Any sense of respect?
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After watching Tot grandpa upset with media[^], it really irks me that the media no sense of respect as to what the guy is going through. Me personally, I would have said more than just to shut up :rolleyes:
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
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After watching Tot grandpa upset with media[^], it really irks me that the media no sense of respect as to what the guy is going through. Me personally, I would have said more than just to shut up :rolleyes:
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
I would be more sympathetic, but since this guy and his wife, and as far as i can tell his daughter, have all been playing the media for all they're worth for the past month, I think he has lost his claim to that.
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I would be more sympathetic, but since this guy and his wife, and as far as i can tell his daughter, have all been playing the media for all they're worth for the past month, I think he has lost his claim to that.
Not sure about the guy and his wife, but the daughter is the one I am most suspicious about. Being the habitual liar that she is claimed to be, and it does make me wonder what the real deal is behind the whole thing. It's been sometime now, and still no sight of the kid. I'd like to think she is alive and ok out there somewheres, but it does get to the point that it unfortunately becomes unlikely.
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
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After watching Tot grandpa upset with media[^], it really irks me that the media no sense of respect as to what the guy is going through. Me personally, I would have said more than just to shut up :rolleyes:
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
I guess I haven't been watching enough TV; this is the first I've heard of this case.
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I guess I haven't been watching enough TV; this is the first I've heard of this case.
Sovereign ingredient for a happy marriage: Pay cash or do without. Interest charges not only eat up a household budget; awareness of debt eats up domestic felicity. --Lazarus Long
I seldom ever watch news on t.v. and my big rant is just how the media can just hound people to the point that it is really ridiculous. I bet the guy can't fart in his living room without the media jumping all over it.
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
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I seldom ever watch news on t.v. and my big rant is just how the media can just hound people to the point that it is really ridiculous. I bet the guy can't fart in his living room without the media jumping all over it.
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
Paul Conrad wrote:
my big rant is just how the media can just hound people to the point that it is really ridiculous
Yup. It's a real shame that the media seem to think they have the god given right to be complete arseholes.
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
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Paul Conrad wrote:
my big rant is just how the media can just hound people to the point that it is really ridiculous
Yup. It's a real shame that the media seem to think they have the god given right to be complete arseholes.
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
No degree of decency at all. Media was all hounding around 5 blocks from my mom's house two weeks ago when the swat team did a big bust on two biker gangs and they had the street blocked off for 12+ hours. it was kind of like, okay the raid happened at 5:30am, it's now 7:00pm - cops were done by 3:00pm doing all the evidence gathering stuff they needed to do, go get a life now and open the street up. Well, OT, off to go see the new Star Wars movie...
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
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I seldom ever watch news on t.v. and my big rant is just how the media can just hound people to the point that it is really ridiculous. I bet the guy can't fart in his living room without the media jumping all over it.
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
The only way it's going to change for the better is via legislative action. Make 'infliction of extreme emotional distress by a reporter' an "automatic do not file charges, do not go to grand jury, go directly to fully justified homicide" offense and it'll be amazing how fast they shape up.
Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots. -- Robert Royall
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The only way it's going to change for the better is via legislative action. Make 'infliction of extreme emotional distress by a reporter' an "automatic do not file charges, do not go to grand jury, go directly to fully justified homicide" offense and it'll be amazing how fast they shape up.
Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots. -- Robert Royall
That would be an idea for legislators to do. Most of the time they are coming up with dumb bills, why not do something useful like that? This dumb bill[^] really pisses me off. I like my water softening system ;P
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
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That would be an idea for legislators to do. Most of the time they are coming up with dumb bills, why not do something useful like that? This dumb bill[^] really pisses me off. I like my water softening system ;P
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
Id' suggest going to the Sacramento reservoir and dumping truckloads of rock salt in, except I'm sure the guilty parties would never notice since their servants use bottled spring water to wash their dishes and do the laundry. :doh:
Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots. -- Robert Royall
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Id' suggest going to the Sacramento reservoir and dumping truckloads of rock salt in, except I'm sure the guilty parties would never notice since their servants use bottled spring water to wash their dishes and do the laundry. :doh:
Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots. -- Robert Royall
:laugh: I am trying to figure out how does the purification system make the water saltier :suss: Sure doesn't taste salty coming out, and why does my garden do well with the purified water then? :rolleyes:
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon