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ok - another poll - agree or disagree ... "it's not what you know - but who you know" -- nm - JenBro Jun 4, 19:53 2
- it's both. -- nm - mafic Jun 4, 19:55 1
  - know what though ... I love when you can create the "win-win" for 2 people or groups by being the - JenBro Jun 4, 19:57
My cat just failed another test - Reagen Jun 4, 19:53 8
- With those skills your cat should stay inside. ;-) -- nm - Krusty Jun 4, 19:55 6
  - he does, which may be the problem. - Reagen Jun 4, 19:56 5
    - One of my cats would love to be outside killing birds but it's never going to happen. - Krusty Jun 4, 20:00 2
      - My cats get supervised outside visits, but even left alone they won't venture too much further than 10 feet from the door. -- nm - Reagen Jun 4, 20:03 1
        
        They probably love their free time. Very nice. -- nm - Krusty Jun 4, 20:03
    - just relocate them .. think of your karma :) -- nm - JenBro Jun 4, 19:58 1
      - also - I could have done this... if I wanted to get divebombed by half a dozen angry adult magpies. -- nm - Reagen Jun 4, 20:11
- What a pussy -- nm - Redmond Jun 4, 19:54
Had to turn the channel. Someone let me know if Orlando can pull within 10 please. - Redmond Jun 4, 19:52
"I'll tweet the deets later." (nm) - nubby Jun 4, 19:51
Dano would love my Netflix queue right now. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 4, 19:45 1
- hey - prayformojo Jun 4, 19:46
Happy Birthday, Roger More!!! -- nm - JaxSean Jun 4, 19:43 1
- Happy Birthday -- nm - Krusty Jun 4, 19:44
Come on Orlando, please don't do this. -- nm - Redmond Jun 4, 19:42 3
- I thought the Wings were beating the Penguins? who's orlando? -- nm - JenBro Jun 4, 19:43 2
  - you might want to check the score on that. -- nm - mafic Jun 4, 19:57
  - 7 up yours, buddy! -- nm - Orlando Jones Jun 4, 19:45
Totally behind the times, but "Bioshock" is effing fun. - JaxSean Jun 4, 19:41 15
- First game in years to give me a legit "holy shit" moment. -- nm - Tim Jun 4, 19:54
- Heh, we're just starting Fallout 3-I dunno if I love it yet (like Oblivion) but I'm liking it a lot. -- nm - Trish Jun 4, 19:51 7
  - I've been thinking about getting but just not sure -- nm - J Jun 4, 20:00
  - love that game. -- nm - Remlik Jun 4, 19:57
  - Fallout 3 is frigging amazing. -- nm - Tim Jun 4, 19:54
  - This one I *loved*!!! Can't wait to get the new content. -- nm - Krusty Jun 4, 19:54
  - Its a bit harder -- nm - eag Jun 4, 19:54
  - you should get the DLC. really adds to it. -- nm - mafic Jun 4, 19:52 1
    - agreed. I haven't gotten The Pitt but I got the other two. -- nm - Remlik Jun 4, 19:57
- It's a true joy of videogaming. -- nm - David Jun 4, 19:47
- it's a great game and I found the aiming hard in that game at first as well - J Jun 4, 19:45 3
  - Bioshock 2 will be kind of interesting - eag Jun 4, 19:52
  - I wanted to like it but got bored with it very quickly. - Krusty Jun 4, 19:47 1
    - there were certain things that bugged me too, but the good far outweighed the bad - J Jun 4, 19:49
- You will get better with practice. You should also be able to adjust the speed of the movement. -- nm - lileve Jun 4, 19:44
Dammit, 2nd place. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 4, 19:39 1
- Fancy name. -- nm - Spawn Jun 4, 19:55
Is waiting patiently for more of the First Laundry episode of the Mandy Show.... - Walt_Disney Jun 4, 19:37
anyone else watching the new USA network show - Royal Pains? ( spoils ) - JenBro Jun 4, 19:30 2
- YES -- nm - prayformojo Jun 4, 19:35 1
  - i cannot stress this enough. --nm - prayformojo Jun 4, 19:35
Roto oddity: I lead the league in Ks, and yet am tied for last in wins. - TFox Jun 4, 19:27
ok - poll question - did you ever do someone years later that you never did in high school when you knew them and if so - how was it? -- nm - JenBro Jun 4, 19:23 21
- Yes. Great roller coaster. -- nm - Spawn Jun 4, 19:56
- Recently, few of my high school friends told me they liked me in HS and wanted to go to prom with me. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jun 4, 19:39
- Since I only talk to one male friend from HS and I avoid anything from my HS for the most part, my answer is a big NO!! :) -- nm - Walt_Disney Jun 4, 19:39 1
  - PRUDE ( just kidding ) -- nm - JenBro Jun 4, 19:41
- No. -- nm - Qale Jun 4, 19:34
- yes, and it was a lot of fun. -- nm - mafic Jun 4, 19:31 3
  - just an observation but - fun finds you often doesn't it? you seem lucky anwyay -- nm - JenBro Jun 4, 19:37 2
    - it's cliche time! life is what you make it. go out and find fun, 'cause it doesn't often just drop in your lap. -- nm - mafic Jun 4, 19:39 1
      - * ding * - I think this answers my quest -- nm - JenBro Jun 4, 19:42
- well, I went to an all-girls high school and still haven't gone gay... -- nm - loosilu Jun 4, 19:30 6
  - Take some video if you do. -- nm - Redmond Jun 4, 19:30 5
    - oh honey, you don't want to see it. -- nm - loosilu Jun 4, 19:31 4
      - that's crazy - I've seen the shoes you pick out to buy Loosi - you'd be way hawt - and I'm not gay either ... just drunk :D ( wear the shoes though ) -- nm - JenBro Jun 4, 19:33 3
        
