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Rage for Order (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 04:14 PM Original message |
Self-righteous non-smoker chides NYC smoker, gets stabbed in face with a pen |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. Moral of the story: Smokers should be left alone. |
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Rage for Order (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 10:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
168. Many more details revealed in the subway blog: |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 03:09 PM Response to Reply #168 |
276. Is there a way to notify Transit Police? |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 10:18 PM Response to Reply #168 |
307. Legally speaking, everything on the internet is published & subject ot copyright protections |
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JackBeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
2. There is nothing self-righteous about asking someone |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 04:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Because anti-smoking zealots are self-righteous extremists |
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JackBeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 04:26 PM Original message |
It's been against the law to smoke on the subway for decades. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
19. The law was forced by a minority group of extremists |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 04:48 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. Hi, I run a medical clinic. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 04:53 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. Hi. I'm a free citizen living is a (supposedly) free country, |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 04:54 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. You live in Canada? |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 04:56 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. hence the (suppposedly) |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 04:58 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. I'm glad you see the irony. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 05:33 PM Response to Reply #40 |
62. My rights should be, in theory, to live as I choose... look, it's not that hard: |
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titaniumsalute (558 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 05:54 PM Response to Reply #62 |
86. I find your argument very interesting |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 06:01 PM Response to Reply #86 |
91. "Eating next to kids is not subjecting you to health concerns" Excuse me? |
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titaniumsalute (558 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 06:14 PM Response to Reply #91 |
95. LOL...I now realize you're just kidding with all these posts |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 06:15 PM Response to Reply #91 |
96. So do you accept that it's legitimate to restrict smoking anywhere, at all? |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 06:39 PM Response to Reply #96 |
102. geez |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 11:33 PM Response to Reply #102 |
170. Is that a yes, or a no? |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 05:57 AM Response to Reply #170 |
214. I think your examples are extreme, as are your views. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 02:13 PM Response to Reply #214 |
266. So you accept that it is legitimate to restrict smoking in SOME locations, then. |
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DonCoquixote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 12:41 AM Response to Reply #91 |
182. It's one thing |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 05:58 AM Response to Reply #182 |
215. gee, no kidding |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 06:19 PM Response to Reply #86 |
98. Your examples are gross (and grotesque) exaggerations. |
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titaniumsalute (558 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 06:25 PM Response to Reply #98 |
99. I agree with you completely - it was far fetched |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 06:34 PM Response to Reply #99 |
100. I'd escort them off my property. |
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era veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 11:50 PM Response to Reply #98 |
176. I'm with you, I smoke, love tobacco, and hate it too. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 06:17 PM Response to Reply #62 |
97. Or, you can move to a state or country that lets you smoke in the bar or restauarant. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 06:40 PM Response to Reply #97 |
103. Thanks to extremists such places are few and far between, but I'll tell you |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 11:36 PM Response to Reply #103 |
172. I'm not suggesting you move to satisfy me. |
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verges (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 07:11 PM Response to Reply #62 |
118. And non-smokers should |
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themadstork (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 11:36 PM Response to Reply #62 |
173. This is Tea Party freedom. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 11:44 PM Response to Reply #173 |
175. Or, "Fuck You" Freedom. |
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era veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 06:12 AM Response to Reply #62 |
216. Straight out of 'The Libertarian Manifesto" |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 05:18 PM Response to Reply #38 |
53. Waaaaaah. I can't smoke on the subway. Waaaaaaah. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 05:38 PM Response to Reply #53 |
66. Spoken like a true extremist |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 06:13 PM Response to Reply #66 |
94. I'm an extremist because I won't let you smoke on the subway? |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 06:48 PM Response to Reply #94 |
106. Yes. |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 07:11 PM Response to Reply #106 |
117. Smoking around people that do not smoke is not forcing THEM to live |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 08:32 PM Response to Reply #117 |
145. No, they're realistic and not extremist |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 11:34 PM Response to Reply #145 |
171. How long have you been smoking? |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 12:17 AM Response to Reply #145 |
