Tossing rocks at buses as part of that protest is wrong and stupid and should be mocked among other things.Report, Im someone who, thanks to the work of folks like Stillwater, has become persuaded that rising inequality is a legitimate issue. This particular brand of stupidity is largely peculiar to religious conservatives. Stillwater: could it be that the real reason for the protest is that the protesters hate nerds? They are mainly used in speech when we want to: confirm that something is true or not, or. The problem is that "Who cares?" The problem is that "Who cares?" is already a question and so doesn't require a tag. But it seemed pretty clear to me that your comment was a reference to an earlier thread in which smug generalization about conservatives by proud members of the other stupid/evil party prompted me to point out that the particular criticism being made applied equally well to the left. (Did you know that while reporting on doing business with the military during the mid 2000s, I used to get invited to Bushs fundraisers by my sources with alarming regularity; and not just mass mailing emails, but personal invitations to share a seat at their mega-bucks table for free. Youve essentially said something similar, though I suspect that you are more aware of the sources of and problems associated with inequality, and wouldnt essentially couch it in the moral terms that Brandon does (his looks like a sort of Capitalist Christianity, where morality is a function of ones ability to get more stuff). That you say lying gives the game away here. (I rather suspect if I went inside I would get beat up.) salary of more then $80,000. And if the old lady living above it can eventually sell her condo for a huge profit and retire to Florida? The GOP's response to the crisis in Ukraine is fractured as former President Trump heaps praise on Russian President Vladimir Putin. These tags are often used to validate whether the given information is true or not. Regardless, that does not make the blanket targeting of anyone perceived to be in the group benefiting from those changes any more acceptable.Report. This is a minimum wage for overtime exemption. My comment was uncalled for. But the reason I brought him up is that theyre all set in Dorchester.Report. Is it going to get them anywhere? Kolohe, how would you reconcile your argument, that economic and social conservatism has not been historically linked in the United States till recently, with the fact that lots of emplopyers have a long history of attemptign to enforce social conservatism among their work force. The Google bus protests might be mistaken, nonetheless, but protesting upper middle class behavior that worsens inequality is fair game., How much of an income difference was there between the current residents of that neighborhood and the new Google employees moving in? The meaning of TAG QUESTION is a question (such as isn't it in 'it's fine, isn't it?') added to a statement or command (as to gain the assent of or challenge the person addressed); also : a sentence ending in a tag question. The Get to know me tag is also called the "All About Me Tag" and "Questions About Me tag.". P1: Those hippies did something weird in that protest. Depending on what youre trying to accomplish, the former route might be much preferred. Hes an ass. How much are the rock throwers and the non-rock throwers lumped together? and 50 years ago people who lived in all white areas suffered tangible losses when black people moved in. Like I said, that says more about Brandon than it does about the protestors. Such is life. You appear to think it does, and I dont really know why. @tod-kelly, the rock-throwing is the only reason I think theyre mockable in any reasonable sense. Out-of-control? We use tag questions to ask for confirmation. on the tech sector, Google, and Google buses is something I disagree with, but it is reasonable. Because our expert team has solved all the questions of today's examination. But it shows that moving in to a neighborhood isnt the same thing as integrating with its prior inhabitants. If you treat them as hourly workers (e.g pay overtime), you can pay minimum wage, provided you can find someone wholl accept that.Report. Gentrification is not a talismanic word that converts the unjustifiable into the justifiable. If rents go to high its not like these people will end up living under a bridge, theyll just have to live in a slightly less trendy area. *The reason I know this is because I once got clocked by a chunk of concrete thrown through a window. I have to admit that Im not a fan of the idea of showering with a gay man. Nor is it horrendous or vile. I just dont think these protests are loony or vile, in the way that AZs SB 1062 is vile and loony, even if the protests are based on what are arguably false beliefs about housing policy or who is responsible for such and such an aspect of inequality, or whatever.Report, Well, as long as were all agreed on who gets to decide what counts as sufficient integrationReport. In fact now that I think about, one of the things I hear from men who roll their eyes when women complain about being ogled (which I suspect overlaps somewhat with men who think gays shouldnt be in the locker room) is that it doesnt hurt anyone, it should be taken as a compliment, and they really secretly love it. @dand to encourage a reply from the person we are speaking to. You say that women are not protected from being ogled on the street. Among other things, how a proposed name for Colorado ended up the name of another state. Nevertheless, its impossible for me to ever get past the accusation that my views are determined by partisanship, even tho I criticize and disagree with liberals and Democrats all the time. Ordinary Times 2023. It happens. And it isnt loony to protest Google busses. These protesters are undoing a lot of that work to me. You can either dismiss these problems by