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Dear forumites, given there's so much negativity and argument about all sorts of things, I've decided to start a thread for good news, positive articles and things that we can all agree make the world a better place and make us think that maybe, just maybe, the world isn't going to hell in a handbasket.

Old ladies walked across the road, children protected, people rescued by dogs, cats rescued by people, virgins enlightened (to quote Billy Connolly) and generally a thread for all good deeds, chivalry and happiness. I want to have one non-football thread where we can all get high on the feel-good factor.

Let's see if this thread has legs, or if we are really only attracted to bad news.

Came across this article which made me think of this:

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/photos/football-slideshow/ukraine-israel-friendly-soccer-photo-203623673.html

Somehow the third kid from the left didn't get a jacket... :d

Post away!!!
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Robert Downey Jr and how he worked with that kid that day.

:')

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https://i.imgur.com/batge7K.jpg

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paulbagzFC wrote:
Robert Downey Jr and how he worked with that kid that day.

:')

-PB


Hadn't heard the story, here it is.

http://au.eonline.com/news/429870/robert-downey-jr-consoles-crying-kid-hoping-for-an-iron-man-meetup
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The silly cow never should have rung 911 for a stolen wedding dress but the operator was sheer class:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bridal-guide/911-dispatcher-wedding-dress_b_3769125.html?utm_hp_ref=good-news&ir=Good%20News
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RedKat wrote:
NO WE DONT LIKE POSITIVE THINKING!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMN5uQhF-Ro
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JJ Watt, ladies and gentlemen. not only one of th best defensive players in the NFL after just a few years in the league, but also an outstanding human being.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1521740-why-jj-watt-should-be-your-favorite-nfl-player
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thupercoach wrote:
paulbagzFC wrote:
Robert Downey Jr and how he worked with that kid that day.

:')

-PB


Hadn't heard the story, here it is.

http://au.eonline.com/news/429870/robert-downey-jr-consoles-crying-kid-hoping-for-an-iron-man-meetup


Ahh same kinda story but this one is better;

[youtube]DhqQBm8NRuU[/youtube]

-PB

https://i.imgur.com/batge7K.jpg

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:')

-PB

https://i.imgur.com/batge7K.jpg

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Report back here when Justin Bieber, One Direction, the #cutforBieber girls, the people who infest youtube comments with "Justin Bieber is SO MUCH MORE TALENTED then bands WITH ACTUAL TALENT! and the tween girls who receive their first orgasm from said above "pop" "musicians" all die in a horrible and fiery plane crash.



WOLLONGONG WOLVES FOR A-LEAGUE EXPANSION!

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Benjo wrote:
JJ Watt, ladies and gentlemen. not only one of th best defensive players in the NFL after just a few years in the league, but also an outstanding human being.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1521740-why-jj-watt-should-be-your-favorite-nfl-player
Wow. A class act
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Benjo wrote:
JJ Watt, ladies and gentlemen. not only one of th best defensive players in the NFL after just a few years in the league, but also an outstanding human being.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1521740-why-jj-watt-should-be-your-favorite-nfl-player

JJ Watt is easily my favourite non-Packer. Not only is he an absolute beast player and future HoF-er, but he's a genuinely amazing guy who restores faith in sportspeople after some of the arrogant antics you see from some of his peers.
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Does this one qualify - a little bit...

http://ktla.com/2013/08/09/remorseful-thieves-return-stolen-items-to-sexual-assault-center/#axzz2cZb8edfd
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In the general Kumbaya spirit of this thread it most certainly does IMO.
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Nothing could make me gain faith in humanity
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Davis_Patik wrote:
Nothing could make me gain faith in humanity


Why delay the inevitable then, go top yourself you mopey c*nt.

-PB

https://i.imgur.com/batge7K.jpg

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paulbagzFC wrote:
Davis_Patik wrote:
Nothing could make me gain faith in humanity


Why delay the inevitable then, go top yourself you mopey c*nt.

-PB


You need to learn to read.
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Davis_Patik wrote:
paulbagzFC wrote:
Davis_Patik wrote:
Nothing could make me gain faith in humanity


Why delay the inevitable then, go top yourself you mopey c*nt.

-PB


You need to learn to read.


Cry harder emo kid.

-PB

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paulbagzFC wrote:
Davis_Patik wrote:
paulbagzFC wrote:
Davis_Patik wrote:
Nothing could make me gain faith in humanity


Why delay the inevitable then, go top yourself you mopey c*nt.

-PB


You need to learn to read.


Cry harder emo kid.

-PB
You could also read his statement as saying "I have every faith in mankind in the world, it's impossible to gain any more faith than I already have".

Not sure that's what he meant though.
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Muslims protecting a church in Egypt.


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Iridium1010 wrote:
Muslims protecting a church in Egypt.

=d> =d> =d>
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There was a lot of pictures when the first Arab Spring started in Egypt of Christians surrounding Muslims and protecting them from the soldiers during prayers.

And that, my friends, is how a secular society should operate.
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notorganic wrote:
There was a lot of pictures when the first Arab Spring started in Egypt of Christians surrounding Muslims and protecting them from the soldiers during prayers.

And that, my friends, is how a secular society should operate.
Well that's not so much an example of a secular society but of an accepting, pluralist society. Which is great to see. Love hearing stuff like that.
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Yeah...how is it secular if it's still observing or annotated around religion?
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RedKat wrote:
US school shooting suspect talked down by bookkeeper
From: AP August 22, 2013 12:55PM



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A MAN armed with an assault rifle and 500 rounds of ammunition entered a primary school in the US state of Georgia, held employees hostage and fired on police.
Dramatic overhead television footage captured young students racing out of the building. The situation "could have turned into something really ugly", said the local police chief, if not for the calm intervention of a school clerk.

