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You can also purchase a gorgeous reproduction of the edition (with illustrations intact) at Barnes and Noble:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/barnes-noble-leatherbound-classics-tales-of-mystery-and-imagination-edgar-allan-poe/1106658820?ean=9781435137387
It's really beautiful and something I've been currently reading.
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/barnes-noble-leatherbound-classics-tales-of-mystery-and-imagination-edgar-allan-poe/1106658820?ean=9781435137387
It's really beautiful and something I've been currently reading.
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I am SO SICK of zombies. They are over used, over done, and I hope to god they die out as the fad they are. God, I hope I'm not a troll.
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ooh! I vote for the mascot and the flag saluting comments! LOL!
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He was aware of the word "irony", but even more aware of the need to color coordinate! "Let's see...the flag matches the no parking zone and ATM, good good...But there's no blue in front of the wall!" He "sprang" into action, and assumed a "pensive" position.
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When I'm faced with a difficult question or problem, I have to boil it down to its bare minimal structure to grasp a clear understanding of the situation. Everyone knows what happened right now, so let's boil it down:
1.) Two people were fleeing with stolen property, and did not respond to his command to stop, with a gun. They instead fled.
2.) He shot them.
3.) They died.
Without all the moral implications of "they were turned away", or "unarmed", or "not his personal property", I have to take his side. They were perpetrating a crime, and he had the means to stop them. He did.
Wouldn't you want the same thing to happen if you were the victim? Like what other people said, what if it was your stuff that was being robbed? What if you were being raped or killed? The lines would be blurred if it was a more serious crime, and that's the problem with people today.
People still see some crimes to a lesser degree. Who's to say these two men wouldn't go out and DO a larger crime once they got away with this one? Who's to say they would've gone on to be productive citizens? (Given their crime history, the latter is less possible and the previous more probable.)
Just because it was a "lesser" crime they were committing doesn't change the fact that they had STOLEN property and were BREAKING THE LAW. Obviously, there are distinctions, I don't think Jaywalkers should be shot. But someone who breaks into cars, grand theft auto, robbing a house, holding up people etc and has a long history of it, I feel no sympathy when someone does something like this.
If they had my stuff and he was my neighbor, do you know how much I would be thanking him? If they had gotten away and sold the stuff, I never would have gotten it back.
All this man is guilty of is stopping a crime by the means he had, and he should be given a hero's welcome.
If anyone does that to me, you can bet I will shoot to kill. Otherwise the robber and a slimey lawyer will slap you with this:
http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2006/06/12/robber_sues_victims_after_they_beat_him/
I hate living in a Country where I'm afraid to protect myself because the evil have the right to legally have their way with me in court.
Someone said this, and its perfect: “anyone who breaks into a stranger’s home knows that someone might be inside, and that the encounter could lead to violence.”
Then there's the other side: Let them rob your house and do nothing. If you're not in danger, why should you do anything? The Government will take care of you. The police will get it back. It would be MURDER if you were to do anything!
For people reading this in Europe and Canada, you need to understand what its like to live in the USA. There are many laws in many parts that won't let you carry a gun, so law abiding people don't. Gangs carry guns because they break the law, and shoot people who do. Los Angeles is notorious for its gun fights, and Philadelphia has some of the highest crime in the country. Two of my relatives in NYC have been mugged. Tacoma, near where I live, and Seattle have gang violence and robberies constantly.
I live in my small town near the poorest section which is raided monthly by the cops. Americans often live in fear.
My biggest fear though, is the legal system. The 50 Million Dollar Pants lawsuit should have been stopped years ago, but went on forever costing hundreds of thousands of dollars. Robbers sue homeowners for attacking them while they trespass and steal property.
Through it all, one man got mad and tried to stop him. Now he's being called a criminal. An otherwise law abiding citizen with no record did something to try and put a stop to the madness, and now the world wants to string him up.
For people saying they wouldn't want this freak walking around their neighborhood, I would say you had nothing to fear unless you were breaking into his house.
