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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: graywolf on July 08, 2011, 12:24:46 PM
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that in some states you have to report to the proper authorities that your firearm is lost or stolen in so many days and that in some states (like Florida) you don't have to report a lost or missing CHILD???? I read today that someone is trying to enact a law to change this in the Sunshine State.
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Oh yeah, pass another law to try to compensate for assholes. ::)
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It's the same type of logic and reason we have in laws like buckling up your seat belt, required infant seats in autos, no texting while driving etc. Since the good ship Common Sense sailed a long time ago, our government feels compelled that "us idiots" cannot be trusted to think and make decisions that afffect our well being in modern society. The "clueless" element in our society, as in nature, would "be culled from the herd" so to speak. I for one have survived to major car crashes (not my fault) as a result of having worn my seatbelt. I for one would never think of driving without it. I would certainly be calling the police promptly if my child was missing. Ms. Anthony of Florida was out partying on the town and nary a mention to the authorities. I don't know who said it but...."We Get the Government (and Society) we deserve."
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It's the basic concept of animal husbandry, known for thousands of years, that inferior/defective examples degrade the breed/species.
I'm in favor of the culling.
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Tom, it's tragic that in this case, the innocent Caylee, as any child, was the victim.
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Tom, it's tragic that in this case, the innocent Caylee, as any child, was the victim.
As true as that is, with that kind of upbringing, I wonder what kind of person she would have grown up to be.
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Half the reason the country is so messed up is basing decisions on emotion instead of thought.
Look at a healthy deer herd, who do the wolves eat, the young, the old, and the sick.
Life's a bitch.
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Half the reason the country is so messed up is basing decisions on emotion instead of thought.
Look at a healthy deer herd, who do the wolves eat, the young, the old, and the sick.
Life's a bitch.
Half? I think your estimate is a tad low.
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Half the reason the country is so messed up is basing decisions on emotion instead of thought.
Look at a healthy deer herd, who do the wolves eat, the young, the old, and the sick.
Life's a bitch.
We have gotten to where we can protect our young and old and the sick long enough for them to heal, if they can.
It is the stupid and worthless we need to let the wolves dine upon.
BTW, it is the action of the wolves that make the deer herd stronger. We should be letting our "wolves" do the same.
(interestingly, the stronger deer herd then improves the wolf pack)
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Sad thing is legislators (and legislatures, cause its not just Florida) are racing to pass just such laws. It's "Caylee's Law" who would vote agin it? When will we learn that hastily enacted criminal laws passed on the heels of tragedy have this nasty habit of biting us in the ass? If only someone had had said something like "Hard cases make bad law" three hundred freaking years ago, and politicians had actually listened..... ::). Gee, we might not be watching this farce unfold, and we wouldn't shake our heads, knowing that some parent somewhere is going to run into a buzz saw if their kid misses school or something, but now I'm being silly by using logic and hindsight again aren't I? :-X
FQ13
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This sort of idoicy doesn't stop with simply passing stupid laws; sometimes it requires spending lots of taxpayer money.
Out in TAB's fair state of Kalifornistan, some years back a toddler managed to escape the control of its parental units while the lot of 'em were walking along the Golden Gate Bridge. Said toddler wriggled through the protective guard rails and fell to its death in the cold waters of San Francisco Bay. Under most circumstances (like the murder of the Anthony kid) legislators would get their panties in a bunch and pass a law making it illegal for parents to lose control of their offspring.
But, in Kalifornistan that wasn't enough. They mandated installation of netting underneath the length of the bridge on both sides so if someones' brat managed the escape and fall routine, it would wind up entangled in the safety netting instead of becoming fish food.
No one seemed to notice that no other toddlers had ever managed to fall from the bridge since it was first opened. They just assumed that there would be a rush of falling toddlers who would now know how to do it since the first little bastard managed to take the plunge.
The net cost a fortune to install and another fortune to maintain. And, to date, not a single toddler has managed to duplicate the feat of the original falling bastard. So the netting has been a total waste of resources in a broke state.
It is no surprise that Kalifornistan is bankrupt.
If we must have stupidity in legislators (and, it seems we must) let them write laws that do not impact the vast majority of people and that we, who have a bit of sense, can completely ignore. It's better than having them mandate expenditures.
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In Ca's defense I will point out that a lot (relatively ) of people were jumping off the bridge, some even landing on ships passing beneath, finding and fishing out bodies was becoming an expensive PITA. Also considering the fact that the job of painting the bridge is never ending, the netting may have been quite cost effective.
FQ, I don't know if it was 300 years ago, and the politicians definitely did not listen, but some one did say that.
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In Ca's defense I will point out that a lot (relatively ) of people were jumping off the bridge, some even landing on ships passing beneath, finding and fishing out bodies was becoming an expensive PITA. Also considering the fact that the job of painting the bridge is never ending, the netting may have been quite cost effective.
FQ, I don't know if it was 300 years ago, and the politicians definitely did not listen, but some one did say that.
It was from the latter half of the17th century by a Scotsman named John Campbell Argyle. The quote has been attributed to Oliver Wendall Holmes, but he filched it. The point being that this little gem of common sense has been around for a while. Its not like its a new concept. "Gee, laws, which are the rules for everyday events, ought to be based on the circumstances we face everyday. Basing them on once in a blue moon type circumstances might just be a bad idea". :o ::) How freaking hard is this to figure out? >:(
FQ13
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Apparently it's pretty damned tough.