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Offline VOR

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« on: April 18, 2005, 04:54:59 PM »
SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP) -- A woman who led an effort to help those ravaged by violence in Iraq fell victim to the war herself when a car bomb killed her and two other people, officials said Sunday.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/17/activist.killed.ap/index.html


Her heart may have been in the right place, but her bellybutton certainly was in the wrong place. This story made me remember the Brit lady who was gored by a bull while trying to save it during the running of the bulls through Madrid, iirc.
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« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2005, 05:39:30 PM »
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« Reply #2 on: April 18, 2005, 06:27:08 PM »
Ironic....  no.  Unfortunate, yes.

Alanis Morrisette really screwed up the definition of that word in a lot of peoples heads.
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« Reply #3 on: April 18, 2005, 06:27:53 PM »
I would say it would be more Ironic if she went there to protest the aledged cruelty of the Iraqis at the hands of US troops and got killed by a suicide bomber.
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« Reply #4 on: April 18, 2005, 06:32:16 PM »
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I would say it would be more Ironic if she went there to protest the aledged cruelty of the Iraqis at the hands of US troops and got killed by a suicide bomber.
Much better.
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« Reply #5 on: April 18, 2005, 06:39:07 PM »
Here's Ironic...the guy that led the "no helmet law" campain in Fl, Died shortly after the helmet law was repealed as a result of a head injury from a motorcycle accident (just goes to show only idiots ride without a brain bucket)
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« Reply #6 on: April 18, 2005, 06:39:46 PM »
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SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP) -- A woman who led an effort to help those ravaged by violence in Iraq fell victim to the war herself when a car bomb killed her and two other people, officials said Sunday.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/17/activist.killed.ap/index.html


Her heart may have been in the right place, but her bellybutton certainly was in the wrong place. This story made me remember the Brit lady who was gored by a bull while trying to save it during the running of the bulls through Madrid, iirc.


It's in Pamplona, not Madrid :p

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« Reply #7 on: April 18, 2005, 06:52:23 PM »
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Here's Ironic...the guy that led the "no helmet law" campain in Fl, Died shortly after the helmet law was repealed as a result of a head injury from a motorcycle accident (just goes to show only idiots ride without a brain bucket)
Agreed, THAT is ironic.

I think helmet laws are stupid, but I'd never ride without one, no matter what the law said.  These laws serve only to slow the survival of the fittest.  The safer our planet gets, the slower we will advance as a species.

At the most, if the laws have a nugget of usefulness (eg, helmet, seatbelt, etc) then they should be confined to the 18 and under crowd.  Adults should be free to smear themselve against whatever fixtures they want.  Want to strongly discourage this unsafe behavior?  There's nothing stopping the insurance companies from denying coverage to people exhibiting certain defined 'dangerous behaviors', but it's not the governments place to be involved.
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« Reply #8 on: April 18, 2005, 07:08:44 PM »
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Agreed, THAT is ironic.

I think helmet laws are stupid, but I'd never ride without one, no matter what the law said.  These laws serve only to slow the survival of the fittest.  The safer our planet gets, the slower we will advance as a species.

At the most, if the laws have a nugget of usefulness (eg, helmet, seatbelt, etc) then they should be confined to the 18 and under crowd.  Adults should be free to smear themselve against whatever fixtures they want.  Want to strongly discourage this unsafe behavior?  There's nothing stopping the insurance companies from denying coverage to people exhibiting certain defined 'dangerous behaviors', but it's not the governments place to be involved.


You're right...anyone should have the right to be stupid..I just hate when the stupid don't have medical insurance and out tax money goes to patching em up.
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« Reply #9 on: April 18, 2005, 08:33:51 PM »
Is that the cost of liberty?  Then I'll pay my share.
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« Reply #10 on: April 18, 2005, 08:40:11 PM »
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Is that the cost of liberty?  Then I'll pay my share.


I agree. and at least there we are paying for our own

What I really hate is our tax money going to help illegals without medical insurance.

Bet far far more money is spent on that then someone who got his noggen split due to not wearing a helmet,our own people without insurance. or possibly combined
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« Reply #11 on: April 18, 2005, 08:59:07 PM »
which poses the question:

weren't the Iraquis happier before the US invaded? :P

A lot of inocent people would not be dead right now if it weren't for that poorly planned, poorly executed and totally unjustified war. :(
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« Reply #12 on: April 18, 2005, 09:20:52 PM »
You gotta realise too, is the terroists kinda hurt themselves here..

In a way..

Do you know what I'm tryin to say?

Someone for the protection of innocent civilians and well these terroists kinda try and find for the same thing, but don't..
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« Reply #13 on: April 18, 2005, 09:27:06 PM »
ROFL  Aid worker... HAHAHAHAHA  gets blown up!! heheheheheheheheheh ... OMG .. can't stop laughing!!

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ijit.
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« Reply #14 on: April 18, 2005, 09:28:44 PM »
unless you are impersonating a terorist, I really don't understand why you are laughing MT?!?!?!?! or is there some meaning to 'ijit'



she seemed like a really nice young lady.
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