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Tsar-Ivor
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posted November 01, 2015 09:34 PM |
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should always be pointed out.
Nope, if it serves no contructive purpose then there is no just reason to point out another's mistake.
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fred79
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posted November 01, 2015 09:38 PM |
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Tsar-Ivor said:
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should always be pointed out.
Nope, if it serves no contructive reason then there is no just reason for it.
sure, you point something bad out, it can be dealt with. you just have to get enough people for your cause, or you could just go solo and try to fix it yourself by whatever means necessary. people do both all the time. it's constructive for you or your cause as long as it makes an impact on whatever you want to change. the larger the issue, the larger the impact needs to be in order to be effective.
*spoken in the cold tone of a sith lord, or in the kind voice or a jedi; whichever your preference is* 
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Tsar-Ivor
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posted November 01, 2015 09:41 PM |
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Ah I see, but that would require one to go beyond merely pointing out another's stupidity, I assumed from your original statement that one should simply point out another's mistake and that would be the end of it.
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posted November 01, 2015 09:47 PM |
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fred79 said:
Tsar-Ivor said:
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should always be pointed out.
Nope, if it serves no contructive reason then there is no just reason for it.
sure, you point something bad out, it can be dealt with. you just have to get enough people for your cause, or you could just go solo and try to fix it yourself by whatever means necessary. people do both all the time. it's constructive for you or your cause as long as it makes an impact on whatever you want to change. the larger the issue, the larger the impact needs to be in order to be effective.
*spoken in the cold tone of a sith lord, or in the kind voice or a jedi; whichever your preference is*
You're right man, but not when this person can't even SEE what you are saying. I don't think it helps you or me to talk about this.
And I prefer Sith, they may be cruel but Jedi are those who control minds, not the other way around. 
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fred79
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posted November 01, 2015 09:59 PM |
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Tsar-Ivor said:
Ah I see, but that would require one to go beyond merely pointing out another's stupidity, I assumed from your original statement that one should simply point out another's mistake and that would be the end of it.
of course not. finding the problem and identifying it is the precursor to acting against it. i'd be a dumbass if i thought just snowing about something solves anything.
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Elodin
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posted November 01, 2015 10:19 PM |
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Bring such a device to an airport and try to get past security. Or pull it out at an event the president is speaking at.
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fred79
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posted November 01, 2015 10:36 PM |
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Edited by fred79 at 22:48, 01 Nov 2015.
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Elodin said:
Bring such a device to an airport and try to get past security. Or pull it out at an event the president is speaking at.
you're talking about different circumstances entirely. circumstances make a difference in reaction. lol, or at least they should. 
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Kayna
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posted November 02, 2015 01:50 AM |
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I agree with the article. The kid might have made it look like a hollywood-esque bomb on purpose. If so, I give him a A+ on troll lol.
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blizzardboy
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posted November 02, 2015 02:54 AM |
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What the ACTUAL **** is your business with the kid? What are you ALL doing? You are wasting so much calories, so much time with your lives, doing this bull****. The kid and his family did what they did. Do they owe you something? Do you have anything useful, or anything to improve doing this snow? All the bloody time, I see "Muslims this" "Muslims that", why do you give a rat's ass about it? He just moved on, do you have ANY reason to criticize him?
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Herry
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posted November 02, 2015 03:39 PM |
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fred79 said:
Herry said:
What the ACTUAL **** is your business with the kid? What are you ALL doing? You are wasting so much calories, so much time with your lives, doing this bull****. The kid and his family did what they did. Do they owe you something? Do you have anything useful, or anything to improve doing this snow? All the bloody time, I see "Muslims this" "Muslims that", why do you give a rat's ass about it? He just moved on, do you have ANY reason to criticize him?
first, muslims aren't exempt from scrutiny just for being muslim, herry. they're subject to the same scrutiny and ass-hattery as everyone else, and shouldn't be excluded merely because of their religious preference. stupidity, under any name, should always be pointed out.
secondly, his parents being muslim is entirely besides the point; they are just as stupid as all the other overreacting parents these days. just so you know.
