Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: USRanger on January 28, 2012, 08:36:17 PM
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Sad that this still happens in this day & age.
http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/25/10233835-man-spends-2-years-in-solitary-after-dwi-arrest
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sad to say but when you're arrested you become a 'thing' instead of a person.
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sad to say but when you're arrested you become a 'thing' instead of a person.
Do you think that it's right?
-Penguin
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Unbelievable, I don't what else to say.
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Do you think that it's right?
-Penguin
Because 'sad to say' doesn't give a damn thing away... omfg :rolleyes:
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You've never heard of anyone say "It's sad to say, but we need [insert harsh policy here]"? They are agreeing with the policy and its harshness, but don't like the fact that there is a need to do it. However, someone could, as you said, be genuinely saddened by the idea.
-Penguin
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Where in Dichos post did he say we needed treatment like that?
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Language is difficult, it goes far beyond words, there are subtle complexities. Some people, maybe due to lack of social interaction, are unable to carry on in a normal conversation...
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The message in the sentence comes from the tone of the post, which in turn comes from context, which this post lacks. Hence my confusion.
It's like writing:
"I ate babies."
That could mean many things when one considers tone. The person could be celebrating victory by eating babies, or have recently found out, to their horror, that there last filet mignon was really little Francis Miller.
-Penguin
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If it's so confusing, why does everyone but you understand it?
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I considered the fact that he may have been sarcastic or be a man of "tough love".
-Penguin
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See Rules #4, #14
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See Rules #4, #14
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let's see this become a pattern before we start worrying about becoming an Orwellian dystopia.
-Penguin
:rofl :rofl :rofl
You obviously haven't been paying attention to the news for the past 50 years.
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See Rule #14
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says the Troll.
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See Rules #4, #14
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This was an incredible travesty of disturbing proportions. The 22 million dollar judgement confirms that any reasonable person would agree.
If persons can be determined responsible, they deserve prison time themselves.
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I think it's just a symptom of our addiction to incarceration. I'm a proud American but I'm not proud of the fact that no other society in the history of the world has put a greater portion of their citizens in prison.
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I think it's just a symptom of our addiction to incarceration. I'm a proud American but I'm not proud of the fact that no other society in the history of the world has put a greater portion of their citizens in prison.
Let's not jump to any hasty judgements... we should see if there's some sort of pattern before we jump to conclusions about Orwellian Dystopias!
:angel:
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See Rule #14
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tell you all this much.....ill feel pity for a DWI sleaze bag the minute they can bring back to life any one of the 3 people i have known killed by one.
you wanna feel sympathy or empathy for some one why dont you direct it towards someone who will never get the kind of payoff that dirtbag got....like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacqueline_Saburido (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacqueline_Saburido) or http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=8462765 (http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=8462765) or http://www.kfor.com/news/local/kfor-news-child-killed-by-drunk-driver,0,1497435.story (http://www.kfor.com/news/local/kfor-news-child-killed-by-drunk-driver,0,1497435.story)
they (the prosecution office) may have later (after they realized the mistake they made) have dropped the charges against this guy, but i doubt it was from his being innocent. it would not break my heart if they treated all DWI/DUI's this way, there would be fewer drunks on the road and by reduction of them there would be alot fewer of the dead maimed and crippled children that they cause......
screw em!!!!!!!!!!
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Well it sucks that we as a society tolerate getting drunk, and then getting behind the wheel and gas pedal of 2 tons of metal.
I'll call anyone a liar who says they don't know at least a dozen people who have had drunk driving convictions. Although the laws have gotten a lot harder on those who drive drunk, the standard stigma that goes along with it is nonexistent unless you drive for a living and end up losing your job along with your driver's license.
You can buy a breathalyzer for under $100, you can exercise common sense for free.
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See Rule #4
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See Rule #4
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See Rule #4