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Post by thebigragu on Oct 3, 2017 22:10:13 GMT -5
Exactly. I almost hit an asshole like that on staten island riding his fucking bike on the wrong side of the road Wrong side? He was in the middle of the fucking street. COmmon I like how he screamed out asshole couldn't tell if he was talking to himself
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Post by 32Green on Oct 3, 2017 22:11:40 GMT -5
Wrong side? He was in the middle of the fucking street. COmmon I like how he screamed out asshole couldn't tell if he was talking to himself
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Post by shakin on Oct 3, 2017 22:12:47 GMT -5
I have a friend who drives one of the richest men in the world when he's in NYC. The guy is an awkward, strange, anti-social loon. The kind of guy who yells "aaaaaagh oh nooooo" from the back seat every time a pedestrian comes near his car..the kind of guy who steps out of the car in mid-town with napkins, crumbs and newspapers spilling onto the street as if someone else will pick them up. Yet somehow he makes it from boardroom to boardroom because the people he pays manage every detail of every minute of his day. Very strange people, some of them, but money combined with mental illness can get you through life, plenty of examples out there. Exactly. I almost hit an asshole like that on staten island riding his fucking bike on the wrong side of the road you could pretty much hit any pedestrian or bike rider or anyone else on staten island and there's a 99% chance you'll hit an asshole
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Post by Raoul Duke on Oct 4, 2017 1:28:57 GMT -5
This will make everyone's eyes roll, but this is very close to where I stand concerning closing the border to migrants. It's window dressing to draw people into a false state of safety when we have generations of now french citizens, who for various reasons feel jilted/unaccepted or whatever their frivolous beef is, and turn to terrorism. So until someone can explain how to deal with those people, closing the borders is useless. Fair enough. Say if someone was injecting cancer cells into you and you now had cancer. You dont want cancer and wish to fight it, though the outcome might be uncertain. Wouldnt the first thing you do is stop the injection of cancer cells, then take up the fight against the disease you now have...or would you continue to allow the cancer cells to be injected "because I dont know if I can cure it anyway". May sound extreme, but please tell me how that's different. Without intending a joke, you seem to have adopted a defeatist attitude, surrendered if you will...These fuckers thrive on this sort of thing. Its suicide. How is my “defeatist attitude” towards immigration/terrorism any different than yours towards guns? I could use the same blanket argument: it’s not a religion problem, it’s a mental health problem and I’d be right too. The people blowing themselves up are totally lost. That doesn’t mean we don’t have a problem with the vehicle they use. I know you’re worried about your kid coming to Europe, which TBH I find a bit odd considering you’re OK with him living with the latent risk of some hothead pulling a gun on him at a street light because he honked his horn or other random incident, which from where I’m sitting has a much greater chance of happening than being attacked by a jihadist in Europe. Not trying to be a dick, just trying to show that maybe we’ve unfortunately both grown accustomed to living with a certain form of risk. Mine is totally foreign to you, and vice versa.
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Post by DDNYjets on Oct 4, 2017 6:30:59 GMT -5
Fair enough. Say if someone was injecting cancer cells into you and you now had cancer. You dont want cancer and wish to fight it, though the outcome might be uncertain. Wouldnt the first thing you do is stop the injection of cancer cells, then take up the fight against the disease you now have...or would you continue to allow the cancer cells to be injected "because I dont know if I can cure it anyway". May sound extreme, but please tell me how that's different. Without intending a joke, you seem to have adopted a defeatist attitude, surrendered if you will...These fuckers thrive on this sort of thing. Its suicide. How is my “defeatist attitude” towards immigration/terrorism any different than yours towards guns? I could use the same blanket argument: it’s not a religion problem, it’s a mental health problem and I’d be right too. The people blowing themselves up are totally lost. That doesn’t mean we don’t have a problem with the vehicle they use. I know you’re worried about your kid coming to Europe, which TBH I find a bit odd considering you’re OK with him living with the latent risk of some hothead pulling a gun on him at a street light because he honked his horn or other random incident, which from where I’m sitting has a much greater chance of happening than being attacked by a jihadist in Europe. Not trying to be a dick, just trying to show that maybe we’ve unfortunately both grown accustomed to living with a certain form of risk. Mine is totally foreign to you, and vice versa. I love that you compare a migrant to an assault weapon. Very Trump-like. In fairness it is not the goal of the mass shooter to ultimately overtake our country and culture and wipe us out bc we are infidels. And there is a difference between dealing with your own crazies and going out of your way to import them. And btw, I completely blame your migrant crisis on the United States and our complete and total inept foreign policy of the past 25 years. We've destabilized regions and helped evil regimes achieve nuclear capabilities. And it is a mental health problem in both cases. Muslims are notoriously inbred. Just like Europeans were eons ago. But you guys underwent the enlightenment. Accepted basic science and human rights. They didn't.
