George Zimmerman in custody, police investigate 'possible domestic battery'

My reasons for bringing up anecdotal stories? You must be joking. We already went over this, tetra, but I'm willing to go over it again just for you. Here, I'll do a quick summary of our conversation to make sure we're on the same page:

1. You claimed people don't go to jail on a domestic call unless they actually perpetrated some sort of abuse. Implying that Zimmerman must have been beating up his wife if he got arrested.

2. (pay close attention this is where I related anecdotes of friends and family) I was utterly shocked that someone would seriously claim that people never wrongly go to jail on domestic calls, as you claimed. Because of this I shared personal stories where people DID wrongly go to jail. That was the reason for sharing these situations. That's how disproving a claim works. You said something I knew was wrong. I replied saying you were wrong, with proof to back it up.

3. You got all worked up in a tizzy after being corrected. You even confirmed my claim (and rebutted your previous claim) by saying you support laws which require someone go to jail, regardless of if anyone actually was perpetrating any domestic abuse. Being in favor of laws that force innocent people to go to jail seems rather offensive but I guess that's a whole different thread and I won't get off topic going into it now.

4. You then related your own personal stories of being the victim of abuse, which while being unfortunate, don't really have any relevance to this thread, or the specific subject we were debating (whether people wrongly go to jail on domestic calls) Domestic abuse is real, I never denied that it exists, I don't think anyone needed proof that it happens. So you can see my confusion in why those stories were relevant, unless you were trying to bring some emotional ammunition to the thread, and expect me to just say "oh your right, I'm sorry!" because you were a victim of domestic abuse.

Does that sound about right? This all stemmed from you saying that you don't get arrested on a domestic all unless you actually did something. After being called on that statement, you could have simply said "your right, I guess some people do wrongly get arrested on domestic calls" or you could have simply said nothing. Don't you think that would be reasonable? But instead you start attacking me, bringing age (really?) into the discussion, and just generally getting all emotional and worked up because of your own mistake.

tetra50

Wanna be a single parent, with the other parent harassing you daily and no help avaialable. The wekaer sex, a woman, with a man with a gun at your door screaming insults, while you baby cries in your apartment. Until you've been there, sorry, I dont' want to talk about this issue with you.....admittedly biased by what I've described.

And this is exactly what I'm referring to. WHAT does this have to do with the subject at hand? Why do you keep bringing up past hardships in your life? Are you trying to get sympathy? Your own personal experiences in this matter don't have any bearing on this thread.

So until I have had that very specific (but not terribly uncommon) set of hardships in my life, I can't disagree with you on anything? I'm not really understanding where you are going with this. It all just kind of seems like excited rambling, not actual discussion.

tetra50


So, you win. Happy now? I'm wrong, and so awful for it, as a person. Thanks, James. You take care of yourself, too. This attitude in life will get you very far, for you won't be hindered by actually caring, only by pointing out who is WRONG, SO WRONG, cause you know it all , dude, and I'll throw in a dude whenever I want, too.....what the f@ck was that comment anyway....LOLLOL

Uh....ok? More excited ramblings, I guess I know what to expect now. How more dramatic can you get? "I'm wrong, and so awful for it, as a person" Can you really not see how overly dramatic and juvenile you're acting? You're the one that made this much larger than it had to be, you could have simply accepted a correction and gone on, but instead you have turned it into some sort of personal issue.

tetra50


and I'll throw in a dude whenever I want, too.....what the f@ck was that comment anyway....LOLLOL

Are you really not capable of following along? I really shouldn't have to explain these things. I'll help you through it though.

1. My first reply to you featured the word "dude"

2. Your reply seemed to indicate you took offense to the word "dude" You referenced it in a reply to me, I guess because you thought it would be clever to say "gotcha! I'm a woman, so you're silly for saying dude!"

3. I replied to you and explained why I used the word "dude" which in case you missed it, was because usually if I hear/read something really ridiculous and out of touch with reality, my first thought is usually something along the lines of "dude....really?" Maybe it's just a word us youngsters use, I'm not sure. I know I've heard people much older than myself using it, so I don't think it's a generational thing.

Does that explain it for you?