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bhikkhu

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13. i do what they say, hoping I'll get a smaller ticket or just a warning

Reply to Indydem (Reply #3)

Wed Dec 3, 2014, 07:13 PM

Dec 2014

That's a different thing from doing what someone tells you because they might just kill you for no good reason. Real and justified fear for your life doesn't always lead to rational responses. Can you teach your kids to respect someone who has a gun in his hand and is looking for any excuse to use it?

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i do what they say, hoping I'll get a smaller ticket or just a warning bhikkhu Dec 2014 #13

I may be able to explain it to you dixiegrrrrl Dec 2014 #15

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