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NYC_SKP

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35. That is a certainty.

Thu Oct 16, 2014, 01:00 PM

Oct 2014

Effective treatment would be an investment in prevention, while incarceration only makes things worse.

I fully agree that one ought not be subjected to 12 step programs or other God based programs, that alternatives need to be available and they are out there.

And upon reading the article, those found responsible were breaking the law, so an example needs to be made to prevent future repeats.

But rewarding an individual with what should have been a fine seems silly and could encourage similar lawsuits.

Can this man really have suffered to the tune of $2 million for sitting though and hearing the occasional term "higher power"?

I just don't see it.

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Shasta atheist wins $2 million settlement over drug program [View all] Warren Stupidity Oct 2014 OP

Dupe Goblinmonger Oct 2014 #1

ZOMG why are you chastising him like that? trotsky Oct 2014 #2

And he knows I have him on ignore! Warren Stupidity Oct 2014 #3

Sometimes people have to be shamed Goblinmonger Oct 2014 #6

But you're so bad at it. rug Oct 2014 #8

You have a need to announce your ignore list on a regular basis. rug Oct 2014 #7

Yeah, but how many atheists on this board are ever gonna see that one? Iggo Oct 2014 #4

Toupee! Warren Stupidity Oct 2014 #5

Hydrogen! rug Oct 2014 #9

postiche!! Oh look at what else it means Heddi Oct 2014 #10

The second definition is far better than the first. rug Oct 2014 #11

Jury Results. Gore1FL Oct 2014 #12

Imagine that. Warren Stupidity Oct 2014 #13

why do people hate literacy? Heddi Oct 2014 #14

I was either #3 or #6. Sheldon Cooper Oct 2014 #15

Just juvenile poking and baiting and not-very-well veiled insults. NYC_SKP Oct 2014 #16

Yes, isn't it awful skepticscott Oct 2014 #18

I can count on one hand the number of DU members who behave this way. NYC_SKP Oct 2014 #21

It is really a shame you no longer have any authority to put people in line. Warren Stupidity Oct 2014 #22

None of us ever did. Only admins. NYC_SKP Oct 2014 #30

In other words, you claim to champion civility skepticscott Oct 2014 #28

I see you learned nothing from your, second, suspension. rug Oct 2014 #27

Hm. Sheldon Cooper Oct 2014 #19

This should explain it. rug Oct 2014 #20

I am not familiar with crotch rash Gore1FL Oct 2014 #25

Au contraire, you seem quite familiar with it. rug Oct 2014 #26

Is it synonymous for the Abrahamic religions? Gore1FL Oct 2014 #31

No, it's synonymous with assholery. rug Oct 2014 #33

Only when I read the religion threads. n/t Gore1FL Oct 2014 #38

Considering 17% of your posts are here, I call that an incomplete statement. rug Oct 2014 #39

17% in the last 60 days or so. Gore1FL Oct 2014 #41

Only to smug people who intimate they're slumming. rug Oct 2014 #43

Feel free. I am awesome. n/t Gore1FL Oct 2014 #44

You got the first letter right. rug Oct 2014 #45

I get a lot of things right. It's because I analyze facts and test hypotheses. Gore1FL Oct 2014 #46

You also got the last letter right. rug Oct 2014 #47

This would be why 17% of my posts are in religion. Gore1FL Oct 2014 #48

You also got the "s" right. rug Oct 2014 #49

If you ran Jesus's blood through a Pheresis procedure, Gore1FL Oct 2014 #50

Your post reminds me of a pinned scorpion, flailing its stinger to no avail. rug Oct 2014 #54

Your posts remind me of the person stung by a scoprion--Poisoned and delirious. Gore1FL Oct 2014 #57

It's harder to mask bigotry in the cloak of progress. rug Oct 2014 #58

It's a bullshit cult. Yes, I agree it is bigoted. Gore1FL Oct 2014 #59

Yeah. Spewing "bullshit cult" doesn't really do it. rug Oct 2014 #60

I didn't realize you knew so little about your religion. It must be why you defend it so. Gore1FL Oct 2014 #61

I daresay what I know of it, which is not inconsiderable, is accurate rug Oct 2014 #63

Accurate? LOL Gore1FL Oct 2014 #70

Ooh, a cartoon and a graph from Sam Harris' foundation. rug Oct 2014 #73

I'm sorry. I thought they were simple enough for you to understand. Gore1FL Oct 2014 #75

They are as simple as they are distorted. rug Oct 2014 #76

Fiat? Gore1FL Oct 2014 #77

Oh, your cartoons fail you? rug Oct 2014 #78

Thy will be done? So God is a rapist if he forced his will on some poor unsuspect woman. Gore1FL Oct 2014 #79

Lol, where do I begin? rug Oct 2014 #80

How is consent someone forcing their will on another? Gore1FL Oct 2014 #81

There was no forcing. rug Oct 2014 #82

You left out the first part: Gore1FL Oct 2014 #83

I'm sure you'll find a translation somewhere that says indentured servant. Maybe even chattel slave. rug Oct 2014 #84

I missed in there where she was given a choice. Gore1FL Oct 2014 #85

Is that the best you can do, tell me to hang myself? rug Oct 2014 #87

The best I can do? Gore1FL Oct 2014 #89

You spend a lot of time snarling about something you don't care - or know anything - about. rug Oct 2014 #90

