I really get tired of people living their lives not according to my personal views too, but as long as it's not physically harming anyone against their own will, I don't propose we censor or throw them in jail because of it. What I do propose is education and free speech. Are you against education and free speech or something?
Adam. > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 4:14 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Bumfights > > > I really get tired of that libertarian crap. > > As for the Don King bs, well look at the number of people who > grew up in the > same circumstances, went through collage etc and now are > making a decent > living. The Don King bs is just thinly disguised racism is > all. There are > always other routes. > > I was not offering a solution in the first place. I was > disputing you claim > about not no one forcing these people to fight. My point is > that there are > other ways of coersion without reference to physical force. > > -- > Larry C. Lyons > ColdFusion/Web Developer > Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer > EBStor.com > 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 > Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 > tel: (703) 393-7930 > fax: (703) 393-2659 > Web: http://www.ebstor.com > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. > -- > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Cantrell, Adam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 4:38 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: Bumfights > > > > > > What is your proposed solution? How is this different than > > Don King offering > > an inner-city boxer $200k to get his head beat on for 10 > > rounds, risking > > brain damage, and then Don King making $3M from the deal? > > Sure is a lot of > > crack-rocks to sell to make that kind of coin, and with your > > logic, that > > would be the fighter's only alternative given they've > > probably had to deal > > with deadbeat fathers, drug addicted mothers, poverty, and > > gangs. We better > > intervene with more laws and jail sentences - the problem > > should go away > > then. > > > > Same logic as the drug war - let's not question the demand at > > all, because > > if we can rid ourselves of the suppliers everything will be > > merry. Tell me > > if my analogies are off base, and I'll try to come up with a > > better one. > > > > Adam. > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Larry Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 1:26 PM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: RE: Bumfights > > > > > > > > > Bull shit. These guys were homeless, dead broke and mostly > > > had very bad > > > drinking problems. They were then offered to them what was a > > > lot of money, > > > and all the alcohol they could drink. Just because they did > > > not have a gun > > > held to their head doesn't mean they were not coerced into > > > it. There are > > > more way to force someone to do stuff other than by violence or by > > > threatening violence. Look beyond your own butt for once. > > > > > > -- > > > Larry C. Lyons > > > ColdFusion/Web Developer > > > Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer > > > EBStor.com > > > 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 > > > Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 > > > tel: (703) 393-7930 > > > fax: (703) 393-2659 > > > Web: http://www.ebstor.com > > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. > > > -- > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Cantrell, Adam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 12:08 PM > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > Subject: RE: Bumfights > > > > > > > > > > > > Oh get off your high horse, they didn't force anyone to fight. > > > > > > > > Adam. > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: Larry Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > > Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 10:27 AM > > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > > Subject: RE: Bumfights > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Only 3 years in prison? Well hopefully they be in the right > > > > > section - where > > > > > they can play b**** to some of the more violent inhabitants. > > > > > > > > > > What they did is sick. > > > > > > > > > > larry > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Larry C. Lyons > > > > > ColdFusion/Web Developer > > > > > Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer > > > > > EBStor.com > > > > > 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 > > > > > Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 > > > > > tel: (703) 393-7930 > > > > > fax: (703) 393-2659 > > > > > Web: http://www.ebstor.com > > > > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > > > Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 10:46 AM > > > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > > > Subject: Bumfights > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://makeashorterlink.com/?I25232BE1 > > > > > > > > > > > > They made $6 million at this... dang... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
