Its a compliment. I always notice your absence in these threads and think you'd be a great source on it all.



My official stance: These people are hustlers who broke the law and deserve punishment and it has zero to do with what the mark up might be.

lot of these retail chains are headed for bankruptcy: Sears, JC Penny, Toys R Us, Radio Shaq, etc.

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

We can codify all the rules we want, call them laws, but regardless of those laws, for most people whatever they do is "right", and something they would never do is "wrong".

A good example is this friend of mine, hard right-winger, law and order motherfucker, death penalty, lock 'em up and throw away the key guy. But he smokes weed every fucking day and runs an unlicensed (ILLEGAL!!!!!!) business out of his house. I guess those things don't count because he doesn't think they do. And that's the way most people are. Man can usually manage to justify any type of behavior he wants.

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I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

And they'll get punishment. It's a funny story. I certainly don't think they're heroes for stealing dolls from Wal-Mart. But if I have my choice about who we should lock up, I'd let Branko walk free and put a couple guys from Wal-Mart's Board of Directors in prison in his place.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

I agree, in a perfect world

No doubt. What a fucking ripoff.

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When my goofy business partner was a high school punk, he liked to go into one Toys "R" Us and switch a price tag on a huge Lego set. So it would be like a $120 set and he'd put a $10 sticker on it. Then he would return it at another Toys "R" Us. He likes to tell the story about how a Mexican dude was checking him out once and looked at this gigantic Lego set marked ten bucks and rang it right through and smiled and said, "That's a niiiiiiiiiiiice price!"

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

I don't think it's fair to say no one raises an eyebrow about the wrong or illegal actions of millionaires and billionaires. It's just harder to get them on a lot of stuff because they stay just on the acceptable side of the law. I hate Wal-Mart more than most people, but I understand that legally they are allowed to do some of the things they do such as how poorly they pay workers. They do violate laws in other ways though.

I just don't think you have to choose sides. Stealing is wrong no matter how rich or poor you are. The reasons why people need to steal are a different discussion with better solutions needed.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Do you consider stealing wrong if someone has no other option to feed their family?

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We would have to define "no other option". Are we assuming this person lives in a country without government assistance programs?

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

It's a hypothetical moral question. Say there is absolutely no other option. I'm just curious.

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There is always an option... Whore yourself out to 100 ugly chicks for $20 bucks a pop.

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I would not consider it wrong then.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

I didn't know action figures made in China were edible.

What you're referring to is situation ethics. For the most part the end rarely justifies the means. Or in other words you're saying that you can do the wrong thing if you have a really good reason.

If people are really that desperate they should get on government assistance or go to a food bank. Did you ever notice how people who are "supposedly stealing to feed their family" don't always steal food?

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To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

They steal something of value, and sell it for money. You are really giving Chas a run for his money lately.

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

Joel Osteen wants to help you live the life of victory and abundance that God intended for you.

Which is a bigger crime- taking dolls from Wal-Mart or selling salvation to the uneducated masses?

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

I am so fucking impressed with Osteen's con job and what its turned into that I almost cant work up the normal disgust

Typical big government liberal response.

They should pull themselves up by their own bootstraps and take what they need.

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I don't think it's always that clear. Take some bankers who leverage their political connections to stymie otherwise reasonable regulation efforts in order to maximize profits in flagrantly unethical ways, all while paying less in taxes than the janitors they employ. Laws may or may not have been broken in the process, but that's because it's not always clear if the power and influence of particular people in particular sectors is subordinated to law or vice versa. That's why it's easier to call out a single mother for stealing cheap diapers than it is to call out white collar crime, and not necessarily because white collar folks always stay "just inside the law."

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Ben Simmons is a liability: check
The Fields Cult is dumb: double check

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More importantly he's a liar. He told us a few months back he was going to share his thoughts in one of these threads and never delivered.

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GO BEARS!!!

No it's not wrong.

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Jesus pardoned him. He did not judge him.
In this instance, and the one we are talking about in this thread, he left judgement up to others. Christianity is easy to talk about, but harder to live.

If you are judged by the way you judge others, you are going to be in for a big surprise. Not my thoughts, but God thoughts.

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I think white collar criminals get off too easy. They don't pay the people back that they stole money from. A year in jail doesn't give the victims their life savings back. In some cases the ponzi scheme guys get out of jail after a year or two and pull the same scam. I'm not suggesting they should be put to death, but merely do the time they are required to do based on what they have stolen.

You can be pardoned by God for your crimes, but still be required to do jail time. Wanting someone to do the full sentence for what they have stolen in no way relates to how they should be judged by God for what they have done. These are separate issues. Forgiveness ultimately does not mean that the person who committed the crime is to be let off for what they have done in terms of the court of law. It is more an issue of the offended person releasing the offender into God's hands rather than being bitter towards them. It doesn't affect the court of law.

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To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

Didn't you say something a few days ago, about not liking it when people shove their religious beliefs down the throats of others?

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

I'm well aware of what forgiveness entails.

The post you made about jail time involved you making a judgement. One that;

a) Wasn't necessary
b) Wasn't asked for
c) Was done without knowing the circumstances and culpability of all involved.

Many of your posts appear to be for your own self gratification. The Bible is pretty clear about judging others. If you are judged the same way you often lay it on others, you are in for a rude awakening.

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I limit my economic discussions to the Cubs threads.

Besides, I'm not well-versed on the subject.

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You know me like that.

That doesn't stop a few certain people.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

That's why we value your opinion even more.

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!