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Satori. You MAY be right, but it's purely speculative. We have no way of knowing what would have happened because it didn't. Another option is they would have locked down but incapable of keeping a monitor on the entire campus. Thus they would have made everyone in his vicinity a sitting duck. Is it possible you're assuming more manpower than they had on hand? We don't know what would have happened had there been a lockdown, and second-guessing may help at some point, but not for the purpose of assigning blame, as is being done now. Anyway, I respectfully disagree. Neither your scenario nor mine is based in fact, and that's my point.

Relax, Mike. I've no need to spar with you any further. Eagle, it's my soon to be Mrs!

Uh oh. Now you've done it. If you read something in the Bible and it contradicts something in PFAL, PFAL is right and the Bible is wrong. That's basically what you need to know about Mike. (Just thought I'd give the shorthand answer).

I first heard the second guessing on talk radio yesterday. Don't blame the media for this one: the media are relaying what they're hearing on campus and from families. It's natural, just as natural as wanting to know whether the guy is here legally or not. It's a distraction from the tragedy: our natural reaction to tragedy is to somehow undo it. Why didn't airport security work properly on 9/11? Why didn't authorities know what McVeigh and company were up to? Why didn't the V-Tech campus go into lockdown right away? It's just a natural response. But here's the truth as I see it: if the campus had gone into lockdown or something, that student (I won't dignify his memory by naming him) would have shot up his dorm instead of the classrooms, and people would have been wondering if the lockdown just made his dormmates sitting ducks instead of protecting them. If only they had not ordered a lockdown, maybe he would have tried to escape and not done any more killing! Alas, there was no lockdown, and he continued to kill. No matter who is second-guessing the police, be it other students, their families or "the media," it is wrong-headed to second-guess them. It's natural, understandable, downright instinctive. And flat-out wrong.

Freddy's Fashion Mart: homegrown perp. Little Chester Shoe Store: homegrown perp. Columbine: homegrown perps. That nut in the clock tower in Texas: homegrown perp. Oklahoma City: homegrown perp. Origin of the perp is a sideshow. The issue is valid by itself. Don't let it distract you from the horror that took place here.

Likewise, Kathy.

CEEEEEEEEEEEEELEBRATE GOOD TIMES, COME ON! THE THE THE THE THE THE THE THE... CEEEEEEEEEEEEELEBRATE GOOD TIMES, COME ON! THE THE THE THE THE THE THE THE There's a party going on right here. A celebration to last throughout the year.... Do they know it's Christmastime COME ON! THE THE THE THE THE THE THE THE CEEEEELEBRATE GOOD TIMES Come on!

Well, I figured when I reached 10,000 posts, I would say something profound. So here it is, ladies and gentlemen, direct from me to you.... come on, you see this coming, don't you? any second now, here it is... Something profound. BAAAAAAAAAhahahahahahahahaha. I kill me. Eat Snacky Smores.

Was anyone else in that movie? Candice Bergen Carnal Knowledge Jack Nicholson

There are certain things I want to know. I want to know why "onomatopiea" doesn't mean anything like it sounds. I want to know why "palindrome" is not spelled the same way backwards and forwards. I want to know if anyone has ever actually said the word "hegemony" out loud. Any why. I want to know why the verb "effect" means "to cause."

Gun Bee! Just kiddding. Ummm...

10 posts, eh? What'll it take to make it 9? Maybe we should ask Chatty Kathy?

Now why, after three blissful months, would you want to bump THIS thread up? Hmmm, I wonder.

Happy Daze, uh, Days is correct.

Nope. The first face expresses the first word. The second face expresses the second word. If you get the first, the second's pretty easy. Tough to get the second on its own, though.

"What's a marketing report?' "Exactly."

Take it away, WW!

European Vacation

Perry Mason

Snoring, boring, the play is confusing Lay back, way back, soon I will be snoozing... **** Dough, some cash -- a wad of cash Ray, a guy who fixes cars. Me, the one who takes out the trash Far, the distance to the stars. So, a word that goes with "well" LA, a city where we dwell Tea, with honey it tastes swell And that brings us back to... Dough!

But it makes us hap-peeeeee.

"Okay Lady." "Not 'Lady.' "Mom.'" "Okay, Lady, I love you, buh-bye."

Lifted Up: I think we're getting semantical in the distinction here: the end result is the same. If I reject everything VPW taught and evaluate what I'm going to let back in, or filter out everything VPW taught and keep only those things I think are valuable and worth keeping, the end result is identical: I keep what I think is right and reject what I think is wrong. It's the NEXT STEP in both cases that makes the two options identical. REJECT ALL: Re-admit some. REJECT SOME: Retain some. Either way, the same stuff ends up rejected and the same stuff ends up retained. Pick your method. Whatever makes you happier. What DIFFERENCE does it make, so long as you're being honest with yourself?

Dude, stick to one analogy at a time. You've got a fraudulent piece of artwork hanging in your living room and you're talking about lunch. How about going to MacDonald's for a Fillet-o-fish. It's boneless.