Mike Long

It happened to me once so I now type anything longer than a few sentences in Word and then copy and paste it. The downside to this is that hyperlinks I embed in the word document (sometimes about 30 of them in Sunday School) are not transferred over and the same is true for any formatting such as italics or bold type.

Feeling dumb because it took me so long to figure this out, but smart because it’s an important discovery.

Somehow, several of my AZ login sessions have happened to expire right in the middle of writing a post, causing the Submit button to malfunction, with no clue/indication about what failed or why.

I have managed to log in, refresh the screen…[Read more]

I was reading how at least 4 in 10 of young black men who die are murdered. It is the leading cause of death. It is taken to be normal. Thousands of times a day,  radio station play songs that glorify murder. The musical and commercialized  production of material that incites violence marches on. Why is this allowed? Is this covered under our r…[Read more]

Davis wrote:
A hispanic support group is not a particularly unbusiness like idea. If it helps integrate hispanic workers into the working enviroment, encourages inclusivity and comraderie…then that’s very good for the working enviroment and productivity. Same with a rainbow flag. Reducing a toxic atmosphere in general is extremely good bus…

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A hispanic support group is not a particularly unbusiness like idea. If it helps integrate hispanic workers into the working enviroment, encourages inclusivity and comraderie…then that’s very good for the working enviroment and productivity. Same with a rainbow flag. Reducing a toxic atmosphere in general is extremely good business sense…[Read more]

_Robert_ wrote:

I believe a business has the right to keep things businesslike.

Useless post. Is a gay flag over the doorway to the HR department businesslike? How about a daily bible verse on several office whiteboards. How about when all of your bosses discuss events at the same church or how about the Hispanic support network that has meetings…

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To shame them would be like shaming gingers for having ginger hair.

I agree but at least gingers have a support network.

Oh I  hope nobody is offended by that 🙂

Davis, I think you have hit on the second most important topic for improving our species, even if we differ on methods. The only thing more important than encouraging acceptance is our ecosystem. Unfortunately I am embarrassed by my country on both counts. It does not feel good to be an American right now. Go Greta 😉

Unfortunately a small number of people do have a hormonal imballance. It’s something they cannot help. To shame them would be like shaming gingers for having ginger hair. If you like doing that kind of thing, then go for it.

But trying to protect the feelings of someone who has no physical problem but overconsumes is ridiculous overreach. If we…[Read more]

I believe a business has the right to keep things businesslike.

Useless post.  Is a gay flag over the doorway to the HR department businesslike? How about a daily bible verse on several office whiteboards. How about when all of your bosses discuss events at the same church or how about the Hispanic support network that has meetings during…[Read more]

Davis wrote:
Does anyone have an actual opinion about extending free speech to the internet, workplace and in organizations and sportsteams?

I believe a business has the right to keep things businesslike. In other words, it’s fair to tell employees “Leave your opinions at the door. When you are here, your sole mission is to support our mission.…[Read more]

There is always condemnation for “fat-shaming”. But not everyone has a “hormonal imbalance” or a medical condition that makes them 100lb or more overweight. Some people are just fat (yes I said it) because they consume too much sugar and eat too much processed food and drink too much beer. And they don’t do any aerobic exercises.  Bill Maher spoke…[Read more]

Also, no one had a problem at work telling me to go eat a sandwich. My GF is also very thin. At least 10 times a day she gets comments from random people. To me she looks like a normal person in the 1970’s.

Try telling an obese person to put down that ice cream cone. It’s like you are Satan. LOL Yet hundreds of millions of Americans are sick and…[Read more]

I am in favor of it. How about focusing on the actual root causes of hate instead of suffocating communucation?

What is the major ROOT cause of hatred of LGBT people? Lets fix that.

Does anyone have an actual opinion about extending free speech to the internet, workplace and in organizations and sportsteams?

In a democratic open society, yes religion is a choice as an adult. You may be heavily influenced by family and friends but there is nothing stopping you from changing your religion, if you are willing to deal with the social costs. But that is the same for ALL sets of ideas. If you come from a family of communists and realize you are a hard core…[Read more]

The American government CAN interfere with free speech, but only in retrospect. Free speech isn’t without a cost. You can be sued for forms of defamation and be penalized heavily.

Not all speech critical of others is actual hate speech (founded on rock-bottom hatred). For example, criticism of gays has a Biblical basis. The religious person may…[Read more]