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  Imagine

  by John Doe in

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  you're eating at a large, multi bilion dollar franchise corporation restaurant.

  now, further assume you find a pubic har in your food, or better yet, you find a hair when it pulls your lip as you removed your fork from your mouth.

  now, you suffer no physical harm, no sickness, no tangible harm.

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  amicus

  Whether his intent or not, JD is playing devil's advocate as a good law student should. It is all about what if and what would the jury decide and how to sway the thinking one way or another. It is NOT about what is right, reasonable or just. It is about representing a client who may be on one side or the other of an issue - that they want to win. Lawyers don't take sides or have an opinion unless they are paid.

  True, but think about this. Isn't this a sadder commentary on the legal justice system in the US than any nonsense the rank and file can spew?
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  how do you youtube?

  by whitman in

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  i'm curious as to how people are using youtube...... do you actively seek out youtube videos?

  by that i mean, do you play in youtube land finding links and things of interest to you?

  if so, how random or how specific do you make your searches?

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  I hate to admit I missed the edge of technology.

  I have no access to tv, I thought that was cool until I visited here a few months ago.

  I spend far too much time now searching youtube for links to my favorite bands. I'm amazed at what's available.

  I rarely go beyond music, I use my local library for books and research.
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  who likes Battlestar Gallactica?

  by Dogpatch in

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  i am curious how many of you watch this.

  i find it far more fascinating than many other shows, but i am biased, always had a flair for traditional horror as well as quality sc-fi.

  but the producers intentionally dumb down the special effects (filmed in hd but virtually posterized for effect outdoors) so as to focus on the plot lines and character development.

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  amicus

  Do you still have a messy car?

  That "messy car" was my 1964 chev El Camino with a 327 and a muncie close ratio 4 speed.

  It got messy when, Idiot that I was, I loaned it to an elders son. Afterall weren't we living in a spiritual paradise?

  I did the same thing much later, again idiot that I am. I'd love to recoup the profit on the things I've given away to "brothers in the faith".

  Heh, no matter, we're here and that's what is most important.
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  who likes Battlestar Gallactica?

  by Dogpatch in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am curious how many of you watch this.

  i find it far more fascinating than many other shows, but i am biased, always had a flair for traditional horror as well as quality sc-fi.

  but the producers intentionally dumb down the special effects (filmed in hd but virtually posterized for effect outdoors) so as to focus on the plot lines and character development.

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  amicus

  Remember my Golden Retriever? Such smart dogs, NOT.

  I do remember the time Mike Silveri decided that the best way to keep your puppy from barking all night was to lock it in the master bedroom he and I eventually shared there.

  I CLEARLY remember him getting up in the middle of the night to take a leak and saying, "SHIT, bombs everywhere!". Puppy had crapped everywhere in our room.

  Puppy slept outside from there on, barking or not.
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  Do you find yourself kinda thinking conspiricy theorist are maybe correct?

  by IreallydidwalkoutofaKH in

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  i don't know if it is me or if it is becauce i was taught so much false teachings growing up, or maybe that the watch tower publications are about a 10th grade level and when i read a thoughtful article i want to believe it.

  but boy, television media seems to present the public with truths the same way the watchtower presents its truth.

  with 10 minute sound bites, never getting to deep and really not explaining very well the history of some of the subjects.just a thought!

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  amicus

  Yes every stereo type is right or wrong at times, but so topics I thought were completely over the top, actually made sence and were very deep.

  There you go, you dared to think.

  You thinkers sometimes actually listen to researchers.

  Research? Trouble?

  Trouble when one seeks unbiased answers to potentially difficult questions.

  Governments and religions have this all figgered out, no need to stress.

  Pray, salute and everything will be ok.
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  Imagine

  by John Doe in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  you're eating at a large, multi bilion dollar franchise corporation restaurant.

  now, further assume you find a pubic har in your food, or better yet, you find a hair when it pulls your lip as you removed your fork from your mouth.

  now, you suffer no physical harm, no sickness, no tangible harm.

