Saturday, August 23, 2014
It's Not Just the Police
Have I ever mentioned in my blogs that it's not just police in the "police project"? At the beginning, fire chiefs and firefighters were also involved; and I believe some military people have been involved in giving advice, as well. But it's mainly the police and fire people, as far as I know. And the fire people had been sort of asked to keep an eye on things and to not let the gay issues get too far out of hand.... [This was many decades ago.] But it seems the fire people have also had an interest in supporting gay issues, since that time. But there has been some conflict between the police and fire people at some times. [I don't know!?--We're working on things.]
They Wanted Sympathy and Support...
Have explained in Waterlily Story II that the police specifically wanted support from someone like my late, ex-husband--who had a drinking problem.... As long as they're not personally harmed by them, people often like alcoholics and want to help them. And the police knew that their gay rights project was sort of half-serious. It's been a serious effort, in some ways, but it has also seemed to be on the back burner some of the time. And the police groups have been deliberately spread out in order that it would be hard to shut them down if they were ever exposed before they wanted to be. It's been kind of helter-skelter, in my opinion! But we've made progress...and I can only hope something will be settled soon? [And the people who know about the police project have been very tolerant overall, it seems.--And most people don't know the whole story--only bits and pieces of it....]
They Had Permission
When I got married in the late 1980s, my husband was working with police through his job. He became quite good friends with some of them, at the time. And it seems they wanted to know if he approved of the fact that they were scouting me for the police project...? My husband told me some stories...and they were stories...and he also wanted to know if I approved? Neither he nor I really knew what to expect from there...! My husband knew more than I did but he didn't tell me everything. But he basically got my permission to proceed--and I'm sure the police thanked him for his support!?
There was also a particular psychiatrist who advised the police for several decades. It seems he started in the early 1980s? He has since retired, to my knowledge, and the police have used various other psychiatrists.
So, the police weren't working entirely on their own.
There was also a particular psychiatrist who advised the police for several decades. It seems he started in the early 1980s? He has since retired, to my knowledge, and the police have used various other psychiatrists.
So, the police weren't working entirely on their own.
Saturday, August 2, 2014
Videos of Michael Jackson and Friends
Have written in my first two blogs about Michael Jackson and a couple of videos--"We Are The World," from 1985; and "We Are The World 25," from 2010. For some reason, I'm not able to post the Links here.--I'd have liked to. But people can Google them for themselves, if they wish. The videos are about 7-10 minutes long, each.
If people would also like to know what else I've written about Michael Jackson and his work, they can go to my first two blogs.
If people would also like to know what else I've written about Michael Jackson and his work, they can go to my first two blogs.
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
My Parents
In the post, "What's It Really All About???" below, I mentioned something about my parents. When the police project began, I believe they were looking for certain type of people. My mother had attended a dressmaking and design school which was connected to a dressmaker's shop.--It was what was called haute couture, at the time. It was high fashion and customers had individual designs made for them. The clients of the shop included politicians' wives and movie stars. After my mother's course was over, she worked in the shop for a little while. She was a working-class person but she had contact with famous people. Also, my mother's sister-in-law--my aunt--worked on the grounds of the president's palace for a while when she was young. This was in the country of Finland, in Europe, where my family lived before I was born.
It wasn't that the police wanted a dressmaker or a gardener, of course. But they wanted to know that the family could perform quality work, I suppose? And they wanted a musical family, also. My father played the piano and that was important. Pianos, and also organs, were a symbol in the police project. The pianos and organs represented the silent films of the past; and the police project was an undercover one--it was silent, you could say. If a family had musical talent, it was also likely they'd have an interest in writing, which was needed. [Have written about this earlier in my first blog.]
It has all been quite a complicated scheme but I believe the police knew what they were doing; and I just wanted to mention something about my parents here. They chose the parents first, in my case, and then they followed through to see what kind of children they'd have.... I was the first-born and I seemed to fit the qualifications they wanted.... [And we're still trying to resolve the issues....]