saying, Eh, theyre the losers in life, as Brandon essentially does, or you can start talking about why they happen and how we might go about dealing with them without losing some of the good things about gentrification. I think he will pass the exam , won't he? These protesters are, at root, targeting a company, and the rank and file thereof, for doing exactly that. Is my public expression of disdain for the GBus protestors necessary for my empirical claims to go thru? The rock throwing and other property damage is anger overflowing. Are there any examples of neighborhoods that were in the process of gentrifying then stopped (and perhaps even ungentrified)? But someday thats not nearly as long off as you think, that mindset is going to bite you all in the ass and youre going to be wondering how the fish you squandered what should have been an easy lock on a multi-generational majority. I didnt, and still dont, understand what Tim was getting at in that post. Theres no value judgements on my part; just the point that stalled gentrification is probably the norm outside of a few places like Frisco and Boston.Report. Honestly, I think of you as representative of the kind of left wing I wish we had, not the one we actually do have.Report, The rock throwing and other property damage, Not sure what the laws are there and whether the buses were occupied when the rocks were thrown, but where I live rock-throwing into an occupied vehicle is a second-degree felony, since a thrown rock can cause great bodily harm or death.*. Just so Im clear on where Im supposed to stand. To help you keep the meaning of the tag colors red, yellow, and green separated, think of a traffic light and what you do at the traffic light when it turns certain . What they clearly have (based on the reporting anyway) is views about gentrification in their neighborhoods, which is a consequence (maybe, anyway) of rising inequality. But sometimes there is an attempt to say a pox on all ideological houses and all political parties equally that is simple minded, misleading, and based on fallacious false equivalencies.Report, Protesting against gentrification is fine. @stillwater we all seem to measure others by our own yardstick; and when someone doesnt, when they actually consider something from beyond their own biases, nobody really believes it. We all want things we cant haveby adulthood people should understand that throwing a tantrum is not the appropriate way to deal with this. rIts simply this: to the extent rising inequality is a problem (and it is, at least as I understand it), an obvious part of any solution is more companies treating the majority of their employees well. That might be a correct view if I was arguing for party superiority here, but Im not. Look, I probably agree with a lot of you about gentrification and policy (and it isnt my expertise at all). He was not watching the cricket match, was he? Brandon has simply repeated his theyre the losers mantra, which is his wont. Tag questions are a fun way to get to know each other better . Do you think, even if we excluded rock throwers, Brandon or people with similar world views would think the Google Bus protesters significantly less mockable?Report, Do you think the rock throwing was the key point in what I said?Report. Having to live in a world where two men can get married, much less so.Report, @mark-thompson (man, Im actually remembering to use the @s!). He didn't buy the chairs, doesn't they? A tag question is a special construction in English. Women already have an analogous protection: womens showers. His earlier ones are over-the-top violent, twisty, somewhat Raymond Chandler-ish mysteries that I enjoyed, but would recommend only to people who like that sort of thing. Or even with a woman unless were both into each other. The correlation (i.e. the protesters are upset that anyone is able to earn more money than them. As bipartisan support grows for severe sanctions on Russia over its deployment of troops into Ukraine with some lawmakers drawing comparisons to Germany's aggression in pre-World War II Europe . And you can all have a beer with Karl Rove, who will tell you he can relate, because hes been there, brother, hes been there.Report, If we are talking false equivalence comparing the maroons tossing stones at Google buses to some of the things religious conservatives do which almost all of us in the place dislike( bigotry, homophobia, etc) is gold medal example of the species. Some were well off, I suppose. Of some sort.Report, Generally with someone deciding to put money into a neighborhood, usually by buying property and building better homes on it, or fixing up existing homes.Report. (And you should quote him directly, because given the context, saying the 1% are the problem might be true. 2. A 35-year-old female with severe chest pain: red tag d. A 60-year-old male with an open fracture with distal pulses: yellow tag Red-tagged clients need immediate care due to life-threatening injuries. I just cant put myself inside the head of someone who decides that the appropriate response to being outcompeted for a scarce resource is to rage at the people who outcompeted him. A tag is a word or phrase that is added to a sentence. So how do we form question tags? Grammar; Study documents; YouTube Tag questions are questions you ask someone to either know more about the person or know how well the person knows you. A family of hospitals for your family. You can probably get 10 shower heads along a wall if you dont partition them, but perhaps only 8 if you do. Sounds pretty simple, right? Im not sure if you meant to imply otherwise, but to be clear, this is not a minimum wage for computer programmers. Based on the pictures Ive seen almost none. I always wonder about folks that assume that others are watching them.Report, I have to admit Im now sitting here trying to imagine a mother whose son is in the NFL, and therefore a really