SavageHeart wrote:Here's a another good one from the Bible, "judge not, lest ye be judged".
I wasn't going to, but I can't take it.....
YR, do you even know what this means? Or is it just okay that you "judge" everyone but no one judges you?
Moral elitism makes me laugh. I'm sure everybody that's posted on this thread has never done anything stupid. Drinking and driving isn't cool, but neither is pretending to be morally elite.
Obviously I have done stupid things....I don't think anyone was being a moral elitist, I think people were commenting on some really stupid (IMO) statements.
It's a useless pursuit. Conspiracy theorists have their own version of reality and that's that.
Yes, BDRob, useless. But it is SOOOOO hard.
And I think that I may have figured it out!!!! YR IS NS. She obviously loves to be "persecuted" (to use Bible-banger Robs (BBRob) word!) Maybe YR created the drama to prove to us that people treat her unfairly. Just a thought!!! Or maybe NS was a "PIG" who had nothing better to do than to attack YR. I wonder if he filled his harrassment quota? Hmmm, now that I think of it, the possibilities ar endless.
SavageHeart (By the way, GOOD name for you!
), believe me, I know exactly what "judge not, lest ye be judged" means, and also what bassist_25 wrote. I've been the one being judged, so to speak, for my views. I am NOT a moral elitist by ANY stretch of the imagination, nor am I a conspiracy theorist. I did accept responsibility for and admit my actions, told the truth, and expected that it would matter, "under the law". It didn't, at least not when it came to my sentencing hearing. On the night of the incident, I went there seeking assistance, not with any criminal intent. I'd been there earlier in the day, for crying out loud! Of course, I wasn't alone, then. Criminal Mischief and Defiant Trespass are what a jury found me guilty of, and set restitution starting at a low of at $1,000. Having no priors and with a year passing and my getting in no more trouble, YES, I do believe the sentence I received was way too harsh, and was only due to the insistance of the "victim".
I also believe that the "victim" should allow the truth to be known about the actual previous condition and therefore actual worth of the "classic car". Talk about being "responsible", sheesh! The former co-worker who helped him paint it knew all about his TRYING to get a front end alignment on it before they did so. I'd say the "victim"'s continued withholding of that information makes him a worse criminal than I ever was. I got a chill when I saw the extent of the damage to that car, and thanked God that all of the times all of the kids were in the backseat, it had never been rear-ended...they surely would have been severely injured, or worse. If the ding causing only a dent in a plastic Windstar bumper caused that much damage to a "classic car", what Centre Repair said back in 2001 was true, the frame was bent THEN. He said it needed $4 to $5,000 to properly fix the frame alone, and in his estimation, it wasn't road worthy. He said he wouldn't touch it, refused to Inspect it and told us to come and pick it up. (To make it road worthy, fix the rusted floor panels, ETC., Centre Repair said that would take upwards of $10,000!) It doesn't seem possible I could have caused much damage and simply drove away. I believe the Jury also thought as much, that's why they set the minimum Restitution so low. When they see the pictures of the dent in my former van's bumper, it's evident to anyone who sees them,
that my ding might have bent a "classic car", but it wasn't the reason why, prior damage was. ...but don't worry, I'll continue to responsibly make my monthly Restitution payments. 
I apologize if my not being pleased about my and others' experiences with "wonderful police officers" and "the system" offends anyone.
I can understand others' points of view on "wonderful police officers", but I don't share them.
and no, it's waaay more than one "wonderful police officer", whose actions or in-actions have let me down. There have been a few good ones, I repeat, "a few", but the majority I've dealt with weren't. Over a lifetime, the few good ones haven't made up for all of the bad, but like I said, I believe Bag's good Karma is a start. 
I called you on it and you've now explained further. ...or should I say you've now added context? 