180. Tomorrow, I'm going to drop trou and masturbate next to you on the subway. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 01:42 AM Response to Reply #180 |
189. Alcohol, Masturbation, Shitting, and Abortion are all legal. |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 09:48 AM Response to Reply #189 |
224. Exactly. It's only natural. What's with all the fascists?!? n/t |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 05:41 AM Response to Reply #180 |
208. knock yourself out |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 09:48 AM Response to Reply #208 |
225. Right. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 02:21 PM Response to Reply #180 |
269. well, you'll see that too if you ride the NYC subways regularly... |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 03:30 PM Response to Reply #269 |
279. It's still not something that polite citizens do next to an innocent bystander. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 03:36 PM Response to Reply #279 |
280. I don't disagree with you at all. I was just remarking on something |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 03:52 PM Response to Reply #280 |
281. Aren't the NYC subways supposed to be much cleaner and safer than they were |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 04:20 PM Response to Reply #281 |
285. 20 years ago? Thank you! |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 02:19 PM Response to Reply #106 |
268. If you ever go to NYC I hope you DON'T ride the subways... |
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Very_Boring_Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 05:45 PM Response to Reply #33 |
79. I choose to live freely without you harming me |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 07:03 PM Response to Reply #33 |
115. You have no right to impose yourself on others. If you want to smoke |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 08:34 PM Response to Reply #115 |
146. nor do you |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 09:16 PM Response to Reply #146 |
154. Go have a cigarette. You seem edgy. nt |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 11:32 AM Response to Reply #146 |
238. Do you have a link or picture of these extremists. |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 08:21 PM Response to Reply #33 |
144. if they ask me you can smoke if you want to but not on a crowded train |
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DonCoquixote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 12:37 AM Response to Reply #33 |
181. and of course |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 12:46 PM Response to Reply #33 |
252. Hypocrit. |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 06:31 PM Response to Reply #33 |
315. So, if I decide to take a piss on your leg, you won't mind - |
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TNLib (683 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 05:23 PM Response to Reply #28 |
60. Self Righteous?? What if she had asthma? |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 07:06 PM Response to Reply #60 |
116. What did I say that was self righteous? |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 05:51 AM Response to Reply #28 |
212. Your director should learn how to spell.n/t |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 11:29 AM Response to Reply #212 |
237. I was typing. I have dyslexia. |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 05:14 PM Response to Reply #19 |
47. Bullshit - majority are non-smokers if you haven't noticed |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 05:33 PM Response to Reply #47 |
61. You got that right. |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 07:13 PM Response to Reply #47 |
119. 75%+ of people in the USA don't smoke. Few of them are zealots. nt |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 09:16 PM Response to Reply #119 |
155. Most still would tell someone on a subway not to smoke |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 07:45 PM Response to Reply #19 |
132. I've ridden the NYC subways since 1962 |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 08:42 AM Response to Reply #19 |
220. If smoking only hurt smokers I'd say light up anywhere anytime |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 11:33 AM Response to Reply #19 |
240. Well, Big D, what about the fact of having an open flame in a closed area... |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 11:43 AM Response to Reply #19 |
243. In Ohio, the indoor smoking ban was approved by initiative. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 12:53 PM Response to Reply #19 |
253. lol. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 02:05 PM Response to Reply #19 |
265. Haven't you ever been on a crowded subway before? |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 04:26 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. "...ASKED the man not to smoke." Then gets stabbed. |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 05:15 PM Response to Reply #10 |
49. You don't have to be an anti-smoking zealot to object to someone smoking on a crowded train |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 06:49 PM Response to Reply #10 |
108. and smokers are inconsiderate assholes |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 06:59 PM Response to Reply #10 |
113. The guy was a braying jackass to try smoke where smoking is not allowed. The woman |
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Darth_Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 07:02 PM Response to Reply #10 |
114. Actually, it seems the smoking zealots are the self-righteous morons. |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 09:25 PM Response to Reply #10 |
157. No we're not. |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 09:49 AM Response to Reply #10 |
226. I think making jokes about women being stabbed in the face may make you a bad person. nt |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 11:41 AM Response to Reply #10 |
242. Cry me a river. |
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Lucky Luciano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 05:58 PM Response to Reply #10 |
300. Smoking is so ghetto. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 04:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. +++++++ |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
