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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-05 10:49 PM Original message |
California Student Gets 8 Years for SUV Vandalism (Reuters) |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-05 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. The guy is like Rainman. He has autism. Smart in physics, not so smart |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-05 11:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I agree, but what do you make of that last statement by the Judge? |
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lenidog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-05 11:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. What the judge was saying is that if he was so intelligent |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-05 11:28 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Asperger's (I understand they call themselves Aspies) usually |
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lenidog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-05 11:49 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Sounds like a friend of mine though he is a bit more socialized than that |
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mark11727 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 02:21 AM Response to Reply #11 |
35. Knew a guy like that in college... |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:05 AM Response to Reply #8 |
38. The judge never heard the Asperger's argument. |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 10:21 AM Response to Reply #38 |
65. That gives an excellent avenue for appeal, though |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 10:37 AM Response to Reply #65 |
68. Agreed. Pretty stiff sentence, but he shouldn't walk. |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 08:52 AM Response to Reply #8 |
44. Can't function is society? |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 04:42 PM Response to Reply #44 |
103. That doesn't mean a great deal |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 10:22 AM Response to Reply #103 |
147. There is a big difference between being socially inept and not knowing |
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MN ChimpH8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 01:32 PM Response to Reply #103 |
175. Aspergers |
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pelagius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 10:59 AM Response to Reply #8 |
72. Nerds and Asperger's |
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Jack_DeLeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:31 AM Response to Reply #1 |
21. Yeah stupid judge.... |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:50 AM Response to Reply #21 |
40. According to the court, he never set these fires. 2 other folks, who fled |
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Chrisishere (2 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 11:32 AM Response to Reply #1 |
83. Perhaps not so stupid |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-05 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
2. I don't condone what the guy did |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-05 11:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Everyone who drives contributes to pollution |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-05 11:42 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. "It is not what you drive so much as how much fuel you burn." |
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MnFats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:19 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. amen. these fuggin' hummers, when pimped out, get about 8mpg |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:23 AM Response to Reply #9 |
17. A woman was sentenced to lifelong disability by an SUV driver |
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Voltaire99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:09 AM Response to Reply #4 |
27. "It reminds me of the xions who hate gays, a very similar mind set." |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 02:07 AM Response to Reply #4 |
140. it is a very different mindset than those who hate gays |
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countmyvote4real (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-05 11:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. And they can fall back on the twinkie defence. |
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dragon695 (15 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 01:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
160. But I do |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-05 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
7. Wait... He is going to jail for trying to influence |
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d_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:25 AM Response to Reply #7 |
28. Amen to that. |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 08:52 AM Response to Reply #7 |
46. I think that arson may have something to do with it |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 04:52 PM Response to Reply #46 |
104. So what to make of this quote then? |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:04 PM Response to Reply #104 |
111. It sounds like either bad judicial logic or bad reporting |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 08:16 PM Response to Reply #111 |
132. Yes, that was my point. I have seen other such proclimations from |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 10:21 AM Response to Reply #104 |
146. So motive should have place in the sentencing process |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 10:08 AM Response to Reply #7 |
59. No, he's going to prison for arson and vandalism |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-05 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
10. evil judge |
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Jack_DeLeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:33 AM Response to Reply #10 |
23. So would you let someone... |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:28 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. . |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 09:38 AM Response to Reply #23 |
52. What thread are you reading? |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 10:38 AM Response to Reply #52 |
69. Exactly |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 11:19 AM Response to Reply #69 |
78. On what do you base your claim that he is innocent? |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:18 PM Response to Reply #78 |
86. Thanks for proving my point to the other poster. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:36 PM Response to Reply #86 |
90. What "other poster" |
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TX-RAT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 04:15 PM Response to Reply #86 |
100. You've proved nothing. |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 08:06 PM Response to Reply #100 |
130. Not to you. |
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TX-RAT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 08:45 AM Response to Reply #130 |
142. Well thank you |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 12:58 PM Response to Reply #142 |
154. HA! Like you did? |
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TX-RAT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 04:14 PM Response to Reply #52 |
99. And you were juror number what? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 10:07 AM Response to Reply #10 |
58. Put yourself in the judge's place and tell us what you would have done |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 10:41 AM Response to Reply #58 |
70. I'm glad you are not a judge. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 11:15 AM Response to Reply #70 |
76. Argumentum ad hominem doesn't address the question |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:13 PM Response to Reply #76 |
84. Jawol herr Bundesrichter! |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:18 PM Response to Reply #84 |
85. ROTFLMAO! |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:24 PM Response to Reply #85 |
88. What was that about ad hominem? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:27 PM Response to Reply #88 |
89. Sticks and stones |
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BadNews (244 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 01:04 PM Response to Reply #84 |
157. For those of you who didn't get that, |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 01:16 PM Response to Reply #157 |
173. Yes, he can make an ass of himself in Portuguese and German |
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dragon695 (15 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 01:19 PM Response to Reply #58 |
161. well given the recent supreme court decision |
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conflictgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-05 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
12. To me the problem here is the hugely disproportionate sentence |
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Jack_DeLeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:34 AM Response to Reply #12 |