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Post by Trades on Oct 4, 2017 6:40:18 GMT -5
How is my “defeatist attitude” towards immigration/terrorism any different than yours towards guns? I could use the same blanket argument: it’s not a religion problem, it’s a mental health problem and I’d be right too. The people blowing themselves up are totally lost. That doesn’t mean we don’t have a problem with the vehicle they use. I know you’re worried about your kid coming to Europe, which TBH I find a bit odd considering you’re OK with him living with the latent risk of some hothead pulling a gun on him at a street light because he honked his horn or other random incident, which from where I’m sitting has a much greater chance of happening than being attacked by a jihadist in Europe. Not trying to be a dick, just trying to show that maybe we’ve unfortunately both grown accustomed to living with a certain form of risk. Mine is totally foreign to you, and vice versa. I love that you compare a migrant to an assault weapon. Very Trump-like. In fairness it is not the goal of the mass shooter to ultimately overtake our country and culture and wipe us out bc we are infidels. And there is a difference between dealing with your own crazies and going out of your way to import them. And btw, I completely blame your migrant crisis on the United States and our complete and total inept foreign policy of the past 25 years. We've destabilized regions and helped evil regimes achieve nuclear capabilities. And it is a mental health problem in both cases. Muslims are notoriously inbred. Just like Europeans were eons ago. But you guys underwent the enlightenment. Accepted basic science and human rights. They didn't. And I have never heard of people keeping migrants in their homes to protect their families or taking migrants hunting.
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Post by Jets Things on Oct 4, 2017 6:40:58 GMT -5
Wrong side? He was in the middle of the fucking street. COmmon I like how he screamed out asshole couldn't tell if he was talking to himself Was he claiming to be a nurse?
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Post by 32Green on Oct 4, 2017 6:45:20 GMT -5
Fair enough. Say if someone was injecting cancer cells into you and you now had cancer. You dont want cancer and wish to fight it, though the outcome might be uncertain. Wouldnt the first thing you do is stop the injection of cancer cells, then take up the fight against the disease you now have...or would you continue to allow the cancer cells to be injected "because I dont know if I can cure it anyway". May sound extreme, but please tell me how that's different. Without intending a joke, you seem to have adopted a defeatist attitude, surrendered if you will...These fuckers thrive on this sort of thing. Its suicide. How is my “defeatist attitude” towards immigration/terrorism any different than yours towards guns? I could use the same blanket argument: it’s not a religion problem, it’s a mental health problem and I’d be right too. The people blowing themselves up are totally lost. That doesn’t mean we don’t have a problem with the vehicle they use. I know you’re worried about your kid coming to Europe, which TBH I find a bit odd considering you’re OK with him living with the latent risk of some hothead pulling a gun on him at a street light because he honked his horn or other random incident, which from where I’m sitting has a much greater chance of happening than being attacked by a jihadist in Europe. Not trying to be a dick, just trying to show that maybe we’ve unfortunately both grown accustomed to living with a certain form of risk. Mine is totally foreign to you, and vice versa. I dont think you are being a dick, I just didnt think the "migrant" (I prefer the terms illegal alien, foreign invader, un-assimilatable cancer-cells ) comparison was apt. As far as gun control, I havent thrown up my hands. I agree it could be alot tighter, especially regarding mental health checks, waiting periods etc. I dont believe anyone outside of the military and LE should have fully automatic weapons... I think the pending bill that would make buying silencers easier is silly and potentially dangerous. I dont know what the Republicans are thinking. We seem to be living in a political era of fuck me-fuck you and this bill seems to be a provocative shot across the bow as it were. In the interest of full disclosure, I had to join the NRA years ago to become a member of a gun-range near me as it was a requirement of membership. I was then bombarded with requests for money, phone-calls, over the top literature etc. I was, frankly, a little alarmed by their strident tones, but it was obvious they thought they were in a fight for their lives and I guess they were with the Dems in charge. I chose to not support them financially any more and left the range. I still get all the NRA literature, Magazines etc. years later. I think they need to be way more flexible, but I also know the old 'give em and inch, they'll take a mile" axiom is very fucking true. Its a muddy issue to be sure. I wish it werent so, but because of history none of us can control, the guns are out there. Having more sane, responsible citizens owning guns is preferable to me, than trying to disarm, its just not feasible and will only leave the bad guys armed. And yes, I want my son to be armed and I will still worry when he goes to Europe again!
