windwalker

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  1. The Cool Picture Thread

    For those looking for Jesus, I think I may have found him.. Now living in Taiwan has an email and ph number should anyone want to contact him directly.
  2. The Cool Picture Thread

    for those into simple but nice looking craft
  3. The Cool Picture Thread

    I thought some of you may find this interesting just starting to look at my self. Would be interested to know what those who use adobe products think of it. It runs on a couple of different OS https://www.polarr.co/editor/0 https://www.polarr.co/windows/0 Taken in Hsinchu Taiwan, The pic was modified using google pics editor....
  4. LHBF somewhat deceased thread

    Interesting, his reply from an email I presume. Haven't connected with him in a long time good guy good skill.
  5. LHBF somewhat deceased thread

    Don't quite get your point. You could contact him through the site he may know of somebody in your location.
  6. LHBF somewhat deceased thread

    I found Paul to be quite skilled, very open and willing to share his art. We met when I was studying taiji in Beijing, during a visa trip, To stay another couple of months I had to be out of country for one day. Hong Kong close by met the requirements. " Paul Roberts has a diversified background in various martial art styles, including the internal styles of Taiji, Bagua, Xingyi and Yichuan. Though having personally trained Liuhebafa directly under several of Chen Yi Ren's disciples and students, he received formal initiation into the Liuhebafa family, and entered the indoor line of successors. Paul Roberts has committed himself to the Liuhebafa tradition, teaching seminars internationally and is involved with pertinent research and development. Currently, he is the elected director of the International Liuhebafa Internal Arts Association, and lives in Hong Kong where he instructs at the Liuhebafa Internal Arts Institute of Hong Kong. -Director of the International Liuhebafa Internal Arts Association -Instructor of the Liuhebafa Internal Arts Institute of Hong Kong -Founder of the Liuhebafa Internal Arts Institute of Japan" http://www.liuhebafachuan.com/genealogy.html
  7. LHBF somewhat deceased thread

    I met Paul many yrs back in Hong Kong He teaches this style his web site gives locations for those interested http://www.liuhebafachuan.com/locations.html "Grandmaster Mok Kei Fai performing the public form Zhuji. This performance was in November 2012 at the First Liuhebafa General Meeting & World Conference in Hong Kong."
  8. My point was as I understand it and I'm told they are subsidized by the government. Helping them to preserve a lifestyle that no longer exist in the modern environments. Of the Taiwanese I've spoken with many complain about some of the benefits the government provides them feeling it's not fair.
  9. care to talk about the taiwan aboriginals
  10. This on another level with woman athletes was addressed in Africa. At the upper level of competition of most sports natural, unnatural or natural unnatural advantages do matter.
  11. wow,,,If my dead uncle who was recently shot and was gay, could hear you now.... you seem to have issues in your own mind, I do hope you do some introspection and learn to identify and release them. As to benefits Anyone borne in the US receives the benefit of being a citizen of the US you know ""Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness" and all. what they do with it, is up to them. In this not all outcomes are equal.
  12. You do like your labels. It's not perceived belonging to a protected group they do have benefits. My brother got a job with the city after he proved to them he was part of a minority. I could have gotten a scholarship in high school as being part American Aboriginal. But chose not to. Hey if it makes you feeling better labeling people go for it. This Thread is about a benefit that some achieve by transitioning to a different sex and competing with that sex. As for the rest of your post kinda reminds me of the poster " rails" Not related are you?
  13. I thought is was clear. They are now in a protected group entitled to what ever the group can get as a whole. Non whites are already in their own protected groups... On women's sports none. on society as a whole I've already outlined it, along with their transition they also transition into being a protected group..entitled to all the benefits of being so.
  14. Not a problem with me if you want to pay for it, they can do what ever makes them happy... As long as they are held responsible for the outcome. Kind of whats going on with collage loans and why they are so different from other loans... They can not be forgiven.... The person who studied engineering is more likely to be able to repay what ever assistance was granted.
  15. You might want to try understanding the frame work in which it was written in. "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. ——" To have equal ability to pursue not be nor achieve the same outcomes. For some life sucks...... All are thought to have an equality in attaining or to fail to attain. By living in the same society we follow rules that outline the extent of what is "right" and what is not.
  16. They can and should be allowed to do anything as long as it for the most part doesn't depend on the society at large to enable it. What the groups seem to be doing is using the larger society to benefit their own ends.. We have elected official in the US claiming to be part american aboriginal why? she wont take the test to confirm it but already benefited from claiming it. Relating to the post, for sports there is an advantage, that no matter what is done will always be called into question because men, and woman are different...and designed to be for different functions. Having retired from the military "Army" there was and is a big push to get females into combat arms despite all the testing and studies that say this is not a good idea for a number of reasons. Thank you Mr Obama wanted to allow transgendered into the military even to the point of getting surgery for those who wanted it. He found generals that supported it, must be good for promotion. What was the benefit. What did the military gain from it....what tactical advantage to war fighting did it bring to the table. The trans movement seeks to become a protected group asking for what they perceive as rights in order to live their fiction. Not buying it....They can do what ever they want as long as it doesn't impact others as in the sporting events where it obviously does. .
  17. When you can answer what has sex got to do with it. I'ts not acceptable to become transabled, but it is to become transgendered. why is that ? I covered race with those changing themselves to fit into another racial group gaining perceived benefits that the group itself protects by pointing out that they are not genetically affiliated with it. The question was, what if a white man transitioned to a black woman. What would he be accepted as...and why.
  18. As I do also. My point maybe not so clear is that it seems there are certain benefits which begs the question of why? Why would someone go through that and go work in the bars. In Thailand for example. Or compete often winning most of the events because? Or as I pointed out benefiting from becoming part of a protected group.
  19. you come on ...It was an observation. you got triggered Try reading with out emoting to it....
  20. A lot of things are choices that people can make but society does not allow for. Right to die for example. You say its on them, but dont seem to acknowledge that in some way they benefit from it at the expense of others. If ia person makes a mistake and is crippled all kinds of programs and insurance to help them...If a person cripples themselves its not only on them but everyone around them and those that enable them to do so.... Transgendered has become a another protected group, entitled, and expecting societal changes so that they can live out their lifestyle. Have met and known some trans people. Dont have an issue with them one way or another. If they happen to be white for example they have now become another protected group. Entitled to the benefits of benign protected. In sports its already been discussed.
  21. Would you support this " Should Medical Science be used to make them transabled. Is this different from gender dysphoria.
  22. Na being rude is interjecting yourself into a conversation you're not part of. Carry on
  23. Computer Advice

    for those interested in wiping their drive https://dban.org/
  24. Universal Basic Income is not Socialism

    Ya might want to rethink that. Try taking away with a animal feels is theirs. Doesn't matter what it is.
  25. Barefoot bums

    like when something your working around falls on your feet , one will know what the meaning of "steel toed" means and why they are used. Tends to bring one back to reality and reasons why shoes or foot wear were invented used in the first place. Liminal Luke, also blocks people he doesn't want to deal with...on this site he mentioned that I may be one.. Doesn't matter much to me. It does seem to be a recurring theme from those asking others To do what they do not. Is this also dealing with the real or retreating from the fact that people have different opinions experiences. Whether one wears shoes or not, one should be aware of what they could be setting themselves up for, modern world or tropical rain forest, lots of things out there looking for a place to live or a meal to eat.... reality knocking