He said, 'If you come on my land, I'll kill you'

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[wku man]

See 580. Too late to debate me, son. You had your chance.

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[Chances Are]

I'm not justifying the shootings in any way. You're the one who invoked the analogy (which doesn't apply).

I know the workers were innocent and vulnerable, and the shootings shouldn't have happened. Of course, the town fathers could have handled the guy and the situation with a lot more aplomb than they did.

But the point is, the guy wasn't trying to start a revolution. He was apparently just a guy who couldn't handle it any more, and so he snapped. It's happened before, and it'll doubtless happen again.

Thanks for the insight into my high degree of moral depravity. Know the feeling's mutual.

CA....

[UpAllNight]

--Too late to debate me, son.--

Typical. When one cannot support their argument, they try to put on an attempt of superiority by referring to the other as "son". Most readers will see this for what it is and it lessens your credibilty on this board.

[wku man]

And incidently, refer to my post #495.

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[wku man]

See 584.

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[UpAllNight]

--And incidently, refer to my post #495.--

I already responded to #495 and showed how you were making that up.

[wku man]

And I told you I had logically inferred from the article that there was a problem, then posed to you the question, "why would a man go to the expense and hassle of digging up his yard if no problem existed?" You didn't answer that one. If you have a answer, I'd love to hear it. Otherwise, begone, as I've wasted enough time on this thread.

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[epow]

I guess there are few surveyors who haven't been threatened with or faced a shotgun or rifle. It can be pretty scary, particularly when you're a green member of a surveying party chain gang. Been there. Done that.

So have I. When I was much, much younger I worked as a party chief for a civil engineering company. A lot of our jobs involved the initial survey and later the staking out of high tension power line easements over private property for a large power company. On more occasions than I can remember I was threatened with death or serious injury by very unhappy and very angry property owners, sometimes at gunpoint.

One lady I remember very well shoved a pistol in my chest while raving and screaming and vowing to kill me if I stepped on her property. Needless to say I didn't take that step, and she was later confined to a mental hospital on a judge's order. Although I understood their anger and sympathized with their situations I was caught in the middle and those confrontations were not pleasant to say the least.

I'm just glad I never had to confront Mr. Watson under those circumstances. The mentally ill lady had her finger on the trigger of her semiauto pistol while she pointed it at me but thank the good Lord she wasn't looney enough to pull it. Apparently Mr. Watson was.

[UpAllNight]

--And I told you I had logically inferred from the article that there was a problem, then posed to you the question, "why would a man go to the expense and hassle of digging up his yard if no problem existed?" You didn't answer that one. If you have a answer, I'd love to hear it. Otherwise, begone, as I've wasted enough time on this thread.--

You had previously posted it as "Fact". As I said before, I did respond to your question.

[spunkets]

" Are you familiar with the Donald Scott case? What is your opinion of that matter?"

Yes. They murdered him.

[wku man]

Let's review...
1) Post 495, I asked the question "why would a man...if there were no problem?"
2) Post 503, you responded with a red herring, of "was it clogged" or something to that effect
3) Post 518, I asked what was your point, and tried to get you back on topic
4) Post 532, you threw out another diversion, and it spiraled downward from there.

Brush up on your debate skills, and maybe I'll waste time on you again at some point in the future.

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[UpAllNight]

--You didn't answer that one. --

I did. And when I gave you the answer, you replied:

"Look, stick to the subject at hand, if you want to continue the debate with me."

[wku man]

No, I merely stated it. When you prompted me, I reviewed the article, and revised my argument to say I had made a logcial inferrance. I never stated it was "fact". As for your response (#503), you merely asked the question "was it clogged?", which is hardly an answer, unless you're just trying to play word games.

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[wku man]

What was your answer to the question, then?

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[UpAllNight]

-- Post 532, you threw out another diversion, and it spiraled downward from there.--

Oh, the minor issue about Gary NOT allowing them to use their easement to fix the problem. I guess in your mind this is a diversion since it spoils your whole argument.

[wku man]

Just curious. I'm not saying that this is a carbon copy to that, mind you. I'm just surprised at how many people I encounter are not familiar with the Scott case at all.

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[wku man]

Would you please answer the question I asked you in 495, and quit throwing diversions??? Why would a man dig up his yard if there wasn't a problem? Why are you afraid of answering that question?

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[UpAllNight]

--I never stated it was "fact". --

It appears if you are reiterating the 'facts' from the article so everyone is understanding as you want them to understand.



"Read it. So let me get this right...the city had a easement on his land, but refused to fix the leakage problem, or to compensate him when he took matters into his own hands. So he had 1) raw sewage backing up into his yard, and 2) to bear the expense of fixing a serious problem (can you say health risk, aside from the awful smell?).:

[UpAllNight]

--Would you please answer the question I asked you in 495, and quit throwing diversions??? Why would a man dig up his yard if there wasn't a problem? --

That is NOT the question you asked in 495 and I answered in 499.

[wku man]

Okay, fine. I'll say anything at this point just to get you to answer the question.

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