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2013-05-02, 20:23 | Link #27963 |
Hiding Under Your Bed
Join Date: May 2008
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I grew up in a very hippie/yuppie household (yes, irony), but my best friend as a young child was from a family out of an anti-government militia fiction best-seller (heck, they made their own weapons out of home-made molds and iron/steel casting).
Surprisingly, my parents allowed his father to take me shooting at the age of 10. Their free spirit overrode their intense liberalism I suppose. Or perhaps it was supposed to be reverse psychology parenting. By 14, I had gone hunting and killed my first wild goat, with my uncle who's the family's black sheep because he's a Republican. I've been around weapons and "hicks" most of my life, despite being raised in a super-political Green Party/activist family. The news about the 5 year old is tragic, but shit happens. For the record, I think 5 is a bit young, but I've known plenty of children in rural America that have handled .22 calibre rifles at that age. Out of those, I never knew any who killed anyone, so even though that's still a super small sample size, I'm inclined to think this is hardly a common occurance. If I ever had kids of my own (not likely, I love my freedom far too much), I'd probably wait 'till they were 12ish before letting them handle a rifle/pistol with real ammunition. In the end, I still think most gun death/violence is not done by the "gun-loving, NRA-card-carrying, god-lovin' crowd" that seems to be the media's favorite scapegoat whenever some bit of gun violence occurs. I can see why such people are super defensive over the issue, as I would agree with them that they are disproportionately cast as the "bad guys" on this issue, because hey, you don't have to worry about being politically correct making fun of hicks. I'm assuming the $150k is just a gate to help weed out the "rif raff". A friend of mine sent me that link. I'm kind of afraid to ask what she was doing to have found it in the first place. As for whether Match.com is paying her...I don't know. I can't imagine she actually needs the money, and doing something like this for money sounds more like a Lindsay Lohan move of financial desperation. I'll give her the benefit of doubt and allow that maybe she really is sincere.
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2013-05-03, 02:17 | Link #27965 | |
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2013-05-03, 03:53 | Link #27966 |
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Join Date: Dec 2007
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Exclusive: At Texas fertilizer plant, a history of theft, tampering
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...94206020130503 Pakistan's lead prosecutor in Bhutto case killed http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...05-03-03-55-44
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2013-05-03, 04:06 | Link #27967 | |
I disagree with you all.
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2013-05-03, 04:22 | Link #27969 |
Logician and Romantic
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Within my mind
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Putin is probably thinking about Heath Ledger's "magic trick" scene in the Batman movie, and wondering if he can make the pen disappear using that boring Japanese leader's skull.
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2013-05-04, 00:39 | Link #27970 | |
Le fou, c'est moi
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Las Vegas, NV, USA
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It's Official: The Government Really Did Kill Tupac.
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2013-05-04, 00:46 | Link #27971 |
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
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When you can't find the real terrorists or run out of them ... you make them up or there's going to be budget cuts. We're always at war with Oceania, err, Pacifica, uh... oops.
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2013-05-04, 00:51 | Link #27972 | |
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2013-05-04, 06:11 | Link #27973 |
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Join Date: Dec 2007
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Funeral home: No one wants to bury bomb suspect
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...05-04-02-43-10 But didn't the parents requested their son's body ?
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2013-05-04, 06:23 | Link #27974 | |
Logician and Romantic
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Within my mind
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As the funeral director said, there had been many dead criminals who did much worse things, and they all get buried. But people are focusing on this one guy until a future crisis replace him from their minds.
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2013-05-04, 07:52 | Link #27975 | |
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No matter how good or bad that person, everyone gets a proper burial. Even Osama bin Ladin's body was treated accordingly to Islamic teachings before his body was delivered to the sea.
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2013-05-04, 11:11 | Link #27976 | |
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2013-05-04, 13:56 | Link #27977 | |
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Chinese boat 'damaged' Philippine coral reef
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2013-05-04, 15:39 | Link #27978 | |
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Montreal, QC, Canada
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2013-05-04, 16:16 | Link #27979 | |
NYAAAAHAAANNNNN~
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Age: 35
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Note that we are generally balance inclined, and the mainlanders freak us out. I don't know about Hong Kong though.
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