I thank GOD that I grew up in a day before cell phones, with cameras everywhere and all these tracking apps!!!
I grew up with no surviving pictures of me and a skull bong, my parents didn't always know where I was as a teen, and I've always driven fast.....but hey at least back then I was able to be more independent, make mistakes, learn from them and grow up without feeling like I had to have Mommy and Daddy watching my every move......
I'm glad I got to be what used to be a 'traditional' teenage part of my life.
In general, deadly force may not be used to simply defend ones property, and can only be used to defend someone's life or safety. An unarmed thief who has grabbed a cash box right in front of the landlord and then tries to immediately run away is not a threat to one's life, and shooting him to stop him would be highly illegal.
Depends on the state you live in.
I believe TX allows you to blow someone away if they are stealing your property.
I remember a bit before Katrina, there was a case in New Orleans East I think, a couple of kids were in an apartment parking lot, stealing stuff out of a car. The owner shot them and killed at least one of them, from his upstairs balcony facing the car.
The actually tried to press charges on the property owner, but they couldn't find a jury that would convict him....and I agree.
If the kids hadn't been committing a crime, they'd still be living today.
But most states I know of..if your able to in any way at all, think you are threatened, you can shoot someone, and no one shoots to injure, you're a fool if you try doing that. Heck, some states have weird old laws too, I remember in AR, that if you see someone trying to commit arson, even if you are not the property owner, you can legally shoot that person.
I'd not thought of it before...and I may look into this, but I would have thought for sure, if you showed up at an IRS office in person to pay your taxes, you could easily do that with cash...?
I would have a hard time believing they'd refuse that...?
You aren't married are you? Anyone who is married is laughing at your naivety right now. (Including me)
No, I"m not...I do NOT want kids. Therefore, there is no reason to get married, and risk losing half of what I own whenever I decide I want to move on to a different woman.
I have had a number of very long term relationships (each of numerous years)....and sure, I know that requires some compromise, but seriously, a fucking car horn he has to ask about? Does he also ask if he can have a pudding cup or a beer before dinner??
There's a difference between compromise in a relationship, and being a spineless yes "man" in a relationship where you feel you have to ask or get permission for anything you do.
Yes, I say, grow a pair....women don't respect you if you don't assert yourself, show confidence, and show that you know (or at least project that you know) what you want in life.
If fact, being too much of a pussy, can put your at risk of losing your dear woman.
Just because you put a ring on her finger, doesn't mean you should let her put one through your nose and guide your ass around the rest of your life.
If it gets too bad...well, there are a ton of other women out there, a dime a dozen.....
But hey if you want to be monogamous your life with one women, fine....but you still don't have to be a pussy and cow-tow to the woman. If you have to get WAF (Wife Approval Factor) for simply changing the horn in your very own car you have....you've got some problems my friend.
Geez, do you ask permission to change the radio station too?
There's a whole world out there with other people called women. And when you meet one that likes you (for some reason), things get complicated. Overall, though, they are soft, smell nice, posses pleasant curves and may have different opinions than you that you will have to work through or learn to live with. if you wish to maintain their company.
No reason really to get married, unless you plan on having kids.
I figure, why tie yourself down to one...with the added risk of losing half your shit you own if you ever decide to "upgrade" to a newer model?
But even so...seriously, just because you are in a relationship, doesn't mean you have to lose your spine, and give in with everything to the women. Hell, in most cases, if you do this as a man, you WILL start to lose her respect. One thing they attracted to is your being confident, in command, and in control.
Sure, you have to compromise if you're gonna marry them, but NOT on everything.
If you are too much a pushover, they may end up leaving you for someone else a bit more 'difficult', that doesn't let themselves get run roughshod over....
Not everything requires WAF (Wife Approval Factor).
It is the guys own car, and he seriously has to ask his wife about changing the fucking horn on it?!?! Does she also pick his underwear out for him too?
A free market that is based on everyone operating on a fair playing field is..yes.
But when you have China devaluing its currency and them and other countries playing dirty tricks to keep their prices artificially lower...then a tariff balances things out.
If the US has to have some freakin' carbon tax....hard to compete with a country that does not, so we have a tariff that makes the prices more or less equal, and then people can buy based on quality with price being close to equal.
If govt is the cause for causing US prices to be higher (labor or ecology) then it should tariff to make things more of an equal footing.
Things like just being more efficient and new methods that allow cheaper manufacturing, those should not be tariff protected.
