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Free flying positions doesn't only mean free flying. Students are known to tumble out of control or get stuck on their backs on a semi regular basis. This does happen. Also, it's not only AFF students on their AFF levels that use student gear. Jumpers doing consols or some of their first licenced jumps before buying their own gear will use it as well, and some of these people will try and freely or do various other silly things no matter what the DZ, the BPA, the USPA or anyone else says about it. Do you want to have an ideagasm?

I can certainly see the apparent disconnect - but you can't just compare it to any young black person, you'd have to compare it to a young black person who you already know for sure was doing something illegal, was posting internet videos about an armed fight against the government and the police, and who the people he was with (not just the cops) say attacked police officers. Even then you can't say yet that the shooting was justified, but I think you can say that it was an outcome of the kind he was likely trying to provoke. Do you want to have an ideagasm?

I gotta admit it's amusing trying to figure out a workplace relaxed enough that you can read a forum thread about boobs but strict enough that you can't look at a picture of boobs while in the office Do you want to have an ideagasm?

'Suspicion' of DUI? Damn, if I was that drunk I don't think I'd be able to remember how to open the car door, let alone make it go! Do you want to have an ideagasm?

Yes, you do. Asking if I blame the women for being raped has nothing whatsoever to do with the big picture. I could answer the question without the slightest hint of hypocrisy because I have zero history of making any opposing comments. See, while there are people on here who have a clear, documented history of blaming the victims for Islamic terrorist attacks, people like Turtlespeed for example, I am very, very clearly not one of them. Do you want to have an ideagasm?

Which you already know the answer to, and pretending you don't is just pointless mud-slinging. I actually do NOT know where you stand on those two questions. Yes, you do. That has nothing to do with the questions you were asking. Do you want to have an ideagasm?

I do not believe that a person as intelligent as you seem to be thinks that the question you asked is a reasonable question. It is a question that is designed to be unanswerable. If you think it is answerable then answer the one directed back at you. Since you're here arguing about the validity of the question instead of just answer it, I guess it means you simply cannot answer. That's a reasonable, sophisticated position to take. It also illustrates how absurd your initial question was, because it is absolutely not a response of the type that you demanded from me. You asked me, and then I asked you, how many Paris attacks it would take before I considered a certain course of action. So again, why don't you answer? How many Paris attacks would it take before you imprison or deport european muslims? Bet you a jump ticket it isn't. Do you want to have an ideagasm?

Which you already know the answer to, and pretending you don't is just pointless mud-slinging. I see you have no reply to the substantive part of my post though, I guess that means you accept it all. Do you want to have an ideagasm?

You're doing two thing here: The first one is that you're lying. You haven't answered the question of how many more Paris attacks you would tolerate before you start deporting or imprisoning European muslims and you have no intention of answering. You haven't answered it because: It's such a simple question that it is impossible to answer in the face of a complex issue. It's a stupid question and you know it - the only reason you asked it was to bluster and grandstand and the only reason you're insisting on an answer now is because you have no intention of carrying out a real discussion. So make it better by being honest. Do you want to have an ideagasm?

I wrote a pretty substantial post a few pages back. Versus the extra lives at stake on top of the 100k+ civilian murders in Syria since the fighting started? Yeah where does the balance fall on those scales? BTW, you remember that the German government admitted serious failings in the policing of those public squares on new years, right? The situation isn't binary, yeah? It's not 'more of the same' vs 'ban all refugees'. There is also the option of 'take in refugees, but improve the way you manage them'. And the women, children and men seeing their towns and cities destroyed in Syria probably don't see it your way. I'm not going to dignify that strawman bullshit with an answer. Do you want to have an ideagasm?

Living in Europe - from Europe. What do you propose to do about it? Are you willing to accept more Paris massacres or are you going to deport or detain the millions of muslims already living in Europe? You're going to need to answer that question because here's the thing - I don't think that eliminating the risk of more Paris style massacres is really that high up your list of priorities. I think you realise that there are a lot of things in our society that are more important. And anyway, you won't eliminate the risk by closing the borders anyway. So you can let in refugees and risk more Paris massacres, or you can close the borders to refugees... and risk more Paris massacres. Ok, so you've done that. Then there's another mass shooting by homegrown terrorists. What do you do? Do you want to have an ideagasm?

Paris massacres? Almost every perpetrator of the Paris attacks was French or Belgian. So what is it you suggest they do in order not to 'risk' another Paris attack? Should France deport all their Muslim citizens or should they lock them up because if you want to keep up with your current rhetoric those are pretty much the only two options you've left yourself. What is it about xenophobia that turns off the reality switch in otherwise rational people? Do you want to have an ideagasm?

