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Pregnancy hell
In Australia, pregnant pigs are permitted by law to spend a significant portion of their lives confined to sow stalls.5 These are small metal and concrete cages that are barely larger than the mother pig's body; restricting her so she can't even turn around.6
The science tells us that sow stalls cause serious physical and psychological harm to pregnant pigs.7 Despite this, these devices are commonly used on factory farms as a way of keeping the cost of producing pig meat low by simplifying farm management and maximising the number of pigs that can be kept in a given area.8
Permanent confinement within sow stalls can frustrate many of a pig's natural behaviours like exploring and socialising with other pigs,9 and can inflict skin abrasions when sows press up against the metal bars.10 Sow stalls often lead to serious health problems, including reduced bone strength and muscle weight,11 impaired locomotion and severe lameness.12
To give birth, sows are confined even more restrictively in a 'farrowing crate' that barely allows them to move. Piglets are taken away from their mothers prematurely; a stressful experience that causes a high incidence of clinical disease and diarrhoea.13 The confinement which sows experience in farrowing crates not only restricts their movement but also frustrates the natural nesting behaviours they experience before giving birth.14
Sadly, even once a mother pig has given birth to her piglets, there is no relief. Over the course of their lives, factory farmed sows are repeatedly impregnated until they can no longer produce enough piglets and then they are slaughtered.15 Termed 'reproductive failure' by industry, this is the largest single reason for sows to be killed. On average, Australian sows carry four pregnancies over the course of two years before they are killed for their lack of productivity.16
The role of industry
A wealth of scientific evidence suggests sow stalls are bad for pig welfare, yet Australian Pork Limited (APL), the peak pork industry body, continues to claim that "stalls are good for newly pregnant pigs, and that pigs prefer them".17
In 2010, despite their position that "sow stalls are a welfare benefit" for sows,18 APL announced it would "commit to pursuing the voluntary phasing out of the use of sow stalls by 2017".19
While seemingly positive, this 'ban' on the use of stalls is totally inadequate for two reasons. First, it is in no way binding on individual pork producers. If a producer refuses to get rid of sow stalls by 2017, APL is only able to revoke that producer's membership. APL cannot enforce the ban and there would be no legal repercussions for the producer. This suggests that an actual voluntary industry-wide ban is unlikely to be successful.
Secondly, APL's definition of "gestation stall free" does not mean what it says. According to APL, "gestation stall free" means "that a sow will only spend up to 5 days in a mating stall, to stabilise pregnancy and then later be moved into a farrowing crate or birthing stall, up to a week before she is due to give birth."20 It does not mean that sows will spend no time in a stall.
This slippery definition caught the attention of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission who has encouraged APL to correct the "sow stall free" claim on the grounds that it is misleading and deceptive.21
Lagging behind the rest of the world
As other countries take steps to legislate a complete ban on sow stalls, Australia is lagging shamefully behind. 82% of Australians agree that sow stalls should be banned,22 yet the use of these cruel devices is still permitted. Lack of clear industry data – facilitated by APL's definition of "sow stall free" - prevents the public from knowing the exact number of sows locked up in stalls or the period of their confinement.
We do know that sow stalls have already been banned in the United Kingdom23 and Sweden24 with New Zealand to follow from 2015.25 Switzerland,26 The Netherlands27 and Finland28 have each implemented partial bans and nine US States have also passed legislation to, at least partially, ban sow stalls.29
Here in Australia, major retailer Coles' own brand pork products have been sow stall free since 2013,30 while Woolworths has also committed to sourcing all of its fresh pork meat from farms that only use stalls for less than 10% of the sows' gestation period.31
To date, the ACT32 and Tasmania33 are the only jurisdictions to have taken action to prohibit or restrict the use of sow stalls through law reforms.
Piglets and porkers
Not long after birth, male piglets are routinely castrated without pain relief, a practise so painful that it can provoke trembling and vomiting.34 Piglets' teeth are often clipped without anaesthetic and this can cause up to 15 days of extreme pain.35
The pigs who are raised for their meat on factory farms, known as 'porkers', generally spend their whole lives indoors. Porkers are housed in crowded, concrete-floored pens with no natural materials. Research shows that some factory farmed pigs suffer prolonged depression because they are denied natural light, space and the opportunity to forage for food in natural surroundings.36
For many of these pigs, the trip to the slaughterhouse is their only chance to experience life outdoors and to feel the wind and the sun.
It's time for action
It is now time for the Australian Government to act and introduce better legal protections for pigs raised for food. The Commonwealth government must revise the Pig Code to prohibit the use of sow stalls and farrowing crates and the permanent confinement of porkers, moves which must then be reflected by the introduction or amendment of legislation by state governments.
Learn More
- Read the Voiceless Briefing on sow stalls
- Download our new report Science and Sense: the case for abolishing sow stalls
- Download our Fact Sheet on the factory farming of pigs
- Or our 2005 report From Paddocks to Prisons
- 1. Held S et al, 'Social tactics of pigs in a competitive foraging task: the 'uniformed forager' paradigm'(2000) 59(3) Animal Behaviour 569-576 (quoted in Compassion in World Farming Trust, Stop-Look-Listen: Recognising the sentience of farm animals, (2003)); Jeremy N Marchant-Forde, 'Welfare of dry sows' in Jeremy N Marchant-Forde (ed), The Welfare of Pigs (Springer Science+Business Media, Dordrecht, 2009); Wood-Gush DGM, Jensen P, Algers B, 'Behaviour of pigs in a novel semi-natural environment' (1990) 15 Biol Behav 62-73.
