slackmaster
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Tue Feb-20-07 03:00 PM
Response to Reply #30 |
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Assaulting someone with a slingshot is a crime, even in Florida.
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| -Police: 11-Year-Old Arrested For Using Slingshot |
The Straight Story |
Feb-20-07 11:38 AM |
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Where I live, a slingshot is considered a firearm |
Orrex |
Feb-20-07 11:41 AM |
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I don't doubt it. Slingshots can be lethal. |
meldroc |
Feb-20-07 02:03 PM |
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As a person with monocular vision I conider them especially dangerous |
slackmaster |
Feb-20-07 03:10 PM |
#47 |
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The kind you buy in an arms store?... |
Crayson |
Feb-21-07 07:43 AM |
#103 |
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the boy is a fright |
TheBorealAvenger |
Feb-20-07 11:42 AM |
#2 |
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Mr. Wilson finally fed up? |
zbdent |
Feb-20-07 11:43 AM |
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Slingshots ARE NOT toys |
piedmont |
Feb-20-07 11:43 AM |
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Yes, let's funnel him into the prison system |
PLF |
Feb-20-07 11:53 AM |
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Did I say we should funnel this kid into the prison system? No... |
piedmont |
Feb-20-07 12:15 PM |
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The boy was arrested. |
PLF |
Feb-20-07 12:18 PM |
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As he should have been. |
piedmont |
Feb-20-07 12:26 PM |
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loop back to post #5 |
PLF |
Feb-20-07 12:34 PM |
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You don't seem to understand the difference between "arrested" and "sentenced to prison" |
piedmont |
Feb-20-07 01:58 PM |
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Actually you don't understand how schools are pushing kids into the |
PLF |
Feb-20-07 02:24 PM |
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Again, what part of "slingshots are NOT toys" do you disagree with? |
piedmont |
Feb-20-07 02:33 PM |
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I could care less what you think about slingshots. |
PLF |
Feb-20-07 02:47 PM |
#22 |
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Be careful not to condemn a specific instance |
Goblinmonger |
Feb-20-07 02:52 PM |
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I disagree, it's as simple as that. |
PLF |
Feb-20-07 02:54 PM |
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It wasn't just a stupid act |
slackmaster |
Feb-20-07 02:57 PM |
#29 |
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I'm sorry, I didn't know you were there. |
PLF |
Feb-20-07 02:58 PM |
#33 |
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Non sequitur |
slackmaster |
Feb-20-07 02:58 PM |
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You know all about this kids state of mind. I assumed you were there. |
PLF |
Feb-20-07 03:19 PM |
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What kind of state of mind would you attribute to a child who shoots another child |
slackmaster |
Feb-20-07 03:24 PM |
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He's the next Charlie Manson. |
PLF |
Feb-20-07 03:26 PM |
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RIF |
slackmaster |
Feb-20-07 04:20 PM |
#78 |
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You invoked the name of Charlie Manson |
PLF |
Feb-20-07 04:49 PM |
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Would you feel better if I'd used John Wayne Gacy? |
slackmaster |
Feb-20-07 05:47 PM |
#87 |
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Ol' charlie was a good boy until his mommy gave him a sling shot |
PLF |
Feb-20-07 06:05 PM |
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According to him things got bad when she traded him for a pitcher of beer |
slackmaster |
Feb-20-07 06:41 PM |
#95 |
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You sure like to put words into people's mouths instead of trying to back up your pov. |
WI_DEM |
Feb-20-07 04:25 PM |
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Two things |
Goblinmonger |
Feb-20-07 03:00 PM |
#39 |
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I'm thinking at this point he might deserve the death penalty. |
PLF |
Feb-20-07 03:02 PM |
#41 |
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Hyperbole doesn't become you |
Goblinmonger |
Feb-20-07 03:07 PM |
#44 |
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Listen I simply disagree with you about what is going on in our schools. |
PLF |
Feb-20-07 03:17 PM |
