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Dannydoyle Eternal Order 21219 Posts |
I wouldn't do it and I would counsel against anyone doing it. But as a crime I have a tough time thinking it in and of itself would be.
It may be good evidence of premeditated murder if he ever actually follows through. But in and of itself it seems stupid but that is not really a crime.
Danny Doyle
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lunatik Inner circle 3225 Posts |
Probably right. But I wouldnt post the question "Should I kill Obama? Should I?", while posing with something that looks like a firearm. Charges may not come but you're life would become a living hell I'd bet.
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Dannydoyle Eternal Order 21219 Posts |
... never mind.
Danny Doyle
<BR>Semper Occultus <BR>In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act....George Orwell |
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LobowolfXXX Inner circle La Famiglia 1196 Posts |
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On Jan 3, 2015, lunatik wrote: From a legal standpoint, I think it's also very relevant (moreso, IMO) not only that it was phrased as a question, but also that it wasn't directed at a particular person.
"Torture doesn't work" lol
Guess they forgot to tell Bill Buckley. "...as we reason and love, we are able to hope. And hope enables us to resist those things that would enslave us." |
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balducci Loyal user Canada 227 Posts |
[quote]On Dec 31, 2014, mastermindreader wrote:
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On Dec 30, 2014, landmark wrote: Does a declaration have to be verbal? These people were also charged with making terroristic threats while armed with an Airsoft, none of them verbalized a threat. http://lubbockonline.com/crime-and-court......roristic http://www.ozarksfirst.com/story/d/story......c6FGlD5Q http://www.themonitor.com/news/local/wom......4c5.html Of course all of these people were actually physically present to display the Airsoft, it was not just in the context of a picture. Not sure if the charges stuck in any of the above cases.
Make America Great Again! - Trump in 2020 ... "We're a capitalistic society. I go into business, I don't make it, I go bankrupt. They're not going to bail me out. I've been on welfare and food stamps. Did anyone help me? No." - Craig T. Nelson, actor.
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lunatik Inner circle 3225 Posts |
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On Jan 3, 2015, LobowolfXXX wrote: Possibly. How do we know it wasn't directed at the cop who drives that car?
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LobowolfXXX Inner circle La Famiglia 1196 Posts |
Could be, but it didn't sound to me as if it could be identified that specifically.
"Torture doesn't work" lol
Guess they forgot to tell Bill Buckley. "...as we reason and love, we are able to hope. And hope enables us to resist those things that would enslave us." |
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balducci Loyal user Canada 227 Posts |
More details and photos here:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-......-it.html Also http://www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-teen-a......-police/ "In a tweet allegedly posted by Toliver after posting the picture he said 'Everyone is Posting The Pic of The One Picture But No one Will Post The One That's Right Before It That Shows Its an Airsoft.'"
Make America Great Again! - Trump in 2020 ... "We're a capitalistic society. I go into business, I don't make it, I go bankrupt. They're not going to bail me out. I've been on welfare and food stamps. Did anyone help me? No." - Craig T. Nelson, actor.
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lunatik Inner circle 3225 Posts |
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On Jan 3, 2015, LobowolfXXX wrote: Depending on the day and location, it may be easily identifiable to the officers that work that area but who knows. I'd just highly recommend for people to not make threats with what looks to be a firearm, use some common sense.
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balducci Loyal user Canada 227 Posts |
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On Dec 19, 2014, landmark wrote: The author below was in the news this week for receiving a multi-million dollar multi-book contract (he writes military science fiction). The story mentioned his popular blog. The entry below (second link) seems relevant to what you wrote. I just excerpted a couple of lines as a preview. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/25/busine......eal.html http://whatever.scalzi.com/2012/05/15/st......here-is/ "Imagine life here in the US - or indeed, pretty much anywhere in the Western world - is a massive role playing game, like World of Warcraft except appallingly mundane, where most quests involve the acquisition of money, cell phones and donuts ... In the role playing game known as The Real World, 'Straight White Male' is the lowest difficulty setting there is."
