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2011/05/12 14:02:30
Subject: Angry Mob Chases Would-Be Flag Burner Off LSU Campus
I swore that same oath while just applying/testing for a Post Office job I didn't even wind up taking, years ago. It was kind of funny that they had us do it before we even got to the job offer stage.
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Ahtman wrote:I meant swore to defend, not join to defend. One of the first things a recruit does when they join the service is take an oath to do what again?
Get drunk? The only oath I take that means anything is to family. In the words of the imortal bard: "all other considerations rescinded."
I guess I'll have to start then. If you're getting a pitchfork, don't forget to get the metal kind. While I respect the old school traditional that is wooden pitchforks, occasionally, the angry mob in fact catches up with the monster. If you're going up against the Monster, mere sticks aint gonna cut it. You needs some nice metal tines.
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
2011/05/12 14:12:12
Subject: Angry Mob Chases Would-Be Flag Burner Off LSU Campus
Ahtman wrote:I meant swore to defend, not join to defend. One of the first things a recruit does when they join the service is take an oath to do what again?
Get drunk? The only oath I take that means anything is to family.
I guess that is why you said members of your family joined and not yourself.
Amidst the mists and coldest frosts he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.
2011/05/12 14:13:26
Subject: Angry Mob Chases Would-Be Flag Burner Off LSU Campus
Ahtman wrote:I meant swore to defend, not join to defend. One of the first things a recruit does when they join the service is take an oath to do what again?
Get drunk? The only oath I take that means anything is to family.
I guess that is why you said members of your family joined and not yourself.
Well for some reason they hate it when show up to the recuiting office smoking a crack pipe and carrying a bag and spray paint. Lesson learned!
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
2011/05/12 14:19:07
Subject: Angry Mob Chases Would-Be Flag Burner Off LSU Campus
whitedragon wrote:The flag is a symbol, and symbols are powerful, and cooler heads don't prevail.
Then we seem to sort the law out after the fact.
Then there isn't really any law is there? Just a pretense of law. If you can just toss it aside whenever emotions flare there is no rule of law and the Constitution is a worthless document we venerate for funsies but toss aside when it is tough.
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Frazzled wrote:Well for some reason they hate it when show up to the recuiting office smoking a crack pipe and carrying a bag and spray paint. Lesson learned!
Okay, this response was unnecessary. -Mannahnin
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Amidst the mists and coldest frosts he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.
2011/05/12 14:23:17
Subject: Angry Mob Chases Would-Be Flag Burner Off LSU Campus
whitedragon wrote:The flag is a symbol, and symbols are powerful, and cooler heads don't prevail.
Then we seem to sort the law out after the fact.
Then there isn't really any law is there? Just a pretense of law. If you can just toss it aside whenever emotions flare there is no rule of law and the Constitution is a worthless document we venerate for funsies but toss aside when it is tough.
I think you may have just effectively summed up modern political society.
I am both selfish and chaotic. I value self-gratification and control; I want to have things my way, preferably now. At best, I'm entertaining and surprising; at worst, I'm hedonistic and violent.
2011/05/12 14:29:33
Subject: Angry Mob Chases Would-Be Flag Burner Off LSU Campus
whitedragon wrote:The flag is a symbol, and symbols are powerful, and cooler heads don't prevail.
Then we seem to sort the law out after the fact.
Then there isn't really any law is there? Just a pretense of law. If you can just toss it aside whenever emotions flare there is no rule of law and the Constitution is a worthless document we venerate for funsies but toss aside when it is tough.
There is no justice, just us?
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Frazzled wrote:Well for some reason they hate it when show up to the recuiting office smoking a crack pipe and carrying a bag and spray paint. Lesson learned!
I figured lip stick on the anus was really more of your cowards way out, but that works to.
Wo wo wo hostilty!
Well I guess the only appropriate thing to say is:
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
2011/05/12 14:30:38
Subject: Angry Mob Chases Would-Be Flag Burner Off LSU Campus
whitedragon wrote:The flag is a symbol, and symbols are powerful, and cooler heads don't prevail.
