MeFi comment:
"(That said, and at the risk of sounding like I'm concerned with my lawn, "a man who came to her booth several times, pestering her to get together for a date that night"?)
Remember that "no means no" thing? It applies to dates,..." [
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"Ah, insurance, how capitalism loves thee! If there were still any question about your magnificent inefficiency and beautifully pointless waste, this ought to put it to rest forever. Thank you, oh brave and stalwart middle-man, thank you!..." [
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"Honestly, I figured it was either a stroke or a bizarre flashback (Too much LDS).
It was the 60s, everyone was doing it... but it can happen to you, man! You go on a mission, get your consecrated garments, get married in the temple, and all of a..." [
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"You know, I'm all for marijuana legalization. But this sanctimonious "it's for medical purposes, dude" stuff is really silly. I'm particularly unimpressed by the "doctors" who advertise in local papers that they'll prescribe..." [
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"I don’t even think gun control is possible in America, but really people who are for maximalised gun ownership really ought to man-up and own this kind of thing as the cost of the societal settings they advocate.
Sure, so long as people who are..." [
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MeFi comment:
"This was also the first year since 2002 in which Congress let the Hinchey-Rohrabacher medical marijuana amendment (which would prevent the DEA from carrying out these kinds of raids) expire without a vote. However, there's still H.R. 5842, which..." [
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MeTa comment:
"As an ignorant foreigner maybe someone could explain to me why a college student needs access to not only one but possibly two handguns.
Target practice and defense of self and country are the usual arguments. Also, (this obviously doesn't apply..." [
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MeFi comment:
"Until you need one, that is. Sure there are bad cops - but there are plenty more who put their life on the line to save your miserable, ungrateful ass.
Fine. That said, when they do show up, I still won't trust them. Here's the reason why: if a..." [
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MeFi comment:
"The standard of journalism in the first link is real fun. I especially like the part where they assert that "in 2005, in this country, 30,694 people died from gunshot wounds [...] nearly 70,000 more people received treatment for nonfatal wounds..." [
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"** Although I do think the fantasy of fighting off home-invaders -- kpew! kpew! kpew! -- is pretty ridiculous. Far greater chance that Little Jimmy is going to kill himself with that handgun than anything. Oh, so you put a trigger lock on it, unload..." [
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"But their opposition to suicide--you know, what started to write his article about, since the others are very different and rest on other, though perhaps related, considerations--is founded on the asserted degeneration of society this proposition..." [
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MeFi comment:
"For fuck's sake already, calm down.
Let me get this straight -- you believe that this crisis has been manufactured by the banks, which are purposely not lending in order to get a governmental bailout, and you believe that they are willing to take..." [
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MeFi comment:
"Kent State Professor alleged terrorist?
Eh, I'm sure the National Guard will take care of it." [
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"Interesting. However, I'd venture to guess that a case could be made for any job that drug use would be dangerous.
Keeping in mind that drug tests don't actually test for intoxication, much less at work? I'm not sure about that. To me, the..." [
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"The names and places might be "urban legends", perhaps, but almost 70,000 people died in that quake. Out of that many, I don't doubt that each of these stories really happened.
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