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You're wrong. Dead wrong. In fact, you're an idiot.

That was one of the funniest things I've ever seen on these boards, although Ms Solanas might take it a little hard. chave, I applaud you!

No, it was just that we were talking about different things. JHawk introduced more details and (albeit secondhand) testimony, so we were better able to proceed along more interesting and factual lines.

Fair enough. You're welcome. Next time, don't. It jes' comes natural to me, darlin'. Not at all, actually. The entire thread focused on you. I posted only one thing related to me, and that was as an analogy to your experience. I understand why you're getting so defensive, but there's really no need. I don't have much of a problem with you; it became more of an intellectual exercise after JHawk started posting. I continued arguing with him because it was fun to examine the hypotheticals. I'm satisfied with the additional details you've provided, your unqualified mea culpa, and your ungrudging and agreeable willingness to take my advice to heart. As for your melodramatic whining, in the long run, John's the one who has to deal with it, not me. What matters is that you've learned from your experience and you'll be better prepared in the future.

That too.

The kittens are grateful.

Good point.

I've said exactly what Schwarzenegger said about Hitler in the context of rhetorical analyses. I don't think it's a revelation or even in any way controversial to say that Hitler was a great rhetorician. It's an accepted fact. It's rarely even necessary to say it. Equally unnecessary to say is that no decent person admires Hitler per se. He was evil. That is just as uncontroversial, Schwarzenegger said that as well. So how is his upbringing relevant at all? How is his home country relevant? He isn't a Nazi. He's a great supporter of the Simon Wiesenthal Center. He even asked the Center to research his own father's past, for crying out loud. Again, what gives you the impression that he has any opinion of Hitler outside the mainstream? Maybe he wasn't potty-trained exactly the same way we were either. Does that matter if he doesn't shit his pants today? Jesus.

BatGIRL. And be quiet. You know you love getting hit with the strap-on from behind.

Here's how: both are stressful experiences. Neither negate your responsibility to act like a rational adult. How do you know he didn't?

No. Nor the pictures.

Sike... get one of your other professors to teach an English class.

Pissed, you asshole. How do you think? This was supposed to be OUR secret.

... Shit!

How the hell do you fail English 101?

This is a deeply unfunny gimmick.

Oh, nothing. Nothing at all. If we're really a threat to their "very survival," I'm delighted.

The test is flawed. They left out Question #41: "Do you think that this test will accurately measure your IQ or tell you anything meaningful about yourself? (YES/NO)" If you answer YES, the test should calculate your semi-final IQ based on your answers to the previous questions, and then automatically deduct 100 points to determine your final IQ.

And I say you're wrong, because I have. And I say you shouldn't ... And Duck Season. RABBIT SEASON!

1820, near dusk, in Chicago. It was brighter than 0200 or later wherever SNSD is, I'm sure, but I think the fairly heavy traffic might make up for that to a degree. Possibly, if the highway wasn't lit either. And if her headlights were off, and if the other car's rear lights had somehow been turned off. But I don't see why any of those conditions would have prevailed. If they all did, for some bizarre reason, then I guess she has a slightly better excuse. True. It could be. But I think it's unlikely.

No.

Yes it is. All our reactions are human reactions, by definition. That doesn't mean that no one can criticise any of them. And I say you're wrong, because I have.

Normal people still note license plates. My wife and I were in a hit-and-run a couple of months ago. It was an almost identical situation, come to think of it, though worse in most ways. Some guy on a highway cut in between our lane and the one on our left, deliberately smashed into the side of our car, and broke off our driver's side mirror. He then went up the nearest exit ramp (about 5 seconds away, max) while we stayed on the highway. We both got his license plate immediately even though traffic was thick (but still moving at 50-60 mph). One more time: looking at a license plate is not rocket science. It is one of the most basic and elementary rules of the road; it should be a reflex for any driver. There is no excuse for not doing it. Being scared, high on adrenaline, whatever - if you don't look at someone's license plate when he's harassing you, you're an idiot. It's just that simple.

There's no need to adopt that tone. I haven't flamed you. Would it be a fair assumption that they slowed down just a bit to pull off the exit ramp? (No idea if they did or not, just asking.) Possibly. On the one hand, most people do. On the other, most people don't have reason to believe that someone else is reporting them to the police at the time. Both that assumption and the opposite have equal validity, lacking specific data. True, assuming SNSD continued at 85 mph along 163 N, thus speeding straight past the other car. Although then that begs the question of why she didn't slow down a bit as well and stay on the highway in order to note the license plate. Which in turn can be answered by Ripper's assertion that she was, at that point, an "overreacting headcase," but that doesn't really make her look any better. My primary point throughout this thread was that it was not physically impossible for SNSD to note the license plate number had she been thinking clearly. That she wasn't I consider a further count against her, rather than the mitigating circumstance everyone else seems to consider it.

"AndGiveYourUndyingSympathy" doesn't fit. You'd have to put it in the subtitle.