Texsox

I thought it was nice that we closed our schools today for the opener.

So, entertain me

I bet you thought I would say Perry

IMNSHO Allen West

Morel

Dunn

AJ

I'm just not feeling any excitement for this season. MB to me was the best opening day pitcher. He always seemed like he was having as much fun as the fans.

Isn't poverty and crime and established link? And I guess we have two SSs

Well she decided to just sign the papers. They are throwing her a "retirement party" which she will attend and because of the agreement she signed, she can't say she was terminated. For a s***ty three weeks severance.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 5, 2012 -> 08:21 AM) But no one is saying anything like this about, for example, the people who successfully pushed for expansion of Florida's gun laws. Those laws are insane, but people stopped paying attention to how insane it is to have people riding around in their trucks armed to the teeth starting fights (and dealing with the black suspicious looking people appropriately). I really do not find it insane to allow law abiding citizens to own just about any gun. I find it insane when we write laws that will restrict law abiding citizens and that will not change the behavior of the criminals who the laws are meant to restrict.

Which is what they are doing. I can't believe the coach didn't do anything. I have3 not viewed the video, but it sounds pretty cut and dry from what they are saying here. And at least the school was not trying to sweep it under a rug. If they do face some sort of liability for allowing a minor to be "abused", notifying the police and CPS hopefully would help them. I'm assuming there will not be a penalty.

Do we want the school to decide what is, and what is not legal, or the police and CPS? And if the school makes the wrong decision, should they be absolved of their mistake? At least on the radio interview it seemed as if it had been two 18 year old students they would not have called CPS and the police.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Apr 4, 2012 -> 09:22 AM) Umm, Tex...it happened ON THE BUS! Liability concerns are just a bit different, don't you think? And they were concerned about a minor child having sex with an adult.

http://www.auctionnetwork.com/live-auction...ing-town/204050

http://www.themonitor.com/articles/elsa-59...-suspended.html An 18-year-old and a 17-year-old having sex and what did the school district do? Called the police. But they like the coach who was fired. So he has that going for him.

I am using my iPad2 more and more for stuff besides light websurfing and games. I am still bothered that there is no flash support. It makes posting here a pain. I do like it for taking notes at meetings. I use an external keyboard. The faster boot time and easy email function are winners.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 3, 2012 -> 01:26 PM) The other big motivation is "Security". Whether or not the demographics of an area play into that, I leave to the gallery. No doubt that was a prime motivator for us. We travel three months out of the year. Having a neighborhood watch, home security system, dead end with a gate at the end of the street, all appealed to us when we were looking for a new place. The gate is more psychological than anything else. Every delivery guy in town knows the code.

I'm wondering if Zimmerman can receive a fair trial anywhere?

BTW, just to help with understanding, gated communities seem to be much more common in the south than in the north. I assume it is in part because of the cost of snow removal. I have not seen any pictures of the neighborhood but here "gated communities" can be anything from very modest (like mine), lower middle class, to the mega millions.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Apr 2, 2012 -> 11:05 AM) God forbid I try to remain neutral and see it through Zimmerman's eyes instead of just assuming that he's a dirty, gun-toting racist looking to kill a black kid! Do gated communities have "public" sidewalks? I live in a gated community and our sidewalks and streets are not public insofar as we paid for them and we maintain them. The police are opf course allowed in. I'm not certain if we can necessarily have someone arrested for walking on "our" streets, but I doubt it. QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Apr 2, 2012 -> 12:25 PM) Zimmerman is not responsible for nor has knowledge of every individual within the community and those who may legitimately be there as guests regardless of whether the community is otherwise open to the public. There was no reason to suspect Trayvon Martin of having done anything wrong. His actions were not reasonable. Again, just speaking for my small development of about 20 homes. It would be very out of place for someone to be walking down our streets and quite frankly they would be watched. And people being people, if the person was white, they are probably heading towards my house, black to the house about five down from me, and about anywhere if Hispanic. We have a very set routine and look of our neighborhood. QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Apr 2, 2012 -> 01:11 PM) I wouldn't be suspicious of someone walking down the street in front of my house. People do it all day, every day. I've never stopped anyone to question why they were in the neighborhood. Zimmerman never approached or questioned Martin until the final altercation, though. He followed him around the neighborhood for several minutes, which, from Martin's point of view, is reasonably suspicious behavior. I know I'd be looking for alternative escape routes if someone was following me around. From what I have read so far, I believe Martin had more of a reason to fear Zimmerman than Zimmerman to fear Martin. Yet most people believe the person with the most to fear was totally passive and the person with the least to fear was the only aggressor. It could be that way. But it sure seems to me that two people who feared each other met and a tragedy happened. The blame will not be 100-0. I still believe that Zimmerman was more, much more, to blame. However, I would not be surprised if a scared Martin decided the best defense was a strong offense and decided that Zimmerman was a threat and needed to be stopped.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Apr 2, 2012 -> 08:45 AM) Except that his dad's fiancee lived in the neighborhood. I know you'll probably say this presented a perfect alibi for him, but one would think if he really wanted to burglarize a home he would do so to one that was not in the gated community in which he would be spending quite a bit of his own time. Two things, Zimmerman had no way of knowing that, and it really isn't relevant to my comment. The response was to the comment that it was daylight and a criminal would not be looking for a target during daylight. I countered that someone could be looking for a place to break into, and I should have added, they could be looking for a home where the people are at work and the house unoccupied. Zimmerman was not wrong is believing that Martin could be a criminal looking for a target. That was a possibility. We now know of course that Martin was not. But it is possible that someone walking through a neighborhood could possibly be looking for an opportunity to commit a crime. Arguably even more so in a gated community that doesn't lead "anywhere".

Criminals have rights too and use them. So while other countries do arrest people as precautions, we do not. So criminals may visit stores and other targets as customers and there is very little that can be done. Of course, when the investigators have time, that is one of the first things they check.

If you are going to break in, checking it out in the daytime, when you can see better, is fairly common. Taking a stroll munching on some skittles would be a decent cover. Just like an innocent person would.