3. So it's "self-righteous" to want to not smoke someone elses cigarette? |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 04:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. actually, considering all the other odorous shit flying around th subway sytem |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 04:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I see, protecting our health from scofflaws is "self righteous." |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 04:24 PM Response to Reply #8 |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 04:27 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. So it's perfectly okay to stab others? Wow. nt |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 04:29 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. of course not...I'm not saying what the guy did was right, I'm saying |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 04:32 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. "...(anti-smoking) zealots are as bad as the Taliban." Um, no. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 04:51 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. Their application of their power is not the question, but the application itself |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 07:18 PM Response to Reply #31 |
122. Smoking is a choice. You have no right to impose your choice on others. |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 04:38 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. You have no right to curtail the rights of others. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 04:49 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Isn't that interesting. In the very same breath, you chastise me for |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 04:59 PM Response to Reply #29 |
41. Blow smoke in my face. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 05:34 PM Response to Reply #41 |
63. Now, why would I do something like that? It would be rude. |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 07:23 PM Response to Reply #63 |
124. You blow smoke in people's faces every time you light up in public. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 08:35 PM Response to Reply #124 |
147. No, that is a perception of your phobia |
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xocet (699 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 05:53 PM Response to Reply #29 |
84. Well... |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 08:36 PM Response to Reply #84 |
149. You're very smug in your extremism... |
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xocet (699 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 01:39 AM Response to Reply #149 |
187. Hey, it is your own argument that does not work with a variation of its parameters.... |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 05:21 PM Response to Reply #21 |
57. As bad as the Taliban? Come on! |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 05:35 PM Response to Reply #57 |
64. They are in same in their goal: to force others to live by their code |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 06:48 PM Response to Reply #64 |
105. Ridiculous, but you just go on. Bless your heart. nt |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 10:09 AM Response to Reply #105 |
231. +1,000,000 for the "bless your heart." |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 12:13 PM Response to Reply #231 |
244. Gramma came from Macon. nt |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 01:17 PM Response to Reply #244 |
257. I figured there had to be some Southern connection. |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 07:29 PM Response to Reply #64 |
125. No one is forcing smokers to live by their code. Smoking among other |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 01:44 AM Response to Reply #64 |
190. So when the EPA regulates toxic waste in rivers, they're exactly like the Taliban, right? |
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johnroshan (333 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 03:54 AM Response to Reply #64 |
204. Nope... |
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polly7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 12:38 PM Response to Reply #21 |
249. I think they just want control over 'their own' lives. Which would include |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 04:51 PM Response to Reply #14 |
30. Why should we have to pick and choose? |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 04:55 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. Have you looked at the ingredients in the food you eat? |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 05:02 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. I actually do look at the ingredients in the food I eat. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 05:59 PM Response to Reply #42 |
89. It's one thing for a clinic to encourage people not to smoke. |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 06:50 PM Response to Reply #89 |
109. You are absolutely right. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 07:20 PM Response to Reply #109 |
123. DDT was damn effective4 too. nt |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 08:37 PM Response to Reply #109 |
150. *facepalm* |
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DonCoquixote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 12:47 AM Response to Reply #150 |
183. OK |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 05:44 AM Response to Reply #183 |
209. To accomodate the delicate sensibilities of some |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 01:45 AM Response to Reply #150 |
191. Unintentional Irony Award |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 05:47 AM Response to Reply #191 |
210. I have spoken of compromise and common ground |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 02:40 PM Response to Reply #210 |
271. "unintentional irony" indeed! |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 08:05 PM Response to Reply #89 |
143. I was a heavy smoker until recently, and I totally disagree with what you've said in this thread... |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 05:50 AM Response to Reply #143 |
211. While you may disagree |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 05:48 PM Response to Reply #211 |
297. I said in my post I feel the same way as back when I was a heavy smoker... |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 05:53 PM Response to Reply #211 |
299. We already have compromise. The compromise is, go outside |
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qazplm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 05:07 PM Response to Reply #36 |
44. the difference is |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 05:37 PM Response to Reply #44 |
65. All it takes is a willingness to accept others for who they are |
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Yo_Mama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 05:42 PM Response to Reply #36 |
72. That's true, but |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 05:48 PM Response to Reply #72 |
83. Exactly--but the OP framed the headline to suit her/his agenda. There's all kindza wrong |
