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We_Have_A_Problem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-11 04:18 PM
Response to Reply #43
52. The problem is....
...you assume the goal was merely to steal.
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  -"It was like a movie... I drew the gun halfway out..." 17-yr-old teen... SteveM  Dec-05-11 04:42 PM   #0 
  - Well she shore got a lotta 'tention out of that um, true story. nt  wtmusic   Dec-05-11 04:47 PM   #1 
  - It's pretty clear what segment of "society" would benefit most from a gun ban.  Fair Witness   Dec-05-11 06:09 PM   #5 
  - Whoa, hold on pardner.  wtmusic   Dec-06-11 09:37 AM   #28 
     - Really?  We_Have_A_Problem   Dec-06-11 11:18 AM   #33 
        - Deleted message  Name removed   Dec-06-11 07:35 PM   #66 
           - "Don't be a tool"? Only a tool would think that the brady bunch does not want to ban guns.  cleanhippie   Dec-06-11 08:15 PM   # 
           - Righttt  gejohnston   Dec-06-11 08:15 PM   #67 
           - Perhaps you should look up their actual history:  PavePusher   Dec-06-11 11:37 PM   #71 
              - Did you mean to just shoot yourself in the foot (pun intended)?  wtmusic   Dec-07-11 12:15 AM   #72 
                 - Actually no  gejohnston   Dec-07-11 12:19 AM   #73 
                 - What, a mealy-mouthed half-position?  Callisto32   Dec-07-11 07:08 AM   #76 
  - How mature.  Callisto32   Dec-07-11 07:07 AM   #75 
  - Cool story Bro(ette).  Hassin Bin Sober   Dec-05-11 04:57 PM   #2 
  - For the unbelievers:  PavePusher   Dec-05-11 05:07 PM   #3 
  - I wonder how the looters would characterize that particular young lady...  beevul   Dec-05-11 06:04 PM   #4 
  - hateful bitch toter...  ileus   Dec-05-11 08:39 PM   #10 
  - Anybody know what was worth shooting unarmed people over in carport and backyard?  Hoyt   Dec-05-11 07:53 PM   #6 
  - anybody know any reason why people go uninvited to property that is clearly not their own?  Tuesday Afternoon   Dec-05-11 07:57 PM   #7 
  - Hardly worth shooting someone over, but then gunners have invested heavily in capability to  Hoyt   Dec-05-11 08:10 PM   #8 
     - "I must have had a scary look on my face, because they got the picture and got back in their car and  Tuesday Afternoon   Dec-05-11 08:15 PM   #9 
     - You are perfectly free to trust the finer instincts of a group of looters.  friendly_iconoclast   Dec-05-11 09:09 PM   #12 
     - When are you going to stop your make believe BS?  rl6214   Dec-06-11 08:41 PM   #69 
     - Thou art troll.  Callisto32   Dec-07-11 07:09 AM   #78 
  - true dat...would have been better to have let them rape her.  ileus   Dec-05-11 08:40 PM   #11 
  - Rape? I don't see any evidence rape was on the agenda. But then, you gun carriers imagine  Hoyt   Dec-06-11 05:08 AM   #17 
     - Hey chance you gotta take right? I suppose she was unwilling to take that chance...  ileus   Dec-06-11 08:14 AM   #22 
     - You guys sure have vivid imagination -- sounds a bit paranoid/irrational, but a gun will cure it.  Hoyt   Dec-06-11 08:41 AM   #26 
        - And yet we aren't the ones calling for a ban on "toting"...  beevul   Dec-06-11 03:42 PM   #42 
     - Deleted message  Name removed   Dec-06-11 09:28 AM   #27 
     - yeah, these guys in the gungeon are far more worried about RAPE!!!! than any of the women  Scout   Dec-06-11 03:27 PM   #37 
     - Well, that obviously disqualifies their point of view.  beevul   Dec-06-11 03:38 PM   #41 
     - Deleted message  Name removed   Dec-06-11 03:45 PM   #44 
        - I'm sure.  beevul   Dec-06-11 04:02 PM   #47 