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  amicus

  I know that this bypasses your reason for asking this question.

  I hope that it does address it in a convulated way though.

  When I was a high school student, I had hair that was long enough to not be acceptable by some. I found after some searching, that the only job I could obtain was dishwasher. I had a background as a mechanic. My hair was an obstacle. My main income came from providing Marijuana to my local High School, so all I wanted was a cover.

  I worked for 1 1/2 years as a dishwasher in a "trendy" Calabasas resturant. I loved the "cover". I was appalled at the unsanitary conditions of this expensive eating establishment. My peers, usually surfers working as waiters, bartenders...bus boys if needed claimed that the conditions here were the norm.

  I have no reason to doubt what I saw. I eat out only as a last resort.

  More importantly, no one cooks food quite the way I like it. I view restaraunts as a necessary evil in our society.

  So, bact to the point, why sue for something that is the norm?
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  Do you find yourself kinda thinking conspiricy theorist are maybe correct?

  by IreallydidwalkoutofaKH in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i don't know if it is me or if it is becauce i was taught so much false teachings growing up, or maybe that the watch tower publications are about a 10th grade level and when i read a thoughtful article i want to believe it.

  but boy, television media seems to present the public with truths the same way the watchtower presents its truth.

  with 10 minute sound bites, never getting to deep and really not explaining very well the history of some of the subjects.just a thought!

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  amicus

  Sometimes they are, sometimes they aren't.

  Stereotypes are always wrong some of the time.
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  who likes Battlestar Gallactica?

  by Dogpatch in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am curious how many of you watch this.

  i find it far more fascinating than many other shows, but i am biased, always had a flair for traditional horror as well as quality sc-fi.

  but the producers intentionally dumb down the special effects (filmed in hd but virtually posterized for effect outdoors) so as to focus on the plot lines and character development.

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  amicus

  The acting, drama, storyline and realization are exquisite.

  I have to agree, as I stated, I'm not a big tv fan.

  Battlestar Galactica was one of those rare gems that occasionally comes from this industry.

  This thread made me realize that I haven't even seen all the "episodes" that were filmed.

  What a pleasant surprise!
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  who likes Battlestar Gallactica?

  by Dogpatch in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am curious how many of you watch this.

  i find it far more fascinating than many other shows, but i am biased, always had a flair for traditional horror as well as quality sc-fi.

  but the producers intentionally dumb down the special effects (filmed in hd but virtually posterized for effect outdoors) so as to focus on the plot lines and character development.

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  amicus

  Oh, and far be it from me to stick to the thread topic being discussed.

  My fav was Roslin. I'm not a fan of politicians.

  She had an almost impossible job and did her best to make those hard decisions that were sure to make enemys.

  She had qualities that most would perform arcane rituals to see that "their" current leaders possesed.
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  who likes Battlestar Gallactica?

  by Dogpatch in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am curious how many of you watch this.

  i find it far more fascinating than many other shows, but i am biased, always had a flair for traditional horror as well as quality sc-fi.

  but the producers intentionally dumb down the special effects (filmed in hd but virtually posterized for effect outdoors) so as to focus on the plot lines and character development.

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  amicus

  Yes, but we may be reaching a critical mass where we are forced to, and it will work and evolve.

  I agree, and I think it can work.

  You nut. We lived in that house owned by Angela? I moved out before you all learned she was as creepy as she seemed. Mike Silveri and Al Antil were our roomates? I have no idea where they are, it was the primary reason I used my real pic here.

  You were the most serious of us all, it's why I loves you! When years later I heard from my old study Jim Cook that you had become an apostate it scared the shit outta me. Randy going south meant that something was wrong in Never never land.

  One year later give or take a few months I finally rid myself of that old conditioning that had haunted me for years.

  I like so many others give you credit, but only because I think I knew the old Randy. ;-)