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I agree some schools funnel kids too quickly |
Goblinmonger |
Feb-20-07 03:21 PM |
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disproportionately does not equal all |
PLF |
Feb-20-07 03:28 PM |
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What should schools do IN THIS INSTANCE? |
Goblinmonger |
Feb-20-07 03:31 PM |
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Total lock-down, call out the SWAT team, maybe evacuate the entire school |
PLF |
Feb-20-07 03:38 PM |
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I dunno - that reminds me of the movie Minority Report |
The Straight Story |
Feb-20-07 03:46 PM |
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see post 74. |
RiverStone |
Feb-20-07 03:56 PM |
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Do you work in the schools? |
RiverStone |
Feb-20-07 03:52 PM |
#74 |
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Him and his plastic pellet, he's a wild killer I tell yah. |
PLF |
Feb-20-07 04:47 PM |
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You know |
Goblinmonger |
Feb-21-07 06:10 AM |
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At 11, one commits assault with a deadly weapon almost daily |
AngryAmish |
Feb-21-07 08:07 AM |
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You don't know that |
Goblinmonger |
Feb-21-07 09:05 AM |
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Surely that wouldn't include use of a gun |
treestar |
Feb-20-07 04:24 PM |
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How would you feel if your child had been the victim? |
slackmaster |
Feb-20-07 02:53 PM |
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"redeemable" |
PLF |
Feb-20-07 02:57 PM |
#30 |
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Do you think it's normal for an 11-year-old to behave in a violent manner? |
slackmaster |
Feb-20-07 02:58 PM |
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He's a violent killer. He must be incarcerated. Possibly a captial offense. |
PLF |
Feb-20-07 02:59 PM |
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Charles Manson was 11 years old once |
slackmaster |
Feb-20-07 03:00 PM |
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and he probably played with slingshots |
PLF |
Feb-20-07 03:03 PM |
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Charles Manson was also 13 once. |
ieoeja |
Feb-20-07 03:19 PM |
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No, Manson was not thrown in jail at 13 |
slackmaster |
Feb-20-07 03:22 PM |
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He's already there |
slackmaster |
Feb-20-07 03:00 PM |
#38 |
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He's the next Charlie Manson. |
PLF |
Feb-20-07 03:18 PM |
#54 |
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People like you give Democrats a reputation for being soft on crime |
slackmaster |
Feb-20-07 03:26 PM |
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Haha, shall we call freeperville and get their approval now or later? |
PLF |
Feb-20-07 03:30 PM |
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God, I'm glad I didn't go to school with your kid |
AngryAmish |
Feb-21-07 08:09 AM |
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I assume you actually "could *NOT* care less" about my opinion on slingshots |
piedmont |
Feb-20-07 02:58 PM |
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Should the police be called if a 11 yr old assaults someone? |
uppityperson |
Feb-20-07 06:49 PM |
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see post #83 |
piedmont |
Feb-20-07 06:54 PM |
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they are toys actually... |
Crayson |
Feb-21-07 07:37 AM |
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Did the person say that? |
WI_DEM |
Feb-20-07 04:23 PM |
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Nope, I didn't-- but that didn't seem to matter |
piedmont |
Feb-20-07 04:41 PM |
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Yes, that's clear from the posts. |
donco6 |
Feb-20-07 05:56 PM |
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alert can be fun. |
uppityperson |
Feb-20-07 07:01 PM |
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PS (to all on subthread)- see more info below, was a balloon sling shot (nt) |
The Straight Story |
Feb-20-07 03:14 PM |
#49 |
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We used rubber bands and our thumb and forefinger when I was a kid |
slackmaster |
Feb-20-07 04:18 PM |
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You can kill with virtually anything. |
Crayson |
Feb-21-07 07:40 AM |
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Even without a slingshot, rocks can do serious injury. |
leveymg |
Feb-20-07 11:56 AM |
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They were illegal when I was a kid |
