Remember the Texas Clock Kid? Well, he is meeting islamist war criminals now

Started by Martinus, November 07, 2015, 06:12:13 PM

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Valmy

Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."


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DGuller

And now he's suing for $15 million.  :rolleyes: I have to say that my outrage over this story has worn out, and then some.

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Quote from: DGuller on November 24, 2015, 01:13:01 AM
And now he's suing for $15 million.  :rolleyes: I have to say that my outrage over this story has worn out, and then some.

Suing whom? Was it wrongful arrest? Aren't there standard procedures for this over there?
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Quote from: DGuller on November 24, 2015, 01:13:01 AM
And now he's suing for $15 million.  :rolleyes: I have to say that my outrage over this story has worn out, and then some.

He was probably pushed by a lawyer who had dollar signs in his eyes.
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Quote from: DGuller on November 24, 2015, 01:13:01 AM
And now he's suing for $15 million.  :rolleyes: I have to say that my outrage over this story has worn out, and then some.

Agreed on that.

DGuller

Quote from: Syt on November 24, 2015, 06:02:53 AM
Quote from: DGuller on November 24, 2015, 01:13:01 AM
And now he's suing for $15 million.  :rolleyes: I have to say that my outrage over this story has worn out, and then some.

He was probably pushed by a lawyer who had dollar signs in his eyes.
Probably, but he's pushed by so many unsavory characters to do so many unsavory things that it is still leaves a bad taste in mouth.  Whatever the explanation, he has ceased being a sympathetic "victim".

Valmy

I thought it was more a condemnation of our irrational school system than that the kid was necessarily an angel.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Martinus

Quote from: Valmy on November 24, 2015, 10:38:33 AM
I thought it was more a condemnation of our irrational school system than that the kid was necessarily an angel.

But was the school system really irrational here?

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Quote from: Martinus on November 24, 2015, 10:58:43 AM
Quote from: Valmy on November 24, 2015, 10:38:33 AM
I thought it was more a condemnation of our irrational school system than that the kid was necessarily an angel.

But was the school system really irrational here?

Yes.
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