It wasn't that the police wanted a dressmaker or a gardener, of course. But they wanted to know that the family could perform quality work, I suppose? And they wanted a musical family, also. My father played the piano and that was important. Pianos, and also organs, were a symbol in the police project. The pianos and organs represented the silent films of the past; and the police project was an undercover one--it was silent, you could say. If a family had musical talent, it was also likely they'd have an interest in writing, which was needed. [Have written about this earlier in my first blog.]
It has all been quite a complicated scheme but I believe the police knew what they were doing; and I just wanted to mention something about my parents here. They chose the parents first, in my case, and then they followed through to see what kind of children they'd have.... I was the first-born and I seemed to fit the qualifications they wanted.... [And we're still trying to resolve the issues....]
Thursday, May 1, 2014
Sexual Harassment in the Bible
Some Christians I've met don't seem to be completely familiar with what the term "sexual harassment" means.--And it's just as well if people haven't had experience with the topic! But I'd like to explain to give them a better idea of what happened to me in the past. And there was a story in the Bible about someone who had a similar problem.
It was Joseph who was working as a slave in Egypt, in the house of a respected man named Potiphar. One day, Potiphar's wife decided she wanted to be intimate with Joseph. And Joseph refused. So, the lady became angry and she made a false accusation against Joseph. She grabbed his coat and claimed that Joseph had tried to attack her. Did she say Joseph left his coat behind when she turned down his advances? Something like that.
In sexual harassment, the perpetrator takes some negative action against someone who turns him/her down. They penalize the unwilling person. [And it's against the law.] In the above case, Joseph was sent to prison for attempted rape.--It was a serious charge! The actions aren't usually that extreme but sometimes they are.
What happened to me was that I believed my former landlady had sexually harassed me and she had driven me out of my home for turning her down. [The details are explained more fully in my first blog.] She claimed the basement apartment was legally too small for my son and me, although she had let us rent it just a few months before. And she had offered me the use of an extra room in the basement if I was willing to go along with her, etc.
It wasn't my landlady who put criminal charges on me but then someone who was connected to the landlord/tenant agency did.--And my official case was brought into the court, with underhanded tactics.... The criminal part wasn't exactly part of the sexual harassment but it seemed awfully close, at the time...! And I've had to deal with all this business for some time.
[My contacts and I have been working on the criminal matters and other things that have happened to me in the past--as I've been explaining in my three blogs. We've been making progress, even though nothing has been publicized, so far. And I pray that I'll have strength to get through to the end.--Hopefully, it won't be too much further!?]
It was Joseph who was working as a slave in Egypt, in the house of a respected man named Potiphar. One day, Potiphar's wife decided she wanted to be intimate with Joseph. And Joseph refused. So, the lady became angry and she made a false accusation against Joseph. She grabbed his coat and claimed that Joseph had tried to attack her. Did she say Joseph left his coat behind when she turned down his advances? Something like that.
In sexual harassment, the perpetrator takes some negative action against someone who turns him/her down. They penalize the unwilling person. [And it's against the law.] In the above case, Joseph was sent to prison for attempted rape.--It was a serious charge! The actions aren't usually that extreme but sometimes they are.
What happened to me was that I believed my former landlady had sexually harassed me and she had driven me out of my home for turning her down. [The details are explained more fully in my first blog.] She claimed the basement apartment was legally too small for my son and me, although she had let us rent it just a few months before. And she had offered me the use of an extra room in the basement if I was willing to go along with her, etc.
It wasn't my landlady who put criminal charges on me but then someone who was connected to the landlord/tenant agency did.--And my official case was brought into the court, with underhanded tactics.... The criminal part wasn't exactly part of the sexual harassment but it seemed awfully close, at the time...! And I've had to deal with all this business for some time.
[My contacts and I have been working on the criminal matters and other things that have happened to me in the past--as I've been explaining in my three blogs. We've been making progress, even though nothing has been publicized, so far. And I pray that I'll have strength to get through to the end.--Hopefully, it won't be too much further!?]
Thursday, April 10, 2014
Gay Marriage
Gay marriage has been the biggest issue for gay rights that has been involved in the police charity project. Myself, I've gone through different phases of my understanding of the topic. But I'm think I'm finally getting to where I can really be comfortable and cooperate with other people--both gay supporters and conservative Christians!? People can read more in the first two blogs if they wish to know more about this matter.
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