        - But this woman did "carry a gun to be able to leave the house."  SteveM   Dec-06-11 04:15 PM   #49 
     - Did "...any of the women you know" include this l7-yr-old?  SteveM   Dec-06-11 04:09 PM   #48 
     - "They were rummaging through crap in a carport. "  rl6214   Dec-06-11 09:11 PM   #70 
  - All their belongings and property not destroyed by fire?  PavePusher   Dec-05-11 09:14 PM   #13 
  - It is quite clear that you did not read the article.  PavePusher   Dec-05-11 09:17 PM   #14 
  - "My ignorance" -- How about applauding someone ready to shoot people rummaging through yard stuff.  Hoyt   Dec-06-11 05:14 AM   #18 
     - Post #3.  PavePusher   Dec-06-11 07:14 AM   #20 
     - You're remarkably eager to bet *other people's* safety and/or money for them.  friendly_iconoclast   Dec-06-11 09:46 AM   #31 
     - When its YOUR carport...  beevul   Dec-06-11 03:33 PM   #38 
     - Deleted sub-thread  Name removed   Dec-06-11 03:51 PM   #46 
     - Most excellent...  quickesst   Dec-07-11 02:07 PM   #85 
     - Yeah, because Property Rights, along with the 2nd Amendment, are old-fashioned.  Common Sense Party   Dec-06-11 03:33 PM   #39 
     - You really want an MSM story of a DGU? Really?  SteveM   Dec-06-11 04:22 PM   #53 
  - Maybe the fact that they could have broken in, raped, and killed her?  chrisa   Dec-06-11 08:33 AM   #24 
  - Protecting ones' property: Good Idea(tm) n/t  PavePusher   Dec-06-11 10:54 AM   #32 
     - I'm just saying, if I were safe in a house, and people were looting material items outside  chrisa   Dec-06-11 11:42 AM   #36 
        - you sound mighty sensible ... too sensible for this forum.  Scout   Dec-06-11 03:35 PM   #40 
           - You missed that whole part about...  We_Have_A_Problem   Dec-06-11 04:17 PM   #50 
           - so why would one leave the (relative) safety of the house?  Scout   Dec-07-11 10:17 AM   #84 
           - "Get out of the house" -- past 3 looters. Kind of risky, no? nt  SteveM   Dec-06-11 04:25 PM   #54 
              - read for comprehension....  Scout   Dec-07-11 10:16 AM   #83 
                 - What you said, if you can re-read...  SteveM   Dec-07-11 03:32 PM   #88 
                    - only if there is only ONE way in/out of the house....  Scout   Dec-08-11 07:55 AM   #105 
  - To prevent the theft of property that it might taken years of work  MicaelS   Dec-06-11 11:20 AM   #34 
  - Please point out to me where anyone was shot  rl6214   Dec-06-11 08:29 PM   #68 
  - Reading comprehension fail.  Callisto32   Dec-07-11 07:09 AM   #77 
  - Killing people over stuff is fucked up. nt  ZombieHorde   Dec-05-11 10:00 PM   #15 
  - First, no one was killed.  Straw Man   Dec-06-11 01:01 AM   #16 
  - Happens all the time  pipoman   Dec-06-11 05:43 AM   #19 
  - Lack of reading comprehension is fucked up. nt  PavePusher   Dec-06-11 07:23 AM   #21 
  - Yes, your lack of reading comprehension is fucked up.  ZombieHorde   Dec-06-11 08:40 AM   #25 
     - Correct - she did not want to...  We_Have_A_Problem   Dec-06-11 09:37 AM   #29 
     - Killing someone for stealing is fucking blood-thirsty nuts.  ZombieHorde   Dec-06-11 03:47 PM   #45 
        - Think what you wish  We_Have_A_Problem   Dec-06-11 04:18 PM   #51 
        - Fine then. I am crossing 'drive to Texas and steal stuff' off my list.  ZombieHorde   Dec-06-11 04:27 PM   #55 
           - Good idea.  We_Have_A_Problem   Dec-06-11 04:32 PM   #57 
        - Then you are willing to open up YOUR home to anybody that wants your property?  oneshooter   Dec-06-11 04:49 PM   #59 
        - I won't kill you if you take my shit, if that is what you are asking. nt  ZombieHorde   Dec-06-11 06:49 PM   #61 
