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  • Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post
    And for which he is blasted by the left as if it's somehow a moral failing.
    It's a full blown sexist assault on women!!!!
    The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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    • Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
      It's a full blown sexist assault on women!!!!
      The usual implication is that he's a sexual pervert who can't control himself unless his wife is around.
      Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
      But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
      Than a fool in the eyes of God


      From "Fools Gold" by Petra

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      • Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post
        The usual implication is that he's a sexual pervert who can't control himself unless his wife is around.
        AND that he's a sexist who doesn't trust women to behave themselves and not force themselves on him!

        The whole thing is just batpoop crazy. Exercising common sense is evil.
        The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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        • Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
          AND that he's a sexist who doesn't trust women to behave themselves and not force themselves on him!

          The whole thing is just batpoop crazy. Exercising common sense is evil.
          What is "batpoopcrazy," IMO, is a grown man altering his behavior based on the gender of the other person to avoid the "appearance of impropriety." It suggests that a woman is simply viewed (by him or by other people) as a "potential sex partner," rather than a fellow human being with a mind and a personality and things to offer. If this were not the issue, then the same rule would apply for solo meetings with men. IMO, it's sexist and juvenile, or seriously paranoid.
          The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy...returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Martin Luther King

          I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong. Frederick Douglas

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          • Originally posted by carpedm9587 View Post
            What is "batpoopcrazy," IMO, is a grown man altering his behavior based on the gender of the other person to avoid the "appearance of impropriety." It suggests that a woman is simply viewed (by him or by other people) as a "potential sex partner," rather than a fellow human being with a mind and a personality and things to offer. If this were not the issue, then the same rule would apply for solo meetings with men. IMO, it's sexist and juvenile, or seriously paranoid.
            I guess you missed the whole #metoo thing.

            I bet a bunch of people in Hollywood wished they had lived by Pence's rule.

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            • Originally posted by Sparko View Post
              I guess you missed the whole #metoo thing.

              I bet a bunch of people in Hollywood wished they had lived by Pence's rule.
              A bunch of people should have kept their hands (and words) to themselves.
              The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy...returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Martin Luther King

              I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong. Frederick Douglas

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              • Originally posted by carpedm9587 View Post
                A bunch of people should have kept their hands (and words) to themselves.
                And if those men did keep their hands to themselves and followed Pence's rule they would still have their jobs.


                ...And I guess you never heard of any false accusations of sexual harassment and rape before either? I am sure Rogue will be along shortly and repost his list of them for you if you haven't.

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                • Originally posted by carpedm9587 View Post
                  What is "batpoopcrazy," IMO, is a grown man altering his behavior based on the gender of the other person to avoid the "appearance of impropriety." It suggests that a woman is simply viewed (by him or by other people) as a "potential sex partner," rather than a fellow human being with a mind and a personality and things to offer. If this were not the issue, then the same rule would apply for solo meetings with men. IMO, it's sexist and juvenile, or seriously paranoid.
                  Yeah, thanks.
                  The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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                  • Originally posted by Sparko View Post
                    And if those men did keep their hands to themselves and followed Pence's rule they would still have their jobs.


                    ...And I guess you never heard of any false accusations of sexual harassment and rape before either? I am sure Rogue will be along shortly and repost his list of them for you if you haven't.
                    As I have stated earlier, the ONLY time I've ever had a complaint about my observance of "the Billy Graham rule" was by a woman who tried to have a meeting with me after Church on a Wednesday night, when she and I were the only two people in the building. I declined the meeting, and suggested she stop by in the morning. She tried to make an issue of this, complaining to our Deacons. One of them happened to know that this very same woman had had an affair with a married minister in our community in his office at night. She became his second wife, and he became her third husband. He's not her current husband.
                    The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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                    • I've seen some recent photos of Keanu Reeves standing for photos with female fans, and while he has his arm around them, you can clearly see him keeping his hand from any actual physical contact.

                      I wonder if this, too, would be seen as simply objectifying them.
                      I DENOUNCE DONALD J. TRUMP AND ALL HIS IMMORAL ACTS.

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                      • I think it's a generally wise rule but personally think it's good to be willing to make reasonable exceptions on a case-by-case basis. Once, my wife asked me to pick up another woman in our church from the hospital to take her home, since there was nobody else available to drive that morning. I think refusing on the basis of the Billy Graham rule and leaving her stranded there would have been unloving (not to mention silly since it was my own wife asking me to do it!)
                        "I am not angered that the Moral Majority boys campaign against abortion. I am angry when the same men who say, "Save OUR children" bellow "Build more and bigger bombers." That's right! Blast the children in other nations into eternity, or limbless misery as they lay crippled from "OUR" bombers! This does not jell." - Leonard Ravenhill

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                        • Originally posted by KingsGambit View Post
                          I think it's a generally wise rule but personally think it's good to be willing to make reasonable exceptions on a case-by-case basis. Once, my wife asked me to pick up another woman in our church from the hospital to take her home, since there was nobody else available to drive that morning. I think refusing on the basis of the Billy Graham rule and leaving her stranded there would have been unloving (not to mention silly since it was my own wife asking me to do it!)
                          I think a case like that would be a perfectly reasonable exception to the rule.
                          I DENOUNCE DONALD J. TRUMP AND ALL HIS IMMORAL ACTS.

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                          • Originally posted by Sparko View Post
                            And if those men did keep their hands to themselves and followed Pence's rule they would still have their jobs.


                            ...And I guess you never heard of any false accusations of sexual harassment and rape before either? I am sure Rogue will be along shortly and repost his list of them for you if you haven't.
                            Not sure if I have that list but could whip one up easy enough.

                            Anywho... It just seems strange that those on the left have so many objections to "the Billy Graham Rule." It's almost like they're mad that the majority of those ensnared in the #MeToo movement were prominent liberals and want conservative men to put themselves into potentially compromising situations so they can face more accusations

                            I'm always still in trouble again

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                            "Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
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                            • Originally posted by Zymologist View Post
                              I've seen some recent photos of Keanu Reeves standing for photos with female fans, and while he has his arm around them, you can clearly see him keeping his hand from any actual physical contact.

                              I wonder if this, too, would be seen as simply objectifying them.
                              Yeah it seems upside down. By making sure they keep their distance and NOT grope women, men are disrespecting them?

                              I guess that means Joe Biden is showing his respect by smelling their hair and giving them shoulder rubs then.
                              Last edited by Sparko; 06-14-2019, 12:38 PM.

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                              • Originally posted by KingsGambit View Post
                                I think it's a generally wise rule but personally think it's good to be willing to make reasonable exceptions on a case-by-case basis. Once, my wife asked me to pick up another woman in our church from the hospital to take her home, since there was nobody else available to drive that morning. I think refusing on the basis of the Billy Graham rule and leaving her stranded there would have been unloving (not to mention silly since it was my own wife asking me to do it!)
                                Yes, there will be exceptions, which is why it might be called a "rule" as opposed to a "law".
                                The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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