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Post by 32Green on Oct 4, 2017 6:46:45 GMT -5
How is my “defeatist attitude” towards immigration/terrorism any different than yours towards guns? I could use the same blanket argument: it’s not a religion problem, it’s a mental health problem and I’d be right too. The people blowing themselves up are totally lost. That doesn’t mean we don’t have a problem with the vehicle they use. I know you’re worried about your kid coming to Europe, which TBH I find a bit odd considering you’re OK with him living with the latent risk of some hothead pulling a gun on him at a street light because he honked his horn or other random incident, which from where I’m sitting has a much greater chance of happening than being attacked by a jihadist in Europe. Not trying to be a dick, just trying to show that maybe we’ve unfortunately both grown accustomed to living with a certain form of risk. Mine is totally foreign to you, and vice versa. I love that you compare a migrant to an assault weapon. Very Trump-like. In fairness it is not the goal of the mass shooter to ultimately overtake our country and culture and wipe us out bc we are infidels. And there is a difference between dealing with your own crazies and going out of your way to import them. And btw, I completely blame your migrant crisis on the United States and our complete and total inept foreign policy of the past 25 years. We've destabilized regions and helped evil regimes achieve nuclear capabilities. And it is a mental health problem in both cases. Muslims are notoriously inbred. Just like Europeans were eons ago. But you guys underwent the enlightenment. Accepted basic science and human rights. They didn't. And then there's this.
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Post by Jets Things on Oct 4, 2017 6:50:39 GMT -5
Religion itself is a mental health issue.
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Post by DDNYjets on Oct 4, 2017 7:12:41 GMT -5
Religion itself is a mental health issue. Perhaps but some are much worse than others. Ill take the Westboro Baptists over a lot of the shit we see in the world.
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Post by Raoul Duke on Oct 4, 2017 7:21:43 GMT -5
I love that you compare a migrant to an assault weapon. Very Trump-like. In fairness it is not the goal of the mass shooter to ultimately overtake our country and culture and wipe us out bc we are infidels. And there is a difference between dealing with your own crazies and going out of your way to import them. And btw, I completely blame your migrant crisis on the United States and our complete and total inept foreign policy of the past 25 years. We've destabilized regions and helped evil regimes achieve nuclear capabilities. And it is a mental health problem in both cases. Muslims are notoriously inbred. Just like Europeans were eons ago. But you guys underwent the enlightenment. Accepted basic science and human rights. They didn't. And then there's this. And that's the big difference in our views. I don't feel like I'm being invaded and my culture wiped clean.
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Post by 32Green on Oct 4, 2017 7:32:53 GMT -5
I don't feel like I'm being invaded and my culture wiped clean. That's what they want you to think.
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Post by Trades on Oct 4, 2017 7:37:23 GMT -5
I don't feel like I'm being invaded and my culture wiped clean. That's what they want you to think. Someone needs to change the hat to a beret.
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Post by Trades on Oct 4, 2017 7:38:39 GMT -5
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