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Comment on The Legend of The JATO-Powered Rocket Car by dave donovan

dave donovan — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:19:25 +0000

Sure, feel free to post it.

Comment on The Legend of The JATO-Powered Rocket Car by Chris

Chris — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:10:36 +0000

fantastic! as a former small town boy with energy to burn i can relate 100%.

if you’re ever bored i can send you a story not as involved but equally amusing in its underlying theme of ‘boys will be boys’

enjoy life!

Comment on The Great Seattle Wind Storm of 2006 by Kerrie

Kerrie — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 22:17:17 +0000

Wow, So glad you came out ok. I was wondering how you fared.

Comment on A Moral Dilemma by Chris Chudik

Chris Chudik — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 02:37:01 +0000

Dave,

In reading this and reflecting on it, this famous quote comes to mind:

“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.�? — Edmund Burke

Perhaps that sounds over-dramatic, but I don’t think so.

It has nothing to do with race, or dollar amount. It has everything to do with the fact that some people have NO VALUES.

That guy has probably done that for years with nobody saying anything to him. Maybe you were the first person that had the cojones to confront him.

Way to go. Hopefully our paths will cross soon!! —Chris

Comment on A Moral Dilemma by dave

dave — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 17:10:18 +0000

Preach on brother D! I’d recognize that IP address anywhere.

The last comment was by a former coworker of mine who lives on the south side of Chicago. He has a great sense of humor about racial subjects and I’d been looking forward to his comments on this post.

Comment on A Moral Dilemma by G-MONEY

G-MONEY — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 10:42:09 +0000

Ok
#1 I stole the money because; I’ve stolen money before. (I learned it from early American settlers)

#2 I dressed like that because the hip-hop culture says I have to in order to be cool. However others and myself are only hood rich, which means my wealth is only wealthy in my neighborhood, not the bank or the world.

#3 I don’t mind you snitching on me it has happened before. Just know that snitching can get you killed or beat to a pulp or both.

#4 I don’t think you are prejudice or that you are playing the race card. Hell I realize that a lot of people are criminals and they range from a variety of shades and colors, and genders
George Bush (white), Kim Jong (Asian), Vincente Fox (Mexican), and list gets even more colorful when talking about corporate thugs, well maybe not; most corporate thugs are white male and some female. (Anyway enough of that)

Well anyway I got to go beat my hoes and sell some crack cause I’m G-MONEY Bitch

Comment on A Moral Dilemma by dave

dave — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 19:00:38 +0000

Thanks for all the comments so far. To Ron’s comment about calling him “G Money” and that being a stereotype, I’m not sure what that means and it wasn’t what I said, but what I did say was probably no less stereotypical. I don’t oppose stereotypes though – they’ll always be there anyway, so if you’re going to be stereotyped you might as well make it a good one. The hip-hop star was presumably this person’s stereotypical ideal he was trying to achieve, and it simply helped me to convey his appearance in words when no images were available. This was intended to be a discussion of real-life morality problems rather than about stereotypes, but as stereotypes go they are a fundamental part of human psychology. We as individuals would be overwhelmed with information and very gullible if we didn’t have stereotypes to help us make decisions about our safety and other things we do just in the routine course of our daily lives. Each of us is faced with decisions about whether we trust a particular person based on limited information we know about that person. Sometimes these decisions are trivial, but other times they can have severe consequences for making the wrong choice. Like whether you trust the waiter at the restaurant not to replicate your information when you hand over your credit card. Like whether you walk on the sidewalk the long way or take a shortcut through a dark alley. Or whether you take a cab, bus or train in the city at night.

Comment on A Moral Dilemma by FieroLT1

FieroLT1 — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 12:11:05 +0000

I think you handled the situation beautifully. I would have also said something to the bartender. But when confronted by that person, my nature unlike yours, is unfortunately much more violent. I would have led the way outside where I would have shoved all that bling where it won’t shine any more.
Don’t get me wrong, I do not condone this type of behavior, but it is the way I usually handle things of this nature, for good or for bad, most of the time for the bad so no, i’m not proud of it.
These people make me sick to my stomach. And by “these people”, I do not make any reference to race, but to the ones that go out every day with the sole intention to attract notice and impress others with something they probably don’t have.
The ones that think the world owes them something or that they can behave anyway they want because no one is going to do anything about it once they have “made the scene”.
But you did do something about it, and he was not counting on that. Kudos to you my friend!

Comment on A Moral Dilemma by Bob

Bob — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 01:31:01 +0000

Well,

1. His hand had absolutely no business being in the tip jar… it’s not his… whether it is an alleged act or not is completely irrelevant

2. I’ve worked in many establishments such as this and always look out for the safety and well being of those that provide the service for us to have fun and let our hair down… Let’s face it, the staff are working stiffs and have to push a lot of ales to be able to pay the rent. Whether it’s a buck or two, or $1000 makes no difference. It’s a hard way to make a few bucks… Revert to #1

3. Being slightly confrontational about the situation is a very powerful tool. Had nothing been said, I’m quite sure the hand would have been in the tip jar again, that very evening. Is that accusational? Sure, but really, if no one stopped him before, what’s to stop him from doing it again?

Now, there’s the race thing…. There was a certain image that was being projected by the individual, for better or worse. Is it fair to call it exactly what it was? This is very touchy for many people. Myself, I would have left the race thing out, even though he projected the image to illicit a response. White, Black, Hispanic, Asian, etc… makes no difference…. Refer to #1… But you are right about 1 thing, it DOES reflect upon his race in a perceived fashion, based upon the image he was projecting. I have many friends that happen to be of African descent, that would have created a much bigger issue about his race than you did. So, the question here REALLY is, “Is it OK for a white guy to bring attention to an image that is being projected by an individual, that is clearly ethnic, and is commonly associated with negative behaviors?”

Bottom line, I would have jumped his shit…. Most likely in a more confrontational way ragardless of what his ethnic background is… makes no difference…. Refer to #1

Comment on Chicago Air Tour, November 2004 by Kerrie Anne

Kerrie Anne — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 01:20:44 +0000

Awesome pics Dave, Can you refer your photographer to me?? LOL

I love the sailboat one!