Murder for trading cards
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I used to have and play that game. This is a pretty sick case.
William Cormier III, Fla. man, gets life for killing man over valuable fantasy role-playing cards - CBS News
And government sanctioned, no less.
Maybe you recall that one year ago, my nephew, age 27, died suddenly, with no apparent explanation: he was extremely healthy [ran the Warrior Dash every year] and no drug/alcohol use at all.
He was in Indianapolis [lived in Ohio], judging a Magic, the Gathering tournament, when he died. His memorial service featured a Magic card with his photo - a real collectible.
His parents discovered that he had been operating a business online, buying, selling, and trading the cards, and he was looking for a brick & mortar location to expand, because he had [literally] thousands of the cards, some quite valuable. He was doing very well at it, because being a judge is an honor, an invitational thing, and judges are greatly esteemed.
I've never been into the role playing games, but I learned that those who are don't consider it trivial at all, and some can earn a decent living by it.
I also learned that some of those 'gamers' are the best kind of people on the planet.
jamom123
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I know RLENT I totally agree! Look at all these people that support abortion.
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I don't doubt that it's a great hobby for some people. I don't doubt that like any hobby there are some people who make a living through the hobby. I don't disagree that's a fair amount of money. Cardboard cards are just a trivial thing in the overall scheme of life, just as most hobbies for that matter.
RLENT
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I think you will find - assuming you are capable of actually taking a honest look - that most of the people that "support" abortion - actually simply support a woman's right to choose to terminate her pregnancy ... and are not fanatical advocates calling for abortion in particular, specific circumstances.
Indeed, most of them that I know personally view the practice with a degree of disdain ... nonetheless, they view the right of the woman to choose as having primacy ...
That's a little different than someone who can't resist the opportunity to advocate violence against, or take a life of, an actual person ...
jamom123
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But I do find it fascinating that the same people defending abortion, also want to do away with the death penalty. So a unborn child's right to life doesn't matter but a murderers life does.
jamom123
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jamom123
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Your right, I take blame.
How can you say that "an unborn child's life doesn't matter" when you know nothing at all about why any woman made the decision to terminate a pregnancy? Did it ever occur to you that it might matter a great deal, but she has to make a very tough decision, when a pregnancy wasn't part of her plan? But you are sure about what she "should" do anyway, because
it's so easy to assume you know things you can't possibly know.
RLENT
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Most of the folks that I know that support the right of a woman to choose to terminate her pregnancy are, in terms of the death penalty, primarily concerned with the possible wrongful execution of the innocent ... not so much a murderer's life.
And let's face it: Our track record as far meting out justice to the correct party is questionable at best.
But I understand your need to set up your (fallacious) premise the way you did ... self-justification and all that ...
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jamom123
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Funny: pro death penalty and anti choice, both insisting that human error is acceptable in one case, but not the other. [If a woman gets pregnant because she forgot to take a pill, she should have a baby.] That makes sense, right?
No, it's called responsibility for ones actions. If you make a dumb decision then you deal with it. You don't say oops and make it go away.