Ahem. NOT a Texan. I just live here. When I make my millions I'm going back home.
Do you see any goats around? No, because I sacrificed them.
Willow ,'Showtime'
Natter 40: The Nice One
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Daisy Jane - Nov 26, 2005 9:02:58 am PST #7048 of 10006
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
§ ita § - Nov 26, 2005 9:04:05 am PST #7049 of 10006
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Sorry. You're no more Texan than I am Californian, although I'm okay with being described as such. It's American that's wrong.
Daisy Jane - Nov 26, 2005 9:10:55 am PST #7050 of 10006
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I think the reason I don't like being called a Texan is strictly because I'm from Louisiana. I mean, I don't think it would bother me as much if I were from Rhode Island or something. It has to do with North Louisiana Cowboys fans, Galveston Mardi Gras, Pappadeaux "cajun" food, and the gulf. It's hard to explain.
bon bon - Nov 26, 2005 9:18:37 am PST #7051 of 10006
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I don't think it makes the murder legal; it's a mitigation of the crime. So you might be guilty of manslaughter, not murder. Not punishing a premeditated capital crime on a provocation theory sounds dubious to me, but I can't rule it out.
Daisy Jane - Nov 26, 2005 9:21:00 am PST #7052 of 10006
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Don't forget this is Texas where we just passed a law to make it double double no takebacks illegal for anyone to have anything even resembling a marriage unless you're a man marrying a woman, or vice versa.
Kat - Nov 26, 2005 9:43:24 am PST #7053 of 10006
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
bon bon, it makes it, or at least did as late as 1974, a justifiable homicide.
§ ita § - Nov 26, 2005 10:00:49 am PST #7054 of 10006
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It's hard to explain.
I understand.
bon bon - Nov 26, 2005 10:01:43 am PST #7055 of 10006
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
My suspicion is that complete justification b/c of adultery, if it was the law, was in the code until the Texas penal code was completely overhauled in 1973, because few changes had been made to the criminal code until then. I'm curious whether this is the case, so I'm trying to find the original 1973 public law.
Kat - Nov 26, 2005 10:50:21 am PST #7056 of 10006
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
okay. meanwhile, I'm going to keep writing the paper. I think during the 74 overhaul, they removed the adultury as homicide, as far as I can tel in the citations.
Scrappy - Nov 26, 2005 11:02:54 am PST #7057 of 10006
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Have taken the dog to the dog park, and all our favorite dogs and people were there, so much friendly standing around chatting and watching dogs play was had by all. Now doing laundry and drinking tea out of the purty new mugs we bought at a little Oaxacan grocery for a buck apiece. I am also wearing jeans I couldn't fit into a month ago, which adds to the general contented glow.