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nunn
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The "wife flipping out" thread was hijacked enough, so here is another on the topic of misogyny.
On a side note, this is the second "mis" label I have received from a member. Another, now-ex-member labeled me a "misanthrope." So, if both names are correct, I hate both men and women.
There was a celebrated homicide trial in the Dallas area a few years ago. A man came home, found his wife in the rack with another man, shot her and killed her. In Texas, a jury can find a person on trial for a greater degree of homicide guilty of a lesser degree of homicide, if they are not convinced that all the elememts of the greater crime are present.
The man was found guilty of a lesser degree of homicide, and sentenced to 18 months in prison.
Anyhow, this was the topic of discussion on a local radio talk show one day. A lot of people were outraged at this seemingly mild punishment, and said so when they called in.
Being a bit of a pot-stirrer, I couldn't resist. I called in, and got on the air. I stated that, "Eighteen months in prison is no walk in the park." And it isn't. No one in his right mind would enthusiastically embrace such a fate for himself.
I also opined that the convicted man would probably not re-offend. He was taken by surprise in a high-stress situation, and reacted, probably without considering the consequences.
Wow! That got them stirred up a lot! Most of them wanted the guy put to death or imprisoned for life. Evidently, the jury didn't see it that way, and gave the man the punishment that they deemed appropriate. The folks in the radio audience didn't see it that way, but they were not privy to all the facts, sorta like what goes on here sometimes.
On a side note, this is the second "mis" label I have received from a member. Another, now-ex-member labeled me a "misanthrope." So, if both names are correct, I hate both men and women.
There was a celebrated homicide trial in the Dallas area a few years ago. A man came home, found his wife in the rack with another man, shot her and killed her. In Texas, a jury can find a person on trial for a greater degree of homicide guilty of a lesser degree of homicide, if they are not convinced that all the elememts of the greater crime are present.
The man was found guilty of a lesser degree of homicide, and sentenced to 18 months in prison.
Anyhow, this was the topic of discussion on a local radio talk show one day. A lot of people were outraged at this seemingly mild punishment, and said so when they called in.
Being a bit of a pot-stirrer, I couldn't resist. I called in, and got on the air. I stated that, "Eighteen months in prison is no walk in the park." And it isn't. No one in his right mind would enthusiastically embrace such a fate for himself.
I also opined that the convicted man would probably not re-offend. He was taken by surprise in a high-stress situation, and reacted, probably without considering the consequences.
Wow! That got them stirred up a lot! Most of them wanted the guy put to death or imprisoned for life. Evidently, the jury didn't see it that way, and gave the man the punishment that they deemed appropriate. The folks in the radio audience didn't see it that way, but they were not privy to all the facts, sorta like what goes on here sometimes.
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The "wife flipping out" thread was hijacked enough, so here is another on the topic of misogyny.
On a side note, this is the second "mis" label I have received from a member. Another, now-ex-member labeled me a "misanthrope." So, if both names are correct, I hate both men and women.
There was a celebrated homicide trial in the Dallas area a few years ago. A man came home, found his wife in the rack with another man, shot her and killed her. In Texas, a jury can find a person on trial for a greater degree of homicide guilty of a lesser degree of homicide, if they are not convinced that all the elememts of the greater crime are present.
The man was found guilty of a lesser degree of homicide, and sentenced to 18 months in prison.
Anyhow, this was the topic of discussion on a local radio talk show one day. A lot of people were outraged at this seemingly mild punishment, and said so when they called in.
Being a bit of a pot-stirrer, I couldn't resist. I called in, and got on the air. I stated that, "Eighteen months in prison is no walk in the park." And it isn't. No one in his right mind would enthusiastically embrace such a fate for himself.
I also opined that the convicted man would probably not re-offend. He was taken by surprise in a high-stress situation, and reacted, probably without considering the consequences.
Wow! That got them stirred up a lot! Most of them wanted the guy put to death or imprisoned for life. Evidently, the jury didn't see it that way, and gave the man the punishment that they deemed appropriate. The folks in the radio audience didn't see it that way, but they were not privy to all the facts, sorta like what goes on here sometimes.