24. IMO Arson is a violent crime... |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 03:56 PM Response to Reply #24 |
97. The reason for classifying crimes as violent has to do with people, |
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Jack_DeLeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 11:05 PM Response to Reply #97 |
139. If I use a gun.... |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 09:20 AM Response to Reply #139 |
143. No, it really doesn't. |
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conflictgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 09:30 AM Response to Reply #139 |
145. That doesn't make sense |
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Caution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:39 PM Response to Reply #12 |
91. 8 years for vandalising cars. It's obscene. |
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mccoyn (512 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 02:52 PM Response to Reply #91 |
93. 125 SUVs... |
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Caution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 03:02 PM Response to Reply #93 |
94. the money value is high sure, but 8 years effectively destroys this |
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mccoyn (512 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 03:22 PM Response to Reply #94 |
95. Not just high, its huge. |
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Caution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 03:32 PM Response to Reply #95 |
96. Sure it would ruin anyone without insurance |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:07 PM Response to Reply #96 |
113. What of the harm done to everyone who pays insurance premiums? |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 11:35 AM Response to Reply #113 |
150. 3.5 mil is peanuts to the insurance industry. This will have zero |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 12:49 PM Response to Reply #150 |
153. So you personally don't mind paying for your share of this incident |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 12:58 PM Response to Reply #153 |
155. then stop paying your taxes. nt |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 01:10 PM Response to Reply #155 |
158. Witty yet predictable |
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Caution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 01:32 PM Response to Reply #153 |
167. So instead you wish to throw away this young man's life? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 01:14 PM Response to Reply #167 |
172. He threw away up to 8 years of his own life - not my choice or problem |
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dragon695 (15 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 01:25 PM Response to Reply #113 |
163. No it won't |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 01:17 PM Response to Reply #163 |
174. Cite, please |
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iamjoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 11:52 AM Response to Reply #91 |
152. Don't They Cane For This In Singapore? |
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kodi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-05 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
13. maybe he can get a cell with another asperger-physicist, ted kozinski |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:02 AM Response to Original message |
14. Gosh, there's this one guy who lied to start this war where entire cities |
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MnFats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:19 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. good point n/t |
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BadNews (244 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:28 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Yes but, |
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bunkerbuster1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:44 AM Response to Reply #18 |
39. 8 years is about what I'd expect from Texas |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 10:06 AM Response to Reply #14 |
57. And there's no distraction like a good Red Herring |
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Jack_DeLeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:29 AM Response to Original message |
19. Good... |
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BadNews (244 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:32 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. True. They would be justified. |
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enki23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:03 AM Response to Reply #19 |
26. legal to shoot someone who was committing vandalism, or even arson... |
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Jack_DeLeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:33 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Texas Penal Code Section 9.42 |
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enki23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:53 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. hey. i didn't doubt it's legal in texas. and i rest my case. |
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Jack_DeLeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 02:06 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. wow, I guess you live in a place where the laws of physics are different.. |
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Sterling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 11:27 AM Response to Reply #26 |
79. Seems like any post with a Texas flag will have that kind of content. |
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dragon695 (15 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 01:33 PM Response to Reply #79 |
168. Amen |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 07:51 AM Response to Reply #19 |
42. This attitude is part of America's shame. |
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dragon695 (15 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 01:29 PM Response to Reply #19 |
166. Boo Hoo |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:30 AM Response to Original message |
20. rapists, murderers and pedophiles get less time than that! |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:01 PM Response to Reply #20 |
109. That's definitely a problem |
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seriousstan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:53 AM Response to Original message |
25. This is exactly the way human nature is. |
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SKKY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:34 AM Response to Original message |
31. I think what the judge was saying was... |
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ConsAreLiars (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 02:20 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. but if he had a conscience or a soul |
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SKKY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 03:36 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Don't get me wrong Cons, I'm torn on this... |
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Piperay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 04:03 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. I'm torn too |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 08:42 AM Response to Reply #37 |
43. Principle? |
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Sterling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 11:30 AM Response to Reply #43 |
80. What fucked up principle implies that it's OK to destroy others' property |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 11:32 AM Response to Reply #80 |
82. That isn't a principle. |
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Piperay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:22 PM Response to Reply #43 |
119. Apparently the 'fucked up' |
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dragon695 (15 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 01:43 PM Response to Reply #36 |
170. It was done in the past |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 07:50 AM Response to Original message |
41. 8 years?? That is so sick! Sounds like one of those reactionary judges. |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 08:52 AM Response to Reply #41 |
45. He'd get less time for molestattion or rape. Only in America. |
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Blue Moon (151 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 10:26 AM Response to Reply #45 |
67. True |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 10:10 AM Response to Reply #41 |
61. Here's a link to the entire California Penal Code |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 10:18 AM Response to Reply #41 |
63. His Honor WAS appointed by * |
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Red State Rebel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
47. Student gets 8 years for SUV vandalism |
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Mr.Soul (30 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 09:23 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. hmmmmm |