- 2. Held S et al, ibid.
- 3. Michael Mendl, Suzanne Held and Richard W. Byrne, 'Pig Cognition' (2010) 20, 18 Current Biology, 796.
- 4. Amy Hatkoff, The Inner World of Farm Animals (Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2009) 97 (quoting Bernard E. Rollins).
- 5. With the exception of the ACT, all Australian jurisdictions permit sows to be confined in sow stalls and farrowing crates, either permanently, or for a significant portion of their gestation period.
- 6. The current permitted dimensions of sow stalls are 2.2 metres by 0.6 metres for new installations: See Model Code of Practice for the Welfare of Animals – Pigs, Third Edition, 23.
- 7. For a detailed review of the literature on the welfare implications of sow stalls, see Voiceless (2013), Science and Sense: the case for abolishing sow stalls, 21 <http://www.voiceless.org.au/sites/default/files/Science_and_Sense.pdf>, accessed on 2 June 2014.
- 8. Jeremy N Marchant-Forde (ed), The Welfare of Pigs (Springer Science+Business Media, Dordrecht, 2009), 95; Professor J McGlone, Pig Progress, 'Sow Stalls: A Brief History' (9 December 2013), <http://www.pigprogress.net/Home/General/2013/12/Sow-stalls--a-brief-hist..., accessed on 28 May 2014.
- 9. RB D'Eath and SP Turner, 'The natural behaviour of the pig' in Marchant-Forde (ed), ibid; Compassion in World Farming, Welfare issues for pigs (2013) <http://www.ciwf.org.uk/farm-animals/pigs/welfare-issues/>, accessed on 28 May 2014.
- 10. L Anil et al, 'Comparison of injuries in sows housed in gestation stalls versus group pens with electronic sow feeders' (2003) 223 Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 1334-1338; Guillermo A M Karlen et al, 'The welfare of gestating sows in conventional stalls and large groups on deep litter' (2007) 105 Applied Animal Behaviour Science 87-101; Compassion in World Farming, ibid.
- 11. Jeremy N Marchant-Forde and D M Broom, 'Effects of dry sow housing conditions on muscle weight and bone strength' (1996) 62 Animal Science 105-113; Compassion in Word Farming, ibid.
- 12. Karlen et al, above n 10; Marchant-Forde and Broom, ibid; Compassion in World Farming, ibid.
- 13. P Baynes and M Varley, 'Gut health: practical considerations' in Mike A Varley and Julian Wiseman, The Weaner Pig: Nutrition and Management (CABI Publishing, 2001) 249.
- 14. G Taylor, G Roese and I Kruger, PrimeFact 61: Alternative farrowing accommodation in the pork industry (April 2006) <http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/63840/Alternative-..., accessed on 2 June 2014.
- 15. Marchant-Forde, above n 1.
- 16. Marchant-Forde and Broom, above n 11; P E Hughes et al, 'Relationships among gilt and sow live weight, P2 backfat depth, and culling rates' (2010) 18 Journal of Swine Health Production 301-305. Hughes et al (2010) noted, based on APL figures, that the average sow replacement rate in Australia is 61% each year, while sows were culled after 4.1 parities (that is, at just under 2 years of age), on average. These authors also remark that reproductive failure is the largest single cause for culling sows. The situation appears similar in the US, where a sow's average lifespan is about 3.5 pregnancies: Marchant-Forde (2009) 130.
- 17. Andrew Spencer, 'Crisis management for pig welfare', Australian Pork Newspaper 13(12) (12 December 2009). Australian Pork Limited described sow stalls as 'highly confining' and reaffirms their commitment to phasing out sow stalls: Australian Pork Limited, Housing (2014) <http://australianpork.com.au/industry-focus/animal-welfare/housing/>, accessed on 28 May 2014.
- 18. Australian Broadcasting Corporation, PM, 23 April 2007 (Kathleen Plowman) available at <www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2007/s1904623.htm>, accessed on 28 May 2014.
- 19. Australian Pork Limited, 'Annual Report 2010-2011' (2011), 5 <http://australianpork.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Annual-Report-20..., accessed on 28 May 2014.
- 20. Australian Pork Limited, 'No stalling on more space for Australian sows' (Media Release, 4 March 2014) <http://australianpork.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/No-Stalling-on-M..., accessed on 28 May 2014.
- 21. Australian Pork Limited, Corrective Statement (2013), http://staging.australianpork.com.au/latest-news/corrective-statement/ (webpage has subsequently been removed).
- 22. Survey of 1,000 randomly selected Australians commissioned by Voiceless and conducted by PureProfile in September 2011.
- 23. The Welfare of Farmed Animals (England) Regulations 2007, paragraph 5(e) and Schedule 8, paragraphs 5 and 6 (partial ban); Welfare of Farmed Animals (Wales) Regulations 2007, paragraph 5(e) and Schedule 8, paragraphs 5 and 6 (partial ban); Welfare of Farmed Animals (Scotland) Regulations 2010, paragraph 6(e) and Schedule 6, paragraphs 5 and 6 (partial ban); Welfare of Farmed Animals Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000, paragraph 8 and Schedule 8, paragraphs 5 and 6 (partial ban), as amended by Welfare of Farmed Animals (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003.