LiberalEsto |
Feb-20-07 12:18 PM |
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At least they didn't tazer the kid |
Hippo_Tron |
Feb-20-07 12:18 PM |
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I don't think it's unreasonable -- |
Katherine Brengle |
Feb-20-07 12:36 PM |
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no amount of fascist bullshit is unreasonable for some people |
PLF |
Feb-20-07 02:52 PM |
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Some of those kids belong in the criminal justice system |
slackmaster |
Feb-20-07 02:56 PM |
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Yeah, the justice system works so well for our kids. |
PLF |
Feb-20-07 03:09 PM |
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We'll just have to let the system figure out whether or not he belongs there |
slackmaster |
Feb-20-07 03:16 PM |
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yeah the system works so well |
PLF |
Feb-20-07 03:41 PM |
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. |
Katherine Brengle |
Feb-21-07 09:08 AM |
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I'm guessing (hoping?) we don't know the whole story. |
Goblinmonger |
Feb-20-07 02:53 PM |
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I would bet money on it |
slackmaster |
Feb-20-07 02:57 PM |
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Well, you never know |
Goblinmonger |
Feb-20-07 03:04 PM |
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when we were kids my dad bought a wrist rockets that we were only allowed to |
chimpsrsmarter |
Feb-20-07 12:23 PM |
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A wrist rocket is an entirely different matter. |
depakid |
Feb-20-07 05:53 PM |
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A wrist rocket head shot is not necessarily deadly |
AngryAmish |
Feb-21-07 08:16 AM |
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Good, slingshots can do a lot of damage. |
Katherine Brengle |
Feb-20-07 12:35 PM |
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Another troop-in-training for a BFEE war. nt |
valerief |
Feb-20-07 12:42 PM |
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Don't be so flippant |
BoneDaddy |
Feb-20-07 01:12 PM |
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I swear my entire generation should all be in Bushco prisons |
malaise |
Feb-20-07 02:58 PM |
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I doubt that is what happened in the OP |
Goblinmonger |
Feb-20-07 03:08 PM |
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More info on the story |
The Straight Story |
Feb-20-07 03:14 PM |
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OMG - PLF - Look here, quickly! |
slackmaster |
Feb-20-07 03:15 PM |
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The ACLU is needed here |
malaise |
Feb-20-07 03:18 PM |
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I agree |
Goblinmonger |
Feb-20-07 03:23 PM |
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plastic pellet = "deadly missile" |
PLF |
Feb-20-07 03:24 PM |
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Thanks for the link |
Goblinmonger |
Feb-20-07 03:19 PM |
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Bullys RULE! |
mdmc |
Feb-20-07 03:23 PM |
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Heres what I think. |
RL3AO |
Feb-20-07 03:48 PM |
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Did the boy go around shooting people for fun, or was he provoked and had no outlet but to |
HypnoToad |
Feb-20-07 03:52 PM |
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There's no indication the boy is a Muslim |
slackmaster |
Feb-20-07 04:19 PM |
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Hey, slingshots can kill or they can put out an eye or maim a person |
WI_DEM |
Feb-20-07 04:22 PM |
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Picture of the weapon (sling shot) from an updated article |
The Straight Story |
Feb-20-07 05:16 PM |
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Looks like a potential eye killer |
slackmaster |
Feb-20-07 05:48 PM |
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looks like an oversized condom for bush (nt) |
The Straight Story |
Feb-20-07 05:49 PM |
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Florida is one sick state |
depakid |
Feb-20-07 05:56 PM |
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the original slingshot terrorist |
Gabi Hayes |
Feb-20-07 06:37 PM |
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Depending on the slingshot and projectile, that could be like shooting him in the chest |
benEzra |
Feb-21-07 07:37 AM |
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I got hit with sling shots, bee bees, pellet rifles, |
The Flaming Red Head |
Feb-21-07 07:49 AM |
#104 |
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