Posted on 01/27/2007 1:36:11 PM PST by tpaine
Not at all. But you should have properly indicated the original date when you posted the thread, IMO.
Yes. Don't you?
It wouldn't even take me that long, but then again, I have some assets worth protecting.
--Yes. Don't you?--
That should have been clear from my post on my position much earlier before I had read the bill. I have been totally consistent on this.
Why is the easement thing even an issue? I would think that gunning down people would be more of an issue.
Who else is supposed to pay for it, the gubbermint? Deepockets Richguy?
I think it started when some homeowners were complaining to the city to get the sidewalks fixed. Little did they know that it would come back on them. Most homeowners are not as knowledgeable on this as you are.
Yeah, you'd think. I can't believe some of the crap I'm reading here. Did I get redirected to some spoof site?
As part of our property tax bill, we get a item for 'operation of street lights'.
Picky picky.
Anyone could have clicked the link and seen the publishing date. What's the big deal? -- When the incident happened has no bearing on the issues it raises.
Exactly.
The story is very incomplete, but I believe that for somebody to snap the way this guy Watson did, something had to be terribly, terribly wrong, and I will always give the benefit of the doubt to the guy who was home trying to mind his own business over the government intruders.
It was a horrible tragedy all the way around, and IMO it was up to the government to bend over backwards to make sure the homeowner was dealt with fairly, whatever it took. Everybody knew the situation was volatile because they were warned.
Regards,
LH
--Why is the easement thing even an issue? I would think that gunning down people would be more of an issue.--
It gets more fun when you have a MSM reporting the story as told by the tort lawyer of how he was mistreated by a 'jack booted thug (cop).
Some here who normally hate tort lawyers and normally disbelieve anything MSM reports will assail the out-of-control cops relying ONLY on the words of the tort lawyer as reported in the MSM. Go figure.
"How do you know that? Because it didn't make it in the story?
Don't forget. The victor writes the history."
That is such a dumb ass statement. You've been around on FR a long time and what you said is stupid. Shame on you.
Whatever. I am not interested in "understanding" a cold-blooded murderer or in trying to make him out to be some sort of anti-government "hero".
practice grabbing your ankles
You seem to be obsessed with this phrase. Childish.
This homicidal maniac could have taken this dispute to court. Instead, he decided to kill two other people and injure another before taking his own less-than-worthless life. Instead of striking a blow for property rights, this lunatic struck a blow for those who demand more control over guns. Marvelous.
Here's where you were unclear. I asked:
Do you have the right to carry a gun in a vehicle?
I have the right to carry a gun in my vehicle. I do not have the right to tresspass another's premises with my gun in my vehicle.
Clever non-answer. -- You are not trespassing - you are an employee with a right to carry a gun in your vehicle, -- as you admit.
-- The question remains, does your employers attempt to prohibit arms in vehicles meet with you approval?
"""I never said I supported him - - I said I "understand" why he did what he did (at least, so far as it goes given the incomplete information in the story). Meanwhile, work on that reading comprehension problem and practice grabbing your ankles."""
Same thing I posted (#233) to Kay Ludlow -
Timothy McVeigh probably thought alot like you do and that was a real blow for freedom was'nt it? Did you celebrate Oklahoma City like they did 9/11 in the streets of Lebanon?
People who feel this strongly should take up their argument with those in charge not the poor drones who simply try to earn a living and go home to their families.
McVeigh was acting out on the kind of anger you possess. All those dead people and what did he change or win for his cause?
You defend the murder of two men who probably had families of their own by an obviously mentally deranged man over a sewer line easement?
A real blow for freedom? I think not.
Sick.
I used to work in condemnation/ROW for a major utility company. I saw some crazy stuff, but that was for a new easement. Some folks thought they were going to get rich; some thought, like this guy, that it was going to come down to gunplay.
I'm against the stuff like Kelo(?), but eminent domain for real public utilities is a necessary thing. Do you think this guy would have sued if this his house flooded because of inadequate drainage?
--The question remains, does your employers attempt to prohibit arms in vehicles meet with you approval?--
You said you agreed with the GA bill. Given that, one can infer that you agree with my employer's right to prohibit uncontrolled guns on his property.
I'm glad there are others who find some of this thread as disturbing as I do.
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