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LongestRoad said:brianlux said:LongestRoad said:oftenreading said:LongestRoad said:the response above is twisting my words
No, it isn't. Your words weren't even used, let alone twisted. H2TM was responding to your comment concerning perceived criminality among immigrants.
Why do you focus so much on the outliers? You do know that every group has it's criminal element, right? But, that really has little to do with the topic of immigration here anyway and yet you keep focusing on it. Are your letting fear talk? And your wording... "criminals from the south", "drug dealing rapist gang members", "scumbags". You really set yourself up for coming across as having some serious prejudices. You never talk about the vast majority of these people who are simply trying to flee from a terrible situation. You express no empathy for the down-trodden. You only talk about the outliers, those few nefarious souls (and yes there are some) but almost nothing about the vast many who are victims of injustice. Your viewpoint is extremely narrow. And I'm not going to claim that is because you are a "conservative" the way you categorize several of us as "liberals". No, I suspect your viewpoint is narrow because you are fearful. Good God, are these supposedly bad people beating down your door, raping your female family members, roaming your streets like packs of wolves and selling drugs behind your house? Jeez, I hope not!
I suggest you do a little research on Portugal's decriminalization of all drugs, so you actually know how such an idea can really work well.
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LongestRoad said:brianlux said:LongestRoad said:oftenreading said:LongestRoad said:the response above is twisting my words
No, it isn't. Your words weren't even used, let alone twisted. H2TM was responding to your comment concerning perceived criminality among immigrants.
Why do you focus so much on the outliers? You do know that every group has it's criminal element, right? But, that really has little to do with the topic of immigration here anyway and yet you keep focusing on it. Are your letting fear talk? And your wording... "criminals from the south", "drug dealing rapist gang members", "scumbags". You really set yourself up for coming across as having some serious prejudices. You never talk about the vast majority of these people who are simply trying to flee from a terrible situation. You express no empathy for the down-trodden. You only talk about the outliers, those few nefarious souls (and yes there are some) but almost nothing about the vast many who are victims of injustice. Your viewpoint is extremely narrow. And I'm not going to claim that is because you are a "conservative" the way you categorize several of us as "liberals". No, I suspect your viewpoint is narrow because you are fearful. Good God, are these supposedly bad people beating down your door, raping your female family members, roaming your streets like packs of wolves and selling drugs behind your house? Jeez, I hope not!Whoa, first of all I'm really surprised you say I "can't see the problems that are causing immigrants to flee their countries" when I've mentioned that several times. And when have I "brushed aside the atrocities committed down south and in our border towns under thee carpet"? I have not done that. Those statements left me scratching my head.As for legalizing ALL drugs, I have held that opinion for decades. It's not a popular opinion, it is never going to happen, but I belief it would be a very good idea. Users are going to use, legal or not. Plus, making drugs illegal increases crime. Is this not a fact? I think so. Plus, our prisons have huge numbers of people in them that committed no crime other that shooting up some junk or smoking something or snorting something up their nose. Instead of spending more money on prisons, I think it would make more sense to set up more rehab centers, and improve education and reduce poverty so that people would be less likely to turn to drugs. If we spent more energy on improving the environment and promoting healthy choices, fewer people would turn to drugs. These are all reasons I stand by my belief that ALL drugs should be made legal or at the very least, decriminalized.As for weed, yeah, seeing Trump and Jong-un would be rather entertaining. But the thing is, pot makes some people gooffy or even stupid so don't expect too much!"It's a sad and beautiful world"-Roberto Benigni0 -
LongestRoad said:brianlux said:LongestRoad said:oftenreading said:LongestRoad said:the response above is twisting my words
No, it isn't. Your words weren't even used, let alone twisted. H2TM was responding to your comment concerning perceived criminality among immigrants.
