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Jun. 23rd, 2012 03:19 pm* Syria is claiming credit for having shot down a Turkish plane.
* Yes, I've seen the video of the horrible 7th grade boys bullying, threatening to harm, and telling a 68 year old grandmother she should kill herself. It's a terrible thing and I hope the parents and school come down on them like a ton of bricks. (The victim has declined to press criminal charges, though it sounds like the police would have been willing to arrest them.) Y'all know I'm no coddler of bullies,. At the same time? If you are a grown person sending graphic death threats to a seventh grader, you are a bully and a shitty human being. What sort of person does that? Its absolutely not okay for a pack of middle schoolers to bully an elderly woman, but it's not okay for a whole bunch of adults to do the same thing to children. I have a lot more respect for the folks chipping in money and gifts for the woman who was harassed. I think it's better to do something positive with one's anger than to continue the cycle of bullying and behave as bad or worse that the original bullies.
Let's all try to be decent to each other instead. From what I've heard the victim say, I'm pretty sure that she'd agree.
* Toby's Act passed in Ontario! http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2012/06/tobys-act-granted-royal-assent.html
* Colbert does a good job of mocking the Republican mainstream conspiracy theory that Senator Obama hypnotized President Bush back in 2006 to get him to authorize "Fast and furious" in order to get rid of the 2nd Amendment. http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/415620/june-20-2012/unraveling-the--fast---furious--scandal
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* "Daenerys Targaryen: Wrong For Dragons, Wrong For The Realm:"
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* Joffrey Baratheon: Where Is The Birth Certificate?
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* Silly hats at the Royal Ascot: http://gofugyourself.com/well-played-royal-ascot-06-2012/royal-ascot-2012-day-1-13
* Yes, I've seen the video of the horrible 7th grade boys bullying, threatening to harm, and telling a 68 year old grandmother she should kill herself. It's a terrible thing and I hope the parents and school come down on them like a ton of bricks. (The victim has declined to press criminal charges, though it sounds like the police would have been willing to arrest them.) Y'all know I'm no coddler of bullies,. At the same time? If you are a grown person sending graphic death threats to a seventh grader, you are a bully and a shitty human being. What sort of person does that? Its absolutely not okay for a pack of middle schoolers to bully an elderly woman, but it's not okay for a whole bunch of adults to do the same thing to children. I have a lot more respect for the folks chipping in money and gifts for the woman who was harassed. I think it's better to do something positive with one's anger than to continue the cycle of bullying and behave as bad or worse that the original bullies.
Let's all try to be decent to each other instead. From what I've heard the victim say, I'm pretty sure that she'd agree.
* Toby's Act passed in Ontario! http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2012/06/tobys-act-granted-royal-assent.html
* Colbert does a good job of mocking the Republican mainstream conspiracy theory that Senator Obama hypnotized President Bush back in 2006 to get him to authorize "Fast and furious" in order to get rid of the 2nd Amendment. http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/415620/june-20-2012/unraveling-the--fast---furious--scandal
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* "Daenerys Targaryen: Wrong For Dragons, Wrong For The Realm:"
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* Joffrey Baratheon: Where Is The Birth Certificate?
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* Silly hats at the Royal Ascot: http://gofugyourself.com/well-played-royal-ascot-06-2012/royal-ascot-2012-day-1-13