        any old hag can wear slutty shoes! -- nm - loosilu Jun 4, 19:34 2
        
        so not true - you have to have the attitude to pull it off - you do - in spades :) -- nm - JenBro Jun 4, 19:35 1
        
        well, I won't keep trying to talk you out of your delusions. :) -- nm - loosilu Jun 4, 19:36
- Yeah - meh. - kelly Jun 4, 19:29 1
  - their loss ... you so don't seem like a "meh" kinda girl ... so .. how'd Murph do in the walk anyway? sniff lots o' butts or was he well behalved? -- nm - JenBro Jun 4, 19:39
- Yes for high school and college, and it is, in general, amazingly fun. -- nm - TFox Jun 4, 19:28
- No. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 4, 19:25
- No -- nm - Redmond Jun 4, 19:24
ML - Carpenter carried my team years ago. he's phenomally underrated ever since the year he lost to injury -- nm - Guy Jun 4, 19:20
Stuart Scott looks like he is wearing lip gloss. -- nm - Redmond Jun 4, 19:18 2
- who is Stuart Scott and are you saying this because you think he's hawt? ( giggles ) -- nm - JenBro Jun 4, 19:20 1
  - Redmond hasn't been quite the same since the Big Gay Weekend -- nm - 'lia Jun 4, 19:23
Is it just me, or does there seem to be surprisingly little coverage (aside from what the TH's might be doing) of the killing of the soldier in Ark? - Stephen Jun 4, 19:16 59
- To get back to the subject at hand, I assume it's not being really covered since it was a few days ago and it's kind of open/shut. - Qale Jun 4, 19:36
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  - It wasn't? - Stephen Jun 4, 19:25 47
    - I wouldn't call it terrorism any more than I'd call the virginia tech shootings terrorism. - mafic Jun 4, 19:30 7
      - I think a better example is the guy that shot and killed the abortion doctor. -- nm - Redmond Jun 4, 19:31 6
        
        yeah, and I wouldn't call that guy a terrorist either (though he might strictly fit the definition). -- nm - mafic Jun 4, 19:34 5
        
        really? I totally would, partly because it's a movement. -- nm - loosilu Jun 4, 19:34 4
        
        See I will agree with you here. It instills terror among other abortion providers. The act itself instills terror into a group of people. - Redmond Jun 4, 19:37 3
        
        and encourages others to emulate him. -- nm - loosilu Jun 4, 19:38 2
        
        You don't think the recruiting center shooting encourages others to emulate that guy? -- nm - Stephen Jun 4, 19:41 1
        
        actually, I do. -- nm - loosilu Jun 4, 19:44
    - Charges of terrorism in cases like this can get iffy for me, kinda like hate crimes charges. - ty97 Jun 4, 19:28 37
      - the usual definition includes any kind of political or ideological statement. This one, I'm not sure about. -- nm - loosilu Jun 4, 19:31 3
        
        That's the problem: defining which statements deserve 'extra special' crime charges. - ty97 Jun 4, 19:35 2
        
        there's still subjectivity in it even then. first degree, second degree, manslaughter, criminal negligence causing death... -- nm - mafic Jun 4, 19:37 1
        
        true. But those don't take the 'worth' of the victim into account. -- nm - ty97 Jun 4, 19:42
      - The exact same reason I don't like "hate crime" legislation. A crime is a crime. -- nm - Redmond Jun 4, 19:30 32
        
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        Opinions of 'really awful' and 'really terroristic' can differ greatly. - ty97 Jun 4, 19:36 10
        
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        That's why I said it's a problem *when* you codify. Because then it's not just a question of "Did the defendant commit murder" - ty97 Jun 4, 19:41 8
        
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        I like your optimism on that one, but I'm not so sure. -- nm - ty97 Jun 4, 19:46 6
        
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        I mean, correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't that only come into it at sentencing? - Reagen Jun 4, 19:55 4
        
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        Would vary by state law, I believe. - ty97 Jun 4, 19:57 2
        