Then we seem to sort the law out after the fact.
Then there isn't really any law is there? Just a pretense of law. If you can just toss it aside whenever emotions flare there is no rule of law and the Constitution is a worthless document we venerate for funsies but toss aside when it is tough.
I think you may have just effectively summed up modern political society.
Maybe for some people, but not all. It's to complicated to sum up that simply.
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Frazzled wrote:Wo wo wo hostilty!
It would be nice if you would stop being hostile, I agree. Less asinine posts and you might get less asinine responses.
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Amidst the mists and coldest frosts he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.
2011/05/12 14:55:13
Subject: Angry Mob Chases Would-Be Flag Burner Off LSU Campus
You know, the best corn dogs are the ones you get at the fair. Even Ahtman would like one. It sounds like someone pissed in his Khorneflakes this morning and he's a mithgt crotechety. Come on Ahtman, have a corndog.
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
2011/05/12 15:31:42
Subject: Angry Mob Chases Would-Be Flag Burner Off LSU Campus
CT GAMER wrote:Someday I really would love to hear the story of how in hell Frazzled became a mod, and also the thought process behind his remaining so...
His posting habits would be grounds for moderation/banning on many other forums, but here he is given keys to the building...
Good times.
I think he might have had some compromising pictures...
Manstein wrote:Also, although I don't think its correct to resort to violence, for a lot of people the American flag does carry a lot of meaning. Especially for veterans or family members of veterans who have died in the line of duty.
It means more than the Bill of Rights or rule of law? You know, the things they joined the military to defend?
I doubt many people join the military for the Bill of Rights. None in my family ever did.
Oath of Enlistment in the United States Armed Forces
I, (NAME), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic...
It may have been their principle intention to wash away a bad background and get an education through the GI Bill>
lindsay40k wrote:Frazzled, I tried to embed a youtube earlier and dakka was having none of it. Don't suppose you might enlighten me?
Ok on the youtube scroll below the pic.
click SHARE
you'll see the link and below that two more buttons, one marked embed
click EMBED
a highlighted field should appear below that. Put the arrow on it. Right click copy
come here and right click paste
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CT GAMER wrote:Someday I really would love to hear the story of how in hell Frazzled became a mod, and also the thought process behind his remaining so...
His posting habits would be grounds for moderation/banning on many other forums, but here he is given keys to the building...
Good times.
I am not a mod. The order was given to terminate my command with extreme prejudice. Indeed they even sent this guy to take care of it. Here's some video from the 711 I hang out behind (warning language not appropriate for soccer moms)
I have to ask though, whats the hostility from? Are there really that many advocates of wooden pitchforks on this board? I knew you were a fanatical group, but jeez...
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-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
2011/05/12 17:58:11
Subject: Re:Angry Mob Chases Would-Be Flag Burner Off LSU Campus
You can wipe your ass with the flag for all I care because that is what I was defending, your right to speak your mind, as long as you don't wipe the flag on me afterwards.
Speak your mind and exercise your right to "free Speech" as long as you don't harm another person while doing so.
Ayn Rand "We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality"
2011/05/12 18:16:48
Subject: Re:Angry Mob Chases Would-Be Flag Burner Off LSU Campus
If I was a college student in this economic climate, the only thing I'd be protesting is the fact that I'd have a good chance of getting an unemployment check along with my college degree after I'd graduate. Both sides of this "debate" are tools, imo. There are bigger issues to get worked up about.
"Sometimes the only victory possible is to keep your opponent from winning." - The Emperor, from The Outcast Dead.
"Tell your gods we are coming for them, and that their realms will burn as ours did." -Thostos Bladestorm
2011/05/12 18:22:37
Subject: Re:Angry Mob Chases Would-Be Flag Burner Off LSU Campus
NELS1031 wrote:If I was a college student in this economic climate, the only thing I'd be protesting is the fact that I'd have a good chance of getting an unemployment check along with my college degree after I'd graduate. Both sides of this "debate" are tools, imo. There are bigger issues to get worked up about.
