WestCoastRunner

DId the host really expect to get objective analysis from friends?

Usually when someone is considered a 'friend', it's appropriate to back down from conversations that bring down his character. It's called loyalty to a friend. And this is only a few days after the event. I don't consider it a cop-out at all.

So Shady has chosen to disappear from this thread but yet is quite prolific at targeting groups on the status updates with no responsibility on his part to defend his posts. First of all, he attacks female single parents and then chooses to attack high school dropouts who have their own challenges for completing high school, without researching the reasons why there are single female parent households and why kids are dropping out of highschool. Instead he chooses to target these groups for taxation? Unbelievable on the status updates that are posted with no scrutiny. And I was so disappointed that this thread was locked for really no apparent reason that I could see, except that MH thought posters were getting too passionate about the issue. Since when do we lock threads for this reason?

Single parent families are not bad. Not a single one! When you target single parent families as bad, you are targeting the children, do you get that? Children are minors.

If your going to propose a tax do your research first.

No it's not. We are all familiar with Shadys posts.

And we haven't even addressed the vulnerable group of kids dropping out of school. Instead of giving them a helping hand, let's help to diminish their chances of a successful life.

I'm seeing some brilliant back pedalling. Simply exquisite...just exquisite.

It's ridiculous that posts have been stopped on threads when we haven't even expressed and resolved our frustrations. Please let us post and resolve these issues.

In other words, you don't give a **** about kids.

Unfortunately, this isn't how it works with kids. Single moms or dads exist with kids. Kids happen. For better or for worse and we are left to raise them. Do you understand the concept of 'a village raises a child'?

It's so hard to rationalize with this.

Are you defending Shady's responses? Cause I don't get the connect here? Can you elaborate?

I truly find it hard to believe that Shady hit the mark. However, by all means, let's let Shady defend his responses.

What?

Bravo? Seriously? Why was it clever?

Well, there you go. We aren't so bad, are we?

I guarantee you that many men on this forum were raised by single mothers.

Why are we attacking single mothers?

I have seen no reason to increase taxes for single female parents. Shady, you can contribute when you feel justified.

Sure, Is there a scorecard we can keep track of?

Because you are a humane person?

What is disturbing to me is that Shady has suggested that single mothers are not wanted and therefore should be taxed.

I know, I don't get the blaming here.

Absolutely. The thing is, that women are on this forum and we are sticking up for our rights.