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Post by Icctrombone on Feb 24, 2021 7:40:33 GMT -5
Can two people have an affair without sex? If a married person kisses another person not their spouse, does that constitute an affair?
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Post by brutalis on Feb 24, 2021 7:59:18 GMT -5
Can two people have an affair without sex? If a married person kisses another person not their spouse, does that constitute an affair? It's all about the mindset and intent that constitutes if it is an affair or not. If you have to look outside of your partner for something: physical, emotional, intellectually or whatever it is you are in "need" of, then IMO that constitutes cheating and therefore is an affair. Kissing is problematic as are you talking about kissing as in passion, or in friendship? Again its all about intent. If you are married or a relationship and kissing another with passion I call it again as cheating. Devotion to ONE means you don't require or need another. My own personal ideology. |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Feb 24, 2021 10:23:27 GMT -5
Can two people have an affair without sex? If a married person kisses another person not their spouse, does that constitute an affair? I suppose it would depend on the people involved. I believe that if someone entertains secret romantic feelings for someone who's not their spouse, and that these feelings are reciprocated, shared and acted upon (even without physical contact), then it does constitute an affair of sorts. What "makes" the affair as far as I'm concerned is not the feeling, the kissing or even the sex; it's the lying. The cheating. If one is falling for someone not their spouse and admits to it immediately and voluntarily, it's a genuine marital problem but not an affair. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2021 9:51:03 GMT -5
Have a Captain Marvel/Shazam question that has perplexed me. Has it ever been explained why Billy Batson is the only member of the Shazam family to actually age when he transforms? Mary, Freddy, The Lieutenant's and Hoppy all remain essentially themselves but powered up. I summon the Lightning answer round... I don't know if it was ever explained back in the 40s/50s. However in the 90s Power of Shazam Billy transforms into a version of his Dad and Mary into a version of their Mom. Freddy transforms into a non crippled version of himself. |
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Post by titcharoony on Mar 13, 2021 8:53:55 GMT -5
Q - Does anyone know of anyone on here who can and who would be prepared to draw a very simple drawing that's as close as possibly to John Bryne's Silver Surfer style? It's a modified character Cash monies obviously apply.  |
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Post by Icctrombone on Mar 23, 2021 4:41:11 GMT -5
Is the band Meatloaf considered a big musical act or are they just a band that had some minor hits? The songs that they are famous for are just amazing.
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Post by EdoBosnar on Mar 23, 2021 5:10:03 GMT -5
First, it's the singer who's known as Meat Loaf (real name Michael Aday), not the band. And while I was never really a fan, yeah, back in the second half of the 1970s especially, but into the early 1980s, I recall that he was a pretty big name on the rock scene. Also notable to comics fans was the fact that the covers to his albums Bat Out of Hell and Dead Ringer were done by Richard Corben and Berni Wrightson - I remember black T-shirts with those images on them were quite popular at the time.
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Post by Icctrombone on Mar 23, 2021 6:26:27 GMT -5
First, it's the singer who's known as Meat Loaf (real name Michael Aday), not the band. And while I was never really a fan, yeah, back in the second half of the 1970s especially, but into the early 1980s, I recall that he was a pretty big name on the rock scene. Also notable to comics fans was the fact that the covers to his albums Bat Out of Hell and Dead Ringer were done by Richard Corben and Berni Wrightson - I remember black T-shirts with those images on them were quite popular at the time. So he's called Meat Loaf , no band name. I guess that are just a backup band. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2021 8:08:06 GMT -5
And the real power behind Meat Loaf's success was Jim Steinman who composed the hits on Meatloaf's successful albums (particularly Bat out of Hell and BOOH II), and Meat Loaf's other albums were far less successful commercially. By the late 80's/early 90s. just before the release of Bat out of Hell II, Meat Loaf was playing dive bars, I saw him play in a club on Hampton Beach in New Hampshire in the summer of '89 or '90 when I was living in Boston in front of a crowd of about 50 people.
So at the peaks of his career, he was a big star/commercial success, but there were some valleys where he wasn't even a blip on the music scene's radar.
