Interesting well poisoning. No, I happen to find many of snopes' articles amusing, and are part of the RSS feed to send me updates.
Unless you can show me where the Marine was God, then your point is moot.
This is only a game to you.
Interesting well poisoning. No, I happen to find many of snopes' articles amusing, and are part of the RSS feed to send me updates.
Unless you can show me where the Marine was God, then your point is moot.
This is only a game to you.
I'm quite calm, except for the guffaws and laughter.
Got caught, birdman? Lost track?
Game's over. Answer the question:
Display your superior moral position for all to see.
The professor, as previously pointed out, has various things to answer for. I am not condoning the fictitional actions attributed to him. However if he is tenured, there's not much recourse. So what? Physically assaulting someone for what they say is far different than simply saying it.
Still on with the insults? You really should find a better way to express yourself.
"Various things to answer for."
Like the Marine?
In other words, you really like laws prohibiting assault (even if the person assaulted literally demands it), but the Massachusetts law prohibiting blasphemy must be simply "answered to", even by a tenured professor?
Why do I have difficulty understanding your position here?
Can you "find a better way to express yourself"?
Tenured professors are exempt from the law?
Why are Marines subject to the law?
Yes. Physical attacks; bad.
Verbal attacks; good (except when it's the Huntster doing the "attacking". Then; bad).
Are they "insults" or "ribbing"?
Ah more sophistry.
Are professors exempt from the law? Nice strawman, but I didn't claim that.
The rest is pretty much the same.
And more BS from you. What else should I expect?
That's why it was in question form. Again. And again.
Please try to answer the question.
As are your responses.
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Nicely done, sir.
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You can't see the problem with the marine acting on a request that was made to another entity?
I sure hope that there is a gay Marine around the next time you ask your wife for sexual favours, because, given your logic in supporting the "moral" of the "joke", you would have no problem with the marine filling in for your wife.
(Not perfect quote - but story from WWII almost certainly apocryphal
A German sub has been sunk by a British destroyer and the survivors rescued and aboard same. The Captain has reminded his men that they are to treat the prisoners with respect and must not belittle or assault them. Everything seems to be going well until the Captain steps off the bridge a couple of days after the sinking and sees a creman punching the sub Captain on the nose. The Captain of the destroyer runs up and (containing his rage carefully) asks what happened.
The crew man responds " Well sir, I was going about my business when this officer sneers at me and says "Your king is a sissy-boy!" I was angry that he had such cheek, but I remembered what you said and did nothing. Then he looked down his nose and said "Your ship stinks worse than a cesspool!" I was really angry then, but I remembered what you said and held off. But then,sir, he turned to the rail and he spat into OUR ocean................."
A German sub has been sunk by a British destroyer and the survivors rescued and aboard same. The Captain has reminded his men that they are to treat the prisoners with respect and must not belittle or assault them. Everything seems to be going well until the Captain steps off the bridge a couple of days after the sinking and sees a creman punching the sub Captain on the nose. The Captain of the destroyer runs up and (containing his rage carefully) asks what happened.
The crew man responds " Well sir, I was going about my business when this officer sneers at me and says "Your king is a sissy-boy!" I was angry that he had such cheek, but I remembered what you said and did nothing. Then he looked down his nose and said "Your ship stinks worse than a cesspool!" I was really angry then, but I remembered what you said and held off. But then,sir, he turned to the rail and he spat into OUR ocean................."
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Or until you get exactly the wrong person elected to office.
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My wife's grandfather was a U.S. Marine. He was very highly regarded in his local VFW not only because he'd fought on Iwo Jima where most of his unit was wiped out and spent over a year in the hospital after that with two shattered legs, but also because he was a fair, level headed and very nice guy. After he died one of his vet friends told us a story about a night at the VFW hall. One of the younger members was spouting off about some group he disagreed with and suggested that if he encountered one of these people he'd beat his ass. My wife's grandfather told him that that would make him little different from the fascists that his fellow Americans had fought in the war.
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Your hypothetical Marine heard God's voice in his head and punished the infidel. The terrorists of Sept. 11 heard God's voice in their heads and punished the infidels.
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Are you saying that Klan abuse of civil rights advocates was justified?
About professional misconduct rising to the level of incompetence?
I wish I knew where you had tenure, where "incompetence" was not grounds for removal....
Actually, it's one of those laws that you want around for those cases.
It's so obviously unconstitutional that you can probably get the person removed from office for abuse of process and malicious prosecution if he tries using it. Think of it like a bright shiny button labelled "If you press this, you will lose your job."