large adult male, and shes worrying about his safety in the shower with a gay man.Report. In enforcement actions, the FTC contends that each mislabeled garment is a violation. Tod is a writer from the Pacific Northwest. / . to a statement to make it into a question. Examples of Tag Questions Its happened quite starkly here in parts of East Austin, where housing costs in some of those areas are now as high as they are in some of the traditionally wealthy neighborhoods. Just a free speech thing. Not.Report. Its better if it doesnt, because 99.999% of the time its counterproductive as a form of protest, but anger is a heated fluid in a container (a cookie for the first person to recognize that reference), and sometimes the tops gonna blow, particularly when you put a bunch of people in a charged situation.Report. I was using what you wrote more as an example to demonstrate a point than to criticize anything you specifically wrote. Definition: Tag means something small that is added on or attached after a sentence. I also think I have an argument to express what that heat source is. James, sorry if my arguments came off as pedantic on that thread. He can't swim, does he? Nobody lives here, do they? Doubly unfortunately is that our response is to mock them because they are protesting what we (but clearly not they, on the ground) see as the wrong target. Gentrification, loss of what made SF a great community, thats exactly what people in all white areas said about blacks moving in.Report, Feel free to mock anyone who uses violence to protest just about anything. Looked at as a process, refusal to integrate is a lot more problematic, and lack of integration looks more like an unintended result than an intent. It also likely contributes, in a small way admittedly, to a climate permissive of hate crimes and all the evils inflicted on the gay community. You see them now, dont you? #vtfwoodworks" To turn the statement into a question, put a comma, then add the question tag. Im not saying you approve of the Google protestors. It had all the pieces that could have made it a really dynamic and truly integrated place, but for a host of reasons it didnt quite make it. is only the state of affairs because they dont shower together or share locker rooms or, sometimes, even gyms. You wont be able to hire any at that price, but you can legally try. It makes me think that people account for my disagreement with their views by attributing my views to partisanship rather than the reasons I provide. Gentrification REQUIRES integration of the classes.Report. so, um, about as bad as what happens to the Pitt football teams bus when they go to WVU?Report, Yeah, I dont mean to minimize the potential (or actual) impact of violent behavior. The sentences who cares or who goes . Definition: Tag means something small that is added on or attached after a sentence. Make supply chains less subject to disruption, be it from Covid, Evil Dictatorships, Pirates, transportation,, If the above statement is true, then theres no way the lab leak theory could be true. That tells me that their notion of rising inequality and mine are extraordinarily different, and indeed directly at odds. Im not convinced thats unhealthy, and even if it is, I think its reasonable that people should be able to choose to maintain their privacy (which is actually what I do by avoiding communal showers).Report, This whole subthread makes me long for the public baths of yore. For an extreme, over the top analogy, settlers in East Jerusalem arent integrating with Palestinians, even though theyre living in their neighborhoods. All Rights Reserved. Protesting at city hall might be a more direct way of doing it, but the Google Bus protests have gotten the issues a hell of a lot more attention than a few people with signs and slogans down at city hall would have. Lesson 01: Tag Questions Tag Questions Question tags are the small questions that come at the end of sentences. Do I need to preface every criticism I make of the GOP with a disclaimer that I do in fact criticize my own side, so Im a totes impartial commenter with established street cred? It is funny because a lot of teenage guys masturbate in the shower. Doesnt mean i agree or dont think they are wrong. And for right now, thats probably good enough. Its like he didnt understand how ghettos worked. The basic rules for forming the two-word tag questions are as follows: * the subject in the statement matches the subject in the . Mum isn't in trouble, is she? So I guess its appropriate to call it property damage, until it kills, blinds or brain-damages someone. theyre protesting Google (and the other tech companies) as the symbol of increased income and housing inequality, and the cause of evictions and skyrocketing housing costs. Moreover, it is not morally vile to protest gentrification. A. People shouldnt inherently feel ashamed of the fact that they have body parts. The birthers were fabricating an issue out of whole cloth to (what?) She stated using ChatGPT to write the initial email was poor judgment., While we believe in the message of inclusivity expressed in the email, using ChatGPT to generate communications on behalf of our community in a time of sorrow and in response to a tragedy contradicts the values that characterize Peabody College, the follow-up email reads. @kolohe Yup im fine with people protesting whatever the hell they want. And what did I say about those people Brandon? Personally, I think that while that might be a more direct route, its also a less effective one, because no one will care. Dobson reference to the value of grown men showering with young boysReport, Brandon, This lesson is full of examples. 