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demwing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 01:56 PM Response to Reply #6 |
261. Wrong. The smoker picked the fight when he lit up. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 04:26 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. self preservation would have been to leave the person alone |
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Chorophyll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 06:55 PM Response to Reply #16 |
111. Have you ever been on a crowded subway train in New York? |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 05:53 AM Response to Reply #111 |
213. Yes, I have. |
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Chorophyll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 09:17 AM Response to Reply #213 |
221. I know. You're the king of tolerance. But |
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Rage for Order (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 05:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
46. No, I'm not a smoker. I quit a little over 2 years ago |
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Scurrilous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
4. Subway Slasher Used A Pen, Smoked A Blunt |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
5. The NYC subway system is awash with foul odors, especially in the summer |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 04:25 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. "Harass" my ass. She expected to exercise her rights without being brutally assaulted. |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
7. Unrec because of loaded title. |
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Yo_Mama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 04:28 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. Marijuana addict - Get It Right |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 04:44 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. many homeless people have mental health issues |
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Yo_Mama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 04:48 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. More likely it was just mental illness |
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RZM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 05:22 PM Response to Reply #27 |
59. Possibly. Or maybe he's just a violent asshole n/t |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 05:20 PM Response to Reply #20 |
55. Edit. Delete. |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 07:48 PM Response to Reply #20 |
136. excuse me? |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 09:43 PM Response to Reply #136 |
159. Aww don't let the facts get in the way of a good |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 06:00 PM Response to Reply #7 |
90. I unrecced it as well for the same reason... |
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Bodhi BloodWave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 02:39 PM Response to Reply #7 |
270. you forgot the end of your title "after initiating the conflict" n/t |
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Terra Alta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
9. Some people don't like others smoking around them. |
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RZM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
11. Sounds like he was smoking weed |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 07:49 PM Response to Reply #11 |
137. it said CIGARETTE! |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 05:27 AM Response to Reply #137 |
207. it was a BLUNT! |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 12:20 PM Response to Reply #207 |
248. the original OP |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
12. Moral of the story: Nothing good can come of passing judgment on others. nt |
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bluerum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
22. smokers suck |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 08:15 AM Response to Reply #22 |
219. No. But those who insist on their 'right' to smoke on public transport do. |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
24. So in a place where smoking is illegal and has been for some time, it's wrong to ask someone |
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Fuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
32. Was she about to perform a citizens arrest? |
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neverforget (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
34. Mmmmm popcorn |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 05:06 PM Response to Reply #37 |
43. This thread depresses the hell outta me. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 05:17 PM Response to Reply #43 |
51. "Progressive" ideals at their finest. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 05:09 PM Response to Reply #37 |
45. Naw, not "a lot" just a few outspoken idiots who think it's ok |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 05:18 PM Response to Reply #45 |
52. the same "few" who attack those who are angry at injustice? |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 05:54 PM Response to Reply #52 |
85. No, the ones supporting this I don't see speaking out about other injustices |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 06:06 PM Response to Reply #85 |
92. geee, that would make sense. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
39. Life in the Big City. You never know if the person youre |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 05:21 PM Response to Reply #39 |
58. Or has a weapon. She's either not a NYer, or she's so dedicated |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
48. How about 'rage drunk, self-entitled asshole jabs woman in face with pen'? |
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joeunderdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 05:40 PM Response to Reply #48 |
69. shhhhh...you'll offend self-righteous OP posters |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 05:45 PM Response to Reply #48 |
78. The guy was smoking weed, he wasn't a 'smoker'. I guess |
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Very_Boring_Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 05:47 PM Response to Reply #78 |
82. Maybe she didn't feel like going to work smelling like weed, because some asshole |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 05:55 PM Response to Reply #82 |
87. She was on the NY Subway. |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 08:36 PM Response to Reply #87 |
148. plenty of people tell others what to do on the trains |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 03:51 AM Response to Reply #148 |
