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Dear Tristan Ewins,

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You wrote to Rhrosty :

« … perhaps even God will not protect you from everything »

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I have no doubt you mean well but I think we should express our compassion as warmly and sincerely as possible in simple, respectful terms and not in such a paternalistic fashion.

Rhrosty has spontaneously revealed having recently suffered a very serious health problem. Though he has obviously received a severe shock, he has apparently had the strength of character to face up to it alone and assume it in a calm and responsible manner. He obviously does not need to be infantilised.

Of course, he did mention that he was “rescued by a angel”, but I don’t think that is sufficient indication to allow us to presume that he believes in “God”.

That said, I am convinced that “faith” is a very unique and powerful, individual, human force that can act as an effective placebo in certain extreme cases and work miracles.

But that is a personal matter which neither you, nor I, nor anybody else can ever hope to fathom.

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'Runner, violence simply begets more violence'

this is far to simplistic a statement.

well Rhrosty if you call smacking a child violence I totally disagree. True these days having so many fatherless kids is probably an even bigger problem than lack of discipline.

Basically human nature is very self centred. If that self centredness is fed, then it will end up with many violent adults. I have certainly witnessed some of the worst behaviour from kids who are continually told they are victims and have so many rights. Many of them have ended in prison not because they received discipline but because they never had anyone who cared enough aqbout them to do so. Many single mums (and dads) try and be their kids best friend rather than parent.

Many teachers have been assaulted and a very large number take stress leave because they can't handle such chaos. Certainly when smacking was practiced as discipline assaults were much much less common.

I have found an interesting site, which is http://winpokie.com/ and I would like to know your opinion in several issues such as, in which city is better to open a poker club in Australia? Why?
Do you know any examples of people who have developed in this area of business and have achieved success?