yeah. We'll see how that goes.
Oh, dear.
Get up...get up, you stupid piece of... What did you do that for? What's wrong with you? Didn't you hear a word he said? All of you! You think there's someone just going to drop money on you?! Money they could use?! Well, there ain't people like that. There's just people like me.
Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
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.
Consuela - Mar 20, 2013 7:09:12 pm PDT #15491 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Ginger - Mar 20, 2013 7:16:36 pm PDT #15492 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I don't condone what he did, but I also know what it's like to be on my last nerve. The parents of the unhurt toddler want the maximum penalty for a man who has lost his son and his job.
§ ita § - Mar 20, 2013 7:21:04 pm PDT #15493 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
He lost his job over this, right? I don't know, I've never been a mother, but if you slap my toddler and you do hurt them, then I get to hit back, right? If it's not hurt, then maybe we can resolve it ia court of law. Slapping crying kids is a gesture of anger, not discipline, and it's a stranger, and...nah, I'd be pissed.
le nubian - Mar 20, 2013 7:25:17 pm PDT #15494 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I thought he actually hurt the kid though, Ginger. I don't know I think i would feel sympathy, but oh well - you hit my kid.
meara - Mar 20, 2013 7:28:52 pm PDT #15495 of 30001
Wow, a year in prison and a $100k fine? I'm sure he won't get that, but that's more time than the Steubenville rapists. Eesh.
That said, I can much more easily forgive slapping the baby than the racial slur. There's no call for either, but one is "I'm at the end of my rope and behaving in a way I shouldn't" and one is "when I'm at the end of my rope I'm behaving in a way I shouldn't AND I'm a jackass!"
Vortex - Mar 20, 2013 7:34:38 pm PDT #15496 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I'm with Shana. You don't just start using racial slurs out of nowhere, you just forget to censor yourself.
Burrell - Mar 20, 2013 7:35:41 pm PDT #15497 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
This is the first time I've heard about the guy who slapped the kid. I guess I am way out of the loop these days.
The road head conversation is reminding me of the time, back in college, when I got into a fender bender with someone I am fairly sure was getting some. Mostly because after he hit us, his girlfriend sat up in surprise. Surprised us too, as you might imagine.
Consuela - Mar 20, 2013 7:39:06 pm PDT #15498 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
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Ginger - Mar 20, 2013 7:47:07 pm PDT #15499 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I agree that if you default to a racial slur under stress, you're a racist. I really don't know how I feel, except that something that seemed black and white has turned into depressing shades of gray.
Amy - Mar 20, 2013 7:49:42 pm PDT #15500 of 30001
Because books.
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