Humor will not be tolerated!! -Portia

So, are you living in the South, now, Genuine Article?

Sounds like you have found a career niche you are passionate about. I think that is good. I made a few changes in my education path, starting with math, moving to electrical engineering, and ending with optical sciences. We have enjoyed the Redwood forests of California, but I guess that is further ...

The quote so neatly describes the way we feel about Victoria that it seems she ought to have said it, even if she didn’t. Thanks, Cindy.

Cal Poly is a great school. And you are living in a beautiful part of California, except now with the smoke and fires it seems less appealing. We have heard about the fires. They sound unusually devastating.

What are you studying? Do you like the California beaches?

Do you think Queen Victoria actually said “We are not amused,” and if so was she giving her own opinion, or the general consensus?

Maybe more like the royal first person plural.

To think I could have run into you! We live in the area just adjacent to Newark. Where we live is a lot like Newark. It isn’t my favorite part of New Jersey. New Jersey is remarkably beautiful. As I have thought about it I believe it is because of all the beautiful trees. They also have many fantast...

I have a lot of respect for those able to teach in high school. I don’t think I could do it. They’d walk all over me.

Where would you like to vacation?

So...A little more than a year ago I retired and was soon after called on a mission. I am now serving in East Orange, New Jersey. The wonderful people I serve here are mostly from Haiti and other islands in the Caribbean, west Africa, and descendants of people from Africa. It is a great experience. ...

You always were very honest, TheBlackSheep, and I appreciate that now. If I post in the future my thought is to be honest, but not in-your-face with my point of view. Hopefully you won’t even notice whether I am conservative or liberal.

Checking in after an absence of more than two years, and it seems like everyone I used to know is still here. Do we have many new members?

Black Sheep. Thank you for your clarification. Cognoscente. Thank you for your comments. I also could have done better to show more respect for people who have different opinions. Also, I've come to realize that I am too combative and confrontational. I apologize for all I did to foster a toxic envi...

Let me just say to begin with that I think everyone here is a nice person. I had really hoped to make friends with you all. I went away for a few years, but came back hoping I could start again and be extra nice to everyone, being careful not to offend anyone. I was rejected. This forum was just too...

It is funny how these questions and answers go sometimes. Take for example question https://theboard.byu.edu/questions/82177/ I had been concerned about the problem of dishonesty in political discourse, and how it leads to a downward spiral of political polarization. It seems to me that the root of ...

No Dice, interesting ways of looking at it. I agree with you. I apologize that my expression of what I was trying to say was not very clear. I just wanted to add that I am also opposed to discrimination and bigotry against gays. We should be active in this cause. We should also be active in promotin...

But Vorpal, that can be said about any kind of law that enforces anything. As much as you'd like it to be different, whatever laws exist enshrine a particular moral viewpoint at the expense of another. Should a shop owner be allowed to refuse black people into his restaurant, because he believes th...

Truly, I do not think he should HAVE to do that. But it's just not the world we live in and I err on side of acting defensively. I've thought a lot about the issue you have brought up here. I don't know if I have the answer yet. As I look back on the great people in the Bible or in history, it seem...

No one was to get a cake for a purpose that went against his Christian principles. This is discrimination. Aligned with principles, cake for you - against principles, no cake for you! The purpose of a wedding cake is to be eaten! It's not to express the political or religious view of the baker. It ...

Cake EULA s? I'm enjoying your comments, Digit. Pretty strange, isn't it to worry about cake end use? But I admire the guy's religious commitment, and I defend his right to practice his religion as he feels he must. If he were seriously harming people I'd feel like he should be reigned in, but ther...

The decision did not force Mr. Phillips through the weight of law to express a point of view contrary to the dictates of his conscience. He is still free to believe same-sex marriage is wrong. He is still free to express that point of view in print, verbally, or whatever. It compelled him to treat ...