Man shot for wearing Obama T-shirt, page 2
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reply posted on 7-10-2008 @ 01:50 PM by Thebudweiserstuntman
Originally posted by Sublime620
reply to post by FlyersFan


I don't see how it should be of any consequence to anyone if people outside of the US are choosing favorites. Unless they start asking to vote, last time I checked, we promote freedom of speech. It's their right to speculate.
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I think the UK should be allowed to vote in the US presidential elections....After all, you guys didn't manage to do such a good job the last time around!


reply posted on 7-10-2008 @ 01:51 PM by Sublime620
reply to post by mopusvindictus


Now which part of that post wasn't complete speculation?


reply posted on 7-10-2008 @ 02:07 PM by mopusvindictus
reply to post by Sublime620




It's 100% speculation!!!

But also so obvious and from a standpoint of those who witness first hand in here every day exactly how extreme viewpoints and polarizing arguments can arise a bet I'd take 10-1 odds on of being correct about

and I'm not taking a side

My statement is simply... some topics are sensitive, you should save some topics for the appropriate time and place, your opinion isn't so important to put yourself in conflict for, there are places to be heard, safely discreetly or protected if publcly

emotions run high

I have trouble seeing this as a mugging and am almost sure, the Obama fan mouthed back and an escalation occoured, because the man didn't just cap him with the bb gun..therwe was obviously interaction of some kind

Yes... likely initiated by the Hooligan of the two...

But which comes first? the Chicken or the Egg? he was sporting the shirt...

It's a statement, it's a communication and...you have to face the reality you might run into some one pasionately oppossed to your ideas on the street... doesn't make his actions right, but it doesn't deal with the realities of life either

and

I have to say, politics ARE important, but not cool... I'll never be caught dead in a Mccain T-shirt lol... I Never wore a kennedy T-shirt and I can't imagine how odd i'd look in either a Palin or McCain T-shirt...

I just...would never do it myself, even If I was an Obama fan...I don't want some guys mug on my chest, it's kind of... a sad statement of personality in many ways to me...

and...

It's London for crying out loud, you can't fail to see the silliness of both these individuals and the sheer lack of personal identity in both

They are politicians, they are all CREEPS anyway, Liars, self promoters...

Obama worship i think is the biggest turn off about the guy, he takes a crap in the morning just like me... and McCain does too...in fact somebody probably has to help him


reply posted on 7-10-2008 @ 02:12 PM by Sublime620
reply to post by SectionEight


Though you basically just derailed the thread, can you please substantiate your claim that Obama is somehow tied to all of these people in Nevada?

[edit on 7-10-2008 by Sublime620]


reply posted on 7-10-2008 @ 02:20 PM by Merriman Weir
Originally posted by burdman30ott6

LOL, I was thinking the exact same thing as I read his post, man. All that talk about chasing with a pit bull and shooting with a BB gun. .357 Mag > BB Gun, .357 Mag > pit bull, .357 Mag = Thank God I live in the USA.


You know, if your answer to everything is the fact that you carry this gun, then I'm glad you live in the USA too.

I think it's fascinating how much of this thread has devolved into this pathetic machismo about how BB guns aren't 'real' guns (although, it's not like they're not going to blind anyone when shot point-blank in the face, is it? ). I'm surprised someone didn't post 'Staffordshire bull-terrier? That's not a real dog, back home we have dogs that kill tigers' or some other weird, macho nonsense.

The real story is that some people seemed to have an issue with Obama and some of his supporters solely on the colour of his skin and are willing to act on it. There's no 'he has no experience' or 'is he really American?' 'or 'he'll tax us 'til Tuesday!' - this was an example of why some people really have an issue with Obama and some of his supporters.

What I also find weird is that apparently weapons are the solution to the problem in the news story: 'my particular chunk of steel would have killed him before he'd have even looked at me'. If this guy is the idiot he appears to be, what makes you think that he wouldn't have pulled a 'real' gun on Egwuatu if he'd have had the opportunity to? The possibility that Egwuatu might have had a bigger gun? That's a 50/50 argument and again, if the guy who attacked Egwuatu is as much an idiot as he appears to be, I can't see those odds deterring him.

Whereas some are crowing that a 'real' gun would have stopped this, all I'm seeing is the difference between Egwuatu getting hit in the face with a BB gun and being lucky he wasn't blinded as opposed to just losing his face completely as well as his life. If those .357 Mag are as good as your suggesting, I'm pretty sure that Egwuatu wouldn't be around to be giving a quote to the reporter.

[edit on 7-10-2008 by Merriman Weir]

[edit on 7-10-2008 by Merriman Weir]


reply posted on 7-10-2008 @ 02:24 PM by maria_stardust
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