jclalor 12 #1 April 15, 2012 QuoteLike any state legislature dealing with 8 percent unemployment and thousands of its residents facing disenfranchisement, the Tennessee Senate is targeting the menace of underage hand-holding. http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/04/13/463317/tennessee-anti-hand-holding/ We have more in common with the Taliban than we like to give ourselves credit for. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 2 #2 April 15, 2012 It's shit like this that begs the question: Preserve the Union? Why? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oldwomanc6 52 #3 April 15, 2012 Quote It's shit like this that begs the question: Preserve the Union? Why? I don't know if I would go so far as to agree with this. However, I find it hard to believe that anyone on either side of the aisle actually thinks that holding hands is a gateway "drug" that will lead to depravity beyond comprehension. Some of the comments brought up a good point: hand holding is not alway sexual. IMO, more often it is not. Although, [tongue in cheek] isn't Tennessee one of those places that Daddy holding sweet Princess's hand may actually lead to something verboten?lisa WSCR 594 FB 1023 CBDB 9 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnRich 4 #4 April 15, 2012 QuoteQuoteLike any state legislature dealing with 8 percent unemployment and thousands of its residents facing disenfranchisement, the Tennessee Senate is targeting the menace of underage hand-holding. http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/04/13/463317/tennessee-anti-hand-holding/ We have more in common with the Taliban than we like to give ourselves credit for. Let's see if I can get Pavlov's dogs back in their pens before they start salivating at the way the media has rung their bell and manipulated them. Facts: The bill summary: http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/billinfo/BillSummaryArchive.aspx?BillNumber=SB3310&ga=107 Sex education! Oh the horror! The definition of "gateway sexual activity": “Gateway sexual activity” means sexual contact encouraging an individual to engage in a non-abstinent behavior. A person promotes a gateway sexual activity by encouraging, advocating, urging or condoning gateway sexual activities;Source: http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/SB3310.pdf, page 2, item (7). The word "hand" doesn't even exist anywhere in the Bill. There is no list of what activities are defined as being "gateway". Other news reports talk about what "could" be included in that definition, which makes it mere conjecture, not fact. If there was such a list, I imagine blow jobs would probably be on the list, but hand-holding? Not likely. This is apparently someone's personal interpretation, not based upon the actual facts, dutifully reported by the liberal media to bash conservatives, and you lapped it up like one of Pavlov's dogs. Woof! Quit believing everything you read in blogs. Quit letting the media play your emotions and make you believe things that aren't true. Be skeptical. Research facts. Think. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matthewcline 0 #5 April 15, 2012 QuoteQuoteQuoteLike any state legislature dealing with 8 percent unemployment and thousands of its residents facing disenfranchisement, the Tennessee Senate is targeting the menace of underage hand-holding. http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/04/13/463317/tennessee-anti-hand-holding/ We have more in common with the Taliban than we like to give ourselves credit for. Let's see if I can get Pavlov's dogs back in their pens before they start salivating at the way the media has rung their bell and manipulated them. Facts: The bill summary: http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/billinfo/BillSummaryArchive.aspx?BillNumber=SB3310&ga=107 Sex education! Oh the horror! The definition of "gateway sexual activity": “Gateway sexual activity” means sexual contact encouraging an individual to engage in a non-abstinent behavior. A person promotes a gateway sexual activity by encouraging, advocating, urging or condoning gateway sexual activities;Source: http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/SB3310.pdf, page 2, paragraph 7. The word "hand" doesn't even exist anywhere in the Bill. There is no list of what activities are defined as being "gateway". Other news reports talk about what "could" be included in that definition, which makes it mere conjecture, not fact. If there was such a list, I imagine blow jobs would probably be on the list, but hand-holding? Not likely. This is apparently someone's personal interpretation, not based upon the actual facts, dutifully reported by the liberal media to bash conservatives, and you lapped it up like one of Pavlov's dogs. Woof! Quit believing everything you read in blogs. Quit letting the media play your emotions and make you believe things that aren't true. Research the facts. Think. It is the media, you expected some thing different? But as a TN resident, our States Representatives could spend their time on more pressing stuff. MattAn Instructors first concern is student safety. So, start being safe, first!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyDekker 1,465 #6 April 15, 2012 Who cares about hand holding. I vote for the guy who lets me have guns. What else could possibly matter? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawrocket 3 #7 April 15, 2012 Latex gloves are now more important than ever for protection! My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 2 #8 April 15, 2012 I like that the bill has an anti-dildo provision. In a f***g law!! That's just awesome. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BIGUN 1,321 #9 April 16, 2012 QuoteAlthough, [tongue in cheek] See. First it's holding hands, Then its some hussy wanting to stick her tongue in your cheek through the Internet.Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oldwomanc6 52 #10 April 16, 2012 QuoteQuoteAlthough, [tongue in cheek] See. First it's holding hands, Then its some hussy wanting to stick her tongue in your cheek through the Internet. You flirting with Me? O my, on the road to hell. Nevermind that isn't how you get there.lisa WSCR 594 FB 1023 CBDB 9 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
winsor 236 #11 April 16, 2012 Quote QuoteLike any state legislature dealing with 8 percent unemployment and thousands of its residents facing disenfranchisement, the Tennessee Senate is targeting the menace of underage hand-holding. http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/04/13/463317/tennessee-anti-hand-holding/ We have more in common with the Taliban than we like to give ourselves credit for. I had best watch out, given my penchant for holding hands with an underage boy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #12 April 17, 2012 So...the Beatles are getting banned?My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tkhayes 348 #13 April 17, 2012 QuoteThere is no list of what activities are defined as being "gateway". therein lies part of the problem. Bad legislation begins with good intentions and ends with poor writing. Hand-holding is there because 'gateway' could interpret it that way. want to write good laws? There is nothing stopping you.... Can't write good laws because you cannot define the problem,? Then perhaps there is no problem. That's the republican in me....or more like - that's the Ron Paul in me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