           - Cool - what's your address?  We_Have_A_Problem   Dec-07-11 09:50 AM   #81 
              - You may have some interest in the piles of cash and hamster porn I have laying around.  ZombieHorde   Dec-07-11 03:33 PM   #89 
                 - Funny...  We_Have_A_Problem   Dec-07-11 03:55 PM   #92 
                    - You asked me a joke question, so I gave you a joke answer.  ZombieHorde   Dec-07-11 04:05 PM   #93 
                       - I was actually quite serious  We_Have_A_Problem   Dec-07-11 04:11 PM   #94 
                          - Ownership is an abstract concept that really only exists in our imaginations.  ZombieHorde   Dec-07-11 04:26 PM   #95 
                             - Ahh - and here i thought I was having a discussion with a rational person.  We_Have_A_Problem   Dec-07-11 04:31 PM   #96 
                             - What is the nature of property? What is your philosophy toward the reality of ownership?  ZombieHorde   Dec-07-11 04:54 PM   #97 
                                - Nothing abstract about it at all.  We_Have_A_Problem   Dec-07-11 04:59 PM   #98 
                             - Who owns your body? The state? N/T  Marengo   Dec-08-11 03:42 AM   #104 
        - So is a zombie horde  rl6214   Dec-07-11 02:30 AM   #74 
        - Ha! nt  ZombieHorde   Dec-07-11 03:34 PM   #90 
        - Is it?  Callisto32   Dec-07-11 08:04 AM   #80 
           - I thought about basic survival items, but that was not part of the scenerio in the OP,  ZombieHorde   Dec-07-11 03:40 PM   #91 
     - From the original article:  PavePusher   Dec-06-11 09:43 AM   #30 
        - If someone is stealing from me, and my choices were do nothing or kill that person,  ZombieHorde   Dec-06-11 03:45 PM   #43 
           - The problem is....  We_Have_A_Problem   Dec-06-11 04:18 PM   #52 
           - I assumed nothing. nt  ZombieHorde   Dec-06-11 07:07 PM   #65 
              - Yes you did.  We_Have_A_Problem   Dec-07-11 09:51 AM   #82 
                 - I did not assume that in slightest. That is your fantasy about me. nt  ZombieHorde   Dec-07-11 03:26 PM   #86 
           - Here's the problem: Your assumptions are crap.  PavePusher   Dec-06-11 06:44 PM   #60 
           - What assumptions? Your post makes no sense. nt  ZombieHorde   Dec-06-11 07:07 PM   #64 
           - Your other bad assumption: the choice is not binary. n/t  PavePusher   Dec-06-11 06:51 PM   #62 
              - Context is important here. I was answering a question. nt  ZombieHorde   Dec-06-11 07:06 PM   #63 
  - Stealing people's property ...  MicaelS   Dec-06-11 11:22 AM   #35 
  - I agree, but I don't think people would be killed over it. nt  ZombieHorde   Dec-06-11 04:29 PM   #56 
  - I do.  We_Have_A_Problem   Dec-06-11 04:33 PM   #58 
  - I have a super-dislike for thieves.  Callisto32   Dec-07-11 08:01 AM   #79 
     - DU is FILLED with thieves.  ZombieHorde   Dec-07-11 03:29 PM   #87 
        - I don't. And that some do is not justification to turn a blind eye. n/t  PavePusher   Dec-07-11 05:07 PM   #99 
           - I don't either, nor do I consider "because I want it" sufficient rationale to just take "it".  Fair Witness   Dec-07-11 05:33 PM   #101 
              - Self-delete, replying to wrong place. Ooops.... n/t  PavePusher   Dec-07-11 06:55 PM   #102 
  - I guess that explains why no bank robber has ever been shot and killed by cops.  Fair Witness   Dec-07-11 05:09 PM   #100 
     - Cops are fucked up. nt  ZombieHorde   Dec-07-11 09:17 PM   #103 
  - Ban guns, do it for the Looters.  jeepnstein   Dec-06-11 08:24 AM   #23 
 

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