-M
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Post by brutalis on Mar 23, 2021 8:10:21 GMT -5
First, it's the singer who's known as Meat Loaf (real name Michael Aday), not the band. And while I was never really a fan, yeah, back in the second half of the 1970s especially, but into the early 1980s, I recall that he was a pretty big name on the rock scene. Also notable to comics fans was the fact that the covers to his albums Bat Out of Hell and Dead Ringer were done by Richard Corben and Berni Wrightson - I remember black T-shirts with those images on them were quite popular at the time. So he's called Meat Loaf , no band name. I guess that are just a backup band. The musician's are called Neverland Express and are NOT a back up band. While the band changes out for tours there is always a core group there. Looong list of names so look 'em up on internet. And just as important to Loaf's stardom is writer of his biggest hits Jim Steinman. Aday's voice and presence as frontman is major but the writing and players are all a big part of it all as well. |
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Post by Icctrombone on Mar 23, 2021 9:30:28 GMT -5
And the real power behind Meat Loaf's success was Jim Steinman who composed the hits on Meatloaf's successful albums (particularly Bat out of Hell and BOOH II), and Meat Loaf's other albums were far less successful commercially. By the late 80's/early 90s. just before the release of Bat out of Hell II, Meat Loaf was playing dive bars, I saw him play in a club on Hampton Beach in New Hampshire in the summer of '89 or '90 when I was living in Boston in front of a crowd of about 50 people. So at the peaks of his career, he was a big star/commercial success, but there were some valleys where he wasn't even a blip on the music scene's radar. -M It’s sad when entertainers lose their mojo. I remember Deborah Harry performing to half empty venues at the end. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2021 11:27:53 GMT -5
And the real power behind Meat Loaf's success was Jim Steinman who composed the hits on Meatloaf's successful albums (particularly Bat out of Hell and BOOH II), and Meat Loaf's other albums were far less successful commercially. By the late 80's/early 90s. just before the release of Bat out of Hell II, Meat Loaf was playing dive bars, I saw him play in a club on Hampton Beach in New Hampshire in the summer of '89 or '90 when I was living in Boston in front of a crowd of about 50 people. So at the peaks of his career, he was a big star/commercial success, but there were some valleys where he wasn't even a blip on the music scene's radar. -M It’s sad when entertainers lose their mojo. I remember Deborah Harry performing to half empty venues at the end. Well he got it back just a couple of years later with the release of Bat out of Hell II: Back Into Hell in 1993 as he was once again in heavy radio rotation, topping charts and filling arenas. -M |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2021 19:12:32 GMT -5
Is anyone a lawyer here?
I know I could Google this, but I prefer discussion over soulless search engine results.
I started watching Season One of Perry Mason recently. It aired in 1957. So I have a legal question or two. All in good fun, of course, no serious problems, I know artistic licence is a thing. I have never been in a court other than to pick up passengers, I have never been inside a courtroom, except a mock-up one in a museum!
1.) Perry Mason seems to act as an investigator as much as an attorney, often going out and doing a lot of tasks. Modern shows depict lawyers hiring private detectives (of having them employed full-time). How likely, then or now, would it be for an attorney to be making calls, investigating crime scenes, etc?
2.) In the episodes I’ve watched, defendants and witnesses have raised their right hand and swore to tell the truth, instructed by a court official. No Bible, though. I’m sure some 60s (and later) dramas featured the Bible. Is there a point in which Bibles became part of a courtroom proceedings?
3.) In UK legal dramas, the judge seems to speak very little, other than summing up and occasionally ensuring rules are followed. In Perry Mason, the judges talk quite a bit, ask questions of their own, etc. If there are any lawyers here, what’s the reality?
4.) A ballistics test took place in court in the fourth episode. How likely is it that that would occur?
I am enjoying the show, and my appreciation of it will not be diminished if the reality is different, but I am sure it’d be fun to find out the answers.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Dec 2, 2021 19:36:08 GMT -5
Is anyone a lawyer here? I know I could Google this, but I prefer discussion over soulless search engine results. I started watching Season One of Perry Mason recently. It aired in 1957. So I have a legal question or two. All in good fun, of course, no serious problems, I know artistic licence is a thing. I have never been in a court other than to pick up passengers, I have never been inside a courtroom, except a mock-up one in a museum! 1.) Perry Mason seems to act as an investigator as much as an attorney, often going out and doing a lot of tasks. Modern shows depict lawyers hiring private detectives (of having them employed full-time). How likely, then or now, would it be for an attorney to be making calls, investigating crime scenes, etc? 2.) In the episodes I’ve watched, defendants and witnesses have raised their right hand and swore to tell the truth, instructed by a court official. No Bible, though. I’m sure some 60s (and later) dramas featured the Bible. Is there a point in which Bibles became part of a courtroom proceedings? 3.) In UK legal dramas, the judge seems to speak very little, other than summing up and occasionally ensuring rules are followed. In Perry Mason, the judges talk quite a bit, ask questions of their own, etc. If there are any lawyers here, what’s the reality? 