Humor will not be tolerated!! -Portia

https://theboard.byu.edu/questions/83111/

Citizens United answer. Thanks for asking this!!

Didn't mean for my statement to be a personal attack on anyone: I guess I just feel that BYU students can be somewhat, well, naive when they want to be BOTH popular with the country at large AND have their unusual beliefs broadcast. Framing it merely in terms of "debate" misses a lot of v...

does this extend to the ACA decision? Citizens United? I'd LOVE to see strongly worded letters about either issue, but no, I guess it doesn't involve sex) For the record, I would LOVE to see questions about King v. Burwell, citizens united, and other cases. But as a personal rule, I don't answer qu...

I mean, I think the distinction is pretty clear. I really hope lawmakers and courts will get it right, and people will follow suit over time. People should not be required to do things they find unconscionable, but they shouldn't have the right to find certain people unconscionable. (This would mak...

Let's set aside for the moment that Haleakala refuses, for reasons obscure to me, to address the reality TV contestant by the pronoun he prefers (speaking of speech that is legal but immoral -- the only reason I can think is to make a snide point). "Making a snide point" wasn't the reason...

Thanks NerdGirl, I really appreciate that. Now that I look at it, the post I made was probably a little over the top. Also, I appreciate the discussion, because so many of the things we write about are matters of opinion. Thanks!

Hello Everyone, I find Haleakala's proposal as rude as if I were to have missionaries over and have coffee, wine, and wear a swimsuit. Common social courtesy. good grief just respect people's beliefs and if you just can't get your head around feeding a vegetarian or vegan missionary, just politely d...

vorpal blade wrote: Marriage is about self-sacrifice, selflessness, and doing things out of courtesy for your spouse. Yes, if you have several young children you are going to have very little time for yourself. But that is what life is about, learning to live to serve others.

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Is the "credit issuer" in this case the apartment complex, or the collection agency? Do you know? Thanks for the link. In my friend's case, he had to talk to the credit reporting companies and the bank that he supposedly owed. I think the "credit issuer" is the person you owe mo...

Don't just sent a letter. You must use their forms or they don't have to acknowledge it. Clark Howard had a pretty good guide: http://www.clarkhoward.com/news/clark-howard/personal-finance-credit/challenging-errors-your-credit-report/nCkPL/ I didn't need these instructions, but a friend of mine did...

pillowy wrote:I think he's saying it's cynical because it sounds like living parallel lives is the best you can achieve, rather than being interdependent with each other.

That's how I interpret it as well.

what we can count on men for, if we’re lucky and we choose to have a partner, is to be just that—a partner. Someone who stands in his own space even as he respects our standing in our own I don't read this as cynical. I read this as both realistic and positive. What objection do Christofferson or H...

Katya wrote:
(Also "portraying sin" =/= what I termed "strong content." It's entirely possible to have one without the other.)

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I wonder if that rule would hold true for more traditional forms of art as well. The study NPR talked about made it sound like they used primarily modern forms of media. I wonder if the rule hold for more traditional art like literature and classical music.

I heard that same NPR story this morning too!

Having this classified under self-improvement frustrates me a bit. I have only once in my life had a fleeting feeling of God's love, and my emotions at that time were seriously unreliable, so I don't know if that was actually coming from God. I've been doing everything the answer suggested for year...

There's a balance between making things too wordy and making things brief. Sometimes, all it really needs is a simple link or quick explanation with not much more. It is possible to try and make it longer (when it only needs a quick answer) but it's usually not worth it, and it ends up sounding ove...

Portia wrote:Citation? Can someone (Laser "Jerk" ? ) run a macro on question length? I don't have that impression at all. Plenty of novels.

Maybe I'm wrong. I'd be interested to see an average question length compared to before. You've been here longer.

I thought this reader's question was a bit harsh, and I don't think the board has become overall meaner, but I do think there is a higher percentage of "mean" answers. I think a better word for "mean" is probably apathetic though. There are a lot of quick, simple questions that c...