Why do you focus so much on the outliers? You do know that every group has it's criminal element, right? But, that really has little to do with the topic of immigration here anyway and yet you keep focusing on it. Are your letting fear talk? And your wording... "criminals from the south", "drug dealing rapist gang members", "scumbags". You really set yourself up for coming across as having some serious prejudices. You never talk about the vast majority of these people who are simply trying to flee from a terrible situation. You express no empathy for the down-trodden. You only talk about the outliers, those few nefarious souls (and yes there are some) but almost nothing about the vast many who are victims of injustice. Your viewpoint is extremely narrow. And I'm not going to claim that is because you are a "conservative" the way you categorize several of us as "liberals". No, I suspect your viewpoint is narrow because you are fearful. Good God, are these supposedly bad people beating down your door, raping your female family members, roaming your streets like packs of wolves and selling drugs behind your house? Jeez, I hope not!09/15/1998 & 09/16/1998, Mansfield, MA; 08/29/00 08/30/00, Mansfield, MA; 07/02/03, 07/03/03, Mansfield, MA; 09/28/04, 09/29/04, Boston, MA; 09/22/05, Halifax, NS; 05/24/06, 05/25/06, Boston, MA; 07/22/06, 07/23/06, Gorge, WA; 06/27/2008, Hartford; 06/28/08, 06/30/08, Mansfield; 08/18/2009, O2, London, UK; 10/30/09, 10/31/09, Philadelphia, PA; 05/15/10, Hartford, CT; 05/17/10, Boston, MA; 05/20/10, 05/21/10, NY, NY; 06/22/10, Dublin, IRE; 06/23/10, Northern Ireland; 09/03/11, 09/04/11, Alpine Valley, WI; 09/11/11, 09/12/11, Toronto, Ont; 09/14/11, Ottawa, Ont; 09/15/11, Hamilton, Ont; 07/02/2012, Prague, Czech Republic; 07/04/2012 & 07/05/2012, Berlin, Germany; 07/07/2012, Stockholm, Sweden; 09/30/2012, Missoula, MT; 07/16/2013, London, Ont; 07/19/2013, Chicago, IL; 10/15/2013 & 10/16/2013, Worcester, MA; 10/21/2013 & 10/22/2013, Philadelphia, PA; 10/25/2013, Hartford, CT; 11/29/2013, Portland, OR; 11/30/2013, Spokane, WA; 12/04/2013, Vancouver, BC; 12/06/2013, Seattle, WA; 10/03/2014, St. Louis. MO; 10/22/2014, Denver, CO; 10/26/2015, New York, NY; 04/23/2016, New Orleans, LA; 04/28/2016 & 04/29/2016, Philadelphia, PA; 05/01/2016 & 05/02/2016, New York, NY; 05/08/2016, Ottawa, Ont.; 05/10/2016 & 05/12/2016, Toronto, Ont.; 08/05/2016 & 08/07/2016, Boston, MA; 08/20/2016 & 08/22/2016, Chicago, IL; 07/01/2018, Prague, Czech Republic; 07/03/2018, Krakow, Poland; 07/05/2018, Berlin, Germany; 09/02/2018 & 09/04/2018, Boston, MA; 09/08/2022, Toronto, Ont; 09/11/2022, New York, NY; 09/14/2022, Camden, NJ; 09/02/2023, St. Paul, MN; 05/04/2024 & 05/06/2024, Vancouver, BC; 05/10/2024, Portland, OR;
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"Don't brush the atrocities being commited down south and in our border towns under the carpet so we can have an open border."I think it must be the carpet longest is talking about. You know, like with fringe edges:or tears:
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No democrat wants open borders, let’s not get crazy.
i'm more a fan of popular bands.. like the bee-gees, pearl jam0 -
Humans are silly... one species... on one rock all by ourselves... in a massive universe... drawing imaginary lines... calling those that cross the made up lines, illegal
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Basically territorial like any other animal on the planet- coveting resources and guarding against rivals competing for resources.
Watch the docu-movie Chimpanzee and note the similarities between our species.
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Thirty Bills Unpaid said:Basically territorial like any other animal on the planet- coveting resources and guarding against rivals competing for resources.
Watch the docu-movie Chimpanzee and note the similarities between our species.
