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L0oniX

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31. It's called "battery" and it would get you a mug shot here in Florida.

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Mon Jun 11, 2012, 12:02 PM

Jun 2012

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A friend gives a gas driller an attitude adjustment... [View all] markpkessinger Jun 2012 OP

Your friend dems_rightnow Jun 2012 #1

No, he isn't -- markpkessinger Jun 2012 #2

If he pulls people out of trucks dems_rightnow Jun 2012 #3

You are assuming this is something this guy normally does ... markpkessinger Jun 2012 #5

So, you think it's ok if people only pull people out of vehicles and pound on them now and then? HuckleB Jun 2012 #9

Ayup. Definitely. nt daaron Jun 2012 #12

That's is, to you, either the only or the most obvious inference you can make? LanternWaste Jun 2012 #30

Yawn. HuckleB Jun 2012 #37

So he doesn't commit assault "normally?" _ed_ Jun 2012 #34

I should add... markpkessinger Jun 2012 #4

I figured that much from the start. Lots of tempers boiling over, I imagine. Zalatix Jun 2012 #35

Awkward FreeJoe Jun 2012 #6

Pardon me for not cheerleading the violence... Earth_First Jun 2012 #7

How does one peacefully create a roadblock? Flatulo Jun 2012 #15

What made him think there was a place in line with his name on it? jwirr Jun 2012 #8

Of course he did. obliviously Jun 2012 #10

When he gets a little time.. Fla_Democrat Jun 2012 #11

Good for him. Tell him thank you for me. Cowardly bullies need not be tolerated, and sometimes jtuck004 Jun 2012 #13

Posts like this raise a red flag for me... cherokeeprogressive Jun 2012 #14

Well said. classof56 Jun 2012 #18

My hubs and brothers are HUUUGH elehhhhna Jun 2012 #38

The Internets are full of stories like this... 47of74 Jun 2012 #26

Indeed-- one may suppose that the only thing in greater number LanternWaste Jun 2012 #32

Mine too. Skidmore Jun 2012 #28

If this had happened in Florida, your friend could have perfectly legally Flatulo Jun 2012 #16

Sounds like your friend likes to tell tales. AtheistCrusader Jun 2012 #17

Cool story, dude... MineralMan Jun 2012 #19

driller guss Jun 2012 #20

Clearly, violence can solve all problems. harmonicon Jun 2012 #21

Maintaining your cool is hard to do. WHEN CRABS ROAR Jun 2012 #22

That's fracked up. HopeHoops Jun 2012 #23

First of all, I call bullshit Orrex Jun 2012 #24

Not a big fan of assault. (nt) noamnety Jun 2012 #25

Nice tale, come back to us when you have the guys name and town he lives in snooper2 Jun 2012 #27

I call bullshit on your friend. Ikonoklast Jun 2012 #29

It's called "battery" and it would get you a mug shot here in Florida. L0oniX Jun 2012 #31

Your friend should be arrested for assault _ed_ Jun 2012 #33

Assault and battery. It's a shame we don't all do it! deaniac21 Jun 2012 #36