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formerrepuke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 09:23 AM Response to Reply #47 |
49. and how many years do Hummer owners get for polluting the air...? |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 09:33 AM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Forget the owners... |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 04:38 PM Response to Reply #49 |
102. and wasting gasoline |
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American Tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
51. I don't like SUVs, but wanton destruction of property is inexcusable |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 10:19 AM Response to Reply #51 |
64. Nearly all the damage was on dealerships' lots. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 10:21 AM Response to Reply #64 |
66. You aren't thinking this all the way through, NCevilDUer |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 11:06 AM Response to Reply #66 |
74. By charging more for SUVs. Tough noogies. nt |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 11:16 AM Response to Reply #74 |
77. You still don't get it |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 09:52 PM Response to Reply #77 |
138. Why would it raise rates on everybody if it only affected one type of car? |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 11:00 AM Response to Reply #51 |
73. Have you told your mother that you don't like her driving one |
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Bush_Eats_Beef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:38 PM Response to Reply #51 |
120. I THOUGHT I was being responsible when I bought my Honda Pilot... |
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tinonedown (329 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
53. Just another domestic terrorist |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
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amagusta (43 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
55. Does the judge own stock in GM? (should be disclosed) |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
56. For those unfamiliar with CA law, the guy got off VERY easy |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
60. Eight years for seven counts of arson? That's actually pretty light |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
62. I'm sure |
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TX-RAT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:41 PM Response to Reply #62 |
92. Sorry, but he's nothing but a convicted felon. |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
71. Arson is a violent crime |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 11:32 AM Response to Reply #71 |
81. I agree. And justice that makes an example of someone rather than |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:21 PM Response to Reply #81 |
87. And by statute, he could have gotten twenty years |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 04:00 PM Response to Reply #87 |
98. How do you risk lives when there's NOBODY AROUND? |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:10 PM Response to Reply #98 |
115. Fires Spread. Only Takes A Little Breeze. If The Whole Area Went Ablaze |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 07:31 PM Response to Reply #98 |
127. Fires spread |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 07:33 PM Response to Reply #98 |
128. I just thought of an example of how a fire can kill someone |
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Willy Lee (925 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
75. WTF? He is a "domestic terrorist" |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 05:00 PM Response to Reply #75 |
105. yup. |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
101. I thought this was a joke; my brain doesn't want to deal with this |
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New Dealer (130 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
106. 8 years sounds like justice to me |
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chlamor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 05:46 PM Response to Reply #106 |
107. A culture that values property over life |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:03 PM Response to Reply #107 |
110. Property is part of life |
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chlamor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:09 PM Response to Reply #110 |
114. What you described |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:11 PM Response to Reply #114 |
116. Please explain |
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chlamor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:20 PM Response to Reply #116 |
118. I think |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 07:10 PM Response to Reply #118 |
124. Sure, but by consensus we live under rule of law |
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chlamor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 07:28 PM Response to Reply #124 |
126. Your first step |
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BadNews (244 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 09:21 PM Response to Reply #126 |
136. To quote The Matrix |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 10:26 AM Response to Reply #126 |
148. "Ignorance of what is just is no excuse for obeying the law." |
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chlamor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 11:44 AM Response to Reply #148 |
151. Yes it is mine |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:44 PM Response to Reply #116 |
122. I'm with you slackmaster |
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New Dealer (130 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:41 PM Response to Reply #107 |
121. We don't value property over life |
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chlamor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 07:46 PM Response to Reply #121 |
129. You may not but it is in the fabric of our society and institutions |
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New Dealer (130 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 08:08 PM Response to Reply #129 |
131. The government is required to reimburse me for what they take |
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chlamor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 08:22 PM Response to Reply #131 |
133. Have you seen |
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New Dealer (130 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 08:56 PM Response to Reply #133 |
134. So property damage shouldn't be a crime? |
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chlamor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 09:28 PM Response to Reply #134 |
137. Get to the root |
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LiberallyInclined (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 01:01 PM Response to Reply #137 |
156. actually- petty theft may very well be 'human nature'... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 01:14 PM Response to Reply #156 |
159. Genetic fallacy as a rationalization for criminality |
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LiberallyInclined (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 01:24 PM Response to Reply #159 |
162. who's rationalizing criminality? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 01:28 PM Response to Reply #162 |
164. Several people in this thread think the SUV vandalism was OK to do |
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LiberallyInclined (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 02:06 PM Response to Reply #164 |
171. i don't think SUV vandalism is acceptable- |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 10:31 AM Response to Reply #121 |
149. Anyone who thinks he needs an SUV but cannot afford the |
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Leftest (232 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
108. Party To A Crime |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:05 PM Response to Reply #108 |
112. You are right |
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Leftest (232 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:17 PM Response to Reply #112 |
117. Thanks Slackmaster |
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dragon695 (15 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 01:38 PM Response to Reply #108 |
169. Get some glasses |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
123. Poor guy's so called "friends" are cowards.... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 07:11 PM Response to Reply #123 |
125. Amen to that |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
135. IQ and human nature are two very different things. |
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Save The World (105 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 02:55 AM Response to Original message |
141. Pollution |
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Auntie Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
144. Oh my!...Another evil left wing activist judge! |
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Mr.Green93 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
165. Free Free |
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