why is drunk driving punished so much severely than speeding?
"alcohol-related traffic deaths" statistics are inflated because they classify it as alcohol related whether a driver, passenger, or pedestrian had any amount of alcohol in them (even less than the legal limit). They also do not assign fault (ie: an intoxicated driver at a stoplight who is hit by a sober driver will still be [...]
Why is it that racism, sexism, and religious discrimination…
…are almost universally frowned on (and in many cases punished), while discrimination against ugly or short people (lookism and heightism, respectively) are given a pass or even tacitly encouraged?ugly or short people have unwanted genes. Race, sex and religion can be attractive to many more people.lookism? Heightism? ~sigh~ I have heard people banter about these [...]
Legal Question regarding a depo
back in 2007 i was involved in a car accident. I rather not state to many details of the accident online except for the fact that I received the vioation. Two years ago I received a letter from an attorney on behalf of state farm that I was getting sued by state farm for 15,000 [...]
IRS & Taxes!! Any guru’s here?
I want to make this short, I was fired last year in Aug. ’10, filed my taxes this year, owed the state ~$700, I paid it in full, I received a letter from you know who a few days ago, stating that "Recent adjustments to your account result in a revised balance. Failure to pay [...]
Immunization
We are at the point with our newborn that we need to decide if we should have her immunized or not. I know all the controversy involved with it, from autism and so on. What are your thoughts?hyped up fear. if i had a kid i would go through with them.10 kids died in Cali [...]
OT secret sub forum?
Most forums have this, even if it’s just for the moderators to have "meetings". Mod Forum Admin Forum etc The Mod forum is the least used forum on OT. Certainly no meetings in any way going on.
do you suppress your personality and withhold opinions at work
que? Okay, yes, of course. I am a very spiritual and passionate person, and such things have very little purpose in the realm of what I do. All that matters to my boss is that I’m passionate about the work I do, and that I do my job well. There’s a lot about me that [...]
Why I Am Not Going to Buy a Computer
Like almost everybody else, I am hooked to the energy corporations, which I do not admire. I hope to become less hooked to them. In my work, I try to be as little hooked to them as possible. As a farmer, I do almost all of my work with horses. As a writer, I work [...]
Turtle Love…
It gives me hope for the future when an airplane stops his take off so as to not run over turtles. I almost always stop and take a turtle off of the road and I’ve gotten thumbs up from other drivers when doing so. Good for JFK! We have a large population of non-native turtles [...]
Why is it where you try and help people…….
They turn out to be the worst kind of person? I saw an ad on Craiglist tonight selling an iPhone and maile the guy to let him know he didn’t speficy Verizon or ATT. He sent this back: Re: Apple iPhone 4 16GB – $325 July 3, 2011 1:24 AM I did specify! VERIZON dumbass!
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