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I'm a geek,so don't be shocked at what I'm about to say,but what's not cool is my laptops screen is bent a milimeter off center from where it should be.It's driving me insane,and it won't bend back.;)
 
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A guy got mugged, stabbed one of his two attackers in self defense, fled, called the police & the relevant government attorneys have not yet said that the VICTIM will not be charged with a crime.



Oh, one of two muggers is dead. Under state law the accomplice (NOT the victim) can be charged with murder if somebody dies in the course of a crime. Our govt. paid attorneys haven't gotten around to it yet, even though they have the live mugger in custody .. . . . . NOT COOL.
 
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I think it's MASSIVELY UNCOOL when the church hurts people over stupid stuff [not related to doctrine, but junk like appearance, food, and other flippant non-relevant stuff]].

Also, I think people letting "Prosperity pimps" take control of their churches is EVIL-UNCOOL and attack the "poor" [as in the working class and non-clergy]. Their lies are DISHONORABLE!
 
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I hate it when people use the Lord's name in vain and cuss so freely and they know you're a Christian. They should know and realize by now that it's offensive but they do it anyway. It hurts my ears and my heart. I live in my house and my stepfather curses and both me and my sister had a problem with cursing as our vice so we pray that we don't fall back doing that again.
 
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First a reponse to makeupgirl:

I know the feeling, dear. My soon to be Ex-roommate's like that. I asked him once to stop being so foul in language and he nearly had a conniption fit.

[and now for another UNCOOL thing]
*Speaks like Ahhnold*
Zpeeking of naht Cah-ool... Being asked to or tempted by a fellow anime fan to cross dress for a convention [or anything] for any reason.
 
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A guy got mugged, stabbed one of his two attackers in self defense, fled, called the police & the relevant government attorneys have not yet said that the VICTIM will not be charged with a crime.



Oh, one of two muggers is dead. Under state law the accomplice (NOT the victim) can be charged with murder if somebody dies in the course of a crime. Our govt. paid attorneys haven't gotten around to it yet, even though they have the live mugger in custody .. . . . . NOT COOL.

I'm sure that they will come around, although, I agree with you that its ridiculous. Anything that has to do with criminal justice and or man made laws apparently takes forever to get sorted out. Then again, when you think about it, nothing really gets sorted out. All the government does is lie to us because they believe that we couldn't handle the truth. All they care about is obtaining more power, more control and that is not cool. Anyone who read that last statement would soon come to the thought of "Whats next after you have all the power there is to have?".
 
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I'm sure that they will come around, although, I agree with you that its ridiculous. Anything that has to do with criminal justice and or man made laws apparently takes forever to get sorted out. Then again, when you think about it, nothing really gets sorted out. All the government does is lie to us because they believe that we couldn't handle the truth. All they care about is obtaining more power, more control and that is not cool. Anyone who read that last statement would soon come to the thought of "Whats next after you have all the power there is to have?".

Seeing as how rapidly you lap up the lies, they're probably entirely correct to not trust you with the truth.

There is nothing ridiculous about the case in hand. If you allow for unlimited cruelty as acts of self defense, you essentially encourage vigilantism, and that kids leads to anarchy.
 
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Seeing as how rapidly you lap up the lies, they're probably entirely correct to not trust you with the truth.

There is nothing ridiculous about the case in hand. If you allow for unlimited cruelty as acts of self defense, you essentially encourage vigilantism, and that kids leads to anarchy.

I can tell already that I'm going to like you.

I'm saying that we can't trust the government with anything they say to us or even do for that matter. They are incrementally taking away our rights, everytime I turn around there is another law staring me in the face. They have laws contradicting laws and they're meaningless.

As far as the case is concerned, perhaps I got ahead of myself, only time can really tell what happened. I agree that all acts of self defense should be investigated but I fail to see defending ones self leading to vigilantism. If one were traumatized like so, I'm pretty sure the average mentally sane person would do everything in his or her power not to get into a similar situation.

Absolute anarchy does not exist, the moment anarchy is born it dies. There will always be that person or persons forming a structure of authority or government.
 
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