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Homosexual history is always entertaining.

I'm Jewish.
My religious texts mandate death penalties.  By Roman times Jewish practice had eliminated the Death Penalty.

In theory, I support the Death Penalty.  In practice I don't trust governments (or anybody else mind you) with the power to execute people.

There's also the issue of using it to prevent the homeless from sleeping in them.

They won't supply them with housing and won't let them sleep in other places.

@JohnAllenson:

Better than Saudi Arabia is an extremely low bar.
This is a country where the police locked school girls in a burning building, crucify teenagers for being Shi'ite, throw political opponents from helicopters, cut the heads off elderly women who write horoscopes, sawed a journalist apart while taping it, and target schools & hospitals in the war on Yemen.
The guy in Dubai may not be safe - especially if he's one of their non-citizen slaves employees who have no protection under the laws.

Wahabism is the most extreme/conservative version of islam.    They follow Wahab, 1st and foremost, and if he doesn't talk about something they then go back to the quran and Mohammed.

Yes that is true. The current political set up is bad for liberty. Hinduism talks about including all possibilities. But political set up is against of some many beautiful possibilities.

I'll watch it.  :love:

A few people haven't been able to decipher my last (cryptic?) message, so to be clear:

Luke Perry was buried in a biodegradable mushroom suit that reduces the carbon footprint left by burial or cremation.  The suit will help decompose his remains into nutrients that return to the soil.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-woman-who-made-luke-perrys-mushroom-burial-suit-is-shaking-up-the-death-care-market-2019-05-07

https://www.bbc.com/news/48140812

The BBC article included the accompanying photo.

BBC-Mushroom.JPG

Yes, I'm afraid my analogies got a bit off-center in the last post.  Your glory holes in England are indeed man-made, as was the one in my original post and video clip (although they are related to meteorological events, such as rain/flooding).

I'll move on from my truly mediocre work determining the origin of the term "glory" for these overflow pipes.  Something tells me I've got house upkeep that is, well, slightly more pressing than this ephemera.  But I appreciate your coming along on this bumpy ride…    :blink:

If it were a private person, then I would say it's off limits.

As a public figure, I have less concern.

As a news anchor, he probably had no problem telling these stories about others, so I have even less problem.

I was shocked when I read that he had passed away.

I have listened to "Such a shame" endless times… it is one of my parents' favorite song ever and they played it at home all the time when I was living with them.

I have such great memories of that song...

talk talk - such a shame 2019 remix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLj60XdoWkw

Talk Talk - Such A Shame (US Extended): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvl7QSxEHiQ

Talk Talk – Such A Shame [[ Official Live Video ]] At Montreux HD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8715uPbwXA

R.I.P. Mark.

@flozen:

Mark Hollis, front-man of 1980s synth-band Talk Talk, has died at the age of 64.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/celebrity/mark-hollis-lead-singer-of-talk-talk-dies-at-age-64-reports-say/ar-BBU4K7S?li=BBnbfcL]

Did you enjoy the band during its heyday, or perhaps discover it later?

Any favorite song…

-- It’s My Life

– Talk Talk

– Life’s What You Make It

My favorite:

– Such A Shame

Youtube Video

Lord, I forgot what a bunch of cuties they were!

Hope this little collection leaves you  :blink:

Interesting. Thanks for the post. I never heard a story from an actual conversion therapist.

2020 is a curse, can't wait for all my favorite tv shows to get boring. :-[ Goodbye family guy :cry2:

:cheers: