A Demand For A Ban on 18-Wheeler's

[Justin Case]

there is not a weapon in existence more powerful than the human mind. all the laws wont do a thing if somebody plans on doing harm another person. the laws will just give a warm fuzzy feeling until it's obvious death is knocking on the door.

well said !!

[canid]

i thought the same.

[2dumb2kwit]

Well,, perhaps you all have missed the point. If we ban people, then there will be nobody doing bad things, or driving those nasty 18 wheelers. Sheesh, 2D I would have thought you of all people would have figured that out

I was holding back....waiting for someone to talk about automatic transmissions, and street-sweepers! LOL

[Rick]

You know, this whole story is a lose/lose. The piece that isn't discussed and won't be dealt with is the problem of mental health in this country. For all our advances we're still in the "Pull yourself up by your boot straps" mentality. If folks were walking the streets with broken arms we'd do something about it. But paranoid delusionals literally don't get the time of day.

[canid]

the time of day isn't real Rick. it's an abstract concept created by the mall of america to consume the attention of the consumer between store closing and store re-opening. they implant it in your mind with radio waves on the 88-108MHz band. that's why they don't sell foil at the mall.

hrm: why won't even mcdonnalds hire me?

[Ken]

You know, this whole story is a lose/lose. The piece that isn't discussed and won't be dealt with is the problem of mental health in this country. For all our advances we're still in the "Pull yourself up by your boot straps" mentality. If folks were walking the streets with broken arms we'd do something about it. But paranoid delusionals literally don't get the time of day.

At the risk of getting political...........

When I first began practicing, the program to "mainstream" individuals with mental illness was in full swing. This was clearly part of a liberal agenda to halt the "incarceration" and "stigmatization" of people with mental illness. Courts were releasing potentially violent patients at an amazing rate. Long-term inpatient mental health hospitals were closed down in favor of outpatient services.

The problem is, outpatient services simply don't work in many cases, and there's no system in place to require mental health patients to continue their treatment and stay on their medication. Only in the most severe cases, when individuals show clear signs that they pose an immediate risk to themselves or others, will a court order hospitalization, and, in most cases, the patient is released once their condition "stabilizes." And then the cycle begins over again.

[Ken]

One more thing...........

The media is now awash with the debate over hate speech and threatening language in political debate. Bills are now being proposed to curtail "threatening" and "provocative" speech.

So, how do we distinguish a "figure of spech" from "vitriol?" I, for one, sincerely believe that our vice president DOES NOT condone political violence. And yet,
Biden: “If I Hear One More Republican Tell Me About Balancing the Budget, I Am Going to Strangle Them”

http://www.rolandsmartin.com/blog/in...strangle-them/

[Justin Case]

One more thing...........

The media is now awash with the debate over hate speech and threatening language in political debate. Bills are now being proposed to curtail "threatening" and "provocative" speech.

So, how do we distinguish a "figure of spech" from "vitriol?" I, for one, sincerely believe that our vice president DOES NOT condone political violence. And yet,
Biden: “If I Hear One More Republican Tell Me About Balancing the Budget, I Am Going to Strangle Them”

http://www.rolandsmartin.com/blog/in...strangle-them/

oh now c'mon Ken,, LOl,,, thats a stretch there my friend,, figure of speech,, nothing more,,lol

[Ken]

oh now c'mon Ken,, LOl,,, thats a stretch there my friend,, figure of speech,, nothing more,,lol

How about if Glenn Beck said that about a liberal?

[Justin Case]

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[Justin Case]

How about if Glenn Beck said that about a liberal?

with any luck Glen Beck wont be saying anything on the air after this is said and done.

[Ken]

with any luck Glen Beck wont be saying anything on the air after this is said and done.

Advocating a muzzle on free speech? Spoken like a true liberal, my friend.

[Batch]

I have a CCW and have a gun on my hip and I get turned down when I go to buy a gun. I have certain numbers and fax forms and I get my gun.

I come up as listed as an out of state fugitive from justice by the US Marshals office. I didn't pay the full fine on an arrest for spot lighting prohibited and a bench warrant was issued and Palm Beach county won't remove it from my record.LOL

Last night I picked up an SW 29-2 for a couple hundred bucks. No background check required.

Nuts will get a hold of guns. This is just a fact of life. No one is going to change that.

[canid]

it's two different things to advocate the restriction of the right to free speech to to wish people would stop going out of their way to give some chumps a soapbox.

unless you think that wishful thinking threatens the constitution, or that we're all somewhere guaranteed television and radio exposure?

[Justin Case]

Advocating a muzzle on free speech? Spoken like a true liberal, my friend.

you mean spoken like someone that can see that these idiots are irresponsible and careless,,,,,

[Justin Case]

I'm out........

[Ken]

you mean spoken like someone that can see that these idiots are irresponsible and careless,,,,,

"Irresponsible" and "careless" are terms that describe elected officials who are running this country into poverty and bankruptcy.

[crashdive123]

Easy fellas. Watch the politics.

[canid]

this is true, but it does not bear on their applicability to other individuals and circumstances. words are flexible like that.

[2dumb2kwit]

you mean spoken like someone that can see that these idiots are irresponsible and careless,,,,,

I listen to some of those idiots, and most of what bed wetters get their panties in a wad about, are things said in jest. (Not to mention all the things said as a figure of speech.)

Heck....if media matters read this forum, they would be telling the world that lawyers want to kill dumb southerners, but we know that's not the case.


...OK, that might be a bad example.LOL