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I totally agree...this is the most assinine thing that I have heard since...well, last time Bush said anything. At one point, he also said that he would leave "civil unions" as an issue for states to decide...isn't that all that the government should worry about anyway? Isn't the actual institute of marriage a religious issue? Shouldn't the government concern themselves with creating laws to protect liberties, not take them away? Shouldn't the government be worried about how Joe Blow files his taxes...single, or joint? Who the f*$k cares who the other person is? Oh, wait a second...that would mean that the gays would theoretically pay less in taxes. Oh, yeah, that's right, Bush likes to use laws to advance his own psycho-religious based propoganda...sorry, forgot. Nevermind. -S _____________ I'm not conceited...I'm just realistic about my awesomeness...

Cake batter with strawberries and yellow cake, coffee with brownie, cheesecake with brownie...those are the ones that I usually get. -S _____________ I'm not conceited...I'm just realistic about my awesomeness...

You don't know me, and i don't know you. But i have seen your avatar, and thought you were the sweetest thing. After seeing your picture in May, Parachutist, i have decided that if i had just one hour with you, it would take 10 morticians to wipe the smile off my face , and they would have to make a hole in the casket just to close it. And i mean that as a compliment. ----------------- Just wait til you see her picking up carrots... -S _____________ I'm not conceited...I'm just realistic about my awesomeness...

Well, the only reason that I would consider it unreasonable to check it out, is that, if it is proven - there would have to be accountability. Would there not? And that SCARES THE HELL out of anyone that is athiest or agnostic. --------------------- That's their problem...IMO, that doesn't make it unreasonable. -S _____________ I'm not conceited...I'm just realistic about my awesomeness...

Is having the cookies but NOT making any comment about using them against the teacher completely benign? YES! Having something without the intent to do harm with said item is completely different than saying that you brought them for the express purpose of doing so. THAT is what we are talking about...not that a kid was sitting in the lunch room with NutterButters that his mom packed and having the FBI bust in on him. ----------------- Is the only difference simply the comment, even though the comment was not meant to be taken seriously? You are assuming that it was not meant to be taken seriously. ---------------- If a second kid had been in the exact same location with the first kid, with the same cookies, with the same allergic teacher nearby, would he be in trouble for having those cookies near an allergic teacher, even if he knew he was allergic? If he had brought them for the purpose of attempting to do harm to the teacher, yes. If it was just cause he liked nutterbutters, no. ------------------- or are the allergic people the ones responsible for safeguarding their own well-being? This is getting completely ridiculous...you are continuing to go based a false premise. A discussion about an issue is fine, but there are only so many times that I can point out that you are arguing against something using incorrect foundations, and it's a waste of both of our times. -------------------- Is it the case that kids in this teacher's class will be prohibited from bringing peanut food products for lunch, but other kids will not be so restricted if their teachers are not allergic? Having something without the intent to do harm with said item is completely different than saying that you brought them for the express purpose of doing so. THAT is what we are talking about...not that a kid was sitting in the lunch room with NutterButters that his mom packed and having the FBI bust in on him. -------------------- Why shouldn't EVERY member of the public's diet be restricted so as to protect the health of the most allergically vulnerable among us? You are arguing 'posession' and I am arguing 'intent'. The reason that the child is in trouble is 'intent', not 'posession'. You are making arguement on my comments, coming from a completely different perspective, on which this thread isn't based. -------------------- I have not seen comment on what this case will mean to anyone who wishes to bring specific types of food to school for lunch. That is because it doesn't mean anything to what people just 'bring for lunch'. 'posession' vs. 'intent'. -S _____________ I'm not conceited...I'm just realistic about my awesomeness...

Well, the questions seemed to be in two catergories...those based on an incorrect premise that we are talking about someone 'just happening to have nutter butters', and those that I would consider rhetorical. I will answer them directly, if you would so like... -------------------- Are you suggesting that NO one should be allowed to bring nutter butters ANYWHERE, because there could be SOMEONE who is deathly allergic to them? ---Do you REALLY, honestly believe that that is what I am suggesting? I have a friend who is deathly allergic to citrus...do you think that I don't drink orange juice? So, in answer to your question, no, that is not what I am saying. ---------------------------- Just what would you want, anyway? To ban all people from being able to have peanut products just because some people are vulnerable to them? ---This is the same question again...same answer...no...that is not what I am saying. I think that it is a shame that they feel that they have to take something that may have been a joke and treat it as being so serious, but unfortunately, that is where WE as a society have put OURSELVES. We can't blame it on anyone else. So, this level of paranoia is unfortunate, but has become a fact of life. -S _____________ I'm not conceited...I'm just realistic about my awesomeness...

The article says Turkish Air Force pilots spotted a boat shaped object. Whether it's Noahs' Ark or not, why would it be unreasonable to check it out? ------------------- I second that... -S _____________ I'm not conceited...I'm just realistic about my awesomeness...

Oh, come on. The premise was that the kid was well aware of the allergy, and made a comment about using the cookies to harm the teacher. A gun isn't 'indiscriminately dangerous' to everyone...just the person you choose to shoot. How does having a gun in your backpack and joking about shooting the teacher differ from having what can be used as a sort of weapon against her and talking about using that? Regardless of what it is, if you know that something can be used as poison, and you plan to use it as such, it is a problem that need be addressed. I am not saying that I totally agree with treating this child like this, especially since we don't know the nature of his comments. I am only saying that I could understand instances where situations like this could be justifiably treated very seriously, regardless of what we are talking about being the 'weapon'. -S _____________ I'm not conceited...I'm just realistic about my awesomeness...