I find it amusing as all get out. Gore1FL Oct 2014 #93

I see, I'm telling stupid religious jokes to get a rise out of youand to amuse myself. rug Oct 2014 #98

This is a symbolic illustration of the events of this thread Gore1FL Oct 2014 #99

And you call me deluded. rug Oct 2014 #102

Did I Gore1FL Oct 2014 #104

Why yes, you did, no matter how afraid you are to admit it. rug Oct 2014 #106

I appreciate you admitting to it. Gore1FL Oct 2014 #109

Your reading is about as good as your jokes. rug Oct 2014 #111

Thank you Gore1FL Oct 2014 #113

That was a very long time ago. rug Oct 2014 #116

I know! Gore1FL Oct 2014 #119

True story--one with as much backing as yours, anyways Gore1FL Oct 2014 #86

Now you're simply embarassing yourself. rug Oct 2014 #88

I have been judged by someone deluded into believing they talk to to the creator of all things Gore1FL Oct 2014 #91

Oh, are you calling me deluded? rug Oct 2014 #92

Am I? Do you fit the description of that delusion? Gore1FL Oct 2014 #94

"I have been judged by someone deluded" rug Oct 2014 #95

Are you deluded in the manner I suggested? It's a simple enough question. Gore1FL Oct 2014 #97

Let me see, who else has judged you in the last 15 minutes? rug Oct 2014 #100

Does Jesus count? Gore1FL Oct 2014 #101

And yet another thing you have wrong. rug Oct 2014 #103

You might want to re-read the jucier parts of the Bible again if you are going to profess faith in i Gore1FL Oct 2014 #107

Oh I see. You uncritically accepted everything you heard for years. rug Oct 2014 #108

What? No silly! I'm deservedly ridiculing people like you. Gore1FL Oct 2014 #110

The only one you're ridiculing is yourself. You've become a parody. rug Oct 2014 #112

A parody? Yes. I have been lampooning you and your cult all night Gore1FL Oct 2014 #114

Is that what it was?. I thought you were simply drunk. rug Oct 2014 #115

Nope. Only had 2 so far. Gore1FL Oct 2014 #117

Then it's worse than I thought. rug Oct 2014 #118

Yep. I'm your worst nightmare. Gore1FL Oct 2014 #120

I don't findt mosquitos and mites to be nightmarish. rug Oct 2014 #122

Not when you have Deep Woods Jesus to keep them away! Gore1FL Oct 2014 #124

Have you ever walked into a room only to find its occupants stepping slowly back? rug Oct 2014 #126

Nope. Gore1FL Oct 2014 #128

Another tidbit left out of the Bible. Gore1FL Oct 2014 #96

Good, you're still embarassing yourself. rug Oct 2014 #105

Not really. Gore1FL Oct 2014 #121

Really. rug Oct 2014 #123

If you say so Gore1FL Oct 2014 #127

Good grief. okasha Oct 2014 #131

Most of the alerters here skepticscott Oct 2014 #29

You are correct. NYC_SKP Oct 2014 #129

Yes, it is odd skepticscott Oct 2014 #133

Here is a clue: if you need a scorecard to figure it out Warren Stupidity Oct 2014 #37

still, I rec'd this one nilram Oct 2014 #52

This should be a fine, not a settlement. NYC_SKP Oct 2014 #17

You do know that "parolees" are people with rights who can be injured? Warren Stupidity Oct 2014 #23

Injured? How? NYC_SKP Oct 2014 #65

You really ought to read about the case first before making statements like that. Warren Stupidity Oct 2014 #66

Thanks for the link, and I found addtional details but stand by my opining, it should be a fine. NYC_SKP Oct 2014 #130

Or he turned his life around edhopper Oct 2014 #24

Let's hope he does that but the chances are, sadly, well against it. NYC_SKP Oct 2014 #32

The billions we spend edhopper Oct 2014 #34

That is a certainty. NYC_SKP Oct 2014 #35

The 2 million is more a punishment edhopper Oct 2014 #36

"$2,000,000 buys a lot of crack, or meth, or heroin." beam me up scottie Oct 2014 #40

Please explain to me this person's damages that justify $2M. NYC_SKP Oct 2014 #53

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 3 months Goblinmonger Oct 2014 #55

Five dollars NYC_SKP Oct 2014 #62

That is a pathetic reply. Warren Stupidity Oct 2014 #67

At least you made it clear you shouldn't be taken seriously in this discussion. Goblinmonger Oct 2014 #74

Please explain why he should have to forfeit the damages because you have issues beam me up scottie Oct 2014 #56

He suffered no damages. None worth more than $1,000. NYC_SKP Oct 2014 #64

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 100 days. Warren Stupidity Oct 2014 #68

You see the last two sentences in my post? beam me up scottie Oct 2014 #69

Yes, very eloquent and thoughtful. Thank you! NYC_SKP Oct 2014 #71

No, it's not, but it's really all you deserve for this: beam me up scottie Oct 2014 #72

You know, you really do seem keen on speaking up for/on behalf of other people - mr blur Oct 2014 #132

Hopefully the state will learn to spend it's money better. Gore1FL Oct 2014 #42

Good for him & he won lunasun Oct 2014 #51

I would have preferred if it had gone to trial Prophet 451 Oct 2014 #125