only in moderation. Most nights.But, of course, joking aside, there are problems with alcohol. The obvious ones being:
Liver damage
Other organ damage
Drink drivers
Rape, street fights etc
Drinks being spiked.
Most things can be avoided, of course, by drinking less than an entire... er... paddling pool... of alcohol, and the inevitable "DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE!" message plastered on every single motorway board from here to Zimbabwe, but they can't be eliminated completely. Drinks being spiked is of course what every girl fears on a night out, but drinking from bottles whilst keeping your thumb over the top (Whilst you're not drinking, obviously, otherwise you'd get very thirsty) is always sensible. But I'm not here to give you advice, I'm here to moan that drink is EVIL! (Pfft, Hypocrite...)
I... I can't do it... I can't say booze is awful.. Not when I love it so...
Over and out.
~Meg~

My Response:
ALCOHOL RULES!!!Seriously though, people who drink alcohol mostly do it when they go out, to losen up and have good time. But those who drink 24/7, ruin there livers, get kicked out of their homes, end up on the streets and ask for change all the time need to sort themselves out. That's taking drinking to whole other level. And they're stupid.

Response 3: Lucy Henderson (Henderson's Thoughts)

Lucy wrote:
Week 1. Introduction to subject.
The subject of 'being bad' is very intriquing, as what a person thinks as being bad varies a lot from person to person. For example, what a different generation sees as 'being bad' varies as times have changed. I can site an example of this. When I had my first tattoo and I was not underage at twenty four, my mother finally caught me out, by catching me in the bath one day. She described what I thought of as perfectly acceptable 'artwork', as 'defiling my body'. These days, a lot more is seen as acceptable than it used to be. I am just relieved that women have more freedom these days, to do what they choose, as I for one, would have certainly been seen as being bad, for all sorts of reasons, if I had been born in the 1950s, rather than the 1960s.For the night out, I would like to suggest a 'lap dancing club'. The reason being that I have never been to one and I would like to see what happens in one and also what the attraction is, for men.

My Response:
think this too. Different generations see different things as being bad. Such as, it is wrong to have sex before marriage, but today's generation doesn't think it's wrong. And I would like to go to lap dancing place too! It would be interesting to see what attracts men. Also, why don't women have a place like it too... or do they? If so, where?

Response 2: Andrew Heaton (Like a Couch Diving For Pound Coins... Only to Suffocate in Vain)

Andrew wrote:
27 February 2007

A Bag Full Of Herpes
Continuing with the theme of "Watching Shit And Then Answering Questions On Them".This time around we were treated to a segment of "Breakfast At Tiffany's". In particular the scene in which the woman (I forget her name) thanks her date for a nice evening and for paying and shit. While the honourable man seems disappointed at the prospect of 'not getting any' despite paying for his date all night. Oh, and all her wench-like friends.The question put to us was:Is it prostitution to take money from someone who is expecting sex, but then not supply it?The idea behind prostitution is that one pays for sex. Rough sex. Possibly violent sex. But anyway...In this incident it isn't pro-ing (a word I just invented) so it doesn't really come into it. The woman has clearly seen the whole scenario as nothing more than a date with a kind gentlemen who has offered to pick up the tab for the whole night. If he misconstrued the whole thing then that's his own fault.it is not uncommon these days for men to go on dates in the hope of getting some 'poon' at the end of it. Nor is it unusual to witness desperately drunk single blokes buying drinks for ladies all evening and then taking them back to their place for some much deserved screwing.So no, it aint prostitution because sex does not seem to have been implied at all nor has it taken place. If that were the case, then there would a lot more hookers in our society than originally anticiapted.If it isn't prostitution then is it more or less socially respectable?Again, it seems to depend on the situation. Had the woman known the man was after sex and then had still taken his money despite the fact that she knew she wasn't going to give him any at the end, the yes this is somewhat a faux pas. Essentially you have conned someone out of their money so you could have a good night out. You freeloading bitch, may the fleas of a thousand camels infest your anus!However, if the opposite were true then no, this is simply a case of misreading the scenario. Obviously this means either the man or the woman cannot communicate in an adult and upfront fashion and thus are doomed to remain single.Either way you're fucked!If it prostitution, how much is a reasonable charge?Meet me at the cooling tower at midnight. We'll discuss a price list...

My Response:
Prostitution is so old now, it's unbelievable that it still happens today. With all the government schemes in place to help people and give them money. This is one thing, that shows that it doesn't work. I understand that some women that do it, enjoy it and good on them as long as they have decent men who are clients and don't have someone taking the money off them. But for those immigrants that you hear about. The ones that believe that they are coming here to start a new life, well yeah, they start a new life but not as they thought they would.

Even the prostitutes that get caught on street corners, are just held for a few hours or over night and release the next day. There's nothing the government/police can really do to stop people doing it. If someone puts an advert in the paper, '£10 an hour for sex', the police can't stop people from going to the woman's/man's house, and then stop two consenting people from having sex.

Response 1: Viran Kaur (BeingBadViran)

Viran wrote:
Infidelity
All I can say is – it is not okay to cheat on someone. If you are in a relationship you should be 100% committed no matter what. I mean everyone finds people attractive even if they are in a relationship, but you shouldn’t act upon it! You obviously think the person you are with is pretty great to be going out with them in the first place, so that is what you must remember if you are tempted. I don’t know if I’m just being terribly old fashioned (I am all of 19 years old) but that is just the way it should be.If you’re in an open relationship then that’s a different story because that means you are both agreeing to it. I can’t think what kind of original relationship you must have if you need to go to others to be satisfied but there you go.I define cheating as doing it behind your partners back (not literally of course - that’s just crossing a line) and that involves lying, selfishness and scheming. How can you look your partner in the eye when you’ve been with another behind their back? I couldn’t do it. I’m awfully honest though. It’s just such a horrible thing to do if you do cheat. I mean if you’re unhappy then leave that person and pursue the next – don’t have that ‘cake’ and eat it! A relationship is a two way street – a compromise - and if you’re a person that only thinks of themselves then you shouldn’t be in one.

My Response:
I AGREE WITH YOU!! BURN ALL THOSE CHEATING BUGGERS!! (musn't swear in public, it's bad....!) If you're going to cheat on someone, then don't bother being in a relationship with that person and just have one night stands. Least then you can do what you want, even though I don't agree with one night stands either. But least then, you're not ruining you're relationship or hurting you partner.

Gambling

I play poker online and sometimes down at the casino at Walsall, when I have enough money. I don't have a problem with Gambling. I just love playing the game and enjoy it, whether I come last or finish first. My fiance's dad also plays poker and has been very successful in the past, wining the WSOP (World Series of Poker) in 1996. But he has been playing since he was in his teens and is now 57, so he has bags of experience behind him.

My fiance's dad: http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=176

I think you have some people who just can't accept that they've lost and believe that they'll win the next one, so they keep putting more money in till they've either got nothing left or they win. I've been at the casino before today and watched one man put a hundred pounds down on a roulette table and lose it all in one spin, and then go and get another hundred out and put that on the table again to lose it.

People who do this, think that they're lucky, and this is a long on going arguement, but I don't think there's any kind of luck in gambling. It's a game of chance really and with poker, it depends on how well you play the game. Someone who smiles every time they have a good set of cards, will never win any money as they're telling everyone around the table what they've got and everyone will fold. You have to be able to project what you want your opponents to think what you got, e.g. you have 4 5 but your playing like you have AA.