Agreed!
Ayn Rand "We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality"
2011/05/12 18:29:02
Subject: Re:Angry Mob Chases Would-Be Flag Burner Off LSU Campus
Chongara wrote:Personally I'm shocked this happened. There is just no way this poor guy could have known conservatives would react this way. This is a huge surprise and totally unexpected.
Get that crap out of here, Chongara. This had NOTHING to do with liberal vs conservative BS and had to do with what has become a touchy subject on the campus and amongst LSU faculty and students(past and present).
I know plenty of liberal(and I mean WAY left) LSU alumni calling for his head as well as the head of the person who stole and burned the original flag. This is NOT a political affiliation thing, both sides were involved in this mob.
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Just remember folks. Panic. Panic all the time. It's the only way to survive, other than just being mindful, of course-but geez, that's so friggin' boring. - Aegis Grimm
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2011/05/12 18:38:27
Subject: Angry Mob Chases Would-Be Flag Burner Off LSU Campus
NELS1031 wrote:If I was a college student in this economic climate, the only thing I'd be protesting is the fact that I'd have a good chance of getting an unemployment check along with my college degree after I'd graduate. Both sides of this "debate" are tools, imo. There are bigger issues to get worked up about.
If it makes you feel any better, most college students aren't eligible for unemployment checks.
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2011/05/12 19:13:47
Subject: Angry Mob Chases Would-Be Flag Burner Off LSU Campus
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
2011/05/12 19:31:14
Subject: Angry Mob Chases Would-Be Flag Burner Off LSU Campus
You know you're really doing something when you can make strangers hate you over the Internet. - Mauleed
Just remember folks. Panic. Panic all the time. It's the only way to survive, other than just being mindful, of course-but geez, that's so friggin' boring. - Aegis Grimm
Hallowed is the All Pie The Before Times: A Place That Celebrates The World That Was
2011/05/12 20:36:58
Subject: Re:Angry Mob Chases Would-Be Flag Burner Off LSU Campus
Ahtman wrote:I meant swore to defend, not join to defend. One of the first things a recruit does when they join the service is take an oath to do what again?
Get drunk? The only oath I take that means anything is to family. In the words of the imortal bard: "all other considerations rescinded."
Commissar Kirby does not approve of your attitude, mister.
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2011/05/12 20:54:53
Subject: Angry Mob Chases Would-Be Flag Burner Off LSU Campus
Frazzled wrote:
Get drunk? The only oath I take that means anything is to family. In the words of the imortal bard: "all other considerations rescinded."
Honestly, I would sooner betray most of my family members than a lot of other people I know.
Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.
2011/05/12 21:53:46
Subject: Angry Mob Chases Would-Be Flag Burner Off LSU Campus
lindsay40k wrote:Frazzled, I tried to embed a youtube earlier and dakka was having none of it. Don't suppose you might enlighten me?
Ok on the youtube scroll below the pic.
click SHARE
you'll see the link and below that two more buttons, one marked embed
click EMBED
a highlighted field should appear below that. Put the arrow on it. Right click copy
come here and right click paste
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CT GAMER wrote:Someday I really would love to hear the story of how in hell Frazzled became a mod, and also the thought process behind his remaining so...
His posting habits would be grounds for moderation/banning on many other forums, but here he is given keys to the building...
Good times.
I am not a mod. The order was given to terminate my command with extreme prejudice. Indeed they even sent this guy to take care of it. Here's some video from the 711 I hang out behind (warning language not appropriate for soccer moms)
I have to ask though, whats the hostility from? Are there really that many advocates of wooden pitchforks on this board? I knew you were a fanatical group, but jeez...
Hmm, strange. I did the usual embed thing as you describe, and it didn't work. Ah well.
I guess I'll have to start then. If you're getting a pitchfork, don't forget to get the metal kind. While I respect the old school traditional that is wooden pitchforks, occasionally, the angry mob in fact catches up with the monster. If you're going up against the Monster, mere sticks aint gonna cut it. You needs some nice metal tines.
