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| Tweet Topic Started: Dec 15 2012, 12:31 AM (282 Views) | |
| Deleted User | Dec 15 2012, 12:31 AM Post #1 |
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I can't even begin to imagine what those parents went through when they heard the news. It's too horrible. All those poor children.
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| Deleted User | Dec 16 2012, 06:29 PM Post #16 |
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Lb that's an awful thought to have! He shouldn't have gone anywhere with that gun!
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| Deleted User | Dec 16 2012, 06:35 PM Post #17 |
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I'm not sure how it was when you were a 20 year old in America, but I can say for me, when I was a 20 year old in America, I felt no such pressures. The biggest pressure I had was disappointing my parents with a poor grade in school. They instilled that in me, it had nothing to do with "the market". They were good parents and what do you know, they were able to raise 3 boys and none of us have killed anyone yet, despite all these evil market pressures to do so. At this point you don't need to start every reply with "Jefe you disappoint me". It's pretty much assumed and to let you in on a little secret, I don't really care. I realize you think I'm a money grabbing capitalist who only wants to get to the top (despite the fact that I've stayed in a job I really like despite the ability to make a lot more money elsewhere), but I'd rather be who I am than a disgruntled, confused individual who doesn't want to do anything for themself and would rather take handouts from the capitalists they despise so much. |
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| Deleted User | Dec 16 2012, 07:56 PM Post #18 |
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Just wait Jefe until the capitalists realise that they've squeezed you bone dry. They'll get rid of you so fast you'll bounce three times. You'll be singing a different song then. |
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| Deleted User | Dec 16 2012, 08:04 PM Post #19 |
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*sigh* Am I going to have to put you two on separate naughty steps? |
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| Deleted User | Dec 16 2012, 08:10 PM Post #20 |
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You're right! If suddenly my company or the world as a whole no longer need System Administrators, I will need to find another occupation. The great thing, though? Because I'm financially responsible and haven't gotten myself into mountains of debt, I can go get a job where I make 25% of what I do now and still live my life. No handouts needed. |
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| Deleted User | Dec 16 2012, 08:19 PM Post #21 |
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Oh Jefe what's coming is going to hit you so hard! |
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| Deleted User | Dec 16 2012, 08:23 PM Post #22 |
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| Deleted User | Dec 16 2012, 08:31 PM Post #23 |
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No, no. No chair. Step. The place you get put for being naughty is not supposed to be comfy. :p |
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| Deleted User | Dec 16 2012, 10:52 PM Post #24 |
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I'm put in the naughty chair/step because I spend 30 seconds thinking about the consequences before I spend money I don't have and could withstand losing my job without needing government handouts? We really need a confused emoticon. |
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| Deleted User | Dec 16 2012, 10:58 PM Post #25 |
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Don't be silly. You know perfectly well why you're on the naughty step. |
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| Deleted User | Dec 17 2012, 06:39 PM Post #26 |
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I know what I am writing about. When my father's employers realised that his health was seriously compromised and they would no longer be getting much more from him than they gave, they pensioned him off in a flash, a heartbeat. My father's income went down about 60+% with very little possibility that he would ever work again. He was years from retirement age as well. You see Jefe I have direct personal experience of the cruel merciless masters. I am not writing from theory/ideology my views, opinions are not academic. |
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| Deleted User | Dec 17 2012, 07:31 PM Post #27 |
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Technically that's indirect experience, but you've never been one to let facts get in the way of your points, so I guess I'll ignore your oversight. What did your father do? People should be prepared in all situations to have to earn their wage, not just have it guaranteed because they think they deserve it. Especially let's say in something physically demanding like being a firefighter. A 25 year old firefighter should realize they aren't going to be as efficient when they are 60 and prepare for a second career, be that moving up in the ranks in the firefighting industry or a second industry all together. |
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| Deleted User | Dec 17 2012, 09:34 PM Post #28 |
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I am so saddened and angry about this. Last night I had nightmares and couldn't sleep thinking about how horrified those kids probably were and the suffering they went through. Ugh. |
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| Deleted User | Dec 17 2012, 09:43 PM Post #29 |
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It's horrible to even think about isn't it. I don't want to let my babies out of my sight ever again. |
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The worst attack on school children in the USA was carried out in the 1920s by a man with dynamite. (It was called the Bath massacre or something like that.) Part of the problem in my mind are "gun-free" zones. When there are no guns, whoever has a gun can go on a rampage and everyone else is a sitting duck. He could have done the same thing or worse with a shotgun. In Israel, the teachers carry military rifles (and not just semi-automatic guns that look like military rifles). I am certain that Bashar Assad wishes that he had an assault weapons ban in effect in his country. Gun confiscation in the USA will never occur because it would mean civil war. Half of the military, at the very least, would not obey an unconstitutional order to disarm civilians. As Charlton Heston said, "From my cold dead hands..." |
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