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kyburgHendrickson is in jail not for any of that, though. He's in trouble for making many hundreds of thousands of dollars running a prostitution business from his $200,000 house, a whorehouse, in effect, now shut down by federal agents. A trophy given to Hendrickson by one of his more than 20 prostitutes, reading "#1 Pimp of the Year, 1998," was taken from the fireplace mantle during a raid and now sits in the Plano offices of the federal prosecutor who last week put him away.
Making money bad. Being a pimp? Not an illegal act. Something wrong there.
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ginmar is discussing the matter today is nothing short of appropriate.
The other thing I was struck by was how eager people were to avoid the gun metaphor.greatsword hit it right on the head. I have a gun. Just because I have one and don't use it doesn't make me a great person. I can exploit it at any time. I have power over anyone who does not have a gun. That might cause them to act with me in a different way than they do with people who don't have guns. People who don't examine this concept closely might be lured into believing that that different treatment and demeanor are the result of their virtues, personality, or attractiveness. Getting treated like this over time might become expected even though only power explains it. I imagine getting rid of that concept must be unpleasant. Hell, even noticing that invisible power must be unpleasant. Not my problem. My issue is first pointing out that that power differential exists, and then eliminating the gap.
It's veteran's day. Go read some by one in the making.
You heard about the tanks being rolled on that anti-war protest in Los Angeles on the 9th? The day the idiot tried to rob the Mexican Consultate? No? Here's the story about the dumbass.
Here's the discussion about the tanks.
Note: go down a fair piece.
Remember what I said about geographically-challenged Marines?
I talked to one Marine with one of the "Striker" vehicles. He told me they had driven the vehicles up from Camp Pendleton the night before (Tuesday) on the freeway. Getting off the 405 Freeway North taking the Wilshire East (instead of WEST to the VA) offramp, they would have passed Wilshire and Veteran where the anti-war rally was underway protesting the attack on Fallujah in Iraq.
I asked him if he was "rolling around Westwood" Tuesday night. He said, "Yeah, and we drove past that anti-war demonstration. We was lost. We're not from L.A. We didn't know where this place (WLA VA) was. We were trying to find it."
"Did you drive around the block twice?" I asked.
"Yeah, we did. We stopped to ask them (the protestors) directions, but they weren't very nice."
No, I don't doubt they were.
Tanks on the 405? Now that I had to see - wonder why THAT didn't make the news.
Well, this protest didn't either. Go fig.
And they were Canadian tanks to boot.
Making money bad. Being a pimp? Not an illegal act. Something wrong there.
And the fact
ginmar is discussing the matter today is nothing short of appropriate.The other thing I was struck by was how eager people were to avoid the gun metaphor.
greatsword hit it right on the head. I have a gun. Just because I have one and don't use it doesn't make me a great person. I can exploit it at any time. I have power over anyone who does not have a gun. That might cause them to act with me in a different way than they do with people who don't have guns. People who don't examine this concept closely might be lured into believing that that different treatment and demeanor are the result of their virtues, personality, or attractiveness. Getting treated like this over time might become expected even though only power explains it. I imagine getting rid of that concept must be unpleasant. Hell, even noticing that invisible power must be unpleasant. Not my problem. My issue is first pointing out that that power differential exists, and then eliminating the gap.It's veteran's day. Go read some by one in the making.
You heard about the tanks being rolled on that anti-war protest in Los Angeles on the 9th? The day the idiot tried to rob the Mexican Consultate? No? Here's the story about the dumbass.
Here's the discussion about the tanks.
Note: go down a fair piece.
Remember what I said about geographically-challenged Marines?
I talked to one Marine with one of the "Striker" vehicles. He told me they had driven the vehicles up from Camp Pendleton the night before (Tuesday) on the freeway. Getting off the 405 Freeway North taking the Wilshire East (instead of WEST to the VA) offramp, they would have passed Wilshire and Veteran where the anti-war rally was underway protesting the attack on Fallujah in Iraq.
I asked him if he was "rolling around Westwood" Tuesday night. He said, "Yeah, and we drove past that anti-war demonstration. We was lost. We're not from L.A. We didn't know where this place (WLA VA) was. We were trying to find it."
"Did you drive around the block twice?" I asked.
"Yeah, we did. We stopped to ask them (the protestors) directions, but they weren't very nice."
No, I don't doubt they were.
Tanks on the 405? Now that I had to see - wonder why THAT didn't make the news.
Well, this protest didn't either. Go fig.
And they were Canadian tanks to boot.
