Boundaries are what you want them to be... I refuse to let people walk all the fuck over me. been there, done that, learned my lesson.

and, now for the umpteenth motherfucking time.... I have no more 'authority' than anyone else does... Every last one of you has the 'authority' to tell someone to fuck off, or maintain your lane when some asshole tries to force you over... You choose what you wanna do, but don't fucking sit there and try to claim some 'authority' bullshit because I'm assertive.



Victim? How dare you try to claim that I'm putting ANYONE in position to make them a victim. Bitch runs a stop sign and almost hits my truck because her phone is glued to her head and she's a 'victim' because I cussed her out 3x this way to Sunday. Dude stole my laptop but he's a 'victim' because his window got broken when I went to go get it? Dude that tossed a lit cigarette butt out the window, is a VICTIM because I gave it back to him? Dude pulls into a stop n rob like he's gonna rob the place, peels out, and he's the VICTIM because I'm there watching him...? Chick is parked the wrong way and I asked her if she's coming or going, and asked if she could move back so I could park properly, and she said no, so I pulled into another parking spot, and she's a VICTIM?

What next, gonna claim the guy that rear ends me is the 'victim' because I demand his insurance information, name, and address?

'victim'... pssh



Is that what being assertive is? Is that what standing up for yourself is? Being an information junky? 'playing cop'? I'm not out shooting anyone because my finger 'slipped' into the trigger, or kicking down doors and killing dogs because I can't read a street address, so I guess I have a LOT to work on...



'Murica.. It is what you make of it.....Don't tell me what my American Dream is and I won't tell you what yours is... and surely don't try to tell me what I think it is, when you have no clue....


and ALL this.... over a fucking website..... that's completely legal, that I choose to use....and retrieving my stolen laptop (almost 20 years ago now).... God damn it... I swear.. It's almost like you're trying to find something to be upset about...

Here's a free one.. Have fun with it...

https://www.vehiclehistory.com/license-plate-search.php

From there, with the VIN, you can go to NICB and see if the vehicle was reported stolen....although it takes a bit to be updated. It also shows vehicles that were declared total loss due to flood/fire/collision, etc so it comes in handy for other reasons...

https://www.nicb.org/how-we-help/vincheck


Yup, totally secret squirrel OMGZ acting like a cop making everyone a victim, every last suspicious car I run plates on... ALL VICTIMS.. Victims just PILING UP.. like OMGZZ THE VICTIMS!!!

I'm a big boy, you can PM me if you need to.





We (the community in general, and anybody, really) aren't always going to agree on everything, but I gotta draw the line at calling my character into question.

This isn't directed at you, just a general statement, FYI...

Yeah, I handle things differently than a lot of people do... but essentially calling me a bad person by claiming the people I interact with are 'victims', is uncalled for, and frankly, infuriating. I got some 'weird' hobbies, like radios, communications,etc.. Wanna call me a little weird because I got an antenna farm on my roof and enough flood/spot lights to light up a football field, that's fine.. Ask me why I 'feel the need' to have radios that I can talk to Japan with, or why I have a Toughbook mounted in my truck, that's fine... But don't say I'm making victims of people by not letting them cut me off, or calling someone a 'fucking idiot' for running a stop sign and almost hitting me..

I'm done with this conversation, if ANYONE wants to continue it, PM me... so we can let this topic remain on topic.

There are more actions than just TWs that seem to be tilting at windmills.
TW has heard advice regarding his personality and mode of confrontation(s) for years.
Can anyone point out when that advice was accepted and changes made? I can't.
You can't make a silk purse from a sow's ear.

This thread is about whether or not the call to 911 should exempt or partially exempt someone's other illegal activities.

Personally for me it goes past that.

Say TW does get into an armed altercation (god forbid) and someone is killed. You know what is going to get the most negative type attention?

Waguns.org

Understand.
Solution?

Personally for me it goes past that.

Say TW does get into an armed altercation (god forbid) and someone is killed. You know what is going to get the most negative type attention?

Waguns.org

LOL.

I had a guy threaten to shoot me, while reaching for his glove box, and I managed not to shoot him...Even TPD said I would have been justified in shooting him and asked me WHY I didn't shoot him. It's almost like I can assess a threat and decide if I need to draw/fire or if that line hasn't been crossed yet.

I love how you guys are just completely making shit up as you go, like somehow I'm gonna randomly get into a shootout with someone...

Fucking ridiculous.

This thread is about whether or not the call to 911 should exempt or partially exempt someone's other illegal activities.

Some good points by those in favor of "no exceptions" (Alpine's house analogy was particularly good.)
Some good points by those in favor of limited enforcement (root's point about discouraging calls that really need to be made, or assistance given.)

I tend towards the black and white, so favor the strict enforcement. It seems unreasonable to ignore a law being broken to show gratitude for someone doing the right thing somewhere else.

I'll reiterate what I said earlier.

I'm in the stricter camp.

Because... I believe the odds that I/you/we will be affected by a crime committed by an illegal, (even as small an effect, as higher prices because of theft.), is by magnitudes greater than the possibility that our life will be saved by a call to 911 by an illegal.

I'm thinking that just by dent of the fact that they are an illegal, it is very unlikely that an illegal will call 911 unless either they themselves, or someone near and dear to them, is in danger. (Or, as in this case, his property. Plus the fact the intruder might actually end up breaking in while someone was there.) If this same guy saw you being robbed or beaten, it's a safe bet that he would most likely mind his own business and get away from the area.

You can't make a silk purse from a sow's ear.

This statement is false

based on the modern analysis of the intersections between the abuse of minorites by the toxic patriarchy and the value of interspecial relationships and marriage.

Have you checked what the sow identifies as before taking it's ear?
Why are you mutilating the sow? It has a family!...
Who needs a silk purse and does owning one show your power to oppress sows of color?

Without knowing the answer to these questions, we can't just make a blanket generalization about all sows that a silk purse cannot be made from their ear... What are you, racist?!