203. No one said it is a lawless jungle, and in all the times I have |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 06:13 PM Response to Reply #78 |
93. And I ask again. Why the name calling against the victim of a terrible assault? |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 08:41 PM Response to Reply #93 |
151. If you knowingly walk into a lion's den, eg, while the mother |
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mythology (169 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 09:41 PM Response to Reply #151 |
158. As the saying goes |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 10:35 PM Response to Reply #158 |
163. The guy was smoking a joint on a train. Apparently he is |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 11:31 PM Response to Reply #163 |
169. No, smoking a joint on a train isn't evil. Stabbing someone in the face with a pen, is. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 03:41 AM Response to Reply #169 |
202. Since I have called no one any names, I suggest you calm |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 02:50 PM Response to Reply #202 |
273. No. My experience with New Yorkers is that they don't put up with crap. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 05:17 PM Response to Reply #202 |
290. you 'hope she learned a lesson' -why don't you visit her in the hospital & tell her? |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 07:49 PM Response to Reply #78 |
138. where |
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Bodhi BloodWave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 02:44 PM Response to Reply #48 |
272. likely because depending on accounts she initiated the conflict aka getting into argument/shouting |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
50. I can't see how the woman was "self-righteous" |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 02:14 AM Response to Reply #50 |
195. She's not a cop. Not her job to enforce prohibition. To do so despite that fact is— self-righteous. |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
54. blaming the victim |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
56. I found the fight over spaghetti eating on subway a lot more amusing |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
67. This story just proves that all smokers are assholes. n/t |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 05:40 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. You mean 'all pot smokers'! |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 04:19 PM Response to Reply #68 |
310. Whoever it pisses off most, |
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chrisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 05:45 PM Response to Reply #67 |
77. . |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 04:52 PM Response to Reply #67 |
311. I can't resist. |
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Modern_Matthew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
70. I call for mental evaluations of all smokers before they're allowed to use a pen and... |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 05:59 PM Response to Reply #70 |
88. Except he wasn't a smoker. Start your fund for pot smokers if |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 05:00 PM Response to Reply #70 |
313. Good. |
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Liquorice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
71. Maniac On Subway Stabs Woman In Face With A Pen ...There, I fixed your headline. nt |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 05:44 PM Response to Reply #71 |
75. +1. nt |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
73. This is news tailor-made for DU. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 12:59 PM Response to Reply #73 |
254. Yup.. If only it could have been at Olive Garden & the woman was breastfeeding a 5 yr old |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
74. "Self-Righteous"???? Why should folks be subjected to other's smoke |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 06:48 PM Response to Reply #74 |
107. You're only allowed to say that if you've never subjected anyone to your auto exhaust |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 01:32 AM Response to Reply #107 |
185. I've never subjected anyone to my auto exhaust INSIDE a bar, restaurant, or subway car. |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 02:30 AM Response to Reply #185 |
196. So you've never driven past a bar or restaurant or elevated subway station which wasn't air-tight? |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 02:46 AM Response to Reply #196 |
199. No, it's really just a matter of going the fuck outside before lighting the damn smoke. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 04:19 AM Response to Reply #185 |
205. I understand that you're an addict in denial |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 05:08 PM Response to Reply #205 |
288. You know, the whiny oppressed smoker thing is very 1995. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 05:26 PM Response to Reply #288 |
292. This isn't about where smokers are allowed to smoke |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 05:37 PM Response to Reply #292 |
294. Which means, it's about where smokers are allowed to smoke. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 09:21 AM Response to Reply #107 |
222. driving is a necessity for most, smoking isn't! |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 01:04 PM Response to Reply #222 |
255. The only question is whether driving is a necessity for you |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 05:11 PM Response to Reply #255 |
289. Driving is legal. And so is smoking. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 05:24 PM Response to Reply #289 |
291. You expect me to believe that you've never driven in a parking deck? |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 05:27 PM Response to Reply #291 |
293. Have you smoked in one? |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 05:44 PM Response to Reply #293 |
295. The purpose of smoking bans is to protect health and welfare |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 05:50 PM Response to Reply #295 |
298. Smoking is legal. Driving is legal. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 06:34 PM Response to Reply #298 |
303. Way to move the goal posts back |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 11:43 PM Response to Reply #303 |
309. No, I said the same thing I said before. |
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Shining Jack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 06:47 AM Response to Reply #298 |
320. I haven't smoked in an underground parking in long time but... |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 06:07 PM Response to Reply #255 |
