I was BORN IN BROOKLYN. My mother is LATIN AMERICAN. I AM FUCKING STREET, MAN.

There’s a street like, right outside my house.

I actually think the lax bros in my high school had a bit of a cocaine problem scandal, so basically I am a member of the cartel now.

My neighborhood actually is pretty ethnically and racially diverse, but it is still suburbia.

It’s like the universe knew...

Hey Stacey Dash, I am white and I live in a suburban neighborhood, but sometimes there are some drug deals going down near the community pool. That is right.

I voted for Dole in 1996. (The shame....)

Yeah no worries, you’re definitely right. A lot of trips do happen like that. With high school kids especially the missions can’t do as much (for many obvious reasons), and it turns into more of a servecation (my own word. I’m very proud of it.)

AMEN!! (Signed, Another Recovering Christian)

Converting Catholics to “Christianity” always seemed weird to me.

Mexico mission trips are patronizing and the worst. They are already Christian there! Of course, they are Catholic so that doesn’t count in the eyes of Protestants...

I was raised Catholic, and I still can’t believe missionaries are a real thing anymore.

You want to “save” somebody in a third world country - forget all the religious bullshit and bring them the ability to have clean water and medical care. Or maybe even work on that in your own country. Then we can talk about saving our souls.

Yes! This is what's problematic about what he said!

I never understood missionaries, even as a kid. Then I got to hear all the “schools” they sent native kids to here in Canada and was significantly put off anyone who calls themselves missionaries.

Agreed.

1) The lawsuits at issue are tort, not criminal. The argument is not that making guns is per se illegal, it’s that there are ways to make guns more or less dangerous for both their intended use and their easily foreseeable misuses. You actually can sue a knife manufacturer if the knife is too sharp (or lacks basic…

The bible itself can be a veeery creepy billboard.

not to mention, not all men are like that, and it’s insulting to imply that. in fact, them being insulted is actually worse than the harassment in the first place!

Step 1. Don’t.