I met Antonin Scalia and talked to him for 45 minutes and want you all to know it

[Geeto67]

I don't think anyone has an issue with Geeto67's opinions. I think people have an issue with his condescension. It was the same thing with DWiggs; no one really cared what his opinion was, they just cared that he couldn't help but come across as a dick when he expressed it.

 

I'm not condescending, I'm from New York City. If that isn't a bumper sticker somewhere it should be. just do what I do...read anything I write in Lou Reed's voice, instantly makes it better.

 

See you all at CC&C.

[Geeesammy]

I didn't want to interrupt your crying about how unfulfilling, unstatisfying, and not challenging your job (which you oddly claim you are not unhappy at) is. Seriously the sadness and desperation were so palpable all the stray cats and dogs in a 50 mile radius were running away. My heart really went out to you it was so sad.

 

Honestly, I don't really want to pick on you - we have all been stuck in a rut and I'm pretty sympathetic. I don't have much advice for you since your career path doesn't involve going back to school and incurring hundreds of thousands of dollars of student loan debt, but you should probably change some of your habits as a start to setting yourself up for success. Two weeks ago you drove an emotionally unstable person on this forum to make threats to come to your house with a baseball bat - whatever you are doing to cause stuff like this probably isn't healthy. Life choices man....life choices.

 

Are you ever going to come up with new material or is going to be the same thing you've used 3 times now?

 

0/10 troll attempt

[kirks5oh]

I say that constantly, but it usually means the person has a pretty well thought out argument that they have communicated clearly. Something like that on CR appears to be about as rare as a stripper with two Ph.D.s.

 

So you love intellectual arguments but there are none here??

 

Don't let the door hit you in the vagina on the way out

[Pntbll309]

So you love intellectual arguments but there are none here??

 

Don't let the door hit you in the vagina on the way out

 

Luckily his strap on will protect it.

[Geeto67]

Are you ever going to come up with new material or is going to be the same thing you've used 3 times now?

 

0/10 troll attempt

 

Not a troll attempt or "material". I'm being sincere. It's obvious that your frustrations are looking for a vent and you find it in name calling online. I'm not looking to insult you, as I pointed out before all you'll do is get really nasty and stupid (and it won't be funny) so what's the point. I'm just letting you know I understand you are frustrated and I sympathize. You don't have to keep putting on an act.

[Geeto67]

So you love intellectual arguments but there are none here??

 

Don't let the door hit you in the vagina on the way out

 

I'm sure there are people who would have them, I know because I have them with some members of this board in real life, but they get drowned out or bullied into hiding by the vast majority who have an overwhelming need to just spew hatred for sport. Once you have a good dogpile going it's hard to stop or not want to join in.

[Geeesammy]

Not a troll attempt or "material". I'm being sincere. It's obvious that your frustrations are looking for a vent and you find it in name calling online. I'm not looking to insult you, as I pointed out before all you'll do is get really nasty and stupid (and it won't be funny) so what's the point. I'm just letting you know I understand you are frustrated and I sympathize. You don't have to keep putting on an act.

 

I've told you 3 or 4 times that I am not looking for a place to vent as I have no frustrations, but I wont.

 

If CR is such shit to you why do you post in EVERY. FUCKING. THREAD?

 

I never called you names (but you will try and twist words , and you must be very self conscious about your appearance if you took my honesty about your stature as name calling.

[kirks5oh]

I'm sure there are people who would have them, I know because I have them with some members of this board in real life, but they get drowned out or bullied into hiding by the vast majority who have an overwhelming need to just spew hatred for sport. Once you have a good dogpile going it's hard to stop or not want to join in.

 

So what you're saying is you like to flail around in shit?

 

Wouldn't you have more fun on a forum for retired lawyers who like to argue endlessly about semantics and details?

[Farkas]

If I went into a dinner party and if my initial conversation was met with Shut up you are fat and stupid, it would turn into a completely different kind of dinner party conversation and be entertaining for a variety of reasons.

 

 

 

length and tenor when they have a choice to opt out? theirs. Subject matter - ah there in lies the meat of the conversation and the exchange of ideas. People whine about these things as a distraction from the subject matter have no more weight and consideration than television static.

