LizzieMaine
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There was a time when I thought the only solution to the situation here was to move. But then I said "to hell with that, I was in this neighborhood first."
And if I lived in a country where I felt I needed a gun to protect myself, I would emigrate.
There was a time when I thought the only solution to the situation here was to move. But then I said "to hell with that, I was in this neighborhood first."
That is one thing I think we all need to remember - the size of the U.S. and the different approaches each state takes in terms of their laws.
I could counter that with a load of statistics showing the absolute opposite, of course, but more to the point - if you think you are right, why do you people all talk about not being able to move around outside? American seem to live in perpetual fear while people here never worry.
There was a time when I thought the only solution to the situation here was to move. But then I said "to hell with that, I was in this neighborhood first."
It's one thing to look at crime as an abstraction, to look at charts and say "well, crime is on the decline according to these statistics, so obviously things are getting better, not worse." But when you walk out of the library after looking up those charts and find that someone has broken into your car and rifled the glove compartment looking for drugs (a crime we don't even bother to report any more, it happens so often) you kind of look at things a little differently.
And like I said, as far as the theatre is concerned, he's got a legitimate case. In a building of that size, there's no conceivable reason for not equipping the emergency exits with "Emergency Use Only -- Alarm Will Sound" crashbars. I'm surprised they're not required by building codes there.
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I don't get it either. I understand entirely that people's kids are important to them (there would be something very wrong if not), but why some folks seem to then think that my would should also bend the knee to little Johnny.... A lot of what I see kids indulged in nowadays amazes me. I'd never have gotten away with the half of it - nor would I have expected to.
I think it helps.
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There was a case a couple years ago of an elderly man who died of a heart attack in a handicap bathroom in a multiplex, and his body laid there for three days before it was discovered. Nobody cleaned
the bathroom, nobody wondered why the door was locked, nobody wondered about the smell, nobody cared enough to do their jobs properly.
There was a case a couple years ago of an elderly man who died of a heart attack in a handicap bathroom in a multiplex, and his body laid there for three days before it was discovered. Nobody cleaned the bathroom, nobody wondered why the door was locked, nobody wondered about the smell, nobody cared enough to do their jobs properly.
Here's a bit of celebrity histrionics I had a good laugh over. Alexander is another insulated celebrity glossing over the fact ( to the point of sounding like an idiot I might add..) that firearm legislation exists in this country. He says absolutely nothing about any deeper issues at work in society that result in a person committing a violent crime. Instead it's the same old simplistic mantra, "we need to ban assault weapons". Alexander typed out 1700 words and say nothing of worth. Thanks George.