- 24. Animal Welfare Ordinance 1988:539 (Sweden), 1 January 2009, section 14 and State Board of Agriculture Regulations and Guidelines on Animal Husbandry in Agriculture (Sweden), 6 May 2010, Chapter 3.
- 25. Carter D, 'New Pig Welfare Code To Phase Out Sow Stalls', Beehive, 01/12/2012, see www.beehive.govt.nz/release/new-pig-welfare-code-phase-out-sow-stalls
- 26. Animal Protection Ordinance 1981 (Switzerland), Article 22(2).
- 27. Health and Welfare of Animals Act – Pig Decision 1994 (The Netherlands), Article 2.
- 28. Animal Welfare Decree 1996 (Finland), Section 17(2).
- 29. As at February 2014, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Maine, Michigan, Ohio, Oregon and Rhode Island have all have passed laws to prohibit the use of gestation crates.
- 30. R Willingham, 'Coles tackles factory farming', The Age (online), 23 October 2012 <http://www.theage.com.au/national/coles-tackles-factory-farming-20121022..., accessed on 2 June 2014.
- 31. Woolworths Limited, Animal Welfare (2014) <http://www.woolworthslimited.com.au/page/A_Trusted_Company/Responsibile_..., accessed on 2 June 2014.
- 32. Animal Welfare Act 1992 (ACT), section 9B.
- 33. Animal Welfare (Pigs) Regulations 2013 (S.R. 2013, NO. 35), Part 4 - Accommodation.
- 34. F Wemelsfelder and G van Putten, 'Behaviour as a possible indicator for pain in piglets' IVO Report B-260 Research Institute for Animal Production Schoonoord, Schiest, Netherlands quoted in A F Fraser and D M Broom, Farm Animal Behaviour and Welfare (CABI Publishing, 1997), 266.
- 35. M Hay et al, 'Long-term detrimental effects of tooth clipping or grinding in piglets: a histological approach' (2004) 13 Animal Welfare Journal 27-32.
- 36. European Commission Scientific Veterinary Committee (Animal Welfare Section), 'Report on the welfare of intensively kept pigs' (1997) Report No XXIV/B3/ScVC/0005/1997 <http://ec.europa.eu/food/fs/sc/oldcomm4/out17_en.pdf>, accessed on 28 May 2014.


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text: " Bush bashing? Is it 2004 again? "I kind of wish. Then I could still be treated like some semblance of a human being when I get on an airplane. Better yet, lets make it 1999, when we were getting new episodes of Futurama the first time and the biggest worry was that all our computers would crash.


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Blessed be the Dark, that hides us and nourishes us.
This was written on the wall, where I fed a few moments ago. I smile, my canines showing. I sit on the edge of the building, my head pounding, my heart beating against my chest, my bones re-setting themselves with audible cracks. It is the strength of the Ther, moving through my veins. I can feel it, under my skin, the flickering flame, ready to devour, to take, to hold on to nothing, and to take everything. Some call it hunger, and rejoice, while I call it evil, and I shrink from it. I know what it means to see as I see, and to feel the Ther in me, trying to escape to the surface. Whoever wrote this did not know Ther hunger, or the rage of which it is capable. They were nothing but a bunch of Goths, who had no true understanding of what Ther is like.
I am worse than the Hunters. They can hold on to their humanity, because they are not truly beasts. Their instincts are alien, and do not meld well with the human mind. Thus, they stay sane. I, on the other hand, am mad. I feel too much, and feelings are my enemy. I used to have friends, but now, Im afraid of showing my face. I might hurt someone, or myself.
I look down, unto the wall, again. I wonder if perhaps, a Ther had written those words after all. It is the darkness that hides me, and nourishes me, even if in a different way from the romantic pictures of a predator of the night. I am no such thing. Certainly, I am beautiful, in my own way, but I have no need for the blood of innocents, or the lust of the deranged. I crave only contact, however brief. As if they would give it to me!
I tear down the side of the building, my talons, for that is what my fingers have become after the Fall, taking chunks of concrete and brick out. What did I ever do to deserve this! I am a cat! I can rip out the throat of a grown bull with a single swipe of my talons. Run on all fours, or walk on two legs, it doesnt matter to me! I am a madman
. I stop, on the ground now, looking in a puddle. Its me, looking back. Short, well-groomed feline looks at me, his black fur and tiny points of the upper canines in contrast to each other. Am I a madman?
Seven years ago, the Fall happened. Before then, I was a proper citizen of New York, not the monster of New City. I was human, and studied at a good college. I loved parties, back then, the nightclubs and coffee houses taking my breath away. It was an easy life. I lived in an apartment with two others, John and Shimao. John was the extravert, always telling me to be a bit more relaxed, to make a party out of life. His father was some kind of big boss for a company, I remember. He lost it after the Fall, went completely insane, and was taken in by an asylum. Some say he got better, but I dont think so.
