Paul Heslop wrote:
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> elag wrote:
>
> > > > Oh... I agree... It seems like "cruel and unusual punishment"... but I
> > > > suppose one must pay the price for civil disobedience.
> > >
> > > :O) I always laugh at that line when i think it comes from the 'home of
> > > the free'
> >
> > Hmm... explain... is "cruel and unusual punishment" funny or paying the
> > price for civil disobedience?... and how so?
>
> No, the 'home of the free part'. I have been chastised for our english
> way of having rules for this that and the other and yet it often seems
> that in some ways America is a far harder place to live than here.
In some ways, surely. You can't hardly find a decent cup o' tea anywhere.
> I suppose, at the end of the day its just whatever you're used to. I'm
> used to not having seen more than a handful of real guns in my whole
> life (discounting museums) and if I ever got stopped for something I had
> or hadn't done (when I was a naughty little boy) the last thing I
> worried about was whether a sudden movement would put me in a wooden
> box.
It's even more dangerous if your complexion is dark, capeesh?
> Sadly, due to the influx of what appears to be gangsta culture it
> is becoming more likely to be the victim of some sort of armed tragedy.
Ever think of joining a neighborhood watch?
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