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oneshooter
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Fri May-21-10 01:53 PM Original message |
Pine Bluff Burger King Worker Shoots Alleged Robber |
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spin
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Fri May-21-10 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. One brave woman. (n/t) |
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Oregone
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Fri May-21-10 02:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Brave or stupid |
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spin
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Fri May-21-10 04:14 PM Response to Reply #5 |
54. You would have to be in her position to know... |
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shadowrider
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Fri May-21-10 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
2. This story is unpossible |
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Oregone
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Fri May-21-10 02:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Employees should know that. Its not their fucking money |
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oneshooter
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Fri May-21-10 02:13 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. No but it is their lives. |
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Oregone
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Fri May-21-10 02:19 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. "Better to die fighting than be a sheeple." |
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one-eyed fat man
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Fri May-21-10 02:48 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. Paul Dennis Reid |
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Oregone
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Fri May-21-10 03:06 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. This robber's name was Jason Robinson |
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cowman
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Fri May-21-10 06:18 PM Response to Reply #24 |
66. You want to be fucking victim |
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Oregone
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Fri May-21-10 06:59 PM Response to Reply #66 |
69. No one wants to be a victim. Given the choice, Id prefer being an alive one |
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oneshooter
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Fri May-21-10 03:35 PM Response to Reply #8 |
32. And you have no idea what was going on in the guys head. |
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Oregone
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Fri May-21-10 03:49 PM Response to Reply #32 |
41. Well, at least its something to go on |
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57_TomCat
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Fri May-21-10 05:25 PM Response to Reply #8 |
59. The point is this... |
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Oregone
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Fri May-21-10 05:36 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. "The victim alone has the information necessary..." |
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PavePusher
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Sat May-22-10 02:14 PM Response to Reply #62 |
114. Are you going to rely on the criminal... |
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Oregone
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Sat May-22-10 04:33 PM Response to Reply #114 |
116. A bit of a joke with some truth woven in |
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X_Digger
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Sat May-22-10 04:59 PM Response to Reply #116 |
121. If a robber couldn't convince you that they're willing to kill or maim you.. |
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PavePusher
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Sat May-22-10 05:27 PM Response to Reply #116 |
122. We were talking about criminals with guns in peoples faces. |
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AtheistCrusader
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Fri May-21-10 02:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. And when the robbery is done, do you have some guarantee that you won't |
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Oregone
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Fri May-21-10 02:31 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. For fuck's sake. The best and worse scenarios aren't guaranteed |
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AtheistCrusader
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Fri May-21-10 02:49 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. How much do you have to lose? |
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Oregone
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Fri May-21-10 03:10 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. It has nothing to do with how much you value your life. Its about how you interpret risk |
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OneTenthofOnePercent
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Fri May-21-10 03:36 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. 55% |
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Oregone
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Fri May-21-10 03:45 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Die? |
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Oregone
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Fri May-21-10 04:14 PM Response to Reply #34 |
53. victims actively resisted in only 7 percent of the robberies...accounted for 51 percent of the death |
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AtheistCrusader
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Fri May-21-10 05:13 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. In fairness, correlation/causation |
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Oregone
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Fri May-21-10 05:27 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. While I understand your points... |
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AtheistCrusader
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Fri May-21-10 05:53 PM Response to Reply #60 |
65. It seems like the situation where you are in the most danger |
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AtheistCrusader
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Fri May-21-10 05:15 PM Response to Reply #26 |
58. If you do not consider the value of your life, how can you weigh risk against it? |
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Oregone
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Fri May-21-10 05:30 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. Silly you.... |
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PavePusher
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Sat May-22-10 02:10 PM Response to Reply #4 |
113. And we should believe the promises of criminals? |
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Oregone
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Sat May-22-10 04:34 PM Response to Reply #113 |
117. Profanity doesn't offend me |
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GreenStormCloud
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Sat May-22-10 06:28 PM Response to Reply #117 |
123. In respect for Skinner's request, we try to keep things civil down here. N/T |
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brendan120678
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Fri May-21-10 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
3. Moral of the story -- |
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oneshooter
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Fri May-21-10 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
6. Again with the drive by unrecs! n/t |
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katandmoon
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Fri May-21-10 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
10. Proud to UNREC |
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proteus_lives
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Fri May-21-10 02:29 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. You hate it when people refuse to be victims, huh? |
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Oregone
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Fri May-21-10 02:32 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. This laborer who has to risk their life for shareholders' profits remains a perpetual victim |
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proteus_lives
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Fri May-21-10 02:34 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Yeah, I'm sure she was thinking of the shareholders. |
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Oregone
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Fri May-21-10 02:37 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. As I said earlier, takes a little stupid to do something like this |
