06-23-2016, 12:37 PM | #301 | |
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But how is that different than sit-ins inside of private businesses to desegregate the South? The purpose of a sit-in is to sit INSIDE to ground business to a halt. So what's the difference? And yes, this was for you. I know what Jon would have said and I don't really care about his opinion on the matter.
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06-23-2016, 12:40 PM | #302 | |
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My bad, I think the confusion about the intended target for the question is understandable.
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06-23-2016, 12:51 PM | #303 | |
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Man, I need to go back and see your disdain for Ted Cruz reading green eggs and ham on the floor during his day long speech to defund Obamacare for the 57th time. I guess you were complaining about the childishness of shutting down the government and attempting to default the country to get what they wanted as well. This is about the least-childish thing that has come out of congress in a while, and it's still pretty dumbo.
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06-23-2016, 12:58 PM | #304 | |
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Did Cruz break any existing rule of the body?
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I guess not, but that is not what the topic at hand was. I still think it is silly that you put a peaceful protest by representatives elected to respond to their constituents on the same level as psychotic zealots willing to behead children to destroy the world. But you gotta keep that image up.
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06-23-2016, 01:15 PM | #306 | |
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The two groups have about equal legitimacy. One is simply evil, the other are both damned fools AND pure evil. Neither is worth a thimble filled with warm piss. Locking them in a room together would suit me just fine.
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When you take that oath and you are sworn in as a memebr of the house then you play by the rules of the organization. You can't just do this everytime you don't get a bill that you desire because the next step is to do it when a vote doesn't go your way. It's a dangerous slide from there. There are rules for the body for a reason -- like them or not -- and when you're a member of congress you sign up to play by them. |
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I felt the same then. You won't find a post about it if you care to look. Disdain is way too strong of a word for either situation. Last edited by rowech : 06-23-2016 at 01:49 PM. |
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This just seemed like an incredibly dumb political stunt that I guess violated unwritten rules but didn't actually prevent any work from being done. Some bills still got passed, and they were already planning to recess. The Democrats making a big stand, talking about their new resolve, then quitting after 24 hours after accomplishing nothing other than some praise in their social media echo chamber? Seems par for the course.
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And if you believe the rules are unfair, just suck it up? Can't one say that as a citizen you play by the rules of the United States, including trespassing?
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06-23-2016, 02:37 PM | #311 | |
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When the sit-ins went on, you were absolutely prepared to be arrested for it because you were in fact breaking the law by trespassing. In many ways you hoped to be arrested to draw attention to your cause. |
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You don't think that the Congressional sit-in'ers weren't prepared for whatever legal consequences would arise? I'm sure John Lewis was perfectly fine with them.
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I believe that if the House stayed in session, they could have the Sargent at Arms remove members who are out of order. After Ryan declared the House to be in recess, I'm not sure if trespassing may apply.
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That's my opinion as well. I really don't think they broke any laws once he adjourned. Last edited by rowech : 06-23-2016 at 04:45 PM. |
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The comments on this story (and pretty much any story like this now) shows how divided the country is and how vile people can truly be. |
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Seems reasonable. If I'm a law abiding citizen, I don't see why I should be worried about this.
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Kind of an interesting twist.
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I'm not opposed to a registry and I'm certainly actively for a lot of the common sense basic improvements I see mentioned with things like background checks, but you lose me with this statement. Its just too much of the "If I have nothing to hide, I should be ok with" privacy violations and more restrictions that came from the Patriot act and NSA actions. Whether these things are acceptable or not should never be judged through the lens of "I've got nothing to hide so I'm ok with it". |
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If you have nothing took hide, you are fine with regular searches of your house right?
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It's a list that only becomes relevant when you get arrested/break the law. So the equivalent would be having your house searched after you got arrested, which depending on the crime I guess is standard procedure? If you get done for speeding, no actionon your guns. If you got done for a violent crime, might be different I would guess. Out of interest does the US have the equivalent of our DBS scheme: when anyone takes a job in schools, or works for a building company for example that does a job on a school site, their details are checked to see if they have any convinctions? If there are any child related convictions, sexual crimes or drug dealing they won't be allowed to do the role. I think this is a good system, I am regularly checked as I go into schools a lot through work, and have zero problems with it. This Hawaii list seems similar to that to me: it only kicks in when you get arrested, and then doesn't mean you can't have guns, just that it is assessed depending on the crime involved.
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Sounds like DBS is similar to background/drug testing which some companies and (think most) government organizations will do before offering you a job. Pretty sure they do that for teachers also. |
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No it would be like searching and photographing your house and then promising to only look at the photos if you are convicted of another crime.
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Assuming that everyone owns a gun, it would follow that if the law was written that when you're arrested/convicted your right to own a gun is assessed, you would be OK with it? That way everyone is equal so no infringement on right (real or perceived), and it has the same effect.
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Of course an issue with that too would be how arrests/convictions are applied. Take drug enforcement. That's already not evenly applied based on race (as just one factor). I doubt this would be either.
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If only we protected the right to vote the same as the right to own guns.
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If not for those pesky license plates, I could get away with all of my GTA hit and runs...
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Okay, fair points. Whose for this?
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If it had proper qualifications, that'd be the end of a lot of our troubles.
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Is the gun license for the item or the owner? If it's for the owner, we already do that for voting. You have to register to vote, and it's public record who voted and who registered.
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Voting License if it can be acquired same day and at each precinct.
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Voter identity fraud happens, but in very small numbers. Study after study has shown this.
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Religion of peace on a roll with Turkey and Bangladesh massacres this week.
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People were hacked to death in a bakery if they couldn't recite lines from the Quran. But that has nothing to do with Islam.
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Well if that's all you are trying to say, sign me up! But just to clarify, by "these people" are we hating all Muslims, or just the slightly darker ones? |
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Is this idea based on the idea that purchasing and strapping a few phrases from the Quran to your wrist is easier and more convenient than just committing those handful of sentences to memory? Or is it based on the idea that Sir Chopsalot will let you go, even if you're obviously reading from a wristband, because the machete squad recitation rules are so strict and explicit? Neither makes much sense to me personally, but the latter reasoning seems particularly American.
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