 

 

 

Clay, you are obviously bothered by this more than I thought and out of respect for you I'll stop. Whether I care about other people's feelings here? well, you can't let feelings get in the way of a good argument.... oh wait...I have another scalia quote for this that is only mildly offensive:

 

" some very good people have some very bad ideas. And if you can’t separate the two, you gotta get another day job."

 

#wrappedupinanicebow.

 

I don't shop for my friends or family on the internet. You learn so little about a person. I prefer the in real life interaction. I go to events and I talk to people and generally have a good time. I am willing to say about half of the people who have said nasty things to me here in the last two weeks or so have had great conversation with me at things like CC&C and probably don't even know who I am.

 

This is a conversation medium and I seek to have conversation. conversation is sometimes opposing viewpoints. I read plenty of offensive shit on here ya know what? sometimes I want to say something. It's not dick measuring - it's letting someone know that within there community their viewpoint is offensive to someone else and they shouldn't be comfortable with that. Whether they care or not I have no control over and honestly do not care to have control over it - verbal jousting is fun for me, whether its fun for others is of no real consequence to my outlook. If you are going to put your opinion into the world be prepared to back it up, there are plenty here just can't do that and they certainly whine that I am being a dick.

 

It's the internet, its such a small slice of who a person is that to use it for anything other than entertainment is selling yourself and others short. but hey...that's just like my opinion man.

 

sigh. This is an absurd scenario. No attorney would take a civil suit based on online death threats. Death threats are a criminal manner, which means police intervention and criminal charges. This example fails because of your lack of understanding in the difference between criminal and civil law.

 

 

 

Assuming a criminal trial where the prosecuting attorney (by the way a Criminal law term not a civil law term - the litigant bringing a civil suit is the plaintiff), who would be making these statements to a jury not a judge, would have the burden of proving the likelihood of of threat. Typically single incidents, whether they are mail, email, skywriter, etc...are not considered credible on their own and would require examination of the totality of the circumstances. There is actually a shit ton of legal jurisprudence regarding this and probably several threshold tests. I can't even give you a C- for effort on this, literally television gets more right about our legal system than you do and CSI single handedly undermined our current justice system.

 

 

that is oversimplifying it quite a bit. Sure internet threats are illegal, but good fucking luck getting any police force (federal, state, or local) to do anything about it. Again, threats on their own are a criminal matter.

 

maybe you. At best it's a shard.

 

 

 

No I am a dick in real life too, I am just way more charismatic in real life. I am a pretty open minded person - am I judgmental about statements sure, but I am pretty good about separating people from their stupid comments. If you notice I don't usually resort to name calling or cheap tricks, but I have no problem telling you your argument is stupid when it is. doesn't mean you are stupid, just misinformed and led to a faulty conclusion. But then again I am a professional at this and you aren't, if I wasn't able to separate the person from their point of view I don't think I could get any work done. you are married to your opinion, I am not.

 

 

it's an easy thing to find out, show up have a chat.

 

yes because as we all know the internet does not lie. #sarcasam

 

 

 

really? are we going to do this? fine. Bench trials don't just magically happen, there are certain requirements that must be met. There are a few courts that use them as the default like probate, traffic, and family law but none of those would hear a criminal case. In yenner's misplaced example there are too many unknown variables to say whether a bench trail would be possible or not, and even then it would require consent, stipulations, and court approval. so about as likely as a lion escaping from the zoo, coming to my house, and licking my nuts.

 

But all that is moot because the argument is itself is literally just gibberish. He has a "prosecuting" atty making an argument for the defense in a civil case where the defendant would have been the making the statements. So no it would not be possible for that person to make that argument to a judge because the person making the argument is an irrational construct of flawed logic and would not exist in any real world scenario based on our actual legal system.

 

And by the way, yes a defendant in a criminal case would make the argument that based on the totality of the situation that the threats were not serious and it would be the burden of the prosecutor in a criminal case to prove that they were.

 

That character in the movie was meant to represent elite-ism of ivy league schools and how it values routine over true knowledge...If you really think about it Will is actually the embodiment of the "know it all" of that movie but because he is the main character he is "likeable". by someone's standards everyone is a douchebag in that film and If you want to discuss the themes of good will hunting I'm open to that. It is a hell of a lot more interesting than reading people's own fictional versions of how they think the judicial system works in this country.