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shadowrider
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Fri May-21-10 02:44 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Sheesh |
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Oregone
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Fri May-21-10 02:47 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Yeah, and she sets a perfect example for the next Darwin Award winner |
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shadowrider
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Fri May-21-10 02:56 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. And here I thought SU was the only one here who could make me chuckle n/t |
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DonP
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Fri May-21-10 03:41 PM Response to Reply #22 |
35. I bet the Lane Bryant women and the Brown's Chicken workers wish they had that choice. |
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shadowrider
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Fri May-21-10 03:44 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Yes, but at least they were cooperative |
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Oregone
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Fri May-21-10 03:46 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. Afterall, rules should be based on horrendous exceptions |
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DonP
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Fri May-21-10 04:02 PM Response to Reply #40 |
48. Submitting to a criminal is obviously your choice - good luck with that. |
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Euromutt
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Fri May-21-10 08:54 PM Response to Reply #35 |
96. Don't forget that Starbucks in D.C. |
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proteus_lives
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Fri May-21-10 02:57 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Not by him. |
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proteus_lives
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Fri May-21-10 02:55 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Stupid? |
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Oregone
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Fri May-21-10 03:18 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. Pretty much a good way to say "stupid" |
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Euromutt
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Sat May-22-10 01:04 AM Response to Reply #28 |
111. If the robber had been smart, he wouldn't be holding up a lousy Burger King |
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Oregone
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Sat May-22-10 04:34 PM Response to Reply #111 |
118. The man was clearly an idiot |
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oneshooter
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Fri May-21-10 03:30 PM Response to Reply #10 |
30. Why? n/t |
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PavePusher
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Sat May-22-10 02:15 PM Response to Reply #10 |
115. Why? Discuss, much? n/t |
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JBoy
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Fri May-21-10 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
17. Hold the pickles, hold the lettuce. Hey, that's my fuckin' gun! |
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louis-t
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Fri May-21-10 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
25. Could just as easily been her shot. |
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Oregone
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Fri May-21-10 03:12 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Im pretty sure fighting back and dying for BK is better than cooperating and walking away |
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shadowrider
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Fri May-21-10 03:24 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Get it right. NO ONE is suggesting she die for BK |
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Oregone
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Fri May-21-10 03:30 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. What a joke |
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shadowrider
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Fri May-21-10 03:35 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. All it takes is one time, or do you have 9 lives? |
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Oregone
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Fri May-21-10 03:45 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. Huh? And all it takes is for her to of gotten unlucky one time |
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friendly_iconoclast
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Fri May-21-10 03:53 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. I guess the cases cited in post #35 don't exist in your dojo. |
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Oregone
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Fri May-21-10 03:58 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. No, because the *reality* is top predictor of death in robbery is non-cooperation |
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GreenStormCloud
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Fri May-21-10 07:44 PM Response to Reply #44 |
75. That study was before millions of Americans began to carry concealed. |
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Oregone
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Fri May-21-10 07:53 PM Response to Reply #75 |
79. Silly you.... |
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GreenStormCloud
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Fri May-21-10 08:29 PM Response to Reply #79 |
88. She grabbed it AFTER he set it down and took his hand away. N/T |
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Oregone
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Fri May-21-10 08:35 PM Response to Reply #88 |
90. And? |
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spin
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Fri May-21-10 04:37 PM Response to Reply #27 |
55. As I said above, it all depends on the situation ... |
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Oregone
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Fri May-21-10 04:47 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. While I agree that you must consider certain variables... |
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spin
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Fri May-21-10 07:28 PM Response to Reply #56 |
73. You make a valid point .... |
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Oregone
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Fri May-21-10 07:34 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. Of course there are exceptions |
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GreenStormCloud
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Fri May-21-10 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
39. BK, like a other similar corporations teaches employees to NOT resist. |
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proteus_lives
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Fri May-21-10 03:52 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Oregone doesn't seem to be able to grasp that. |
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Oregone
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Fri May-21-10 03:59 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. Yes, I understand she was being stupid (acting on primitive, animialistic instincts) |
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proteus_lives
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Fri May-21-10 04:01 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Wow, you're always the little man in these threads. |
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Oregone
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Fri May-21-10 04:06 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. Im not passive and its not self defense that bothers me |
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DonP
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Fri May-21-10 04:04 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. Yup, "primitive", e.g. she had more balls than some folks around here I guess. Ntxt |
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Oregone
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Fri May-21-10 04:06 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. "Balls" means the suspension of intellectual thought? |
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Sat May-22-10 12:56 AM Response to Reply #45 |
110. "Yes, I understand she was being stupid (acting on primitive, animialistic instincts)" |
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Oregone
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Sat May-22-10 04:39 PM Response to Reply #110 |
