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Brent and I are planning to be there. Good location for a lot of you St. Paul guys too! Sorry I didn't mention it here before now. It's on the Meetup page Millie set up. Keys Cafe is on the North East corner of the intersection. The have their own parking lot.

I am a parent. DaisyAnarchist is dead right, and I like the way she expresses herself.

I have a question, Nathan: what if you're feeling that another person wants revenge or is a sadist? Is it possible to feel empathy for negative emotions and disagree with them? What do you do about that? I'm not objecting to what you're saying - I agree with what you did say - it just seems like a lot of music is spreading "negative energy." To give my answer to the OP, when they were very young, we didn't play music they didn't like. Now I make no effort to keep stuff I like from them. My daughter didn't like it when I sang "Behind Blue Eyes" by The Who, for instance. Now that she's 16 and my younger daughter is 9, I've bought that song and some others. Although, I guess I'm actually inclined to sing that song particularly with a nastier tone than they do. So, I come off sounding scarier.

That's a helluvan intro! Welcome!

What does she want to overturn the decision for? So she can bully him some more?

What happens to me, is that I got to your video and end up watching several of yours, until I have to run. I like your plain-spoken style.

I was so inspired by this interview that I re-upped my Gold Membership. I was going to, eventually, but Stef really got me fired up!

Dead right, NathanM! You know, I am a parent, and I agree whole-heartedly with your analysis. When my older daughter was a toddler, I noticed that I didn't feel the impatience and irritation that leads to yelling and spanking when I was spending more time with her. I understood what she was going through and what she was trying to say. And at that time I was a believer in Biblical teachings about spanking. As a result, when I felt that impatience, I stopped and thought. Then I settled down and tried to spend more time with her and figure out what was going on. The result of that was that I spanked my daughter only one time. When was looking for reasons to obey the Bible. No, I can't claim perfect virtue. I also smacked her on the head once for "smarting off" to her mother, and hit the younger one twice the same way for the same reason. That's how you teach respect, right? I feel nothing but deep contempt for that mindset now, but it's been my own. And I raised two boys (stepsons) while entombed in it. Face your damn demons. Face your wrongs. And fix the damage you caused.

Nice work, Joseito! Encouraging.