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brianlux said:Thirty Bills Unpaid said:Basically territorial like any other animal on the planet- coveting resources and guarding against rivals competing for resources.
Watch the docu-movie Chimpanzee and note the similarities between our species.
Correct.
But we're talking intrahuman conflict."My brain's a good brain!"0 -
brianlux said:Thirty Bills Unpaid said:Basically territorial like any other animal on the planet- coveting resources and guarding against rivals competing for resources.
Watch the docu-movie Chimpanzee and note the similarities between our species.
You dont think if the Gazelles suddenly appeared in North America there wouldn’t be conflict with coyotes, or some other animal living in the region?0 -
We are a little more advanced than penguins & gazelles0
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mace1229 said:brianlux said:Thirty Bills Unpaid said:Basically territorial like any other animal on the planet- coveting resources and guarding against rivals competing for resources.
Watch the docu-movie Chimpanzee and note the similarities between our species.
You dont think if the Gazelles suddenly appeared in North America there wouldn’t be conflict with coyotes, or some other animal living in the region?my2hands said:We are a little more advanced than penguins & gazellesWell, we have the ability to reason which means we have the ability to solve problems, work together and get along. But instead we chose to fight instead of make peace and work together. Not saying you mean this, but whenever I hear people excuse our warring ways by saying, "It's just our animal nature" I reply, "So we evolved to the point of being able to reason and do what makes sense for what? For no damn good reason?" Either nature fucked up, or (if there is one) God fucked up, or people are fucking up. You can guess which one I think it is!I choose peace. No more war."It's a sad and beautiful world"-Roberto Benigni0 -
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brianlux said:mace1229 said:brianlux said:Thirty Bills Unpaid said:Basically territorial like any other animal on the planet- coveting resources and guarding against rivals competing for resources.
Watch the docu-movie Chimpanzee and note the similarities between our species.
You dont think if the Gazelles suddenly appeared in North America there wouldn’t be conflict with coyotes, or some other animal living in the region?my2hands said:We are a little more advanced than penguins & gazellesWell, we have the ability to reason which means we have the ability to solve problems, work together and get along. But instead we chose to fight instead of make peace and work together. Not saying you mean this, but whenever I hear people excuse our warring ways by saying, "It's just our animal nature" I reply, "So we evolved to the point of being able to reason and do what makes sense for what? For no damn good reason?" Either nature fucked up, or (if there is one) God fucked up, or people are fucking up. You can guess which one I think it is!I choose peace. No more war.https://youtu.be/fj-10lIrboM
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my2hands said:brianlux said:mace1229 said:brianlux said:Thirty Bills Unpaid said:Basically territorial like any other animal on the planet- coveting resources and guarding against rivals competing for resources.
Watch the docu-movie Chimpanzee and note the similarities between our species.
You dont think if the Gazelles suddenly appeared in North America there wouldn’t be conflict with coyotes, or some other animal living in the region?my2hands said:We are a little more advanced than penguins & gazellesWell, we have the ability to reason which means we have the ability to solve problems, work together and get along. But instead we chose to fight instead of make peace and work together. Not saying you mean this, but whenever I hear people excuse our warring ways by saying, "It's just our animal nature" I reply, "So we evolved to the point of being able to reason and do what makes sense for what? For no damn good reason?" Either nature fucked up, or (if there is one) God fucked up, or people are fucking up. You can guess which one I think it is!I choose peace. No more war.https://youtu.be/fj-10lIrboM
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my2hands said:brianlux said:mace1229 said:brianlux said:Thirty Bills Unpaid said:Basically territorial like any other animal on the planet- coveting resources and guarding against rivals competing for resources.
Watch the docu-movie Chimpanzee and note the similarities between our species.