I was only using that as an example. Do you have any business with the kid? Does anything he did harm you as an individual?
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stupidity, under any name, should always
Intelligent people discuss thoughts.
Less intelligent people discuss events.
Stupid ass-hats discuss people and what has to do with them.
If you don't classify that as stupidity, then I don't know what. I don't get why this kid was in front of the media-cannon. And I don't want to.
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Elodin
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posted November 02, 2015 05:08 PM |
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fred79 said:
Elodin said:
Bring such a device to an airport and try to get past security. Or pull it out at an event the president is speaking at.
you're talking about different circumstances entirely. circumstances make a difference in reaction. lol, or at least they should.
If the device would be seen as a threat to the President or airline passengers it should be seen as a threat to the students.
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fred79
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posted November 02, 2015 05:17 PM |
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@ elodin: fair point. but i'm of the type who hates overreactions and overly safe measures. i think the world needs a little more danger, and those idiot soccer moms feel the need to styrofoam the world to protect their offspring, while making things more difficult for everyone else. i'm against overuse of safety.
they had to tear down a rock wall some years ago on a playground nearby because too many kids were being hurt. just one personal example of how stupid parents overreact and try to keep their kids from getting hurt. pain teaches. rock walls are fun. "soccer moms" ruin snowing everything. 
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Elodin
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posted November 02, 2015 06:30 PM |
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I agree that helicopter patenting is bad. But protecting kids from bombs (or potential bombs) is a bit different from protecting kids from scrapes and bruises.
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Kayna
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posted November 02, 2015 07:16 PM |
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Edited by Kayna at 19:16, 02 Nov 2015.
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fred79 said:
and those idiot soccer moms feel the need to styrofoam the world to protect their offspring, while making things more difficult for everyone else. i'm against overuse of safety.
I thought soccer moms were hard to the core snowes screaming and kicking as they encourage their kids at soccer, even picking up fights with moms of the opposing team.
Excuse me while I check the urban dictionary. *puts on some glasses and reads his urban dictionary with a dignified air*
Well damn. You were right. They're quite different from hockey dads!
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fred79
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posted November 02, 2015 07:30 PM |
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Kayna said:
Excuse me while I check the urban dictionary. *puts on some glasses and reads his urban dictionary with a dignified air*
Well damn. You were right. They're quite different from hockey dads!
what the snow? how the hell did that get into the urban dictionary? i came up with that title, goddamnit! and now some ripoff mothersnower makes it an actual saying?! 
oh well. i guess that'll save me from explaining what it means every time i bring it up from now on, then. my rants that include them will be more summarized. 
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khalbrae
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posted November 02, 2015 08:18 PM |
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Edited by khalbrae at 21:02, 02 Nov 2015.
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To my understanding one of the biggest complaints was that if the school admins honestly thought it was a bomb, why did they not evacuate the children to a safe distance instead of keeping classes in session while they waited for the police in the middle of school grounds?
That was the part that really made it seem racist. If something seems to not be threatening looking enough in person to be a bomb that you don't need to evacuate, why even involve the police? The optics were horrible, instead of acting responsibly and ensuring the safety of their students the staff chose to make it look like they were picking on a single kid.
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Tsar-Ivor
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posted November 02, 2015 08:54 PM |
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What I really want to see is what the other kids' clocks look like, is his that much different? How was the misunderstanding not immediately resolved as well. Just seems dumb.
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fred79
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posted November 02, 2015 08:57 PM |
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khalbrae said:
To my understanding one of the biggest complaints was that if the school admins honestly thought it was a bomb, why did they not evacuate the children to a safe distance instead of keeping classes in session while they waited for the police in the middle of school grounds?
that's a very good point. i wonder if that was ever brought up? most likely.
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Elodin
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posted November 23, 2015 08:14 PM |
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Clock boy demands $15 million and apologies from the mayor and police chief.
Since this is in Texas, not liberal land, he is out of luck.
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Drakon-Deus
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posted November 23, 2015 08:22 PM |
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We must always embrace individual liberty and enforce the constitutional rights of all Americans-rich and poor, immigrant and native, black and white.
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