 

If I am the pony tail wearing dude, then by assumption you think of yourself as will hunting. Well if you remember Robin Williams conversation with will about his "intelligence", Will was all book learnin' and no real experience. IE on any given subject he was not sharing true intelligence just regurgitating what he read. If that is who you want to be represented as, someone basically talking out of their ass with no real life experience, I don't object.

 

That character in the movie was meant to represent elite-ism of ivy league schools and how it values routine over true knowledge...If you really think about it Will is actually the embodiment of the "know it all" of that movie but because he is the main character he is "likeable". by someone's standards everyone is a douchebag in that film and If you want to discuss the themes of good will hunting I'm open to that. It is a hell of a lot more interesting than reading people's own fictional versions of how they think the judicial system works in this country.

 

If I am the pony tail wearing dude, then by assumption you think of yourself as will hunting. Well if you remember Robin Williams conversation with will about his "intelligence", Will was all book learnin' and no real experience. IE on any given subject he was not sharing true intelligence just regurgitating what he read. If that is who you want to be represented as, someone basically talking out of their ass with no real life experience, I don't object.

 

I'm not the only one, I'm just the only one willing to climb into the monkey cage and throw the feces back. why? probably because it's fun. it will stop being fun at some point, and then you guys can get back to not having your world views challenged.

 

and it isn't so much me being right (which I do happen to be in this case) it's just to see how many times you guys are going to keep responding. this thread goes on for 5 pages and really the only thing of value we get from it are how many people don't know who a supreme court justice is or what he/she does, how little they understand about their own government and judicial system, and how far despite these limitations the lengths they are willing to go to tell me I'm wrong. It's fascinating.

 

I say that constantly, but it usually means the person has a pretty well thought out argument that they have communicated clearly. Something like that on CR appears to be about as rare as a stripper with two Ph.D.s.

 

I didn't want to interrupt your crying about how unfulfilling, unstatisfying, and not challenging your job (which you oddly claim you are not unhappy at) is. Seriously the sadness and desperation were so palpable all the stray cats and dogs in a 50 mile radius were running away. My heart really went out to you it was so sad.

 

Honestly, I don't really want to pick on you - we have all been stuck in a rut and I'm pretty sympathetic. I don't have much advice for you since your career path doesn't involve going back to school and incurring hundreds of thousands of dollars of student loan debt, but you should probably change some of your habits as a start to setting yourself up for success. Two weeks ago you drove an emotionally unstable person on this forum to make threats to come to your house with a baseball bat - whatever you are doing to cause stuff like this probably isn't healthy. Life choices man....life choices.

 

I'm not condescending, I'm from New York City. If that isn't a bumper sticker somewhere it should be. just do what I do...read anything I write in Lou Reed's voice, instantly makes it better.

 

See you all at CC&C.

 

 

I say that constantly, but it usually means the person has a pretty well thought out argument that they have communicated clearly. Something like that on CR appears to be about as rare as a stripper with two Ph.D.s.

 

I didn't want to interrupt your crying about how unfulfilling, unstatisfying, and not challenging your job (which you oddly claim you are not unhappy at) is. Seriously the sadness and desperation were so palpable all the stray cats and dogs in a 50 mile radius were running away. My heart really went out to you it was so sad.

 

Honestly, I don't really want to pick on you - we have all been stuck in a rut and I'm pretty sympathetic. I don't have much advice for you since your career path doesn't involve going back to school and incurring hundreds of thousands of dollars of student loan debt, but you should probably change some of your habits as a start to setting yourself up for success. Two weeks ago you drove an emotionally unstable person on this forum to make threats to come to your house with a baseball bat - whatever you are doing to cause stuff like this probably isn't healthy. Life choices man....life choices.

 

I'm not condescending, I'm from New York City. If that isn't a bumper sticker somewhere it should be. just do what I do...read anything I write in Lou Reed's voice, instantly makes it better.

 

See you all at CC&C.