4.) A ballistics test took place in court in the fourth episode. How likely is it that that would occur? I am enjoying the show, and my appreciation of it will not be diminished if the reality is different, but I am sure it’d be fun to find out the answers. I'm a defense attorney and have been for fifteen years. Before that I was a prosecutor for a few years. So I'll try to answer. Keep in mind that things have changed substantially in the law and procedure in the last 64 years, so what is true now might not have necessarily been true then. 1). It's not unheard of, but it's also not super common. Sometimes the client simply doesn't have the money to hire P.I.'s to assist on the case. Some public defenders offices have staff P.I.'s. Some don't. Making calls is pretty standard. Investigating crime scenes sometimes happens...sometimes not. One of the issues is this tends to make the attorney a witness, but he or she cannot call themselves as a witness. That's one of the nice things about having a P.I., you have an actual witness. 2) It's probably more about accurate to ask when it stopped being a requirement to swear on a Bible. I've practiced for 22 years and have never even seen a Bible in a Courtroom. I'm not saying there aren't jurisdictions that do that, but it's probably pretty rare. If you're seeing it in any fairly recent film it's a leftover trope that needs to be retired. 3) It's rare but can happen. Judges are allowed to ask questions, but usually don't because it's not their case to present. I don't think I've ever seen it in a jury trial, because what would be the point? Where I do see it occasionally (and this depends on the judge) are in Preliminary Hearings before a Magistrate. Those are probable cause hearings to determine if there is enough evidence for a felony case to be bound over to District Court. In those hearings the Magistrate is the trier of fact and it is their job to determine if there are sufficient facts to warrant the case proceeding. So they're within their rights to ask questions to clarify things. If the Court is asking questions in a Jury Trial he or she probably shouldn't be. 4) It's zero likely to occur. For a few reasons. One is the safety of the people in the Courtroom. Second the ballistics experts should have already done the testing and performing another test is theatrics. Third, what would it prove? There's no way scientific testing by both sides could then be done in the Courtroom. There's just no way that actually happens. |
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Post by berkley on Dec 3, 2021 0:06:34 GMT -5
Is anyone a lawyer here? I know I could Google this, but I prefer discussion over soulless search engine results. I started watching Season One of Perry Mason recently. It aired in 1957. So I have a legal question or two. All in good fun, of course, no serious problems, I know artistic licence is a thing. I have never been in a court other than to pick up passengers, I have never been inside a courtroom, except a mock-up one in a museum! 1.) Perry Mason seems to act as an investigator as much as an attorney, often going out and doing a lot of tasks. Modern shows depict lawyers hiring private detectives (of having them employed full-time). How likely, then or now, would it be for an attorney to be making calls, investigating crime scenes, etc? 2.) In the episodes I’ve watched, defendants and witnesses have raised their right hand and swore to tell the truth, instructed by a court official. No Bible, though. I’m sure some 60s (and later) dramas featured the Bible. Is there a point in which Bibles became part of a courtroom proceedings? 3.) In UK legal dramas, the judge seems to speak very little, other than summing up and occasionally ensuring rules are followed. In Perry Mason, the judges talk quite a bit, ask questions of their own, etc. If there are any lawyers here, what’s the reality? 4.) A ballistics test took place in court in the fourth episode. How likely is it that that would occur? I am enjoying the show, and my appreciation of it will not be diminished if the reality is different, but I am sure it’d be fun to find out the answers. I'm a defense attorney and have been for fifteen years. Before that I was a prosecutor for a few years. So I'll try to answer. Keep in mind that things have changed substantially in the law and procedure in the last 64 years, so what is true now might not have necessarily been true then. 1). It's not unheard of, but it's also not super common. Sometimes the client simply doesn't have the money to hire P.I.'s to assist on the case. Some public defenders offices have staff P.I.'s. Some don't. Making calls is pretty standard. Investigating crime scenes sometimes happens...sometimes not. One of the issues is this tends to make the attorney a witness, but he or she cannot call themselves as a witness. That's one of the nice things about having a P.I., you have an actual witness. 2) It's probably more about accurate to ask when it stopped being a requirement to swear on a Bible. I've practiced for 22 years and have never even seen a Bible in a Courtroom. I'm not saying there aren't jurisdictions that do that, but it's probably pretty rare. If you're seeing it in any fairly recent film it's a leftover trope that needs to be retired. 3) It's rare but can happen. Judges are allowed to ask questions, but usually don't because it's not their case to present. I don't think I've ever seen it in a jury trial, because what would be the point? Where I do see it occasionally (and this depends on the judge) are in Preliminary Hearings before a Magistrate. Those are probable cause hearings to determine if there is enough evidence for a felony case to be bound over to District Court. In those hearings the Magistrate is the trier of fact and it is their job to determine if there are sufficient facts to warrant the case proceeding. So they're within their rights to ask questions to clarify things. If the Court is asking questions in a Jury Trial he or she probably shouldn't be. 4) It's zero likely to occur. For a few reasons. One is the safety of the people in the Courtroom. Second the ballistics experts should have already done the testing and performing another test is theatrics. Third, what would it prove? There's no way scientific testing by both sides could then be done in the Courtroom. There's just no way that actually happens.
If you ever get a chance to watch the French cop series Spiral (French title "Engrenages") I think you'll find it fascinating not only as a great show in itself - one of the best police or crime dramas I've seen - but also because of how different the French legal system seems to be compared to the US or the UK (from what I see of those on tv or in movies).
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