That's not the name of my county. It's not even the name of my country. It's the name of my language. Do you want to have an ideagasm?

It's plural in latin. Correct if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure we're all speaking english. Do you want to have an ideagasm?

Sure. And there will be those that will never change until they die. Sooner or later though, they will die. Sic transit assholes, right? I don't see the benefit in giving up on anything that can't be done overnight. And is there any reason why you think that can't ever change? OK. But let's try it for a while and see where it gets us. OK. So they can help because they want to. Do you want to have an ideagasm?

Except the greatest thefts of labor can result from a completely unregulated economy - the term 'robber baron' was invented for a reason. In reality if your goal is the maximum amount freedom for the minimum number of people then yay for libertarianism! Do you want to have an ideagasm?

Oh sure, I think there are some huge differences, and I despise some of those countries. However, I also think that a lot of the differences come from the economic and political circumstances of those countries. Most of the Gulf states are at best semi-democratic and at worst totalitarian dictatorships where the ruling families have made long standing Faustian pacts with extremist religious sects allowing them to impose their ideology on the populace. For reference imagine if Michelle Bachmann was Queen of the USA and gave Fred Phelp's mob legal authority to punish immoral behaviour. In other areas like Syria, Egypt and various tinpot north and central African republics then poor, wartorn countries with corrupt and ineffective governments provide fertile breeding grounds for extremist groups. Plenty of white Christians in the Balkans in the mid '90s weren't behaving themselves too well either. Heck, I'd be amazed if there wasn't a wave of rapes and sexual assaults in relatively small scale civil disturbances like the Watts riots. Reducing the number of backwards thinking Muslims here in the west will come from (IMO) integration and education of communities, not vilification of their religion (apart from pointing out how all religion sucks, obviously). People only tend to get more insular when threatened. Reducing the number of backwards thinking Muslims in other parts of the world will mostly come with economic and political develoment, if that can happen. Until then, and given the impact of centuries of global terror from the West that has greatly contributed to putting these African and Middle Eastern countries into the state they're in now if any Muslims (and anyone else) want to escape from them then I think we damn well owe them our help. Do you want to have an ideagasm?

Who said they did? Rick was talking about cultures. One cuture being Muslims as represented by the Imam, the other culture including Germans as well as whoever Rick identifies as "we" is pretty clearly Western culture. It's easy when you think about it

Or instead you could say to yourself "Hey, that might be true. Maybe when I see Muslims saying bad things I think their culture is horrible, but when I see westerners saying the same things I only think that our culture has horrible people in it. Maybe I need to be more careful about how I perceive the world." But thinking is so overrated Do you want to have an ideagasm?

It's the same dude, ya freakin' idiot He's interested in PF, he's interested in Squirrel and posts questions about both. He's clearly not the Fanboy in this conversation! Do you want to have an ideagasm?

Are you fucking for real?* TexBubba has come into this forum for the sole purpose of lobbying against all Muslim immigration. How exactly would you suggest replying without mentioning Muslims? * Don't bother answering that, I think we all know. Do you want to have an ideagasm?

In that case here are some more groups that fundamentally clash with your culture; Republicans Democrats Bill O'Reilly Women Pennsylvania The people of Salisbury, MD Quite a lot of english people Maybe it's just easier to see the flaws in one's neighbour than in one's self. Do you want to have an ideagasm?

Same place as always. Personally I think that providing a refuge to the Muslims whose countries are being destroyed by that kind of violence is the right thing to do. Do you want to have an ideagasm?

Damn dude, did Matt G sleep with your mum or something? When the Monotrack comes out, it'll probably be awesome. When the MonoSumo (or whatever) comes out, it'll probably be differently awesome. Ain't that a good thing? Do you want to have an ideagasm?

Quinlan: Our friend Vargas has some very special ideas about police procedure. He seems to think it don't matter whether killers hang or not, so long as we obey the fine print. Vargas: Captain, I don't think a policeman should work like a dog catcher in putting criminals behind bars. No! In any free country, a policeman is supposed to enforce the law, and the law protects the guilty as well as the innocent. Quinlan: Our job is tough enough. Vargas: It's supposed to be. It has to be tough. A policeman's job is only easy in a police state. That's the whole point, Captain - who's the boss, the cop or the law? Do you want to have an ideagasm?