RANT: i am obese and on a phone

[ossizen]

*What's that? Permit holders can carry in K-12 schools in Kansas...and it isn't a problem? Seems they are arguing against their own position here.

My soon-to-be-15-year-old nephew and I were discussing gun laws this evening. Even he says additional gun laws won't work. I didn't put ideas into his head. He said that himself.

He told me there is already an armed police officer assigned to his high school and surrounding parking lot.

BTW, his high school is far from the KCK ghetto.

[im2manly]

My soon-to-be-15-year-old nephew and I were discussing gun laws this evening. Even he says additional gun laws won't work. I didn't put ideas into his head. He said that himself.

well glad that is settled then.

[mjw8204]

well glad that is settled then.

lol

I was armed with a similar retort.

It's actually pretty impressive how many logical fallacies he was able to fit into a single statement.

[im2manly]

TAAB got his ass kicked.

[Miketoc]

Only the police should have high-powered engines.

If civilians had them, they could use them to flee the scene of crimes and outrun the police. If we restrict cars to go only 80mph, then the police can catch criminals more easily and we'll be a lot safer.

C'mon car nuts, we're not banning cars, we're just limiting the types of cars you can buy. You can be happy with your Corollas and Station wagons.

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Banning high powered cars will solve nothing. It's a basic human right to drive a 460 hp car, just because other people use them to break the speed limit and run people over does not mean they are dangerous in and of themselves. If we gave everyone a high powered car then drivers who intended to drive recklessly would be stopped by other drivers of high powered cars before they could run too many people over. In fact, I think having speed limits is also an infringement upon my rights. Define "reckless" driving. Define "speeding".

[Miketoc]

TAAB got his ass kicked.

I still want to know who won the sacko bowl, any ranter?

[mjw8204]

Define "reckless" driving. Define "speeding".

I'm going to assume that since nobody responded within the first minute of your post, they must either agree with you or have no formidable argument to present.

Nicely done, Miketoc.

[ossizen]

The Saints squeaked one out in overtime.

And the Queefs lost again.

[ossizen]

I'm going to assume that since nobody responded within the first minute of your post, they must either agree with you or have no formidable argument to present.

Nicely done, Miketoc.

Somewhat unrelated, but Kansas actually makes no distinction between careless and reckless driving. The careless/inattentive driving ticket I received in Missouri in '07 became reckless in Kansas when the Dept of Revenue received the ticket. As a result, KS revoked my license for 90 days in '07.

[mjw8204]

Somewhat unrelated, but Kansas actually makes no distinction between careless and reckless driving. The careless/inattentive driving ticket I received in Missouri in '07 became reckless in Kansas when the Dept of Revenue received the ticket. As a result, KS revoked my license for 90 days in '07.

Well, hopefully it motivated you to become a safer driver.

[GREENFEATHER]

Well, spiritually speaking, I have a close affinity with the Mesomorphicamerican culture.

Legally speaking, I am an alien on parole for crossing the border between Overbearing and Undercaring.

However ancestorally speaking, I come from a long line of Cretan's.






Anticipating: "You speak too much."

I bet ya ain't got no papers do ya?

[ossizen]

Well, hopefully it motivated you to become a safer driver.

In a way it did. I rear-ended a car on an interstate (the group of 3 cars just sitting there stranded in the right lane when the backup wasn't for another mile). All 4 of us drivers received the careless driving citation. Missouri uses the points system (maybe 1 point), but Kansas doesn't use the points system.

I was not paying attention to the road, pure and simple.

But the reckless driving charge was almost double-jeopardy going from careless to reckless.

[therorschach]

Banning high powered cars will solve nothing. It's a basic human right to drive a 460 hp car, just because other people use them to break the speed limit and run people over does not mean they are dangerous in and of themselves. If we gave everyone a high powered car then drivers who intended to drive recklessly would be stopped by other drivers of high powered cars before they could run too many people over. In fact, I think having speed limits is also an infringement upon my rights. Define "reckless" driving. Define "speeding".

Agreed. In addition, not all vehicular homicides are bad/negative. Justified automobile deaths don't count. We should plot a graph of "good" automobile deaths vs automobile ownership % and then make out afterwards.

[mjw8204]

Wow, Seahawks O-line are some yewgly mofos.

[Farley1324]

That insanely quick drive/TD make me glad I decided to pull the 9'er defense...just in case...and leave my DEF slot empty...finalizing my matchup with a win, securing 5th place in the final standings.

Yay....5th.