We could also have import tariffs and whatnot to offset the reduced cost of not caring about employee safety. But we're all about "free trade" nowadays, where companies are free to roam the globe looking for the cheapest, most desperate labor with the lowest cost of living. If laws can drive industry away, they can keep it around too.
While I lean myself towards that idea...it has been brought to my attention that this would be counteracted quickly by other countries....and a trade war would break out, which could hurt US interests.
While myself, I don't mind spending a bit extra for something made in the USA...that is not a sympathy shared it seems, by the majority of our US fellow citizens that are looking ONLY for the cheapest item at Wally World, or the $1 value "meal" at McD's.
Taking note of how you perceived the driving conditions to be, unaware that you are incapable of accurately assessing them, at the expense of the safety of others. There is no excuse for being a twat.
Lets see...roads clear...check.
Weather conditions good...check
Car has ability to travel at high speeds, brake better than normal cars, handle better than other cars....and I know how to drive it....check.
Doesn't change the fact that most of them still putt along in rush hour traffic the same speed as a Camry or Civic.
Unless you spend a lot of the time on a track (which let's face it next to nobody does), then the concept of a "sports car" is an oxymoron.
If you actually want to go fast on a public road, get a bike.
Wow..where do you live where traffic is THAT bad?
Before Katrina, I had a 1986 911 Turbo...and man, what that thing a BLAST to drive...black on black..whale tail, the whole thing.
Even as bad as the roads are here largely in New Orleans, I had NO problems finding places to open up that car and have some fun....taking note of the currently driving conditions at the time of course.
And when leaving out, on the highways, I had no problem getting up to 100+ from time to time and stretching it out...and no, I wasn't passing people up THAT badly...as that most hwy traffic in this area stays about 85mph average.
I guess if you live in LA, it sucks that you have such bad traffic...but it isn't that way by a longshot in most of the US.
I will not feel guilty about rape, because I am not a rapist. I will not feel guilty about sexual harassment, because I do not sexually harass.
Amen!!
And even with all that...I mean, they are just asking for it..have you SEEN how these women are dressing and acting lately? The look like and act in manners that just a few short years ago would have made a street hooker blush...
It happened when we became more worried about some poor little soul's self esteem more than teaching kids how to prepare for life, and how to win (and lose)...
And it is getting worse.
Hell, now it is ok to be fat, slovenly, unkept...unmotivated..because, well...you can't coach better behavior in folks because it might make them feel bad about how they are now.
Isn't that kind of the fucking POINT? Point things out so folks will try to improve themselves?
Man, in today's college atmosphere...you could not have a Richard Pryor, George Carlin, Lenny Bruce or other great comedienne of the past (not THAT long past either).
Geez...WTF is with these young kids and their intolerance of everything that isn't happy happy, joy joy or Kumbaya (minus any religious associations of course).
When did everyone get so worried about someone being offended?
Is this the end result of everyone getting a fucking trophy as a kid just for showing up, and worrying about their fragile self esteem being nicked slightly?
Will everyone's ears bleed if they hear the word nigger or cracker or spic or wop or kraut or chink uttered?
They're words people...they won't hurt you. Grow a bit of skin and lighten up and quit looking to be offended.
So...if this starts becoming predominant in the US, I wonder how many Mexican workers will return home after being displaced by the robots?
Or, what will happen with them...with these jobs going away? Serious question if robotics starts replacing manual laborers in a very meaningful manner.....
Will they return home, or will they become a burden on already stretched social safety net programs ?
You paint a static picture for NOW...but over the past couple of decades, white men did better than they are now...so, education rates are dropping for white guys, as well as other positions and ranks above other groups they used to hold.
I was talking trends, and it is going downhill for the average white guy...and he has no recourse to complain as that it isn't PC to say he's being targeted.
But today...if you are a White Guy, you basically have no rights and no recourse....you can only be an instigator of bad policy and discrimination, you cannot possibly be discriminated against.
In addition to that, you now only have the right on TV and movies to be stupid, fat and a general duffass (sp?)...the butt of any jokes. Since minorities and women cannot be made fun of, or risk having the commercial, tv show or movie insensitive, it is only the white guys that can be made fun of these days.
Pretty much the sole exception to that is Family Guy, they get away with saying shit and I don't know how they do in todays over Politically Correct society.