Antoinette Tuff, the school's bookkeeper, persuaded the gunman to lay down his weapons and surrender to police. She may have saved lives.

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Just a week into the new school year, more than 800 students in pre-kindergarten to fifth grade were evacuated by teachers and police on Tuesday from Ronald E. McNair Discovery Learning Academy in Decatur, a few kilometres east of Atlanta.

DeKalb County Police Chief Cedric L Alexander said the suspect, identified later as 20-year-old Michael Brandon Hill, fired at least half a dozen shots from inside the administration area and officers returned fire when he was alone and they had a clear shot. Alexander said at a news conference Hill surrendered shortly after and he had other weapons, but police had no motive for the incident.

"He walked in with 498 rounds of ammunition," Alexander said. "I think we can make a reasonable assumption that he came here to do some harm."

Though the school has a system where people must be buzzed in by staff, the gunman may have slipped inside behind someone authorised to be there, Alexander said.

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A child peers out the window of a school bus as busses arrive with students after an incident at Ronald McNair Discovery Learning Academy. Picture: AP
Hill never got past the front office, where he held one or two employees captive, the chief said. He has been charged with aggravated assault on a police officer, terroristic threats and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

A woman in the school office, Antoinette Tuff, called WSB-TV as it was happening to say the gunman had asked her to contact the Atlanta station and police.

WSB said during the call shots were heard in the background. Assignment editor Lacey Lecroy said she spoke with the woman, who said she was alone with the man and his gun was visible.

In an interview on ABC's World News with Diane Sawyer, Tuff said she worked to convince the gunman to put down his weapons and ammunition.

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SWAT team arrives at the school. Picture: Twitter
"He told me he was sorry for what he was doing. He was willing to die," Tuff told ABC.

She told him her life story, about how her marriage fell apart after 33 years and the "roller-coaster" of opening her own business.

"I told him, 'OK, we all have situations in our lives'," she said. "It was going to be OK. If I could recover, he could, too." Then Tuff said she asked the suspect to put his weapons down, empty his pockets and backpack on the floor.

"I told the police he was giving himself up. I just talked him through it," she said.

DeKalb County Schools Superintendent Michael Thurmond praised faculty and authorities who got the young students to safety, staying calm and following plans in place. All teachers and students made it out of the school unharmed.

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Relatives, including Misty Henderson, center, are overcome with emotion as the buses with their loved ones pull into the parking lot of a Walmart in Decatur to be reunited with them. Picture: AP
"It's a blessed day, all of our children are safe," Mr Thurmond said at the news conference.

"This was a highly professional response on the ground by DeKalb County employees assisted by law enforcement."

Officials cut a hole in a fence to make sure students running from the building could get even farther away to a nearby street, he said. SWAT teams went from classroom to classroom to make sure people were out.

They sat waiting in a field until school buses came to take them to their parents and relatives at a nearby Wal-Mart, where cheers erupted when the first bus arrived about three hours after the shooting.
Jonessia White, the mother of a kindergartner, said the school's doors are normally locked.

"I took (my son) to school this morning and had to be buzzed in," she said. "So I'm wondering how the guy got in the door."



Read more: http://www.news.com.au/world-news/shots-fired-at-us-primary-school-mcnair-elementary-school/story-fndir2ev-1226700992646#ixzz2cgTLBXTI
Thought it wouldn't take you long to leave the dark side... Great story
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paulbagzFC wrote:
Davis_Patik wrote:
paulbagzFC wrote:
Davis_Patik wrote:
Nothing could make me gain faith in humanity


Why delay the inevitable then, go top yourself you mopey c*nt.

-PB


You need to learn to read.


Cry harder emo kid.

-PB


You need to stop making baseless assumptions.
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thupercoach wrote:
paulbagzFC wrote:
Davis_Patik wrote:
paulbagzFC wrote:
Davis_Patik wrote:
Nothing could make me gain faith in humanity


Why delay the inevitable then, go top yourself you mopey c*nt.

-PB


You need to learn to read.


Cry harder emo kid.

-PB
You could also read his statement as saying "I have every faith in mankind in the world, it's impossible to gain any more faith than I already have".

Not sure that's what he meant though.


I have my view on humanity, that is not going to change. People are capable of doing good things or bad things. Articles about what certain people might change my opinion about what they do, it will not change my view about humanity as a whole because humanity as a whole is not responsible for what an individual or group of individuals does.
I am not surprised that somebody jumped on what I wrote as being extremely negative but in reality I did not say anything about my view of humanity as a whole, just that it was not going to change.
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DP wrote:
humanity as a whole is not responsible for what an individual or group of individuals does.

DP wrote:
You need to stop making baseless assumptions.


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afromanGT wrote:
DP wrote:
humanity as a whole is not responsible for what an individual or group of individuals does.

DP wrote:
You need to stop making baseless assumptions.



I can think of a number of reason why you would compare those quotes so I do not know what point you are trying to make.
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thupercoach wrote:
notorganic wrote:
There was a lot of pictures when the first Arab Spring started in Egypt of Christians surrounding Muslims and protecting them from the soldiers during prayers.

And that, my friends, is how a secular society should operate.
Well that's not so much an example of a secular society but of an accepting, pluralist society. Which is great to see. Love hearing stuff like that.

Individuals free to worship what they please and respect the rights of others to do the same is what I was getting at. Getting into the whole thing of separating church and state is something else entirely.
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Davis_Patik wrote:
afromanGT wrote:
DP wrote:
humanity as a whole is not responsible for what an individual or group of individuals does.

DP wrote:
You need to stop making baseless assumptions.



I can think of a number of reason why you would compare those quotes so I do not know what point you are trying to make.

I'm not comparing them, I'm quoting you back at yourself.
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