[Newfie]

Two of the smartest people I have ever met were illiterates.

Some of the dumbest have lots of letters behind their names.

[vtsnowedin]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Newfie', 'T')wo of the smartest people I have ever met were illiterates.

Some of the dumbest have lots of letters behind their names.

[dohboi]

Glad to agree with vt and newf on this one!

[AdamB]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Newfie', 'T')wo of the smartest people I have ever met were illiterates.

Some of the dumbest have lots of letters behind their names.

[Plantagenet]

Florida considering passing law to allow business owners to shoot looters

florida-anti-mob-bill-gives-civilians-immunity-if-they-shoot-looters

Normally it would be up to the police or the National Guard to shoot looters, but some local politicians in some cities have been ordering the police to fall back and allow looters and arsonists to rob and destroy businesses.

This bill would grant immunity to business owners who use force to protect their businesses from looters, when the police can't or won't act to protect them.

Cheers!

[dohboi]

Well, it is Florida, after all, famous for its idiocy of all sorts, and particularly its fatally stupid 'stand your ground' law

Here and many other states have 'duty to retreat' laws instead, recognizing that life is worth more than property. Ironic that many people that are for laws that basically encourage citizens to kill other citizens would also consider themselves to be 'pro-life'!

[vtsnowedin]

Well if the first guy coming out the broken door or window carrying a flat screen TV is shot dead there will not be a second guy going in. The cops should do it but if they don't then the property owners should have that right. Looting and arson would become a vary rare thing under that rule and that would save a lot of lives and property.

[dohboi]

Yes, vt, we all know by now that you get all hot and excited at the prospect of killing people over a tv.

You don't have to further prove to us just how creepy you are

[vtsnowedin]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dohboi', 'Y')es, vt, we all know by now that you get all hot and excited at the prospect of killing people over a tv.

You don't have to further prove to us just how creepy you are

[Plantagenet]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('vtsnowedin', 'W')ell if the first guy coming out the broken door or window carrying a flat screen TV is shot dead there will not be a second guy going in. The cops should do it but if they don't then the property owners should have that right. Looting and arson would become a vary rare thing under that rule and that would save a lot of lives and property.

[AdamB]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dohboi', 'W')ell, it is Florida, after all, famous for its idiocy of all sorts, and particularly its fatally stupid 'stand your ground' law

[Newfie]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('AdamB', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Newfie', 'T')wo of the smartest people I have ever met were illiterates.

Some of the dumbest have lots of letters behind their names.

[AdamB]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Newfie', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('AdamB', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Newfie', 'T')wo of the smartest people I have ever met were illiterates.

Some of the dumbest have lots of letters behind their names.

[careinke]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dohboi', 'Y')es, vt, we all know by now that you get all hot and excited at the prospect of killing people over a tv.

You don't have to further prove to us just how creepy you are

[dohboi]

Guess I struck a bit of a nerve, there

Just reinforces the impression that, in spite of many of their protestations of being 'pro-life,' the rightwing/republican party has basically become a pro-violence death/homocidal cult.

[Newfie]

Hardly.

One of the ironies here is that the Democrats have become the war mongers. While Trump has shot off his mouth and talked aggressively he has not expanded foreign military operations to the extent his predecessors have.

The “cult” things seems to be your personal fantasy. There surely exists a lunatic fringe in both factions, but it is not representative of the main body.

Dohboi said
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', ' ')I really wish they would all go off to Guyana or somewhere and drink koolaid together and leave the rest of us alone.

[dohboi]

There's no limit on how large a cult can be, as far as I know. Though, yeah, at some point they just call it a religion

And again, I didn't wish death on anyone--just wished, since they already seem to committed to death, that they go do it elsewhere

(How many times does one have to point out the meaning of basic English sentences around here?? )

[Newfie]

Oh I understand your meaning very well, even as you try to back pedal. As an English Professor I assume you chose your words when you wised the to drink the poison kool aide.


Dohboi said
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'I') really wish they would all go off to Guyana or somewhere and drink koolaid together and leave the rest of us alone.

[AdamB]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dohboi', '
')(How many times does one have to point out the meaning of basic English sentences around here?? )

[dohboi]

Out of context fallacy raises its head once again

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quoting_out_of_context