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niyad

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24. The person from whom I heard it was older than I am, and she learned it from

Reply to Rebl2 (Reply #7)

Tue Feb 22, 2022, 12:38 PM

Feb 2022

her father, so it has been around in all its stupidity for at least 60 years.

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WTF is wrong with people? nycbos Feb 2022 #1

If you find out first, please let me know. Harker Feb 2022 #2

The first time I heard that statement, from someone whom I had thought, until niyad Feb 2022 #5

That's a great example... Harker Feb 2022 #14

Never Rebl2 Feb 2022 #7

First thing that happened when a mining camp sprouted a general store Warpy Feb 2022 #17

Have you ever seen the James Garner movie, "Support Your Local Sheriff"? niyad Feb 2022 #22

I'm going through life polite and unarmed. n/t Harker Feb 2022 #18

Same Rebl2 Feb 2022 #23

... Harker Feb 2022 #26

The person from whom I heard it was older than I am, and she learned it from niyad Feb 2022 #24

The phrase first appeared in Robert A. Heinlein's 1942 science fiction novel "Beyond This Horizon". Dial H For Hero Feb 2022 #30

I think they call that war StClone Feb 2022 #8

"Good fences make good neighbors." eggplant Feb 2022 #15

I like that one much better. n/t Harker Feb 2022 #19

*"Good fences make good neighbors." StClone Feb 2022 #25

Fox, the GOP, lack of education, propaganda, disinformation, TV and its violent shows, TV and its Escurumbele Feb 2022 #10

Gun possession causes insanity sanatanadharma Feb 2022 #27

coward - putting a child at risk because of a dispute at a fast food store..... getagrip_already Feb 2022 #3

Good thing he didn't use it himself, I am glad the SOB is a coward, a cop could have been killed. Escurumbele Feb 2022 #12

I hope that Child Protective Services has become involved. niyad Feb 2022 #4

I'm from the Republican/Rittenhouse murder state of Wisconsin and tell you that man and johnthewoodworker Feb 2022 #6

There are times when it's best not to obey our parents IronLionZion Feb 2022 #9

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The rage is caused by what is around you, the impotence of not being able to have a good life Escurumbele Feb 2022 #13

Agree. Thunderbeast Feb 2022 #16

Agree nt XanaDUer2 Mar 2022 #35

Good thing the cop was able to disarm the child. JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2022 #20

Who could have predicted that every person carrying a gun would have this effect? AllyCat Feb 2022 #21

Did that fuck'n idiot... LiberatedUSA Feb 2022 #28

People Control, Not Gun Control Sancho Feb 2022 #29

Drivers should have something like you listed for guns burrowowl Feb 2022 #33

Great ideas, but... Hestia Feb 2022 #34

"This needs to stop and we need to come together as a community to find solutions to the challenges LiberalLovinLug Feb 2022 #31

There is no limit tiredtoo Feb 2022 #32