You dont think if the Gazelles suddenly appeared in North America there wouldn’t be conflict with coyotes, or some other animal living in the region?my2hands said:We are a little more advanced than penguins & gazellesWell, we have the ability to reason which means we have the ability to solve problems, work together and get along. But instead we chose to fight instead of make peace and work together. Not saying you mean this, but whenever I hear people excuse our warring ways by saying, "It's just our animal nature" I reply, "So we evolved to the point of being able to reason and do what makes sense for what? For no damn good reason?" Either nature fucked up, or (if there is one) God fucked up, or people are fucking up. You can guess which one I think it is!I choose peace. No more war.https://youtu.be/fj-10lIrboM
I've never seen that before."My brain's a good brain!"0 -
HughFreakingDillon said:LongestRoad said:HesCalledDyer said:unsung said:I mean because an illegal killed her.
Illegal is not a fucking noun. A human being cannot be "an illegal."Star Lake 00 / Pittsburgh 03 / State College 03 / Bristow 03 / Cleveland 06 / Camden II 06 / DC 08 / Pittsburgh 13 / Baltimore 13 / Charlottesville 13 / Cincinnati 14 / St. Paul 14 / Hampton 16 / Wrigley I 16 / Wrigley II 16 / Baltimore 20 / Camden 22 / Baltimore 24 / Raleigh I 25 / Raleigh II 25 / Pittsburgh I 250 -
brianlux said:LongestRoad said:brianlux said:LongestRoad said:oftenreading said:LongestRoad said:the response above is twisting my words
No, it isn't. Your words weren't even used, let alone twisted. H2TM was responding to your comment concerning perceived criminality among immigrants.
Why do you focus so much on the outliers? You do know that every group has it's criminal element, right? But, that really has little to do with the topic of immigration here anyway and yet you keep focusing on it. Are your letting fear talk? And your wording... "criminals from the south", "drug dealing rapist gang members", "scumbags". You really set yourself up for coming across as having some serious prejudices. You never talk about the vast majority of these people who are simply trying to flee from a terrible situation. You express no empathy for the down-trodden. You only talk about the outliers, those few nefarious souls (and yes there are some) but almost nothing about the vast many who are victims of injustice. Your viewpoint is extremely narrow. And I'm not going to claim that is because you are a "conservative" the way you categorize several of us as "liberals". No, I suspect your viewpoint is narrow because you are fearful. Good God, are these supposedly bad people beating down your door, raping your female family members, roaming your streets like packs of wolves and selling drugs behind your house? Jeez, I hope not!Whoa, first of all I'm really surprised you say I "can't see the problems that are causing immigrants to flee their countries" when I've mentioned that several times. And when have I "brushed aside the atrocities committed down south and in our border towns under thee carpet"? I have not done that. Those statements left me scratching my head.As for legalizing ALL drugs, I have held that opinion for decades. It's not a popular opinion, it is never going to happen, but I belief it would be a very good idea. Users are going to use, legal or not. Plus, making drugs illegal increases crime. Is this not a fact? I think so. Plus, our prisons have huge numbers of people in them that committed no crime other that shooting up some junk or smoking something or snorting something up their nose. Instead of spending more money on prisons, I think it would make more sense to set up more rehab centers, and improve education and reduce poverty so that people would be less likely to turn to drugs. If we spent more energy on improving the environment and promoting healthy choices, fewer people would turn to drugs. These are all reasons I stand by my belief that ALL drugs should be made legal or at the very least, decriminalized.As for weed, yeah, seeing Trump and Jong-un would be rather entertaining. But the thing is, pot makes some people gooffy or even stupid so don't expect too much!
For some leaders, they may already be stupid.
The rehab centers are a lot of the time short term solutions. If people have access to drugs once they get out and even sometimes when they're still in rehab it's not enough to fix the problem. Education, "just say no to drugs" education didn't stop all the kids from getting into drugs. Reduce poverty? There's plenty, plenty of wealthy drug addicts.
Instead of legalizing drugs, make it a mandatory life in prison for drug dealers up to the death penalty(that'll reduce the prison population) if a drug related fatality can be linked to them. They're murderers. If not immediate as in some cases, eventually they murder people and destroy families. There are people with addictive personalities who can't do anything in moderation. Remove the drug dealers, remove the problem. Problem solved.0 -
People should enter the United States legally, just like in every other country. Amnesty to those is extreme circumstances.0
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