Shimao was the opposite. He was focused, and always took everything seriously, including, for some strange reason, magic. He was part-Japanese, but was neither a Buddhist nor Christian, preferring to pray to the Lord and Lady, as he called his gods. Still, despite his strange religion, he was the only one of us who ever made anything out of his life. He learned everything he could about biology and physics, saying Biotechnology was a better field than my Creative Writing major, and he was right. When New York became New City, Shimao went and got a sci-license from the BCI, Bureau of Changed Investigation. He became a hunter for them, searching out new, dangerous Changed, and looking for clues as to what plagues caused what changes in humanity. Last time I checked the paper, he found a new form of Changed-the Skinwalkers, he called them. As if they were the monsters of legend.
I cry, softly at first, and then breaking into sobs as I look at myself in the dark water. If Shimao saw me now, he would no doubt never recognize me. I can only hope that if he saw me, he wouldnt shoot. The Ther, after all, are the second most dangerous form of Changed. I stand up from my position on the ground, and spitting in the puddle, begin to walk eastward, to the Old Districts. There is always great talk in the Old Districts, and most people dont pay attention to a cat like me. Half of the population there is stoned or out of touch with reality, and the sane half tries to ignore the Fall. The tears in my eyes dry off as I remember the faces. There are the old ladies with umbrellas, who, if they ever saw who was following their small-talk, would have heart attacks. There are kindly nuns from a Catholic school outside the Old District, who often stopped by to leave some supplies for the poor. They didnt seem to notice that a monster wearing an overcoat, black fur, and claws like the Devil himself, picked up a few cans of beef stew now and then. There are families there, whose love I share, if only by looking into the cracks of their doors. I love it there. Its the most peaceful place a Changed can find, and I have the honor of living there.
As I slip by a police officer on break, I overhear a snatch of a news alert on the radio. Someone is causing trouble by the Hudson again. Must be the Kings again. The Weird took almost an hour to clean up that mess, and they put down the New City Rebellion in twenty minutes. They say the Kings hired two Ther and six Hunters. In the end, the Ther are dead, and the Hunters and their King superiors are taken into custody. I run down a side street, trying to control my anger. Ther are killed, and the Hunters spared? Who is more dangerous? I want to go out and smash something, but I know what would happen if I did that. I would be killed, and have my body dissected. But, even as I look up at the wall before me, trying to stopper my rage, there it was again, written in a bloody red.
Our world is memory, and our people are many.
Who would write this? I look around me, sniffing the air. The smell shifts, as if its alive. I seek it, and wish I were a dog-based Ther. Suddenly, I feel something familiar. This smell is human, and covered by something. Tear gas, maybe? No, I can tell if its tear gas. This smell is more like perfume, or incense. I remember something like it, once. Its a smell of burning herbs, like the ones Shimao used. But, why here? I try to think about it for a moment, but I cannot help but feel overwhelming, brain-numbing sadness every time I take a whiff of the air. I remember how I chased Shimao away.
I remember how afraid I was when I got the first symptoms of the blue flu. I prayed that I would die. There was little I could do as I felt the plague slowly spread through me, though. I did not even have enough strength to kill myself. It hurt unlike anything I ever felt when the Changes began. I dreamt I flew through the air, then fell into the heart of the planet, burning up. My body died, and was reborn, torn apart and reformed. I felt death many times, but somehow, I was always spared. It hurt when I felt my body finally assume its shape, and it hurt when I came into my powers, and saw that only one of my friends, Shimao, survived with his sanity intact. Then, Shimao told me he was going to work for the BCI. I picked him up by his throat, my claws cutting deep into his flesh, and I told him to leave. I told him that the BCI will hunt my kind, and kill every single Changed. There was such anger in my voice, I wondered if I have gone insane. He passed out from the loss of blood even as I finished my hateful tirade. I called the ambulance, and ran off, afraid that Shimao would kill me once he regained his health. I was a coward. I should have stayed. Maybe, then, I would feel less like an outcast, and feel friendship was possible.
Suddenly, there is a cracking sound to my left, near the dumpsters, where even my smell failed me, and I break away from my thoughts. I circle the metal container warily, and try to detect what is inside. Neither my ears, nor my nose, can tell me what Im dealing with. Then, the plastic cover is lifted, broken off its hinges as something pale, covered in stitches, tufts of fur and hair sticking out, jumped out. I closed my eyes, expecting the beast to kill me where I stand. Then, I hear a faint whisper:
"Dont be afraid
you have brothers here
in the Old District
" the creature had to take pauses in its speech, as if it was hard to work its tongue around the words. "You are not evil
look at the walls
and be happy
that BCI gave us this place
to grow into power."
"Who are you?" I say, and open my eyes. Before me stands a sight both terrible and beautiful. A creature made from parts of others, tall, slender, muscular and unnaturally graceful in movement, threads that hold it together colored a deep green, greets me. Its eyes are cat-like, face covered by bright green scales, its torso like a birds, and its hands made from the paws of a Hunter, large and sharp-clawed. Its legs, mercifully clothed in a pair of dirty pants, seem strangely formed, and the feet that emerge from the cloth are those of a chimpanzee. I cannot trace any smell from it, nor the beating of its heart or any intake of breath.
"I am a Skinwalker
John." It, or rather he, judging by the name, looks down at me, a smile forming on his face. Something clicks behind me, and he grabs my hand.
"Dont turn
it will be better."
I turn around. Behind me, there is man, bound from head to foot in protective armor, holding a pistol. A BCI agent, with a sci-license, about to shoot at me. I can tell. They always have sci-licenses, when they take out a gun before telling you your rights according to the Last Amendment. Its even in their policy. Anyone with a sci-license has to draw the gun first, so that a Changed doesnt try to run away or attack while the officer reads off a pointless list.