301. nah |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 06:32 PM Response to Reply #301 |
302. Nah? Do you mean driving isn't a necessity for you? |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
76. MYOB is the order of the day in NYC. Not blaming the victim; just saying to BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS. |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 12:16 PM Response to Reply #76 |
246. This should be the mantra everywhere. |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
80. "Theeeeeeeese little town blues, are faaaaaading away !" |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
81. I bet she doesn't do that again |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
101. Unrecc |
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ohheckyeah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
104. And DU is off and running. |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
110. Why is she the "self righteous" one? Smoking in subway stations is illegal. |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 08:41 PM Response to Reply #110 |
152. this was ON a crowded train |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
112. Hey "the man", you can't act on the dark inner thoughts the preaching non-smokers provoke |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
120. This has been a valuable thread, but not for the OP's intentions. nt |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
121. the pen IS mightier than the sword |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 02:10 AM Response to Reply #121 |
194. But the Pen is mightier then the sword... |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
126. The only study of second hand smoke I ever looked at suggested a reduced risk of cancer |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 07:34 PM Response to Reply #126 |
127. Smoking on public transit is a fire hazard and a nuisance. I don't care whether it's safe or not; |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 02:02 AM Response to Reply #127 |
193. It's harder to start a fire than Smokey the Bear would have you think... but nuisance is true. |
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Capitalocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 07:43 PM Response to Reply #126 |
130. .. |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 07:54 PM Response to Reply #126 |
140. I have never ever smoked. Not once. I have scar tissue inmy lungs. |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 02:38 AM Response to Reply #140 |
198. My parents both smoked when I was little too... but I don't have the scar tissue you mention. |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 08:06 PM Response to Reply #198 |
304. It certainly didn't help my lungs be any stronger. |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
128. People start to light up next to me, I pepper spray 'em. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 07:41 PM Response to Reply #128 |
129. Jay. Z. Us. Yeah, pepper spray is so useful in crowds with |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 07:46 PM Response to Reply #129 |
133. Relax, it's a joke, hon. nt |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 07:48 PM Response to Reply #129 |
135. Gah, my bad. |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 08:01 PM Response to Reply #128 |
141. some self-righteous twit tries to talk me, I punch 'em in the throat |
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Capitalocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
131. Nothing I love more than stabbing people I disagree with in the face with improvised weapons. |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 10:16 AM Response to Reply #131 |
232. DU needs more face-to-face get-togethers. |
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Amaya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
134. people need to STFU |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 07:50 PM Response to Reply #134 |
139. So victims should use common sense but criminals should not? |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 08:13 AM Response to Reply #139 |
217. So you want to mess with a criminal? Yeah, that's real smart. |
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erodriguez (532 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 09:49 PM Response to Reply #134 |
161. agreed... As a New Yorker I learned long ago to mind my own business. |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
142. Lighting up on a train? What an ass. |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 09:46 PM Response to Reply #142 |
160. Exactly... and I smoke.. |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
153. the proper way to smoke pot or cigs on the subway is to |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
156. Deleted message |
LadyHawkAZ (800 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
162. People actually think this was OK?? |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
164. I'm a smoker, I try to be considerate, I would never do it anywhere it's illegal... |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 10:49 PM Response to Reply #164 |
165. Really? Someone getting stabbed in the face is a LOL moment for you? |
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demodonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 10:57 PM Response to Reply #165 |
166. Especially since it is illegal to smoke in the subway. Breaking the law is LOL? nt |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 10:58 PM Response to Reply #165 |
167. She was treated and released quickly, so it couldn't have been that bad. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 11:42 PM Response to Reply #165 |
174. The New Face of the Marlboro Man. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 12:17 PM Response to Reply #174 |
247. LOLing. nt |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 12:16 PM Response to Reply #164 |
245. Words fail. nt |
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Incitatus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
177. nice piece of flaimbait there |
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Union Scribe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
178. Classy. Very typical smoker behavior in this thread. |
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akbacchus_BC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 12:11 AM Response to Original message |
179. Only smokers you targetting? Get a life! |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 01:12 AM Response to Original message |
184. See Post #168: IMO, this ain't about smoking. This is about getting in people's faces that.... |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 01:38 AM Response to Reply #184 |
