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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 02:45 PM Original message |
I've personally been robbed or burglarized (at least) 13 times in my |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. Gotta get comfy for this one... |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 04:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
22. I've been seeing you with a lot of popcorn lately. |
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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
2. U.S. Law is firmly based on property ownership. |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 02:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. he wasn't about to be robbed |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 02:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. I disagree with you so strongly that I would applaud your going to jail... |
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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 02:54 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Yet, its legal in all states. |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
3. vicarious living |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
5. OK, since you asked-- I think it is perfectly acceptable to defend one's self... |
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zabet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
6. IF there is |
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VelmaD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
7. if you don't see a substantive difference... |
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midlife_mo_Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 03:47 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. Property crimes can easily become violent crimes against people |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
8. I certainly wouldn't shoot anyone stealing my stuff... |
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Stewie (244 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 05:10 PM Response to Reply #8 |
28. Really? |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 05:53 PM Response to Reply #28 |
43. a missing tv is not the same to me as |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 05:55 PM Response to Reply #28 |
44. Personal Violation, Sure, But It Doesn't Justify Killing, Necessarily, Ya Know? |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 12:14 AM Response to Reply #28 |
68. To state rape or assault are no different than stealing property |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 09:10 PM Response to Reply #28 |
75. No way |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
9. I hear you -- |
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Mutineer (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
12. As long as it's legal for you to protect your property (or your neighbors), |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
13. This is just my opinion. |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
14. When I was a kid, our house was burglarized while we were in it |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 03:19 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. my house was robbed |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
15. I've been mugged four times. Knife, gun, push-in, lead pipe. |
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michreject (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 05:42 PM Response to Reply #15 |
39. Were you playing the board game, Clue? |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 08:03 PM Response to Reply #39 |
61. you forgot pipe wrench and noose |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
16. I draw the line at making strict distinctions between a body and a piece of property |
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Flabbergasted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
18. People have always taken from others. Get used to it because it will never stop. |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
19. Let's put it like this... |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 04:15 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. Amen |
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canucksvt (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 05:19 PM Response to Reply #19 |
31. Ghost in the Machine... |
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fishnfla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 05:36 PM Response to Reply #19 |
37. You seem like a reasonable person, mind if I ask you a question |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 07:05 PM Original message |
That's a very valid question, and thanks for asking it... I can honestly say that |
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michreject (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 05:45 PM Response to Reply #19 |
40. Bravo |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 07:20 PM Response to Reply #19 |
54. I don't know where you live, but you need to move to a quieter neighborhood. |
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demnan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
21. After reading these I realize I have been lucky |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
23. You aren't really allowed to criticize criminals around here or support the right to |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 05:07 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Well, I think we are allowed to criticize criminals and support the right to |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 05:13 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Yeah, well, you might have noticed the vituperation some have thrown at me when I |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 05:25 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. Except that's got nothing to do with self-defense. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 05:51 PM Response to Reply #23 |
42. That's because they have FALLEN for the republican propaganda that democrats... |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 06:12 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. Mmm, no. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 06:50 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Mmmm...Horn has not been convicted... |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 07:05 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Neither were the people he murdered. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 07:16 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. There you go again...it has not been determined that Horn "murdered" |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 07:23 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. "I'm more concerned with precision of language. " |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 07:28 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. To be truthful, I really don't give a fuck about your opinion of my "concerns" |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 07:29 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. To be truthful... |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 11:41 PM Response to Reply #56 |
66. LOL! Whoever you're fussing with is on my ignore list so I have no idea |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 11:50 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. You have someone on ignore? |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 07:49 PM Response to Reply #67 |
70. No, I put people on ignore for being dumbfucks. |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 09:17 PM Response to Reply #42 |
76. This kind of praise certainly doesn't help. |
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book_worm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
24. I've been lucky--I've never been robbed or mugged. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
26. Minimum necessary force is a reasonable standard. |
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fishnfla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
30. the only people around here that deserve to be shot are deer hunters |
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Bethany Rockafella (916 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
32. So you've been robbed 13 times and the burglars never caught? |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
33. my car was stolen in 2004, after i got over being pissed at myself for leaving my |
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DaveJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
34. I guess I've been lucky |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
36. Rape is justifiable lethal force, burglary isn't. You shouldn't link the two. |
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Bethany Rockafella (916 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 05:37 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. I agree. |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 06:01 PM Response to Reply #36 |
45. There can be a burglary for the purpose of committing rape or any other crime |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 07:56 PM Response to Reply #36 |
59. I linked the two purposely, in an attempt to better gauge where |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
41. Depends on the circumstances, state laws vary |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
46. Go ahead and shoot! |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
48. Yes. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
49. Small town, no crime, We Take Care of each other |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 07:56 PM Response to Reply #49 |
60. Do you live in a gated community? n/t |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 08:23 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. lol, no, not by a long shot |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 09:25 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. Heh, ok, just had to ask. |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
52. It must suck to worry about things like that. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
58. No I wouldn't murder them |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
63. "Nope. There is no crime here. Everybody here has guns, and we all know how to use them." |
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BadgerLaw2010 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
65. Raping a child is comporable to stealing property? Okay..... |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 08:06 PM Response to Reply #65 |
71. No, I never said, or wrote, that. n/t |
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WheelWalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 12:47 AM Response to Original message |
69. Ignorance, desire and attachment are the root of all suffering. |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
72. I don't have a problem with self defense. |
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God23 (200 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
73. Fuck that, you need to move. I'm 54 in a redneck area and have never |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
74. I've had cars stolen or broken into |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 01:28 AM Response to Original message |
77. Depends on what they're trying to steal. |
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