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        Doesn't disallow a state from defining a crime called murder 1 and a separate crime called hate murder, does it? -- nm - ty97 Jun 4, 20:00
        
        I was talking about hate crimes against people of another race, or religion etc. -- nm - Redmond Jun 4, 19:34 11
        
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        taken to extreme, this could become a sliding scale: death for killing a politican, 30 years for banker, 10 years for housewife, 2 months for homeless - ty97 Jun 4, 19:39 9
        
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        No, but people who steal wives face more fear.... -- nm - Stephen Jun 4, 19:48 1
        
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        Specious analogy as firing someone, by itself, isn't a crime. -- nm - ty97 Jun 4, 19:45 4
        
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        See, you and I are not going to agree on the measurement unit of "amount of shock/fear caused to society". -- nm - ty97 Jun 4, 19:52 2
        
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        It is gong to affect which types of gradiations we view as acceptable, however. -- nm - ty97 Jun 4, 19:55
        
        If I destroyed your Ugly Blue Shirt, could I get out of trouble by claiming temporary insanity caused by the shirt? -- nm - Redmond Jun 4, 19:41
        
        well no - motivation gets taken into account all the time. -- nm - Reagen Jun 4, 19:31 7
        
        That is fine. I just have a problem if someone kills me, but kills someone of another color and it gets treated more serious. - Redmond Jun 4, 19:33 6
        
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        We will never agree on this. I disagree probably with the majority on this board. - Redmond Jun 4, 19:36 4
        
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        I agree with different penalties for manslaughter, and premeditated, first and second degree differences. - Redmond Jun 4, 19:40 2
        
        then why is terrorism different? -- nm - mafic Jun 4, 19:41 1
        
        Well I never said the penalty should be worse for terrorism. - Redmond Jun 4, 19:46
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  - "being held on a state count of capital murder and 16 counts of engaging in a terrorist act" -- (link) - ty97 Jun 4, 19:23 1
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  - in that the guy attacked the military for religious and political reasons. I'd still chalk it up to lone crazy. -- nm - mafic Jun 4, 19:23 2
    - sometimes lone crazies are terrorist. - ty97 Jun 4, 19:24 1
      - absolutely. Kaczinsky is one. -- nm - loosilu Jun 4, 19:33
- Was it front page news on those sites when it first happened? - ty97 Jun 4, 19:20 2
  - I have no idea. - Stephen Jun 4, 19:27 1
    - It was on the major news broadcasts but I think it happened on the same day that French plane went missing. - Redmond Jun 4, 19:28
- I hadn't even heard of this 'til now. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 4, 19:19
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- I completely agree. I'd totally be a big firm (or big corporation) paralegal, but I'll never go back to big-firm-land as an attorney again. - ReluctantCynic Jun 4, 19:18 17
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    - people like - and are good at - different shit. -- nm - mafic Jun 4, 19:25
    - No stress. No politics. Few worries about malpractice. No demands to make partner or be a rain-maker. - ReluctantCynic Jun 4, 19:23 4
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        Ah ... then I'd hate being a paralegal in your firm. :-) -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 4, 19:25 2
        
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        See, if I was a paralegal assigned to maintain your bar cart, then it wouldn't be too bad. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 4, 19:28
    - ability to get into law school? 2-year paralegal degree vs JD degree? -- nm - ty97 Jun 4, 19:21 9
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        I mean: maybe he/she could not get into law school, and paralegal was the next best option (to him/her) -- nm - ty97 Jun 4, 19:24 7
        
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        Sorry, I thought you were talking about *YOUR* paralegal. - ty97 Jun 4, 19:48
        
        Or couldn't afford it/didn't want to take out the loans to afford it. nm - ralph wiggum Jun 4, 19:26 4
        
        Or was an attorney who once strayed from the career expectations of being a Big Law attorney. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 4, 19:29 3
        
        Or maybe he's on the run because he was framed for murder by a one-armed man. nm - ralph wiggum Jun 4, 19:31 1
        
        Or maybe his brother was set up as a patsy and wrongly convicted of assassinating the vice president and he's planning to free his brother from prison -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 4, 19:45
        
        or is an alien spy working undercover in our legal system while designing his lawsuit to take custody of earth for the neptutians. -- nm - ty97 Jun 4, 19:30
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( ok - first - I'm drunk - so keep this in mind ) --- JACK - maybe i'ts because you're hawt and he has a crush on you!!!!! -- nm - JenBro Jun 4, 19:14 3
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  - This is true. - Redmond Jun 4, 19:20
  - never assume ... or so they say ... still - don't feel too bad fro him - he gets to work with you and you're fun ) -- nm - JenBro Jun 4, 19:19
Oink Oink -- nm - Redmond Jun 4, 19:12 2
- Boink Boink. -- nm - lileve Jun 4, 19:13 1
  - Fap Fap -- nm - Qale Jun 4, 19:14

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