[Tyrbolift]

no-one draws a gun quicker and better than frank miller. His hand is steadier than the waco kid.

and just who, may i ask, are you?

well, spiritually speaking, i have a close affinity with the mesomorphicamerican culture.

Legally speaking, i am an alien on parole for crossing the border between overbearing and undercaring.

However ancestorally speaking, i come from a long line of cretan's.






Anticipating: "you speak too much."

ci ?

[Final_Rep]

Farley,

I never wanted to debate... But when I read that article and the part you quoted was taken completely out of context by yourself I couldn't just walk away. FWIW I try to read most posts in here, the long ones included, including anything linked by the regulars (e.g. I read the entire Mother Jones article, etc).

Sorry for the long delay in responding btw; I was out taking photos most of the day. Almost caught frostbite on this one:

[Farley1324]

Farley,

I never wanted to debate... But when I read that article and the part you quoted was taken completely out of context by yourself I couldn't just walk away. FWIW I try to read most posts in here, the long ones included, including anything linked by the regulars (e.g. I read the entire Mother Jones article, etc).

Sorry for the long delay in responding btw; I was out taking photos most of the day. Almost caught frostbite on this one:

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It was a fact, and one that easily stands on its own as it does not rely on or reference anything else. I don't think it needs a context.

And, like I said, I'm not going to put the time/effort into going through an entire article again because nobody cares, most people have already made up their minds and to even pretend to try and open them up to new facts/ideas, IMO and IME, requires an IRL FTF encounter. If/when somebody disagrees with anything that I said when discrediting the mother jones article, I will consider actually putting effort into it again. I doubt that will happen, though.







I get to play Santa tomorrow, basically...but now I can't find the Santa hat I bought at Target

[Dominik]

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One of your best IMO. You could bring out even more tones in the sky with a grad filter in LR and warm the scene up a little more but it's fine the way it is.

[JOSEF RAKICH]

Epic photo!

Photos like that are amazing.

[400Lb Gorilla]

Farley,

I never wanted to debate... But when I read that article and the part you quoted was taken completely out of context by yourself I couldn't just walk away. FWIW I try to read most posts in here, the long ones included, including anything linked by the regulars (e.g. I read the entire Mother Jones article, etc).

Sorry for the long delay in responding btw; I was out taking photos most of the day. Almost caught frostbite on this one:

awesome photo. doesnt make me want to move up there at all but it is a beautiful picture lol.

[Final_Rep]

It was a fact, and one that easily stands on its own as it does not rely on or reference anything else.

That you say this just means you didn't read as far as the *next paragraph* of the article... where the author explains why the fact in question doesn't stand on its own at all but is correlated to overall drop in crime rates over the time period.

One of your best IMO. You could bring out even more tones in the sky with a grad filter in LR and warm the scene up a little more but it's fine the way it is.

Thank you - I will have to play around with that digital ND grad.

Epic photo!

Photos like that are amazing.

awesome photo. doesnt make me want to move up there at all but it is a beautiful picture lol.

Thanks guys. Yeah it was below 0 deg. F during this outing and my fingers started to get unusable (almost total loss of dexterity) so I called it quits. A little pain was worth the result though!

[Farley1324]

That you say this just means you didn't read as far as the *next paragraph* of the article... where the author explains why the fact in question doesn't stand on its own at all but is correlated to overall drop in crime rates over the time period.

I did. And I still believe it does, for reasons I already mentioned (and probably other reasons)

But that would bring us further into the debate you aren't looking for.

[Final_Rep]

I did. And I still believe it does, for reasons I already mentioned (and probably other reasons)

But that would bring us further into the debate you aren't looking for.

Quite right

[adamdavidson47]

Merry Christmas Ranters, I'm at work until noon today, if anyone is here we can discuss anything but gun control and politics.

[Dominik]

It's officially Christmas Day here.

To all of you freezing your nuts off, Australians will be sweating it out over BBQs today and lounging around the beach.

[Miketoc]

I failed 340, but so just very barely.

I blame these antibiotics and this bronchitis. I'm so enraged right meow.

[adamdavidson47]

It's officially Christmas Day here.

To all of you freezing your nuts off, Australians will be sweating it out over BBQs today and lounging around the beach.

One day I will spend Christmas on a beach. One day.

I failed 340, but so just very barely.

I blame these antibiotics and this bronchitis. I'm so enraged right meow.

Deadlift?

[kvk1]

I failed 340, but so just very barely.

I blame these antibiotics and this bronchitis. I'm so enraged right meow.

What? 340 what?

[adamdavidson47]

What? 340 what?

Maybe it's blowjobs.