"You have the right to protect your previous identity, unless you have committed high treason. You have the right to know your condition, including any mutations you may possess. You have the right to remain silent, withhold genetic material, and control your reaction to truth-sensing officers. You have the right to know why you are under arrest. You are under arrest for a temporary check-up due to your current unknown status as a Changed. Please do not refuse the arrest, or I will be forced to shoot." He smiles. "Well, now that this unpleasant business is over, why dont you come with me?" He puts the gun in its holster and walks up to me, offering his hand. Its a trick. That purpose of the arrest is fake. They always kill their quarry.
"The name is
" He never gets a chance to finish. While I was shocked, feeling dreamy when he talked, I acted as soon as his hand moved away from his weapon. I jump, knocking him unconscious with my paws. I feel my shoulder pop, and my neck crack, but the pain does not register. Behind me, I can hear the Skinwalker curse and begin running after me. Im not sure he is as fast as I am, but it does not matter. I fall to the ground, letting my skeleton reform enough to run on all fours, and escape. There, into another side street, I run.
Love is a worlds cement, when all else fails.
I laugh, and fall on the ground. Im running to my death, no matter where I go. The BCI will kill me, whatever I do. These words are lies, I want to scream at the evil creatures that follow me. But, are they? Maybe, Shimao was right, and the BCI is built to protect, not destroy
no, I cannot think this. Pain envelopes my body, but I struggle up on my two legs, my body cracking, my bones rubbing against the muscles, other bones. My anger heals me. Soon, the Ther is completely out, and I roar at the two running towards me. I grab one, the Skinwalker, and dash him against a wall with no effort at all. The other shoots me. It feels like a hot ember burning into my stomach. He shoots again, and I cry out, tears bursting from my eyes. I fall to my knees, whimpering softly, holding my belly, still trying to kill the BCI scum. My strength, fueled by my wrath, is running out, though. Then, a cold, clammy hand holds my shoulder.
"Im sorry
you would have been
Then, I feel darkness closing over me, the pain in my underside slowly fading into nothingness.
I can hear something. Voices are talking above me.
"Im so sorry, friend."
done now."
"But, I had to shoot him in the stomach. Ther feel the worst pain from such wounds. I made him suffer unnecessarily."
"He threw
and would have
killed you
Besides, he is not
"You didnt see the fear and pain in his eyes, when I shot him that second time."
I feel hands picking me up gently, carrying me.
"Are you
he will die?"
"I know he wont, but its so hard to deal with Ther when they are scared of you. Its almost as bad as dealing with a Vampire Flyer, and they are the most dangerous Changed weve ever tracked."
forget how good
it feels to help them."
"Hell no, John. I wont give up. But, its like dealing with addicts. The before picture will always haunt me, but the after gives me hope."
I disappear into nothingness, and dream of wandering the streets, speaking with others, and flying high above the city.
I wake up. There is a small patch on my shoulder, and my stomach is bound by several bandages. It feels like I got run over by a truck, but I am alive. Though, I am afraid of what the others think of me.
Several days ago, I met Shimao again. He has changed, but he still thinks I am not focused. He told me what an idiot I was, and even hugged me, crying. I did not enjoy it, but he let me go several days later. Though, I wonder if he thinks that I am insane. Perhaps, I am
I cannot bear to see other men, yet I am drawn to living as they do. My anger is terrible, yet what makes me a monster also makes me gentler. I remember Byron, and Pushkin, and Poe, as I read the words on the wall
Take our hands into your paws, for we are mankind.
A small, homeless man makes his way across the street, and in his hand, winking in the night, a red spray-paint can.
Perhaps, we are all human, after all, I wonder as I shift my weight, slipping into the night, letting the voices from cracks in the doors carry me away, into another world, where there is still New York.
"Mankind is not about skin and law,
Or Change about mink,
For it is not every beast thats monsterous,
And not every man thats pink."
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I once volunteered to help clean out an elderly neighbor's house after she was moved to a nursing home, and it turned out she was a hoarder. They think she became that way after her husband was killed during the Korean War. She couldn't let go of anything she could relate to him, and she would have panic attacks if any of her relatives tried to clear out a room. She felt like throwing away those things was like throwing away the memory of her husband. It was a sad situation.


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Lost in all the left wing hoopla is the little fact that the gays had a horrible night last night. They lost 8 of 9 ballot initiatives, gaining only a slim margin of victory in Arizona, of all places.
Actually, it was a pretty good night. No one expected gays to win anywhere, because clearly the country is still coming to terms with the issue. But, a few pieces of good news: - The gay marriage ban was defeated in Arizona, which also reelected a conservative Republican to the Senate. - The marriage ban issue apparently had no bearing on the election. Democrats don't have to worry that support for gay rights could hurt them at election time - In conservative South Dakota, the marriage amendment passed 52-48%. And this is another piece of good news: Openly gay candidates win elections in record numbers http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Openly_gay_candidates_win_in_record_1108.html
I was a good election for the democrats, they won and they won big, BUT, the far left "loony tune flaming liberals" in the democratic party may not be all that pleased with what they got, there are a lot of the "old time conservative moderate" democrats that were elected and they may not be "radical" enough for the "moonbats", if the democrats could go back to the democrats of 40 years ago I would return to them. One thing is for sure, as soon as Auntie Pelosi sees her chance she will be acting up, she is a true "Frisco Whack Job". The democrats were bleating and babbling about how the system needs changing after Boob Gore and Fonda Kerry lost, do they feel the same way today
Harry...yes, the new Congress should pass legislation to require all electronic voting machines to have paper audit verification measures in place. Also, it was a bad night for the closeted gays in the GOP. Haggard really hurt them. Was he the reason that Jeff Gannon was frequenting the WH? Also, is Karl Rove even married??? Thats some kinky White House stuff going on in there. Makes Billys Cigar fetish look like adolescent fondling.
