So you're claiming a monopoly on reasonable explanations? If the explanations would stand to reason, then why does it take FOIA lawsuits to obtain video? Why is any information about the building collapses withheld at all? I'm not a supporter of many alternative theories, but I know that the first version of history never survives.
>> ^MaxWilder:

It's just these wacko conspiracy theorists that seem to be making up their own facts and ignoring perfectly reasonable explanations that piss me off.

Go ahead and forget, or at least forgive. It would be a crime to have this act of violence continue to bind our mentality and judgment to still more violence. We can learn from history, but we mustn't willingly sacrifice our freewill for a continued image.

Wait, Mars doesn't have a moon or a sun? I'm convinced. I'll be in church for the rest of my life.

>> ^Gallowflak:


The fact that there is worse abuse is not an excuse for this brutal and disgusting behaviour.
The fact that she is being excused by people who seem to be intimately familiar with childhood abuse is, at the very least, disturbing and rather eye-opening.
The brutality that the mother is willing to resort to, no less than traumatizing her own child, is revolting. This bitch doesn't need your defence, nor should she have it; we have a word for people who display such malignancy... we call them sociopaths.

I'll go so far as to say this woman is probably reaping what she sowed. A certain amount of bad behavior is learned from bad parenting. But if you think children are raised in a perfect world where they listen to everything you say without question and never act out, and that the solution is rationalizing and giving them a hug then you're living in a dream. Seriously, you were sold some tsunami insurance for property in Colorado and the best part is you don't even know it. What f*cking Rousseau wet dream did you slurp off the floor? I dare you to raise a kid without limits and not call him a sociopath. Pull your head out and try a cold shower with some hot sauce. It's not bad. At the very least it's not worth your judgement. Half the world's population would beg for fresh water and hot sauce on a regular basis, this kid gets it for punishment. This was not trauma. This was a kid wailing because he got caught. What this kid got was discipline and structure. If you can't recognize the difference then God help your kids, because you can't.


But this is all moot. The woman broke no law, left no physical mark, and was within her rights as a parent. That means all willing to cast stones should put their nose someplace else. Gallowflak's "Fuck you" is a nice warm steaming pile to start with.

That was pretty weak. Hot sauce and a cold shower? Please, I'd have taken that any day. Y'all need to see some real child abuse before you accost this woman as the spawn of hell. She was in control of her actions and the consequences sounded like they were predetermined.

Here's a measure of rationality: you're siding with Dr. Phil.

From 2002-2007, there were more than 187,000 times the number of firearm related deaths than terrorism related deaths in the US (CDC). If this is about saving lives, then why aren't we searching everyone that enters a public space for illegal firearms?

No, it doesn't say "keep Church and State separate". But the entire document is a living gray area. That's why we employ 9 people to constantly apply the document as appropriate. Currently, that is the piece of the Constitution that supports it. 100 years might change this, but Christine, and the rest of us, live now. It's certainly unreasonable to say the first amendment doesn't hint at the idea of separation, which is what Christine seems to do during the debate. Right or wrong, it shows a complete disregard for, or ignorance of contemporary civic issues, and a poor point of contention for her jump on in that forum.

In short, Christine O'Donnell FAILS at politics.

>> ^reiwan:

I'd hate to bust anyones bubble, but if anyone here on the sift was getting bubbles blown in their face from some girl, you would be livid. He may have been very curt with her about what she was doing, but he handled it better than a lot of non-uniformed people would have.
Then she is taken aback and complains about not getting any respect after what she did? fuck her.

Just wrong. In no way did that cop communicate respect with his tone. He was aggressive and threatening. And please don't speak for everyone; you're not very good at it.

I have a new dance move.

Hybrid socialistic and capitalistic systems...easy. Stop signs...hard.