 

Not a troll attempt or "material". I'm being sincere. It's obvious that your frustrations are looking for a vent and you find it in name calling online. I'm not looking to insult you, as I pointed out before all you'll do is get really nasty and stupid (and it won't be funny) so what's the point. I'm just letting you know I understand you are frustrated and I sympathize. You don't have to keep putting on an act.

 

I'm sure there are people who would have them, I know because I have them with some members of this board in real life, but they get drowned out or bullied into hiding by the vast majority who have an overwhelming need to just spew hatred for sport. Once you have a good dogpile going it's hard to stop or not want to join in.

 

 

 

[Farkas]

double post.

[ImUrOBGYN]

double post.

It's a triple, now. Way to overachieve.

[Orion]

It's a triple, now. Way to overachieve.

 

However, you get an "F" for Math.

[Mensan]

I'm sure there are people who would have them, I know because I have them with some members of this board in real life, but they get drowned out or bullied into hiding by the vast majority who have an overwhelming need to just spew hatred for sport.

 

It's unlikely that you have had these arguments with members of CR. Not because they are incapable of intellectual argument, but because you are. Just because you argue does not make you intellectual.

[Geeto67]

It's unlikely that you have had these arguments with members of CR. Not because they are incapable of intellectual argument, but because you are. Just because you argue does not make you intellectual.

 

I was wondering when the president of my fan club would show up. You missed a heck of a party.

 

As always you are full of sound and fury but ultimately signify nothing. Keep up the good work!

[ImUrOBGYN]

However, you get an "F" for Math.

 

You get a "F" for grammar and for failing to ridicule me. He technically posted three times in a row. You do the math.

[Orion]

You get a "F" for grammar and for failing to ridicule me. He technically posted three times in a row. You do the math.

 

Jesus, this forum gets dumber and more defensive by the fucking second. I can count to three, you ignorant fuck. You pointed out that his "double" was actually a "triple", and gave him a gold star for over achievement. I was pointing out that while he may have under-promised and over-delivered, he still gets an "F" for calling a double at the end of a triple post, I.E. HE cannot count to three.

 

The shit that needs explaining these days, Christ.

 

To quote a wise man, "If I throw a dog a bone, I don't want to know how it tastes. You stop me whilst I'm walking again, and I'll cut your fucking Jacobs off."

[Rustlestiltskin]

However, you get an "F" for Math.

 

You get a "F" for grammar and for failing to ridicule me. He technically posted three times in a row. You do the math.

 

Jesus, this forum gets dumber and more defensive by the fucking second. I can count to three, you ignorant fuck. You pointed out that his "double" was actually a "triple", and gave him a gold star for over achievement. I was pointing out that while he may have under-promised and over-delivered, he still gets an "F" for calling a double at the end of a triple post, I.E. HE cannot count to three.

 

The shit that needs explaining these days, Christ.

 

To quote a wise man, "If I throw a dog a bone, I don't want to know how it tastes. You stop me whilst I'm walking again, and I'll cut your fucking Jacobs off."

 

[Farkas]

 

Uhh.... both of you are wrong. CR double posted my previous post and I called it out since I had to edit the third post.

[Orion]

Uhh.... both of you are wrong. CR double posted my previous post and I called it out since I had to edit the third post.

 

Deleting your earlier post doesn't make you look less dumb. It's not even sneaky.

[Geeto67]

Uhh.... both of you are wrong. CR double posted my previous post and I called it out since I had to edit the third post.

 

technically they are my posts and you are unoriginal.

 

Also I have to ask: how long did it take you to go though all the back pages and quote everything? Also, why?

[Farkas]

Deleting your earlier post doesn't make you look less dumb. It's not even sneaky.

 

I think you're missing what I'm saying and I'm too lazy to bother explaining again.

[Farkas]

technically they are my posts and you are unoriginal.

 

Also I have to ask: how long did it take you to go though all the back pages and quote everything? Also, why?

 

Technically, I wish you would just shut up.

[cdk 4219]

technically they are my posts and you are unoriginal.

 

Also I have to ask: how long did it take you to go though all the back pages and quote everything? Also, why?

 

To post up the original intent of your assinine existence, doofus.

[Geeto67]

To post up the original intent of your assinine existence, doofus.

 

I meant why would he waste that time?

[Farkas]

I meant why would he waste that time?

 

The irony.