Yeah, it's not about cost. It's about vengeance. I can put myself in the shoes of someone who wants to off someone else who killed/hurt a loved one. I have to depend on civilization for to reel me in.
It's just an object. It doesn't mean what you think.
River ,'Objects In Space'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
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.
Allyson - Sep 21, 2011 11:36:10 am PDT #27587 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
erikaj - Sep 21, 2011 11:42:57 am PDT #27588 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!
wrod.
tommyrot - Sep 21, 2011 11:49:10 am PDT #27589 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I have to depend on civilization for to reel me in.
Yeah. Plus we depend on civilization to prevent cops from badgering witnesses to identify the "right" perp, or, failing that, to not execute someone when there's doubt about this.
Atropa - Sep 21, 2011 11:59:23 am PDT #27590 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I have to depend on civilization for to reel me in.
Yep. The catch being I don't always trust the rest of civilization.
Tom Scola - Sep 21, 2011 12:00:20 pm PDT #27591 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
This was the view outside my window at work, which ironically, is NSFW: [link]
Jesse - Sep 21, 2011 12:02:41 pm PDT #27592 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Fucking hippies.
le nubian - Sep 21, 2011 12:05:16 pm PDT #27593 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Allyson - Sep 21, 2011 12:07:50 pm PDT #27594 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
In 1997, a young man got in my car, held a knife to me, and told me to drive. And I did. We were headed toward the highway, but I told him I didn't have enough gas to get anywhere. He told me I "better have gas, bitch." And kept calling me "bitch" like it was my name.
He told me to take a left on a residential street, and I did. There was a softball game getting out, and a dozen or so people lined up on the sidewalk. I wasn't wearing my seatbelt. I bailed. I hit the pavement, tearing a roadrash across my legs and stomach and breasts. Pieces of gravel, rocks were stuck in my leg. I thought I broke all my bones. I couldn't move.
He got into the driver's side and took off.
There were cops playing that softball game. They caught him within a few minutes. They brought him up to the ambulance and I identified him.
He served five years in Walpole.
He told his lawyer and the judge that I was just a crazy person, that he was just hitchhiking and I went crazy.
There's no reason anyone should believe me over him. I have a long history of mental illness including suicide attempts. But they believed my word over his.
I have an odd relationship toward eyewitness testimony. Everyone believed me. I could have been a crazyperson who jumps out of cars. I'm grateful that they believed me.
Polter-Cow - Sep 21, 2011 12:21:43 pm PDT #27595 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Christ, Allyson. I'm glad they believed you too.
Burrell - Sep 21, 2011 12:24:48 pm PDT #27596 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I know that was hard to write, Allyson, but thank you.
For what it's worth, even without knowing you personally I'd believe your story too. There were other eyewitnesses too, and your story fits with what they saw, fits better than his story. Because what would I do if the driver of the car suddenly jumped out unexpectedly? I'd stop. Even if I were scared, I'd stop and ensure the driver was safe, I'd call an ambulance.