Even the USPS will give refunds when they know they've screwed up. I once sent a package regular mail and it arrived at it's destination open and empty. After filling out a form and 30 days waiting while they searched for the contents in both stations, they issued me a refund of the postage. Makes sense that the airlines should have the decency to refund the baggage fee.
Those of you who think he is so cool have you ever been a victim of a theft or burglary? Particularly one in your own home? Imagine children afraid to go to sleep at night for fear that someone is going to take their favorite things. Imagine a family who doesn't have the money (not even the insurance deductible) to replace what is lost. And then the damage, the broken windows, needing to replace the keys...I've been there and I know people who have and it is not "neat".
I hope they catch him. And I hope his mother gets robbed blind and changes her tune. What an awful thing to encourage your child to be selfish, irresponsible, and unfeeling.
Neatorama, "spare the rod, spoil the child" is not in the Bible.
There are verses in the book of Proverbs that talk about a "rod" but this adage is not present. The closest verse to this is Proverbs 13:24. "Whoever spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him."
I think it should be illegal to ask for race info on any college application. Let people's achievements speak for themselves! If we want to give a hand up to the disadvantaged, let's put more opportunities into the middle and high schools in the poorest or most oppressed parts of the country.
FWIW, the university I attended for undergrad and grad school in music had a considerable Asian population. Many of these students spoke English as a second language and brought tape recorders to lectures and sought extra help with writing, on top of all of their musical studies. They put us native English speakers to shame. I think they deserve equal opportunity with anyone else without being denied opportunities just because there are other hard-workings students out there who happen to share genetic traits of hair and eye color with them!
He would be much better off organizing and mobilizing his congregation to do something to help the poor, like offering a weekly meal for those in need. Food bought in large quantities is much cheaper than the small packages that the poor would likely try to steal. They could feed a whole bunch of hungry for $1-2 a meal if they put out a little effort.
Those of you who think he is so cool have you ever been a victim of a theft or burglary? Particularly one in your own home? Imagine children afraid to go to sleep at night for fear that someone is going to take their favorite things. Imagine a family who doesn't have the money (not even the insurance deductible) to replace what is lost. And then the damage, the broken windows, needing to replace the keys...I've been there and I know people who have and it is not "neat".
I hope they catch him. And I hope his mother gets robbed blind and changes her tune. What an awful thing to encourage your child to be selfish, irresponsible, and unfeeling.
There are verses in the book of Proverbs that talk about a "rod" but this adage is not present. The closest verse to this is Proverbs 13:24. "Whoever spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him."
FWIW, the university I attended for undergrad and grad school in music had a considerable Asian population. Many of these students spoke English as a second language and brought tape recorders to lectures and sought extra help with writing, on top of all of their musical studies. They put us native English speakers to shame. I think they deserve equal opportunity with anyone else without being denied opportunities just because there are other hard-workings students out there who happen to share genetic traits of hair and eye color with them!