Sorry...the article... (I misquoted the name, but it's still wonderful) --------------------- LOS ANGELES - The notorious home video circulated on the Internet showing reality TV star Paris Hilton having sex with her former boyfriend is coming to an adult film store near you. advertisement Red Light District Video, a suburban Los Angeles porn production company, said Thursday it has acquired rights from Hilton’s ex-beau, Rick Salomon, to distribute the full 45-minute video in June under the title “One Night In Paris.” Terms of the deal were not disclosed. A spokeswoman for the company said the homemade tape, parts of which surfaced last year on Internet porn sites, will be released commercially in adult video stores on June 15. She said the retail price has not been set. In February, Salomon posted a 38-minute version of the night-vision video on his own Web site, where it sold for $50 per copy. The 23-year-old socialite, whose grandfather founded the Hilton hotel chain, has sued a Panama-based Internet firm for $30 million, claiming the company violated her privacy and engaged in illegal business practices by distributing the video. Best known for starring on the Fox television reality hit ”The Simple Life,” Hilton claimed in the lawsuit that the videotape was “intended only for personal use” and that she never consented for it to be distributed to the public. There was no immediate comment from Hilton’s representatives in Los Angeles or New York about Red Light District’s plans. And Salomon’s lawyer, Martin Singer, could not immediately be reached for comment. Red Light District said its video will include never-before-seen scenes from the tape Salomon and Hilton made in May 2001, including footage of the hotel heiress “partying in a nightclub.” -S _____________ I'm not conceited...I'm just realistic about my awesomeness...

Oh, good god...kill me now... hehehe -S _____________ I'm not conceited...I'm just realistic about my awesomeness...

(Hilton) This has to be the SINGLE GREATEST movie title of all time... -S PS - My appologies if someone is already making fun of this in another thread... _____________ I'm not conceited...I'm just realistic about my awesomeness...

True, if the child had alterior motives and wished to actually frighten the teacher or even threaten the teacher openly maybe that is a different story, however, from the article, there was another student that turned him in, so I don't think that he openly threatened the teacher and therefore is being treated like a 12 year old criminal instead of being chastised and sent along his merry way. ------------------ So a kid brings a poisonous snake to school and only tells the kid next to him about it, and it's ok, it means that it's just a joke? I agree that this could be drastically blown out of proportion, but if the kid knew that the teacher was allergic, then it wasn't a very smart joke, and is really no different from bringing a snake to school. -S _____________ I'm not conceited...I'm just realistic about my awesomeness...

I spent most of last night trading emails with my friend in france, cause she's the only person I can think of who is awake in the middle of our night. :-) -S _____________ I'm not conceited...I'm just realistic about my awesomeness...

especially in a smaller setting. ------------------ Especially??? I would say probably ONLY in a smaller setting...cause I certainly haven't seen anything remarkable out of him in front of a larger one... :-/ -S _____________ I'm not conceited...I'm just realistic about my awesomeness...

Um...I think, in order for the full effect of this story, we'll be needing photos... Oh, and a countdown meter til her 18th birthday please. ;-) -S _____________ I'm not conceited...I'm just realistic about my awesomeness...

It means that you have to come over here and let me change that... ;-) -S _____________ I'm not conceited...I'm just realistic about my awesomeness...

Thank you guys for your b-day wishes. Yeah...the hd deployment was one of the lesser of my intelligent moments, but really wasn't nearly as bad as it may seem. Anyway, here's to another 6 years...and more... :-) -S _____________ I'm not conceited...I'm just realistic about my awesomeness...

yeah...great...sign me up... :-) -S _____________ I'm not conceited...I'm just realistic about my awesomeness...

We are talking, though, about a ground that is very unforgiving...10 feet can make a huge difference. At altitude, there would obviously be differences...they can be felt in the opening, in the speed, etc... But, that does not mean that a canopy will dive for 300 feet...maybe 25, maybe 50...I don't know. There are a lot of factors as well...air pressure coming immediately to mind. I am not a scientist, I do not claim to understand everything fully, but have tried to illustrate a principle that I believe to be correct, as do others with much more experience than myself. In any event, I have spent a lot of time defending this position that I don't believe to be as bupkis as anyone here obviously does. Do what you want to do. When you know your canopy and how to land it in various situations, great...if you don't, err towards the side of safety...and when in doubt, start it high. -S _____________ I'm not conceited...I'm just realistic about my awesomeness...

why don't you try it and let us know what you think they may see as the attraction... -S _____________ I'm not conceited...I'm just realistic about my awesomeness...

watch it SBS...i'm serious...i'll kick you in the balls and it will hurt... --------------- I meant it in a nice way... -S _____________ I'm not conceited...I'm just realistic about my awesomeness...

Baby...a new rig would leave you my sex slave for the next 2 months. --------------------- I would go the route of our friend, and start by offering a pilot chute. There's a lot of spunk in that little lady...are you sure you could handle her, or do you think you should maybe start slow? -S _____________ I'm not conceited...I'm just realistic about my awesomeness...

I think we need multiple votes... I think it was classy, but can't believe he did it. Definitely cool. -S _____________ I'm not conceited...I'm just realistic about my awesomeness...

not what I had hoped at least you will touch my nads It will have to do -S _____________ I'm not conceited...I'm just realistic about my awesomeness...

I am so sorry lizzie, will you come spank me? oh, I deserve it. -S _____________ I'm not conceited...I'm just realistic about my awesomeness...