186. Know what? I suspect this woman has figured this out, already. |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 09:51 AM Response to Reply #186 |
228. lol nt |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 10:30 AM Response to Reply #186 |
233. You mean a springboard for people who |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 03:27 PM Response to Reply #233 |
278. Under what other circumstances would you be so eager to call the victim of a horrific assault |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 01:39 AM Response to Original message |
188. I can't believe the support for the slasher in this thread. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 01:47 AM Response to Reply #188 |
192. They're just focusing on what is *really* important, here. |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 02:33 AM Response to Original message |
197. Did someone mention that it was a camel? |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 02:48 AM Response to Reply #197 |
200. Apparently, he'd rather fight than switch. nt |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 02:49 AM Response to Original message |
201. So because she doesn't want to breath someone else's dirty exhaled air she's "self-righteous" |
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BlueMTexpat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 04:21 AM Response to Original message |
206. How many subways, trains or planes have you ridden lately? |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 08:14 AM Response to Reply #206 |
218. People should then contact authorities whose JOB it is to enforce rules and laws. |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 09:52 AM Response to Reply #218 |
229. I'm telling, lol |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 12:43 PM Response to Reply #218 |
251. you dont think we can ask someone to not smoke in the subway? |
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subwaysubculture (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
223. Eyewitness Accounts--and common sense dealing with mentally ill homeless people |
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winston65 (45 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
227. lesson to learn here: |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 01:57 PM Response to Reply #227 |
263. That's not the lesson. |
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demwing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 04:41 PM Response to Reply #263 |
287. No, the lesson is don't smoke on the subway and dont stab people in the face! |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
230. wow. the title of this OP indicates far more judgmental/self-righteous behavior |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 12:42 PM Response to Reply #230 |
250. +1 |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
234. It was a blunt. |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 01:33 PM Response to Reply #234 |
258. Here use this one: |
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demwing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 01:52 PM Response to Reply #234 |
260. Oh! Well she got was coming to her then,,, |
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Supply Side Jesus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
235. So they used physical force to prevent him from lighting up? |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
236. This Thread is Awesome! |
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Logical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
239. You were so wrong on this. N-t |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
241. Man assaults woman on subway sending her to emergency room. |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
256. "Self-righteous illegal smoker attacks innocent woman on subway" |
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demwing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
259. How About "Psychotic Asshole Attacks Innocent Women On Train" |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 01:56 PM Response to Reply #259 |
262. She's not so innocent... |
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demwing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 04:40 PM Response to Reply #262 |
286. Sitting there, minding her own damn business |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
264. LEAVE SMOKERS ALONE!!... |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
267. *** |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 02:55 PM Response to Reply #267 |
274. You need another month for "Natural Childbirth." |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 03:01 PM Response to Reply #267 |
275. Dam PETA gets a lot of calender time! |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 03:19 PM Response to Reply #275 |
277. Odd, isn't it? |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 03:55 PM Response to Reply #275 |
282. PETA comes up for it's bashing every couple months. |
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blasto (11 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 03:58 PM Response to Reply #282 |
283. DU does have its redeeming qualities doesn't it? |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 04:17 PM Response to Reply #283 |
284. Actually yes. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 05:48 PM Response to Reply #282 |
296. I don't think DU has an official position on either guns OR Peta. |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 10:11 PM Response to Reply #296 |
305. An official position...no |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 11:39 PM Response to Reply #305 |
308. I suspect there are a lot of Democrats- and DU members- whose opinion on guns is like mine: |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 08:51 PM Response to Reply #308 |
319. You forgot the holier-than-thou goddamn hippie vegans. |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
306. The guy smokes inside a small enclosed area full of people, yet the woman is self-righteous? |
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NuclearDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
312. Part of being a smoker--or hell, being a human goddamn being-- |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 06:28 PM Response to Reply #312 |
314. It wasn't a cigarette. |
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NuclearDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 06:56 PM Response to Reply #314 |
316. Original OP didn't mention that |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
317. Cigarettes don't kill people, people with cigarettes kill people. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 07:59 PM Response to Reply #317 |
318. You should light up Francis |
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