Recent content by Muffet

Both rioters and the people who defend or attempt to excuse them. There should be as much zero tolerance for that as there is for any other injustice. No solution will work until aldermen, politicians, activists, parents, and people everywhere quit trying to excuse* violence and destruction...

Al66pine, I think it depends mostly on how much $ they (the Terri Schiavo Foundation) already had, how much they spent at any time, and how much they still have coming in. I know they have lost some people's donations over this case. I too hope they go bankrupt, or at the very least see the...

Putting compassion so far above personal responsibility is the maladaptive mindset that too many parents and society have embraced, making them enablers of a multi-generational cycle of violence and dependence. That heartbreaking cycle won't end, and true empowerment can't begin, until...

ITA. And one of the most aggravating proofs of the group's intellectual dishonesty is their pretense that she's merely in a coma. I have seen medical professionals kindly, repeatedly, thoroughly explain the difference to them. They cover their ears and scream or change the subject, until the...

:goodpost: Thank you. I don't think I've posted on this thread, but I have much appreciated y'alls recognition of the implications of this case and your diligence in researching and keeping us informed. I had compassion for the mother last year and expressed it on their Facebook page. But...

Aesop The Boy Who Cried Wolf A shepherd-boy, who watched a flock of sheep near a village, brought out the villagers three or four times by crying out, "Wolf! Wolf!" and when his neighbors came to help him, laughed at them for their pains. The Wolf, however, did truly come at last. The...

:thankyou: I think LE (and society) suffers when it becomes acceptable to paint all LEOs with a broad brush too. Someone awhile back gave the numbers on how many arrests were made every day in America. I'm amazed and very glad that there aren't hundreds more tragedies like this. Sent from...

I made the mistake of turning on the news. :ohdear: I wish someone would hand me a bullhorn, because I'd like to remind everyone of the parable about The Boy Who Cried Wolf. :( Sent from Tapatalk

I wondered how much of a factor that would play in this part of the judicial process. I've seen civil suits lose or get dismissed because of contributory negligence or whatever. Sent from Tapatalk

ITA with this and your other posts. Thanks. <modsnip> I don't have all the information the grand jury had when they decided not to indict him. From all I have seen so far, I believe he broke NY policy. But because there were so many people who shared culpability in how that chaotic, awful...

FGS, that's too much. I wish the bar would shut his chit down. :cool: I have a bottle of headache pills right here. I'll pm you a couple. ;) Sent from Tapatalk

:floorlaugh: Mutton on a roll for breakfast? [emoji813]beat: Sent from Tapatalk

Very eager to see this. I hope it holds something that explains the jury's decision in a good way. Sent from Tapatalk

ETA: replacing the quote with the actual post I meant to reply to. :crazy: not the one about pot. And no, it wasn't a Freudian misquote. I don't do that stuff. :innocent: I'm naturally dopey. _________________________ Right. I posted this link last night. 4 EMS Workers Suspended Without...

Someone needs to tell Rachel Maddow or whoever about the forty something officers outright charged for killing in the line of duty in just the seven years before.... 2011, I think. I'll find the link if needed. It's been posted already in other threads. I guess the fact that 4 officers were...