119. Not exactly |
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Euromutt
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Sat May-22-10 08:28 PM Response to Reply #45 |
124. I will refer once again the "The Gift of Fear" by Gavin de Becker |
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friendly_iconoclast
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Fri May-21-10 03:59 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. Some just can't accept that the world isn't Sunnybrook Farm... |
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Oregone
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Fri May-21-10 04:05 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. Some can't accept that they more often kill non-cooperating victims |
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Fri May-21-10 05:41 PM Response to Reply #50 |
63. Each person has to evaluate the probabilities of their own situation. |
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Oregone
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Fri May-21-10 05:45 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. No shit. But it helps to know you have a 14 X chance of death resisting |
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Fri May-21-10 06:20 PM Response to Reply #64 |
67. Oregone, PMFJI, but I'm curious as to where you got that "14 X chance of death" figure |
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Oregone
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Fri May-21-10 07:02 PM Response to Reply #67 |
70. From this study: |
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slackmaster
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Fri May-21-10 07:18 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. From the cited abstract... |
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Oregone
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Fri May-21-10 07:24 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. "but they did not come from the cited abstract." |
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GreenStormCloud
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Fri May-21-10 07:49 PM Response to Reply #72 |
77. Guns are outlawed in Chicago. |
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Oregone
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Fri May-21-10 07:54 PM Response to Reply #77 |
80. "using a study of unarmed resistance to argue against armed resistance" |
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GreenStormCloud
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Fri May-21-10 07:57 PM Response to Reply #80 |
81. Check the date of the study. |
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Oregone
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Fri May-21-10 08:02 PM Response to Reply #81 |
82. You make no sense. This employee had no concealed weapon. |
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Fri May-21-10 08:11 PM Response to Reply #82 |
85. Workers are rarely armed, but sometimes they are. |
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Fri May-21-10 08:35 PM Response to Reply #72 |
89. You're the one who posted the sucky link to an abstract when I asked for a cite |
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Oregone
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Fri May-21-10 08:36 PM Response to Reply #89 |
91. It could be, yes |
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GreenStormCloud
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Fri May-21-10 07:46 PM Response to Reply #70 |
76. That study is obsolete. The dynamics have since greatly changed. |
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Oregone
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Fri May-21-10 07:52 PM Response to Reply #76 |
78. This woman did not have a concealed weapon. |
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GreenStormCloud
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Fri May-21-10 08:07 PM Response to Reply #78 |
83. You seem to be arguing against any resistance using older studies. |
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Oregone
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Fri May-21-10 08:10 PM Response to Reply #83 |
84. If she had a clear path to the gun, a struggle would not have followed |
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GreenStormCloud
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Fri May-21-10 08:28 PM Response to Reply #84 |
87. She did have a clear path to the gun. She grabbed it and retained control of it. |
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Oregone
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Fri May-21-10 08:38 PM Response to Reply #87 |
92. "she picked up the gun and they began to wrestle" |
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GreenStormCloud
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Fri May-21-10 08:43 PM Response to Reply #92 |
93. She gained control of the gun by grabbing it. |
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Oregone
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Fri May-21-10 08:48 PM Response to Reply #93 |
94. "It appears that she may have been hesitant to shoot him" |
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GreenStormCloud
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Fri May-21-10 08:54 PM Response to Reply #94 |
95. Control of gun = had it in her hand. |
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Oregone
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Fri May-21-10 10:43 PM Response to Reply #95 |
101. Thats a low bar |
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X_Digger
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Fri May-21-10 10:02 PM Response to Reply #78 |
98. Don't try to generalize, yet then whip it back to this specific case. |
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X_Digger
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Fri May-21-10 10:15 PM Response to Reply #70 |
99. 1984 Study, also when public attitudes toward handguns was different.. |
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Oregone
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Fri May-21-10 10:41 PM Response to Reply #99 |
100. You didn't read that well prior to posting, did ya? |
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X_Digger
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Fri May-21-10 11:08 PM Response to Reply #100 |
102. Relevant re the increase of more people resisting via firearms. |
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Oregone
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Fri May-21-10 11:15 PM Response to Reply #102 |
103. Yeah, but this person resisted prior to having a fire arm |
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X_Digger
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Fri May-21-10 11:23 PM Response to Reply #103 |
104. If you're making generalizations about resistance v compliance |
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Oregone
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Fri May-21-10 11:26 PM Response to Reply #104 |
105. I don't even know what you are getting at anymore |
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X_Digger
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Fri May-21-10 11:34 PM Response to Reply #105 |
106. See your post #56. |
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Oregone
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Fri May-21-10 11:39 PM Response to Reply #106 |
107. facepalm |
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X_Digger
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Fri May-21-10 11:42 PM Response to Reply #107 |
108. Then don't make generalizations as though it's still relevant in today's culture. n/t |
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Oregone
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Fri May-21-10 11:59 PM Response to Reply #108 |
109. Its relevant to a woman who was unarmed. She had no CCW. |
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GreenStormCloud
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Sat May-22-10 12:04 PM Response to Reply #103 |
112. You are wrong. She cooperated before she had a gun. Her resistance began... |
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Oregone
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Sat May-22-10 04:45 PM Response to Reply #112 |
120. Now you are taking quite a few liberties with language in your explanation |
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GreenStormCloud
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Sat May-22-10 09:54 PM Response to Reply #120 |
125. Have you considered a career as a tap dancer? |
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Fri May-21-10 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
68. Every night I close the restaurant I think security. |
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GreenStormCloud
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Fri May-21-10 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
86. The crook set the gun down. This is a special case. |
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Fri May-21-10 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
97. He should've said "Gimme the money pretty please".... |
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