1.) Two people were fleeing with stolen property, and did not respond to his command to stop, with a gun. They instead fled.
2.) He shot them.
3.) They died.
Without all the moral implications of "they were turned away", or "unarmed", or "not his personal property", I have to take his side. They were perpetrating a crime, and he had the means to stop them. He did.
Wouldn't you want the same thing to happen if you were the victim? Like what other people said, what if it was your stuff that was being robbed? What if you were being raped or killed? The lines would be blurred if it was a more serious crime, and that's the problem with people today.
People still see some crimes to a lesser degree. Who's to say these two men wouldn't go out and DO a larger crime once they got away with this one? Who's to say they would've gone on to be productive citizens? (Given their crime history, the latter is less possible and the previous more probable.)
Just because it was a "lesser" crime they were committing doesn't change the fact that they had STOLEN property and were BREAKING THE LAW. Obviously, there are distinctions, I don't think Jaywalkers should be shot. But someone who breaks into cars, grand theft auto, robbing a house, holding up people etc and has a long history of it, I feel no sympathy when someone does something like this.
If they had my stuff and he was my neighbor, do you know how much I would be thanking him? If they had gotten away and sold the stuff, I never would have gotten it back.
All this man is guilty of is stopping a crime by the means he had, and he should be given a hero's welcome.
If anyone does that to me, you can bet I will shoot to kill. Otherwise the robber and a slimey lawyer will slap you with this:
http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2006/06/12/robber_sues_victims_after_they_beat_him/
I hate living in a Country where I'm afraid to protect myself because the evil have the right to legally have their way with me in court.
Someone said this, and its perfect: “anyone who breaks into a stranger’s home knows that someone might be inside, and that the encounter could lead to violence.”
Then there's the other side: Let them rob your house and do nothing. If you're not in danger, why should you do anything? The Government will take care of you. The police will get it back. It would be MURDER if you were to do anything!
For people reading this in Europe and Canada, you need to understand what its like to live in the USA. There are many laws in many parts that won't let you carry a gun, so law abiding people don't. Gangs carry guns because they break the law, and shoot people who do. Los Angeles is notorious for its gun fights, and Philadelphia has some of the highest crime in the country. Two of my relatives in NYC have been mugged. Tacoma, near where I live, and Seattle have gang violence and robberies constantly.
I live in my small town near the poorest section which is raided monthly by the cops. Americans often live in fear.
My biggest fear though, is the legal system. The 50 Million Dollar Pants lawsuit should have been stopped years ago, but went on forever costing hundreds of thousands of dollars. Robbers sue homeowners for attacking them while they trespass and steal property.
Through it all, one man got mad and tried to stop him. Now he's being called a criminal. An otherwise law abiding citizen with no record did something to try and put a stop to the madness, and now the world wants to string him up.
For people saying they wouldn't want this freak walking around their neighborhood, I would say you had nothing to fear unless you were breaking into his house.
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Well you see, dgaicun, hasbro intended to make a scale version. But when it was over 40 miles long and gained its own orbit, the U.S. Military shot it down claiming it was a weapon of mass destruction. Hasbro TRIED to explain that it was just a toy, but everyone scoffed as the lego laser beam was focused on Earth. After they blew it up and all of the pentagon was congratulating themselves, Hasbro came up with this idea. It was all over the news, how could you have missed it?! There were lego pieces everywhere, and George Lucas was even blacklisted!!
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wake. Up. People are struggling in the USA due to massive profits for the wealthy, including insurance companies. Do you think it’s sweet when a family has to sell items to get diabetes medicine? What about the ‘feel good’ story of a person who got lucky on go fund me so they could afford cancer care? What about the guy who was “lucky” because a police officer didn’t arrest for swapped license plates and a suspended license and helped him get a minimum wage job at fedex?
Dont fall for the lies. Don’t accept that these stories are actually anything more than attempts to make you think this is okay and normal.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5b76d4c4e4b05906b412fa6f/amp