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Originally Posted by skeet
Quoting Thing is, some of the people that do stupid stuff have absolutely nothing to lose. We cyclists talk about this all the time. It isn't the rich guy driving the $100,000 Mercedes that we have to worry about, but the poor SOB with nothing but $20,000/$40,000 auto insurance, if that, and not a pot to piss in that we have to worry about running us over. They have hardly anything to lose. Same goes for the moron across the way trying to shoot at deer in the little 5 acre wetland area we have.
I really hate to say this Fabs..but what an elitist attitude.. Someone without the means to carry a million dollar insurance policy? Are you saying that the poor SOB shouldn't be able to drive? It is surely apparent you feel he really isn't up to your status.The poor ?SOB? is the the one you have to worry about? What?? They aren't good enough? They don't have anything to lose? WOW! The ones I really worry about are the illegals that are driving uninsured. One.Killed a "friend" back in Centreville last year.. and for the most part almost every illegal that drives has no insurance..no tags and no conscience. And you want to fine 'em and let 'em stay.. What's gonna make 'em do the right thing. Illegal?? Just because you earn a good income gives you the right to drive because you can carry what YOU consider an adequate amount of insurance? You may not really feel that way..but that is what you imply. Times do change Fabs.. I don't know what your area is like now..but I do know not so long ago it wasn't as it is now. Hate to break this news to you..but if there is a jackass around that shoots through your house...a law isn't gonna stop him..remember..illegal is JUST a word..ask the 15 or 20 million illegal aliens we have in the US now. Also my friend..you say you aren't for BIG Government..but your words tell a different story. More laws equate to bigger government. And you do realize I am sure..some of those poor schmuck SOBs probably pay part of your earnings. They helped to pay for mine. Not only that..I've been one of 'em in the past. Seems as though you may have missed something. Monetary compensation will never pay for injuries lost earnings and certainly not a child. A real friend was in the hospital recently. They screwed up and gave him a drug he(and they) knew he was allergic to. Darn near died.. Is he gonna sue? Nope..he realizes things do happen..accident is a real word. If he sued..he'd ruin more than one life..And he doesn't want to do that. What a stand up kind of guy. Glad he's a friend...and alive.
Yep times do change and so do people. I'm going to bed..I actually have to get up in the morning...and GO SHOOT..yippee..You need to take a bit of time off and go practice..I don't wanna have to make you look REAL bad when we go to Pintail Point. LOL...Speakin of change..I used to guide goose hunters on that farm. One of the best shots I ever took was on that farm. SHE was just great with a shotgun. I hope your father can go too. He's a nice man
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Hey Skeet, how about trying not to twist my words. What I said was a poor SOB with no assets and most likely no insurance, doesn't have as much to lose as a person that has worked 20 or 30 years and accumulated some wealth. I never said they shouldn't be able to drive. Please quote where I said they shouldn't be able to drive!!!!!!!!!!
Illegals have no conscience. Yeah, that one is rich. Why don't you just hang out the HATE sign for the illegals. I know plenty of them, and I can assure you that most of them have a conscience. How this debate got to illegals I have no idea.
Suing is your friends perogative. Had he died, I wonder if his estate would have been so kind. I wonder if he was out of work long enough to suffer some serious monetary setbacks if he would be so kind (i.e., foreclosure on his house, tons of credit card debt). Were the doctors so kind that they waived the medical charges? I doubt it.
I think you went off on enough tangents that I am going to call it a day. Look forward to shooting with you when you come back.