Well it's technically assault on a minor. I'm sure if you pushed someone's kid down at the mall and they broke injured a wrist, you'd get arrested too.>> ^bareboards2:

Lose your job, sure, but get arrested? Really?

Lose your job, sure, but get arrested? Really?

[edit] Oh. This is from the link:
The dangerous on-ice reaction led to an injury for the victim, who used both of his wrists to break his fall and suffered minor injuries in the process.

He was pulling off manly pretty well when he ripped his shirt off, but then the giggly little twirl and limp-wristed toss kinda wrecked it. No amount of randomly jumping around and shooting up the place could redeem that.

He has the labored breathing of a 400 pound man, but his thin hands and wrists suggest maybe he just needs to quit smoking.

I live in Wake county where alot of people said no to it, but it looks like that doesn't matter. I apparently DO live in a backwoods derp derp state.

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>> ^bareboards2:

But what about the gay marriage amendment that has garnered so much early support?
It is great to read that when the voters are educated about the effects of the laws on hetereo-couples, the support wanes.
But dang howdy. Wasn't it 66% support at first? On just the face of it?

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I live in NC. This is some backwoods stuff for sure. Most people here are rational and not the stereotypical southern derp derp type.



That's news to me. It seems alot of people are saying no to it.

So to get this straight, a three point landing is when you land directly on one leg and one WRIST, whilst using your other LEG to take what energy it can out of the equation; which isn't much, as it's splayed to the side and touching the corner of the boot only.

Your leg is far more sturdy than your wrist, if you want to add a third point then make it in the form of your hand to one side perhaps, not that it's gonna do much.

I thought a three point landing was only a film concept for 'coolness', is that not correct?

Well, I am on the West Coast, and I suspect a bias against the South. That whole West Coast elite snobbery has some basis in fact.

Glad to hear lots are saying no.

The election is today, so we'll know soon enough.


>> ^Edgeman2112:

>> ^bareboards2:
But what about the gay marriage amendment that has garnered so much early support?
It is great to read that when the voters are educated about the effects of the laws on hetereo-couples, the support wanes.
But dang howdy. Wasn't it 66% support at first? On just the face of it?

In reply to this comment by Edgeman2112:
I live in NC. This is some backwoods stuff for sure. Most people here are rational and not the stereotypical southern derp derp type.


That's news to me. It seems alot of people are saying no to it.

>> ^bareboards2:

But what about the gay marriage amendment that has garnered so much early support?
It is great to read that when the voters are educated about the effects of the laws on hetereo-couples, the support wanes.
But dang howdy. Wasn't it 66% support at first? On just the face of it?

In reply to this comment by Edgeman2112:
I live in NC. This is some backwoods stuff for sure. Most people here are rational and not the stereotypical southern derp derp type.



That's news to me. It seems alot of people are saying no to it.

>> ^Jinx:

also, survivors of realllly long falls typically hit the ground lying flat (apparently). You know, so all the bones in your legs don't suddenly end up trying to occupy the same space as your liver, intestines, lungs, heart...all that shit that kinda keeps you alive basically.
I was also told once that even in short falls often somebody who is drunk or unconscious comes away with less injuries than somebody who is alert and awake, altho I think on balance I'd rather break and arm or a wrist than fall on my head.


Watched a show documenting a tornado sucking a guy out of his house and him surviving being throw like a mile or two away with bruises and scraps, no broken bones that I recall and no major injuries. Supposedly he walked home.

Their answer for him surviving was that he was knocked out as soon as the tornado got a hold of him, something in the house bashed him in the head and knocked him out or whatever.

Now their reason for him being basically unharmed is that because he was young and knocked out, his tendons and musculature weren't holding his bones rigid like you would when you fell by instinct. And since he was young his bones had flexibility, like bones are meant to, they will flex instead of break when there's nothing holding them rigid or fixed.

So he hit and rolled and rolled but because he was out cold he never reacted to the force and tried to control yourself by holding yourself rigid and trying to grab or hold to stop yourself.

So, I'd say what you've heard is probably true. And I don't think anyone would be able to survive unscathed like that guy did if they were alert when it happened...because you would react to the pain and force of the blows...especially if you were unable to see due to the crap blowing around.

real ninjas roll.

but then again, really real ninjas have only been seen by those with a life expectancy measured in seconds.

also, survivors of realllly long falls typically hit the ground lying flat (apparently). You know, so all the bones in your legs don't suddenly end up trying to occupy the same space as your liver, intestines, lungs, heart...all that shit that kinda keeps you alive basically.

I was also told once that even in short falls often somebody who is drunk or unconscious comes away with less injuries than somebody who is alert and awake, altho I think on balance I'd rather break and arm or a wrist than fall on my head.

Anyway. Thats my quota of stuff I have heard thats probably complete bullshit passed onto the next guy. Its probably all true. Probably.

totally bad for your wrist too

Such a non-retraction. Again, only sorry for the wording not the sentiment and then, only because he got called out:


"I apologize to anyone I have unintentionally offended," Sean Harris, pastor of Berean Baptist Church wrote in a statement on his church's website. "I did not say anything to intentionally offend anyone in the LGBT community.

"My intent was to communicate the truth of the Word of God concerning marriage," the statement continued. "My words were not scripted. It is unfortunate I was not more careful and deliberate."

"Berean Baptist explains its stance on discipline of children on its website:
"Remembering the love and forgiveness that God has shown them, parents in turn should train their children with the purpose of reflecting the Heavenly Father to their children. Parents should consider their responsibility to be the instrument of discipline in their child's life (Prov. 19:18). At times this may include appropriate and reasonable physical means (Prov. 10:13) employed upon the fleshy portion of the child's buttocks (Prov. 22:15; 23:13); that this method is to be viewed as correction rather than punishment (Prov. 23:13); and that this correction will result in the child's physical and spiritual betterment.""

>> ^sepatown:

his retraction:
http://ww
w.ketv.com/news/national/N-C-pastor-retracts-sermon-remarks-about-punching-gay-kids/-/9674576/12529326/-/bs2q95/-/index.html
"I did not say anything to intentionally offend anyone in the LGBT community."

The most hopeful thing from that reporting of his retraction comes at the end:

Harris told the Observer that from within his church, "the response was, 'Pastor, we know you didn't mean that.'"

If taken at face value, it means his own parishioners called bullshit on him.>> ^sepatown:

his retraction:
http://www.ketv.com/news/national/N-C-pastor-retracts-sermon-remarks-about-punching-gay-kids/-/9674576/12529326/-/bs2q95/-/index.html
"I did not say anything to intentionally offend anyone in the LGBT community."

>> ^Edgeman2112:

I live in NC. This is some backwoods stuff for sure. Most people here are rational and not the stereotypical southern derp derp type.


My parents lived there...some very very nice people.

But what about the gay marriage amendment that has garnered so much early support?

It is great to read that when the voters are educated about the effects of the laws on hetereo-couples, the support wanes.

But dang howdy. Wasn't it 66% support at first? On just the face of it?


In reply to this comment by Edgeman2112:
I live in NC. This is some backwoods stuff for sure. Most people here are rational and not the stereotypical southern derp derp type.