Only an absolute moron would try to spin this as a good night for the gays. They lost 8 out of 9 referendums that involved marriage and/or civil unions. Like I said, you'd have to be an imbecile to consider that good news for gays. Now, we've all been fooled by dems who campaign as Conservatives then go liberal once they hit Washington. Dems know that unless they live in MA, NY or CA then they can't campaign as a liberal and expect to win. But I am optimistic that this current crop of Conservative democrats will maintain a reasonable level of maintaining touch with the average American who opposes gay marriage, unchecked immigration and abortion on demand for 14 year olds.
With your party being exposed as frauds (ahem..Haggard), cheats (Diebold), and theives (Iraq CPA) you would think that gay issues is about the last thing the Republicans will want to address by 08, or anytime in the near future I would think.
I think QuiGon is now part of the Pity Party, as some are now calling it. His tone is one of sour grapes. Like I said, it was a good night for gays, but the result shows just how much more activist the gays need to be to achieve equality. Progress has been made, but there's a long way to go, especially with sore losers like QuiGon looking to lash out at someone.
I think when America understands that gay=nature things will get a whole lot better. Too many ignorant people out there who still think people choose to be gay. Utter stupidity IMO...we don't choose our eye color, how tall we will be, the natural color of our hair, and we don't choose our sexuality either. Even on this site I cannot believe the ignorance on the issue by a few here. Those who choose to align sexual deviants and gays. A man who is a pedophile is a sexual deviant just as a man who rapes a woman is a sexual deviant...these are people who have psychological problems .... gays are no more prone to sexual deviancy then hetero sexuals are prone to deviancy...Yet we continue to see pedophiles openly bashed but rarely a thread on rapists..... If you don't understand this then it's time to do some research. My opinion ... even though I lean to the right is no person should be forced to live a life that is not natural to how they were born. We don't force boys to be girls and girls to be boys so why should gays be forced to live a life just to be "normal". Normal is how we were born .... the normalcy of hetero sexual marriage is pure fiction and also a blatant union of religion and politics which makes it even worse. Why people in our society choose to legislate how others should live is beyond me. No truly compassionate person would fight against gay marriage and gay unions....those who fight it are way less compassionate than they think they are .... false compassionism is the life they lead.
One of your best posts IMO. I also think that the republicans who rail against it are really just very insecure about their own sexuality. They'd be well served to stop preaching and posting about their homophobias as people like Haggard do...and just come clean.
Could of written that for NAMBLA, you have finally fallen of the left side of the fence you straddle. The protection of children, is more important than 2 adult pedophiles getting to wear wedding dresses.
I'm not sure how loosing 8 of 9 ballot initiatives is a good night. I for one oppose Gay Marraige. I have no issues with Civil Unions. I don't care what any of you want to call me for feeling this way, that's your right, but the sanctity of marraige must be protected. I know that people do not choose to be gay. However, you can't tell me that homosexuality is normal behavior. I accept it, do not discriminate against persons who practice it, but will not have it forced upon me as if it were what should be. Sorry, but if I had a child, I would not want him or her to be gay. My guess is that 99% of you wouldn't either. If my child happened to be gay, then I'd certainly accept him/her regardless, but I would never want them to be gay. Anyway, I'll keep the "my gay friends" part to other people in here. I'm somewhat delighted about the democrats recently elected to office. I've seen them generally described as pro 2nd Amendment, pro-life, & fiscally conservative. This is what the former Democratic party used to be before people like PAtters (Pelosi/Kennedy/Kerry/Gore) hijacked it. I say "somewhat delighted" because we don't know what will happen once they get to Washington. Washington tends to make most politicians Party first people. Party over principle is what has put this country in the shiitter for quite a while now. My hope is that the biitch slap to the GOP will push them back to core beliefs. If the Dems have a brain cell & see that their sane, and non-loon candidates won, and can keep the agenda to the center where people want it, we might have hope. Of course, I don't have high expectations. Who would? The modern history of our country points to party over principle. We shall see though.
Protection of any victim of a sexual crime is very important. Laws protecting victims need to be toughened. I'm not on the liberal side of it's someone's fault , either. I'm on the side they need to be punished as a feterent to others. But if you think gays are more prone to sexual crimes than hetero sexuals you just don't get it. I'm sure you are not saying protection of little boys is more important than protection of little girls. But your post infers that. Your post also infers that 2 males getting married are kooks... But what about women? Could it not be said they will go after little girls? You have a right to your opinion...of course. But again i say as a freedom loving moderate/conservative....freedom is living how nature made you and our flag supposedly gurantees freedom and liberty FOR ALL...not just hetero sexuals.