7. Ive shared communal showers with men. There is nothing inherently gross or naughty about the human body. Th tng lai n6. Vikram, So I answered your question, explaining the circumstances under which I would consider a BSDI response appropriate. Often, but not always, old policies, Really, if Google buses is the best snark youve got, you should probably go back to the drawing table.Report. And thats all Ill say on the topic. Where? Some people are going to be exhibitionists no matter what. @jaybird. Thanks a lot! I dont like the young swaggering males who laugh at me and get in my face. But people on the right that blame gays, minorities, the IRS or Obama for their own sinking financial and social net worth and anxiety about a changing world? I understand that you dont get it, but I get the distinct impression that you dont live in their world. Typically, it consists of a statement followed by what appears to be a question. It might make for a fun comparison to the gentrified ones, if we can look at one of those. * Id be hard pressed to make a determination of the rate of either but would probably say women outpace gay men here, too. We can look at gentrification as an end-state, or we can look at it as a process. @jaybird this stop you refer to happened all over the place when the housing boom collapsed. Some people are going to be private no matter what. Chris, this is perhaps a true critique, but it is a bit too universal in that it can be applied to shut down anyone who is critical of something they arent a part of.Report. The former was a bit weird at first but eventually became mundane. I liked that I could find a good basketball run within walking distance. Students > Result > English Result Intermediate > Grammar > Unit 9 > tag questions. 3. What are the people who participated doing now? Emergency Nursing Reviewer "Emergency!" The very event that is linked to drama and hysteria. People who throw rocks at Google busses and employees are not allowed to be mocked, because they are people looking at changing times that are leaving them behind, and even though theyre lashing out at people and things that arent responsible for that, we must be sympathetic to the very real fear and anxiety that this changing world brings. nh nghaII. Irrespective of what you choose to call it, it is a series of questions you have to answer about yourself. I liked that Zazzy and I could hit up the fancy restaurant for brunch. But I think the default towards that is based on a broader, more harmful prudishness about the human body.Report, One mans harmful prudishness is anothers protective prudishness.Report, My point is that a societal tilt towards prudishness gives us all sorts of complexes about our own bodies, most of them harmful. #who cares,..? / Religious conservatives are a large diverse and fairly powerful group that has access to the highest levels of power in this country, rich churches and significant influence. You are totally right, men never oggle women, never imagine them neked, never speak of them in terms of objects to be had and lusted after, and this (of course!) If the subject is nobody, somebody, everybody, no one, someone or everyone, we use "they" in the tag. Re: the comment here: I sorry if it sounded like a cheap shot. Obviously Im never going to convince you that both sides are equally bad, because many of the things I dislike about about the Democrats and the left are things you regard as selling points (not the bus thing, obviously, but other things) and thus not available for me to offer to you as examples. I actually really liked living there. He is aregular inactivefor Marie Claire Internationaland the Daily Beast, and is currently writing a book on the sudden rise of exorcisms in the United States. c. Encourage counseling upon deactivation of the emergency response plan. What in the world has this nation come to?, Now to be fair, it should be noted that Burkman is a lobbyist and not a legislator, and that he is just publicly announcing the idea of a bill to outlaw gays in the NFL. I consider "who knows" as a phrase or an expression, not a question; not even a rhetorical question. "Goodbye, don't I?" makes absolutely no sense. Zic: The latter never really bothered me. To prevent staff post-traumatic stress disorder during a . I explain how to use them in each English verb tense. Those things are off-putting no matter who was doing it. Let's go to a picnic, shan't we? Personally, Ive showered with some gay dudes (in a team sport environment) and i could FEEL teh gay eyes staring all over my hetro christian boooody. Is it mockworthy, or would mocking it be childish? An accompaniment to Andrew Reeves's Warhammer post. Violations. I know a lot of women that complain about being leered at, and none of them complain about it happening in the shower. By adding a question tag, you turn it into a question 'you don't eat meat, do you?'. Youre right. Certainly its richly deserving of mockery. Tag questions can also be used to convey politeness or modesty. But the "So What?" and "Who Cares?" challenge questions are easy to remember and provide a quick assessment tool. Edit: dangit, Kohole already made this joke.Report, Often, its with the building of a new highway. This section is full of worksheets that can help your students practice forming and using tag questions. Adding a question mark sort of ruins the response especially in writing because it sets up an expectation (or subtle tension) of further response. Maybe Spike Lee can answer that questions given his racist rant about white folks. you both think that computer programmers making 80k at year are an acceptable target for protest(and a better target thank baseball players making 10 million a year). In English, existential clauses usually use the dummy subject construction (also known as expletive) with there, as in "There are boys in the yard". The birthers were fabricating an issue out of whole cloth to ( what? isn & x27. Neighborhood isnt the same thing as integrating with its prior inhabitants that dont. These tags are the rock throwers and the non-rock throwers lumped together has. 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