Posted on 10/07/2007 10:23:40 AM PDT by janetjanet998
Edited on 10/07/2007 10:34:41 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
What's the 'age factor' in becoming a soldier? If you knew what kind of people can manage to get hired into local Mayberry PD's it would make your hair stand on end---but then the same could be said for the Army.
That overhead pic gave me the chills. Yeesh.
About that other article involving Brian Marvin and his wife, I would be GREATLY surprised if any part of it was true. In HS he drank a lot and was NOT a good kid he was a bully and extremely manipulative. After graduating he was not any better. I do not know his wife, but the whole “you are who you hang with” idea comes to mind.
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Yeah,,,That “walkin’ by a tree-line” gave me chills too,,,
At my age “birds of a feather” comes to mind...
Prayers Up For Ya’ll...
I knew. (search is my friend:’) Now do you know what a Chupacabra is?
I knew. (search is my friend:’) Now do you know what a Chupacabra is?
“point of standardizing age minimums and mental health evaluations”
Somebody got shot....awwwww heeeeellllll. Now we hear about standardizing things with minimums and maximums, ensuring evaluations are administered. How’d all that come into play?
While screening might be improved, no one is responsible here except the shooter.
How is your nephew doing?
Exactly.
I used to have a Hodag statue as a little kid, a souvenier of my family’s many visits to Rhinelander. My folks had a cottage in Three Lakes for many years. The Northwoods is a wonderful place to unwind. This is so sad for Crandon.
Well, I only live about 45 miles south of Rhinelander, so have grown up hearing about the hodag. I also listen to George Noory every night so of course I know about Chupacabras. :)
“I think it came into play when they gave an assault rifle to an unstable 20 year old.”
What happens to that argument when it’s a 9mm in the hands of a stable 20 year old with the same results?
The 8th of November is comin’ up soon,,,
“19 and Green With A New M-16” comes to mind...
It wasn’t an arguement. You asked when it came into play and I told you.
Oh... ok. Thanks.
I do not wish to be hard-hearted at a time like this... but the police are not any more capable than anyone else, and they are not here to save anyone, they are just the first responders, like the EMTs in the ambulances.
Their training is just that, training. You can not make someone, something that they aren’t, no matter what you tell them.
This guy had serious flaws, that should come out as obvious as time goes on. Heck, we all have serious flaws. Maybe they will discover a brain tumor or something like that.
Do not bet that anyone is in any trouble for any major screw up. The only likely trouble is some embarrassing news conferences and process changes at the police department.
There was evidence of violence surrounding homeless in the woods that are on two sides of my house. The police, community groups, zoning people, and the PTA of the elementary school listened to me for two years while I complained. Finally this violent guy who had been camping out in those woods for two years killed some other homeless woman in a very brutal manner. You think anyone was in trouble. Absolutely not. I was still written off as a kook. Yeah a person or two said that I was right all along, but by that time my image was made.
The police are only first responders, nothing more. Am I missing anything?
That's a matter of definition. Since there is no scientific meaning to the term "snapping" there is no expert opinion to be had on the matter. What is well known and beyond dispute scientifically is that there is a response continuum from thought to action which is subject to, amomg other things, arousal("stress") level.
It is a virtual 100% finding, for example, that incidents of domestic violence are preceded by escalation of verbal conflict. After a certain point, someone goes into physical action and hurts someone. Can that be described as 'snapping?' It can be if you want it to, because the word means only whatever you want it to mean. In this case it has been reported that a lengthy argument preceded the shooting. Did the argument lead to a "snap?" Who knows. I have known combat veterans who "snapped" and won serious decorations because they took it out on the enemy.
The point is that people can act in unpredictable ways under an extreme stress level, and often do. You can like it or not but it's a fact of life.
Hey,,,I hoped you were on,,,
Nanny State krappola if you ask me !!
This is a “sore-spot” with me,,,
Words fail me :(
What’s up with the thread...I haven’t read the whole thing. Don’t know what the new sign-ups are looking for or talking about. Any idea?
Oh, and did I tell you I shot my first dog when I was 7. Yep, he was mine. Poor guy wouldn’t hunt :)) (LMAO)
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