FBN, my hat is off to you. It is always a pleasure to discuss with you and to read your posts; but this is probably the best post I have read here, ever. You are a consciencous, caring, respectful individual; a thinking man and a credit to the conservative side.
Actually I have kinda looked at it from a new perspective. They were 0-for-20 going into this past Monday, so maybe going 1-for-9 to "raise" their average to .034 is indeed a fantastic showing. Here's the problem (and one of the dirty little secrets) with the logic gay advocates use... You can take every single one of their arguments and apply it to pedophilia. Do people "choose" to be pedophiles..? Or is it just nature at work...? One of these days we're going to hear how bigoted we all are because we want to deny right to pedophiles... you know, like the right to molest children.
Of course that would be going too far, Quigon. We're talking about consenting adults. My problem with gay marriage is that the government will force churches that do not agree with the gay lifestyle to marry gay couples. That would be brutally intrusive to them. There are plenty of gay friendly churches to marry gay couples. So I hope the government will not resort to this.
Could have sworn you said you wouldn't come back if Santorum lost, and Casey kicked his right-wing *****. At any rate, glad your back. Gay rights is about equality under the law, and has nothing to do with pedophilia. Most people don't choose to be gay or straight, but maybe you're an exception. Who knows.
You just hit the nail on the head, my friend. The homosexual lobby will not ever be satisfied and they will not stop. They want nothing short of forcing all persons and all religions to accept and endorse their perverted lifestyle. Historically speaking, they keep promising "all we want is X and then we'll be happy and leave everyone alone." Then, when they get X, they just move on to the next thing. No matter how you feel about gay marriage, anyone that disagrees with what I have said is either a moron, a fool or both.


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The Celtics didn't make it to the finals this year. The Patriots let us down. The Bruins lost a heart breaker in overtime and now the Red Sox are in a horrible slump. What's a Boston sports fan to do?
For starters don't take the game too seriously. Yet, if one does, then take the game seriously while enjoying $.25 wings at Pepperoncini's. Located at 486 Concord Street in Framingham, Pepperoncini's has quickly become a local favorite and with its great deals it is easy to see why.
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Wednesday, 16 Nov 2011
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The Android 3.2 update for Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 has been retracted due to an issue related to its Wi-Fi feature. The company is currently working on a resolution before it pushes the firmware update again.
Tuesday, 15 Nov 2011
Lenovo Might Unveil Quad-Core Android 4.0 Tablet by 2011
An anonymous source reported that Lenovo is planning to release a 10.1-inch tablet powered by NVIDIA's new quad-core Tegra 3 processor, loaded with Google Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich before the end of 2011.
Monday, 14 Nov 2011
Samsung Launches Galaxy Tab 8.9 in Singapore
Running on Android 3.0 Honeycomb, the Galaxy Tab 8.9 is powered by a 1GHz dual core processor and weighs only at 453g. The 3G 16GB model is now available at SGD $768.
Tuesday, 25 Oct 2011
ASUS Eee Pad Family Slated for Ice Cream Sandwich Update
ASUS Eee Pad Transformer owners can expect the latest Google Android Ice Cream Sandwich update on their tablets, though ASUS hasn't confirmed an availability date for the update.
Friday, 21 Oct 2011
StarHub Offers Multi-SIM Mobile Plan for Smartphone and Tablet Users
To be launched on October 28, the new i2Surf mobile plan comes bundled with a free multi-SIM, and will give instant voice and data accessibility for customers who own two devices.
Thursday, 20 Oct 2011
ASUS Padfone with Android Ice Cream Sandwich Slated for Q1 2012
At the AsiaD conference, ASUS announced a Q1 2012 release date for its smartphone/tablet hybrid, the ASUS Padfone, which will also be loaded with Google's Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.
Thursday, 6 Oct 2011
World's Cheapest Tablet Launched in India
In a bid to bring the digital world to the poor, the Indian government has released a tablet, Aakash, that costs INR 2,999 or S$80.
Tuesday, 27 Sep 2011
Amazon to Unveil "Kindle Fire" Tablet
Amazon's upcoming tablet will be called Kindle Fire and it is said to be ready for shipment around the second week of November.
Wednesday, 21 Sep 2011
New Motorola Tablet Spotted
A photograph of an unannounced Motorola tablet was leaked online. It appears to sport a seven-inch display.
Wednesday, 14 Sep 2011
Windows 8 is About Tablets, Yet Still About PCs
Microsoft's latest OS is definitely an attempt to penetrate into the tablet market, yet at the same time it has to stay true to its PC roots. Will it succeed?


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Start by having your dog sit down. Say the command "Shake hands," and take their paw with your hand. Hold their paw and say, "shake, good shake� then let go of their paw. Do this a few times every day.
*TIP: Eventually you'll want to stop taking their paw after commanding shake hands. If your dog doesn�t immediately offer their paw keep repeating the steps of the trick. Your dog is not slow; they're just learning!
Start by having your dog stand up facing you. Let your dog see a reward in your hand. Stand still and say the command �turn around�. Lead your dog's nose around to the left (clockwise) with the treat so they walk in a circle. When they�re facing you again, say "good turn around" and give them the treat.
*TIP: Eventually you can stop leading your dog by the nose for this trick. If they�re not ready to perform the tick on their own you should repeat the trick until the reaction is almost automatic.
