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Post » Thu May 31, 2012 4:04 am

Which could be served at the next lawyers convention. Perhaps the guy missed his calling. Should have been a lawyer and could have had arms and legs any day. More meat than a face as well. though I'm sure cheeks are sweeter.

I'd like to propose a movement. From this moment on, Summer shall be known as 'Clarice'.

Have the lambs stopped screaming yet?
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Post » Wed May 30, 2012 8:46 pm

Which could be served at the next lawyers convention. Perhaps the guy missed his calling. Should have been a lawyer and could have had arms and legs any day. More meat than a face as well. though I'm sure cheeks are sweeter.
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Post » Wed May 30, 2012 9:41 pm

  • Homeless, it's what's for dinner.
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Post » Thu May 31, 2012 7:28 am

http://www.cnn.com/video/?hpt=hp_c2#/video/bestoftv/2012/05/29/tsr-moos-corgi-causes-explosion.cnn
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Post » Thu May 31, 2012 1:13 am

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Sure, I'll draw up a contract for you to sign. :hubbahubba:
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Post » Wed May 30, 2012 11:00 pm

Sure, I'll draw up a contract for you to sign. :hubbahubba:
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Post » Thu May 31, 2012 3:44 am

I'm not a fan of how (some) police use various forms of force, but I think shooting was justified in this instance.

To those who think the cop should have incapacitated the naked, bloody, face-eating man in some other way: It is fairly common for people in a psychosis to exhibit strength far above what they would normally be able to call on. They are also very unpredictable, and there is absolutely no guarantee they will take the sensible option. So it would be extremely dangerous to get up close, and even a taser might not work -- adrenaline and complete obliviousness to the situation can keep a person going despite repeated shocks.

The officer was also in a situation where had to do something immediately, or risk the death of someone who wasn't engaged in brutally assaulting anyone. Bullets were the only reliable way to take the assailant down, and even took several of those to do the job. He gave the guy an opportunity to stop with the face-eating, but when that wasn't taken up he wasn't left with much choice :shrug:.

To those who think the cop should have aimed limbs rather than more lethal areas: Aside from the practical difficulties in doing so, there is a legal side to it. For good reason, a gun is always considered a lethal weapon (unless it's being used as a club :P). That means that using one is only justified when killing the target is justified, and trying to merely subdue them would mean that level of force wasn't necessary, thus making it illegal. I hope you've all followed me here :hehe:. Same goes for knives, BTW.
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Post » Thu May 31, 2012 12:17 am

It's not just that he may have been a threat to the policeman, any other means of attempting to incapacitate him could've resulted in things being even worse for his victim either from the continued attack or the victim being injured as well as the hokerr. Perhaps in an ideal world, but the risks were too high and a decision had to be made immediately.
Yeah, I'll admit to that. It must've been a rather strange situation to handle.
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Post » Thu May 31, 2012 7:49 am

I've heard of this drug. It's called mephedrone (not to be confused the methadone, a synthetic opiate). It used to be quite prevalent in the UK but it's use is dropping off since it was banned. It was often sold as 'bath salts' or 'plant food' and was used as a party drug.

I've never heard of a reaction like this, though. Disturbing...
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Post » Wed May 30, 2012 10:07 pm

Asked my siblings about it, as a bunch are still in college, and apparently people snort this stuff :blink: . People on it also tend to go crazy, and that this drugs seems to be much like meth.
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Post » Thu May 31, 2012 6:21 am

one word people. Cardio. start training
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