But seriously, if you are a white guy, you are either bottom of totem pole, or the bad guy causing the problems for the rest of the non-white guy population...shame on you for holding them back and being "The Man".
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I grew up with no surviving pictures of me and a skull bong, my parents didn't always know where I was as a teen, and I've always driven fast.....but hey at least back then I was able to be more independent, make mistakes, learn from them and grow up without feeling like I had to have Mommy and Daddy watching my every move......
I'm glad I got to be what used to be a 'traditional' teenage part of my life.
So, in England...they only had 3 channels...and are now down to 2 on TV?
...special interests sending money to govt fighting in order to prevent true competition in industry, and squeeze out the new player in town.
Depends on the state you live in.
I believe TX allows you to blow someone away if they are stealing your property.
I remember a bit before Katrina, there was a case in New Orleans East I think, a couple of kids were in an apartment parking lot, stealing stuff out of a car. The owner shot them and killed at least one of them, from his upstairs balcony facing the car.
The actually tried to press charges on the property owner, but they couldn't find a jury that would convict him....and I agree.
If the kids hadn't been committing a crime, they'd still be living today.
But most states I know of..if your able to in any way at all, think you are threatened, you can shoot someone, and no one shoots to injure, you're a fool if you try doing that. Heck, some states have weird old laws too, I remember in AR, that if you see someone trying to commit arson, even if you are not the property owner, you can legally shoot that person.
Things like that...
Really?
I'd not thought of it before...and I may look into this, but I would have thought for sure, if you showed up at an IRS office in person to pay your taxes, you could easily do that with cash...?
I would have a hard time believing they'd refuse that...?
No, I"m not...I do NOT want kids. Therefore, there is no reason to get married, and risk losing half of what I own whenever I decide I want to move on to a different woman.
I have had a number of very long term relationships (each of numerous years)....and sure, I know that requires some compromise, but seriously, a fucking car horn he has to ask about? Does he also ask if he can have a pudding cup or a beer before dinner??
There's a difference between compromise in a relationship, and being a spineless yes "man" in a relationship where you feel you have to ask or get permission for anything you do.
Yes, I say, grow a pair....women don't respect you if you don't assert yourself, show confidence, and show that you know (or at least project that you know) what you want in life.
If fact, being too much of a pussy, can put your at risk of losing your dear woman.
Just because you put a ring on her finger, doesn't mean you should let her put one through your nose and guide your ass around the rest of your life.
If it gets too bad...well, there are a ton of other women out there, a dime a dozen.....
But hey if you want to be monogamous your life with one women, fine....but you still don't have to be a pussy and cow-tow to the woman. If you have to get WAF (Wife Approval Factor) for simply changing the horn in your very own car you have....you've got some problems my friend.
Geez, do you ask permission to change the radio station too?
No...I have plenty of girlfriends and those I can and do date as I please.
Monogamy is fine for some, but I figure, why tie yourself down to just one?
Why get married unless you really want to have kids?
Women are a dime a dozen out there...variety is the spice of life.
No reason really to get married, unless you plan on having kids.
I figure, why tie yourself down to one...with the added risk of losing half your shit you own if you ever decide to "upgrade" to a newer model?
But even so...seriously, just because you are in a relationship, doesn't mean you have to lose your spine, and give in with everything to the women. Hell, in most cases, if you do this as a man, you WILL start to lose her respect. One thing they attracted to is your being confident, in command, and in control.
Sure, you have to compromise if you're gonna marry them, but NOT on everything.
If you are too much a pushover, they may end up leaving you for someone else a bit more 'difficult', that doesn't let themselves get run roughshod over....
Not everything requires WAF (Wife Approval Factor).
It is the guys own car, and he seriously has to ask his wife about changing the fucking horn on it?!?! Does she also pick his underwear out for him too?
And yet, these SAME women will bitch and moan at us for not asking directions.
Geez, first we gave them the vote, and then drivers licenses, and the world has gone downhill ever since then....
I'm sorry...why the fuck are you asking your wife about what you want to do with YOUR car...?
Even with that...why would you listen..it is your car, enjoy man.
Grow a pair and do what you want on your own car....
A free market that is based on everyone operating on a fair playing field is..yes.
But when you have China devaluing its currency and them and other countries playing dirty tricks to keep their prices artificially lower...then a tariff balances things out.
If the US has to have some freakin' carbon tax....hard to compete with a country that does not, so we have a tariff that makes the prices more or less equal, and then people can buy based on quality with price being close to equal.
