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I hadn't seen the video till you pointed it out (and I have to admit it took me awhile...I went searching in the archives rather than looking more closely at this thread). Raping a 15 year old is certainly more objectionable than killing a stray puppy. I didn't hear where he admitted to raping her, but did hear that someone had "pimped her out" like 10 times and that she'd killed herself, in the context that rape victims are blamed in that culture. While not an excuse, I have to say that the most visceral reactions to the puppy thing came after it was "authenticated". The drunk guy talking into the camera *might* not even be a soldier and *might* not be telling the truth. As you saw, several of us didn't trust the puppy video to be authentic when it was first posted, and that's despite actually *seeing* the abuse occur. You shouldn't be all that surprised if a taped confession with an interrogator obviously hamming to some extent is afforded a similar level of scepticism. Whether the confession of the quantity and quality of abuses at Abu Ghraib were true or not, I think that Mike's use of the video to slam Clinton was offensive and below his normal standard of discourse. Consensual sex between adults and multiple rapes of an imprisoned child could hardly be less comparable. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

You read that in their PMs? That's the joke I was trying to make, but it apparently bounced. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I wish Obama had some military experience and a more relaxed position on gun control. Other than those, I can't immediately think of any issues on which McCain's position is more desireable. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

So I PM'd Muttley and told her she might want to be careful what she PM's me because you guys might be looking at it too. A few hours later, you post this. I suppose that's just a coincidence, right? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

You missed one of your steps. You're doing great Jason Now get back in the gym. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

The last "knife fight" I got in ended well but was rather sobering. Dipshit drunk at a hotel room party pissed off that I was laughing at him for falling in the tub while he was trying to piss. I tossed him out of the room and kept his knife. The dumbass was drunk enough to call the cops from the lobby because he wanted his knife back, and he actually told them the truth about how he'd lost it . They already had him cuffed and in the back seat when they knocked on the door . Of course I denied having it, said it was in his back pocket when I'd tossed him. They came by the bar I bounced at the next night and I again denied having it (not knowing any back-story). A couple days later they came back by because the dude he'd actually used the knife on less than 24 hours before pulling it on me had died. I called my roommate and had him bring it down to the bar...dude was actually convicted for either murder or manslaughter. Made me think twice about wading in on weapons, which had previously been my MO. Fortunately, I haven't had anything pulled on me since (18 years later). Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Minor correction - her wings are just fine and can still get plenty of flashlight induced exercise . . . it's her landing gear that's messed up. (note to self - put contact cement inside switch of Doc's flashlight) Seconded. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Major good vibes for the chica. You guys should hire me at the hospital and pay me MRI rates. I just happened to be staring at her knee when she tried to put some weight on it in the hangar and saw the direction it buckled. Rosie and I picked her up immediately & carried her to the car, then I walked over to Erin and said, "I got $20 on the ACL". Major bummer...I hope the pain is manageable, the surgery 100% successful, and the recovery as quick as possible. Of course she doesn't get a hall pass to skip coming out to grill dead stuff and drink wine with us.

71 isn't very old at all. he openly and unapologetically abused his body with drugs and alcohol for a long strech of his life...71 in carlin years is like 163 in regular human years..he had a great run..and he will be missed... we lost a true american icon..im actually sad about it... What he said. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Unless I'm mistaken, we're not at combat in Gitmo. There's a big difference between transporting a detainee from the front line and holding one for 5 or 6 years without charging him with any crime. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Suddenly it doesn't seem quite so crazy. The TI should have informed the pilot to slow it down (and included some safety margin). If I have to land with a tandem, I tell the pilot to back off the descent by 2500. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Dump her asap. Any further time you spend thinking about her is time you'll be wasting on someone clearly undeserving of your attention. With any luck, the guy will get his turn with her next and she'll eventually provide him with his just deserts. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Hey, while Muenkel may be dain-bramaged, he's still not so psycho that I could possibly mistake him for a female. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Likewise. I don't think any of us can know with 100% certainty that we hold the correct views on life, the universe, and everything. We should go with what feels most right to us individually and it's not surprising to me in the least that we will sometimes have drastically different views on things. As far as I'm concerned, we're cool. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

No. Wicca is not Satanism and the rede is basically the Wiccan version of the golden rule. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

You haven't given us enough information to answer your question. While that stuff will definitely get you on your way, you can't be considered a true Texan until you've have sex with at least one of your cousins. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

It hasn't been quite 5 years since I posted this thread. Being laid off was perhaps the best thing that ever happened to me professionally. I now draw a salary that is almost exactly twice what I made at the time I was laid off, and do much more interesting and rewarding work to boot. I've found that I'm not so inclined to make friends at work now, but still keep in regular contact with the closest friends I made at my previous place of employment. All in all, getting laid off rocked. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

What he said. Around here, Sprint sucks great big green donkey dicks. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I liked how he characterized his interactions with Bozo as "only a couple of OLD farts playing with each other in love." And the irony factor pegged 10 when the totality of posters to the thread were considered. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Why? And why should the President (any President) be empowered to make such determinations without judicial oversight to review the legality of those decisions? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

While I think highly of the rede and include its fundamental concept of libertarianism in my personal moral code, I don't consider it the be all end all of wise decision making. Sometimes harm is justifiable, e.g. in self-defense, and sometimes it is unavoidable, e.g. in selecting which employees to lay off. So while the rede is perhaps the broadest reaching religious credo, it is still insufficient as a sole source of morality. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

You mean the OP that ridicules comments on Winnie the Poo and Luke Skywalker as if they weren't outlandish examples? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Malice is a rather strong word, kind of like the poster above who said I posted it in rage. In reality, I felt neither malice nor rage and they certainly weren't what prompted my post. Taking a wider view than the small community of dz.com, Christianity is a belief system many people subscribe to. There are also a large number of people who find many of the concepts contained therein completely absurd. I thought this was a humorous expression of the absurdity many of us see in the dogma and my intent was to entertain those people. It was not my intent to offend you, and while not expected, the possibility exists that you or someone else could have gotten a better idea of *why* many of us find some basic concepts of Christianity a bit ridiculous. Like I said, that was just possible, not expected, and it doesn't appear to have had that effect on anyone. As for the broader discussion with regard to "belief", my question is if belief is what makes life so wonderful, does it stand to reason that the less believable something is, the greater the payoff is for believing it anyhow? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I thought it was funny and figured some here would view it similarly. Of course I realized there would be some who failed to see the humor in it, which is why I posted it in Speaker's Corner rather than the Bonfire. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Actually I go the other way on that one. My criteria for passing a student off AFF is that they have the knowledge to take care of themself on a solo jump and the ability to dodge an over-eager coach. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)