What if you died?

[morocco4ever 63]

Anti tact?

[mawilson 2,133]

I've always been openly anti-Arab ...

Besides yourself, what have you always not been openly anti about?

Cookie dough?

[♥JP♥ 5]

cookie???

[Teacher Mark 53]

Edited June 19, 2008 by WideAwakeInTheUSA

[Ta Ta 1]

I love you my sister Naggie

[Nagishkaw 510]

I love you too, my Sister 0 !

[Dr. A ♥ O 203]

I love you my sister Naggie

I my sista' Nagi 2!

[Nagishkaw 510]

I love you too, 0livia!

[Dr. A ♥ O 203]

I love you too, 0livia!

[Lili 3]

I am thinking about writing a will and also somekind of paper (forgetting the name right now) that is recognized in 50 states and would give my hubby all medical decision power if i was incacipitated.

I would like to sign up for life insurance and put my hubby as beneficiary but we are moving back to Europe in couple of years and it complicates things.

are you thinking of "power of attorney"?

It is called "health care advance directives", pretty much a power of attorney indeed. But i think it is a neat way to make sure your wishes are respected, especially when you have 2 families from different part of the globe and most likely different vision upon death.

[Captain Ewok 1,871]

I hate thinking about things like this...well doesnt everyone. Before my husband left for Palestine last year, he mentioned something about him dying. I dont remember what brought the conversation on, but I could not deal with it then. I said "no habibi I dont awnt you to die!" He said "everyone dies you know. it is not in our hands. Whenever Allah wants us he takes us."

Sounds ominous. I hope he's not thinking of doing something stupid, like blowing himself up.

These types of comments are probably not what this community should be promoting. Maybe I am missing something but I believe we should be respectful of all cultures and be careful how things may be interpreted by others even if we did not mean to insult them.

[Pinocchio Liberal 268]

I hate thinking about things like this...well doesnt everyone. Before my husband left for Palestine last year, he mentioned something about him dying. I dont remember what brought the conversation on, but I could not deal with it then. I said "no habibi I dont awnt you to die!" He said "everyone dies you know. it is not in our hands. Whenever Allah wants us he takes us."

Sounds ominous. I hope he's not thinking of doing something stupid, like blowing himself up.

These types of comments are probably not what this community should be promoting. Maybe I am missing something but I believe we should be respectful of all cultures and be careful how things may be interpreted by others even if we did not mean to insult them.

I dont see a promotion. Reading things into a comment is rampid around here.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

I hate thinking about things like this...well doesnt everyone. Before my husband left for Palestine last year, he mentioned something about him dying. I dont remember what brought the conversation on, but I could not deal with it then. I said "no habibi I dont awnt you to die!" He said "everyone dies you know. it is not in our hands. Whenever Allah wants us he takes us."

Sounds ominous. I hope he's not thinking of doing something stupid, like blowing himself up.

These types of comments are probably not what this community should be promoting. Maybe I am missing something but I believe we should be respectful of all cultures and be careful how things may be interpreted by others even if we did not mean to insult them.

I dont see a promotion. Reading things into a comment is rampid around here.

I would hazard a guess that his point was that the comment promotes certain stereotypical assumptions about people from the Palestinian Territories. The anecdote didn't offer much detail - and the poster says she doesn't remember exactly what the conversation was about, it could have been about anything at all. There's nothing to suggest that the guy was thinking or planning on "blowing himself up", that's just taking a broad stereotype of an Islamic extremist and applying it to a private individual - while not knowing the first thing about that person. It's not the most offensive thing I've ever read - but it does seem a little insulting.

It wouldn't be too dissimilar from someone making blanket statements about people from the south being rednecks or inbred.

Edited June 20, 2008 by Number 6

[Pinocchio Liberal 268]

I hate thinking about things like this...well doesnt everyone. Before my husband left for Palestine last year, he mentioned something about him dying. I dont remember what brought the conversation on, but I could not deal with it then. I said "no habibi I dont awnt you to die!" He said "everyone dies you know. it is not in our hands. Whenever Allah wants us he takes us."

Sounds ominous. I hope he's not thinking of doing something stupid, like blowing himself up.

These types of comments are probably not what this community should be promoting. Maybe I am missing something but I believe we should be respectful of all cultures and be careful how things may be interpreted by others even if we did not mean to insult them.

I dont see a promotion. Reading things into a comment is rampid around here.

I would hazard a guess that his point was that the comment promotes certain stereotypical assumptions about people from the Palestinian Territories. The anecdote didn't offer much detail - and the poster says she doesn't remember exactly what the conversation was about, it could have been about anything at all. There's nothing to suggest that the guy was thinking or planning on "blowing himself up", that's just taking a broad stereotype of an Islamic extremist and applying it to an individual. It's not the most offensive thing I've ever read - but it does seem a little insulting.

Placing your own assumptions in the gray areas is foolish. Carry-on!

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

I hate thinking about things like this...well doesnt everyone. Before my husband left for Palestine last year, he mentioned something about him dying. I dont remember what brought the conversation on, but I could not deal with it then. I said "no habibi I dont awnt you to die!" He said "everyone dies you know. it is not in our hands. Whenever Allah wants us he takes us."

Sounds ominous. I hope he's not thinking of doing something stupid, like blowing himself up.

These types of comments are probably not what this community should be promoting. Maybe I am missing something but I believe we should be respectful of all cultures and be careful how things may be interpreted by others even if we did not mean to insult them.

I dont see a promotion. Reading things into a comment is rampid around here.

I would hazard a guess that his point was that the comment promotes certain stereotypical assumptions about people from the Palestinian Territories. The anecdote didn't offer much detail - and the poster says she doesn't remember exactly what the conversation was about, it could have been about anything at all. There's nothing to suggest that the guy was thinking or planning on "blowing himself up", that's just taking a broad stereotype of an Islamic extremist and applying it to an individual. It's not the most offensive thing I've ever read - but it does seem a little insulting.

Placing your own assumptions in the gray areas is foolish. Carry-on!

Mark's statement is clearly applying a general stereotype to an individual based on a vague comment and the knowledge of where the guy is from. That's not assumption - that's actually what's being said.

What's your reading of it then...? By way of a contrast?