Thurston Fluff

It was nice knowing you jason. How about this on your gravestone. Here lays Jason21nl a great pitcher no one would dispute. soreness in the arm was the repute the pain was his death some say from the over use of Ben Gay.

No one got hurt so it's funny and safe to laugh at. We used to screw around with my sisters setting on her electric chair so it would go faster. It was great fun until we forgot to set it back and she went wheeling across the kitchen and into the fridge. Two big dents in the fridge and one very mad mother to deal with after that. Sadly I would qualify us as evil for that.

Gypcasino, hes using a red herring and a slippery slope to try and make a point. Of course his argument is based in fallacy and irelevent articles, but that's how it goes. At least I wasn't the only person who immediately found it humorous Fallacy of what? Was there no cross burnings, no segregation? Was there no parking illegally? Since I never used an article it's hard to say it was irrelevant. While the two are differant levels they certainly are relevant by the connection I made between the two fo them. It is hard to argue they do not share the same characteristic of being allowed to continue by lack of action by others. I was using those as examples of how the "that's none of my business" attitude allows such behavior to continue. Using other examples to point out how your "it's none of your business" attitude is wrong is a perfectly valid way of pointing out the weakness in your stance on said subject. As far as the slippery slope arguement that just isn't the proper use of slippery slope. Slippery slope arguements say if one thing continues it will turn into something bigger. I never once said violating hadicapped parking laws would turn into cross burnings. I simply said both behaviors are allowed to continue until someone makes it their business to stop it. My examples are, today, at extreme ends of the spectrum. That was not always the case. At one time in our not so distant past it was as acceptable for KKK member to burn a cross in yard as it is now to park in hadicapped parking space. Segregation was legally enforced at one time. In fact some of those people in white hoods were policemen, judges, congressmen and pastors. What it took to stop that type of behavior was for people who took it upon themselves to make it their business. Which is the point I was making. Whether you like it or not your attitude is the exact same type of attitude other more serious offenders rely on to continue the bad behavior. While it may be an extreme example it is perfectly valid for the point I was making. Simply put the "it's not my business" attitude is wrong in both cases for the exact same reasons.

I don't see why people in wheelchairs should even get to park close it's not like they have to walk really far like non handicapped people do. I agree with you. When I take my sister who is in a wheelchair out I park as far away as possible and make sure it's between two other cars. The 2 foot space between the van and other car makes it so much easier to lower the ramp and wheel her out of the vehicle. I certainly would appreciate wiggling her out of that space because someone perfectly capable of walking and getting out of the car without the aid of a ramp felt he needed less excercise that day. I'm sure my 63 year old mom appreciates it even more. It really makes her day to know she can wiggle my sister out of those tight spaces bad hip and all so someone can be 15 steps closer to the door. I can't tell you how many times we petitioned the city to move those handicapped spaces to the very end of the parking lot and makes sure those diagonal lines painted on the ground as a designated area for the wheelchair ramp to come down should be narrowed to a 1 foot area so she can have an excuse to leave Nikki in the car instead of haivng to take her into restuartants and such. Thank you for your complete lack of consideration to the needs of those who can't do things you take for granted. like walking. seriously though, Milwakeesportsfan thank you for being not only considerate but also for doing something about rude people's behavior. I'm sorry you took it out on someone else. Perhaps you could apologoze to that person and explain why you did it. A sincere apology to that person may help you feel better for taking it out on the wrong person. Rest assured anyone who has ever had to deal with hadicapped people think of you as a genuine good person and that act a genuine good deed.

Marathon Man. My first R rated movie.

Some folks like Dogs Playing Poker or black light Led Zep posters. I will admit to having one of those. I've got a black velvet Elvis. Now that's art.

This is in reference to this post My parents adopted 5 special needs kids and I tend to view the "r" word like african americans view the "n" word. My brothers and sisters all have a hard enough time in life without their condition being degraded any further by institutionalizing the word in a negative sense. Your sensativity on this board is what makes this a special place. And, yes, if someone used that word around me they would get an earful if not more.

If Chuckie sees someone taking on 2-0 chuckie's swinging for them.

We have a venting thread and in game thread but prehaps it's time for a thread dedicated to simple excitement or joy about how well the Brewers are doing. A pure joy thread without needing to be relevant to anything other than expressing the fun we are having might finally be useful/fun. I've thought about this for a while and seeing Geno actually voice such sentiments and the applause he received makes me believe I wouldn't be the only one who wants a place to go to simply express my positive feelings without the voice caution from others.