If govt is the cause for causing US prices to be higher (labor or ecology) then it should tariff to make things more of an equal footing.
Things like just being more efficient and new methods that allow cheaper manufacturing, those should not be tariff protected.
While I lean myself towards that idea...it has been brought to my attention that this would be counteracted quickly by other countries....and a trade war would break out, which could hurt US interests.
While myself, I don't mind spending a bit extra for something made in the USA...that is not a sympathy shared it seems, by the majority of our US fellow citizens that are looking ONLY for the cheapest item at Wally World, or the $1 value "meal" at McD's.
Lets see...roads clear...check.
Weather conditions good...check
Car has ability to travel at high speeds, brake better than normal cars, handle better than other cars....and I know how to drive it....check.
What's your problem with this?
The posted speed is often arbitrary....
Or, are you just afraid of speed period?
Wow..where do you live where traffic is THAT bad?
Before Katrina, I had a 1986 911 Turbo...and man, what that thing a BLAST to drive...black on black..whale tail, the whole thing.
Even as bad as the roads are here largely in New Orleans, I had NO problems finding places to open up that car and have some fun....taking note of the currently driving conditions at the time of course.
And when leaving out, on the highways, I had no problem getting up to 100+ from time to time and stretching it out...and no, I wasn't passing people up THAT badly...as that most hwy traffic in this area stays about 85mph average.
I guess if you live in LA, it sucks that you have such bad traffic...but it isn't that way by a longshot in most of the US.
I suppose that puts me on some sort of watch list...hmmmm.
LOL!!!
OMG....you pretty much made me spew my hot tea on my monitor with that one.....
Haha...good one!!
It was just a joke...with a bit of sarcasm, about being highly politically INcorrect on my post...
Amen!!
And even with all that...I mean, they are just asking for it..have you SEEN how these women are dressing and acting lately? The look like and act in manners that just a few short years ago would have made a street hooker blush...
LOL....oops.
And it is getting worse.
Hell, now it is ok to be fat, slovenly, unkept...unmotivated..because, well...you can't coach better behavior in folks because it might make them feel bad about how they are now.
Isn't that kind of the fucking POINT? Point things out so folks will try to improve themselves?
Geez...WTF is with these young kids and their intolerance of everything that isn't happy happy, joy joy or Kumbaya (minus any religious associations of course).
When did everyone get so worried about someone being offended?
Is this the end result of everyone getting a fucking trophy as a kid just for showing up, and worrying about their fragile self esteem being nicked slightly?
Will everyone's ears bleed if they hear the word nigger or cracker or spic or wop or kraut or chink uttered?
They're words people...they won't hurt you. Grow a bit of skin and lighten up and quit looking to be offended.
His insensitivity to people who "walk funny" is just intolerant and cannot be abided by.
Shame on you Sir!! I hope I find you soon!!
So...if this starts becoming predominant in the US, I wonder how many Mexican workers will return home after being displaced by the robots?
Or, what will happen with them...with these jobs going away? Serious question if robotics starts replacing manual laborers in a very meaningful manner.....
Will they return home, or will they become a burden on already stretched social safety net programs ?
I was talking trends, and it is going downhill for the average white guy...and he has no recourse to complain as that it isn't PC to say he's being targeted.
In addition to that, you now only have the right on TV and movies to be stupid, fat and a general duffass (sp?)...the butt of any jokes. Since minorities and women cannot be made fun of, or risk having the commercial, tv show or movie insensitive, it is only the white guys that can be made fun of these days.
Pretty much the sole exception to that is Family Guy, they get away with saying shit and I don't know how they do in todays over Politically Correct society.
But seriously, if you are a white guy, you are either bottom of totem pole, or the bad guy causing the problems for the rest of the non-white guy population...shame on you for holding them back and being "The Man".
You mean soccer?
I've tried watching it...and BOOOORING.
Just back and forth, hardly any scoring, no serious risk of someone getting a concussion or something broken....
And for the life of me, how the fuck do they figure the time and when a game is over?
I tried watching that last go around where the US did fairly well in it...game was about to be over and...
OH wait...for no explainable reason, we're gonna add another 12 minutes to the game...
I think they did this twice in one of the last games and the US ended up losing.
I"m thinking Ok, if they can just make up the rules as they go....this isn't really much of a game.
Besides...a "real" game of football has something like "Sudden Death".....not just holding up a pretty colored card at someone...