I once found a bicycle chain and was well on my way to having a bicycle. Don
you going to make it through this or do you need a xanax and a binky?
Misanthrope is a hater of humankind. Thats men and women.
Misandry is the one thats a hater of men.
Play nice people or else....
never did i say you hated women. what i said was that the idea that a womans place is solely in the kitchen was misogynistic. i later expounded that the literal definition was perhaps a bit strong, and that i felt that the above concept was more along the lines of disdain and lacking in respect for the gender.
you going to make it through this or do you need a xanax and a binky?
BTW, I know the definition of "misanthrope." I take no offense at either label, even though both are incorrect.
Sometimes, I will hear a colleague say something like, "Man, I hate these stupid people!" When I hear that, I always disagree.
"You gotta be kidding! I love these people! They keep us in business!"
Fact: If everyone went about their own business, and stayed out of other peoples' business, we would have very little to do.
The judge at the trial pointed out to the man that the law would have allowed him to kill his wife's lover, and asked him why he killed the woman and let the man go free.
The man allegedly replied, "Your Honor, I believed that it was more moral to kill one woman than a different man every week or so."
Of course she claimed "years of abuse" afterwards...but then don't they all?
Samey same?
http://articles.cnn.com/2007-08-14/us/preacher.slain_1_mary-winkler-fourth-street-church-preacher-husband?_s=PM:US
"But on the stand, Mary Winkler described a hellish 10-year marriage during which, she said, her husband struck her, screamed at her, criticized her and blamed her when things went wrong. She said he made her watch pornography and wear "s_lutty" costumes for sex, and that he forced her to submit to sex acts that made her uncomfortable."
Many women would relish the attention after 10 years of marriage.
Fact: If everyone went about their own business, and stayed out of other peoples' business, we would have very little to do.
You could focus on shearing... sheriff[}:)]
No details on the visiting man, so we assume he wasn't a friend of the husband and maybe had no idea what the deal was.
So guy kills wife, spares unknown man. Seems logical since she is the one actively and knowingly offending him.
If the husband has no previous criminal history I'm thinking that I may vote to acquit if I'm on that jury. He didn't go looking for her, it wasn't planned or calculated, it was a response to an immediate stimulus that she brought on herself.
I don't hate all women, just stupid ones who cheat on their husbands and flaunt it by doing it in their own bedroom.
Too old to live...too young to die...
Reminds me of a story that I believe took place in Louisiana, sometime during the 18th or 19th century. A man caught his wife with another man, and killed her.
The judge at the trial pointed out to the man that the law would have allowed him to kill his wife's lover, and asked him why he killed the woman and let the man go free.
The man allegedly replied, "Your Honor, I believed that it was more moral to kill one woman than a different man every week or so."
[:D][:D]
LOL.
That reminds me of something that happened in the parking garage one day after work. A guy was showing us the new sound system that he had installed in his car, and he was playing around with the radio when he began to somehow intercept a cell-phone conversation. It was fading in and out, but the topic was clear: two married people were discussing how to get together for some 'fun' after work, and the stories they were going to give to their spouses. What a broadcast[:D].
Clouder..
Guy loses his wallet at the airport and convinces a cabbie to take him home and get paid there. Upon arrival, the man notices a strange car in his driveway. He's returned from a business trip early and he's worried, so he asks the cabbie to go in with him.
They go in the house and find a strange man in a compromising position in the businessman's bed...with the businessman's wife. The angry man pulls the covers down to reveal them both stark naked.
With the cabbie standing there, the man starts to get upset but it interrupted by the woman...(I know, interrupted by a woman...?)
"Look, you don't give me enough attention, and he does. Besides, that Corvette you love to drive? He paid for most of it! Last month when you went deep sea fishing for two weeks? He paid for it so he and I could spend more time together. He even paid for the addition to this house that you call your "man cave"!
Mouth agape, the man consults quietly with the cabbie, who is equally dumbstruck.
Then they both quietly pull the covers back up over the man, and tuck him in.
"What? Aren't you still angry?" says the wife.
The husband says "I just don't want him to catch a chill."
On the walk back out to the cab, the cabbie says "do you think you can get me that guy's email address?"