Make America Great Again! - Trump in 2020 ... "We're a capitalistic society. I go into business, I don't make it, I go bankrupt. They're not going to bail me out. I've been on welfare and food stamps. Did anyone help me? No." - Craig T. Nelson, actor.
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rockwall Special user 762 Posts |
I think he definitely got it wrong.
Rich 'anything' is easily a much lower difficulty setting. |
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balducci Loyal user Canada 227 Posts |
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On May 26, 2015, rockwall wrote: I don't know if you read the article and its followup updates, but if you did you missed an important point. I'm quoting below: Your description should have put wealth/class as part of the difficulty setting. Nope. Money and class are both hugely important and can definitely compensate for quite a lot, which I have of course noted in the entry itself. But they belong in the stats category because wealth and class are not an inherent part of one’s personal nature - and in the US particularly, part of our cultural sorting behavior - in the manner that race, gender and sexuality are (note "inherent" here does not necessarily mean "immutable," but that's a conversation I’m not going to go into great detail about right now). You can disagree, of course. But speaking as someone who has been at both the bottom and the top of the wealth and class spectrum here in the US, I think I have enough personal knowledge on the matter to say it belongs where I put it.
Make America Great Again! - Trump in 2020 ... "We're a capitalistic society. I go into business, I don't make it, I go bankrupt. They're not going to bail me out. I've been on welfare and food stamps. Did anyone help me? No." - Craig T. Nelson, actor.
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LobowolfXXX Inner circle La Famiglia 1196 Posts |
Has he been on multiple sides of the race spectrum?
"Torture doesn't work" lol
Guess they forgot to tell Bill Buckley. "...as we reason and love, we are able to hope. And hope enables us to resist those things that would enslave us." |
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balducci Loyal user Canada 227 Posts |
"The silliest example of this I've seen are the fellows who’ve noted darkly (no pun intended) that I live in a little town that’s more than 98% white; I think the idea there is that I choose to live among the white folks and/or don’t know what it’s like to live among the dark folks. Leaving aside anything else about this assertion that's racist and stupid (and ignores the idea that there might possibly be women and/or gays and lesbians in Darke County, Ohio), this is an interesting argument to offer about someone who grew up in the LA area, went to school in Chicago, and then lived in Fresno and the DC area prior to moving to Darke County, Ohio, and whose family here in Ohio is packed to the brim with people of Hispanic and African-American descent. Perhaps a little research - perhaps on this very site! - might have been in order." - John Scalzi.
Make America Great Again! - Trump in 2020 ... "We're a capitalistic society. I go into business, I don't make it, I go bankrupt. They're not going to bail me out. I've been on welfare and food stamps. Did anyone help me? No." - Craig T. Nelson, actor.
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LobowolfXXX Inner circle La Famiglia 1196 Posts |
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On May 26, 2015, balducci wrote: He's incorrect in what he "thinks the idea here" is. I have no idea what the demographics of his community are, nor do I care. He speaks "as someone who has been at the top and the bottom of the wealth and class spectrum" as though it gives him credibility; but while he may know multiple sides of the economic equation, he only knows one side of the race equation. He's not qualified on a firsthand basis to compare being rich and black to being poor and white. Moreover, there are African Americans who disagree with him.
"Torture doesn't work" lol
Guess they forgot to tell Bill Buckley. "...as we reason and love, we are able to hope. And hope enables us to resist those things that would enslave us." |
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mastermindreader 1949 - 2017 Seattle, WA 12586 Posts |
The fact that some African Americans might not agree with him doesn't make him wrong. I think, though, that it's safe to say that a majority African Americans probably would agree with him as, as could a majority of whites.
His argument seems pretty good to me. |
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LobowolfXXX Inner circle La Famiglia 1196 Posts |
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On May 26, 2015, mastermindreader wrote: I agree with this paragraph. None of which makes him right, either.
"Torture doesn't work" lol
Guess they forgot to tell Bill Buckley. "...as we reason and love, we are able to hope. And hope enables us to resist those things that would enslave us." |
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