Have your dog lie down in front of you. Hold a treat just in front of their nose and say the command "crawl." If they start to stand up, say "No, down...crawl." Pull the reward away, keeping it low, near the ground and say, "Craaawl." When your dog moves even an inch or two without standing up, praise him and say, "Good dog! Craaawl."
*TIP: Your dog must know 'Down' before he can learn this trick.
With your dog facing you, take a treat and lead your dog's nose to the right and around your body. Let them follow the treat all the way around behind your back and around to the front. Give your dog the treat and praise them. They will be making a complete circle around you.
*TIP: In the beginning you might have to give your dog several rewards while they are going around behind you and when they return to the front. Practice it several times a day, but only for five minutes or so, two or three times a day.
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Thanks people, I have been looking at this a long time and from the beginning I have liked the Pearsons, the later 38 in particular. I have found the CT's Formosa's Mariners, and Islanders are all about the same off the Garden design. I really like the boats I have looked at and surprisingly they have for the most part been kept up well and had many of the improvements already done. This is why they are running prices comparable to the 424 Pearson. Both can be had in fine shape for around 70 to 80 K. The Garden design I am convinced would right itself if it were knocked down in turmoil. The Pearson has a smaller keel and as one of you said earlier is not a full one like the Garden rigs. They seem to be more tender and that is understandable. I have not been able to find one to look at in my area. I see seem advantage to the Pearson but the CT types are supposedly much heavier hulled and far less prone to blistering, of course the deck and cabins are still a concern. The Pearsons are built very well topside but I am not getting enough information of the Hull's and I would like to get some better understanding of the rear stateroom and how spacious it really is. The 422 and the 419 are almost impossible to find and I am not sure about a center cockpit anyway. I like the space down below but is it worth the compromise?
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No that's silly. Some people don't even know their mothers. Some people inherit genetic problems from their father. And I'd say there are more bad fathers than bad mothers. Some people are screwed up because of events the mother had no control over. And some people screw themselves up.
LoL.. seems like it.

I think parents are in a part way the blame for some of their problems... but we each need to take responsibility for our own choices in life and for the 'problems' these choices may bring. Family dynamics are interesting and do play a part of who we are in this life... but we shouldn't sit around and play the blaming game... instead step up and change what it is you don't like in your life. Blaming is a waste of time and energy.
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At some point in our lives we have to take control of our own thoughts and actions. Blame pointing never works. Mother's make mistakes, they are not perfect and not always loving. They may have helped shape who you are today in many ways, but its always healthy to let go of blame and take responsibility for our own life and problems. No one wins playing the blame game.
Hmm. My mother neglected me all my life and made me hate myself sometimes when I was a kid. Years went by and I blamed her for all my shortcomings, like having low self-esteem.

Eventually I mentally slapped myself and realized I am a separate person from her, and I make my own choices. It's really comfortable to blame your parents for everything, but we can do anything we want to with ourselves. If we don't, that's due to our own laziness.

So I said, 'man up, you're not a little child anymore' and took some responsibility. Sure, people end up with some childhood traumas, but as adults they are responsible for who they are and what they do. That's what I think.
in a way yes, because you simply followed their example and then you realize that it is a bit too late to change, not to mention impossible! but of course you could've chosen expanding your horizons and following the thoughts of other people, but yes they have a powerful influence on who you will become.
I blame my mom for a lot of bad stuff that she did. But not by default. Truly because she did a lot of bad stuff, that affected me emotionally. If my dad did some stuff, I would hold him responsible as well.
Mothers are the most influential people in a child life. The child life depends on the mother. When little kids just understand codependency, and will put up with any wrong doing. But when kids grow up, they develop an opinion.
It's not even important the wrong doing of a mother in the past. The most important thing is that a mother is willing to work out a relationship fairly.
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✖ Like the water when the sea got rough,
She was bored with the breeze, she was bored of her luck.
The winner and the loser told the fallen priest;
"That's a cold, cold place in the arms of a thief"
Errol offered a confused look at first when Aisling passed the package, but it vanished when she connected the 'payment' to the agreement the two made some weeks back. Right, rent. Yes. Safe to say the bartender wasn't entirely there tonight, her hands working on autopilot to grab a small box from beneath the counter. "Much obliged, Aisling." The words were murmured to her business associate, soft and simple so not to keep her busy when it was apparent she had others to tend to. The albino often missed love connections in the bar setting, so the fact Taiga was hungrily pining for the gypsy was news to her – but not her immediate business. Again, Errol wasn't in the mindset to snoop too much this evening. Envelope was tucked away quickly, then the box once more found a home on a bottom shelf behind the liquors, and the girl rose to her full height and stretched.
Of course, there were others to attend to, so without much ado, Errol glanced to the dapper gent from before and listened to his offers. "Sure. Serve whoever." Another male had entered, dark haired and looking her direction; couldn't be good after all the attention she had already received. Still, a smile was presented, forced even, and she asked, "Can I help you?" And of course, more than likely, Errol looked genuinely curious. Even when she was spacing out and somewhat irritated, she was naturally curious.
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I had a really good stay in this Hotel. The location was great. It's close to the town square and shops where a plenty. The internet connection was a little flaky, wifi and LAN connection. Other than that, the staff were really nice and helpful. Each room in the hotel seemed really unique. All were clean and comfortable.
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