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Kingston Vol said:
So I’ve accepted a position working in media for basketball and football recruiting coverage.

Not going to plug it here, don’t want to rub Freak the wrong way, but I’m wondering what you guys value most in recruiting coverage: interviews with prospects, film breakdown, insider rumors, or something else?
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Lebron vs MJ debates.
 
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chargervol said:
Of course. And I'll read several replies just like yours. it's why I simply supported McGill instead of bothering to debate with anyone

Like I said, the numbers proving the amount jobs in the low income range should be ignored.
Because everyone, that just happen to fall on the other side of the discussion, has a story saying so.

And if I pulled the listings from when I made the move from self-employed to job searcher - showing all the very real job openings with those pay scales, there would just be another story why those don't count either.

50% in that range and all of them just incapable or lazy. I'll save us all some time. Reply away, underpaying or exploitation isn't a real factor, hey, that's awesome.
I'm not changing your mind and y'all darn sure aren't convincing me of that fairy tail. Using as many subcontractors as I did, I worked with way too many hard working, talented and underpaid guys to be convinced that they don't exist or don't count.
I won't even entertain that thought.
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I'm not making any judgements on whether people are lazy or stupid or whatever. These things are market driven imo. If unemployment is high there is more competition for jobs and the price of labor falls. I saw this after 2008 and it lasted for several years. The last few years it was a labor market making companies compete for labor. Before this crazy spring it was extremely difficult to get quality people period. You either settle or over pay.
 
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itsme said:
Murder is a result of a person inflicting damage to another persons body.

Imagine thinking that the death of 270,702 (probably on the low side) in 2017 is ok because you like sugar and are addicted to it and it kills at a slower rate than meth. All addictions are the same, just different drugs and sugar and caffiene are yours but you've always done them. So who has the absurdly idiotic comparison? If something else had a death rate this high you'd be all for the abolition of whatever it was.
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You're comparing meth/heroin to sugar. Literally 99% of the world's population would side with me on this. But sure, go ahead and compare meth to Mountain Dew!
 
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itsme said:
Here are the facts and yes I am. Get rid of the emotion. Also, I have never illegally done any drugs. I just don't like the feelings of them when I have them legally.

Sugary drinks linked to 25,000 deaths in the U.S. each year (2015)

Sugary drinks linked to 25,000 deaths in the U.S. each year


Deaths. Diabetes was the seventh leading cause of death in the United States in 2017 based on the 83,564 death certificates in which diabetes was listed as the underlying cause of death. In 2017, diabetes was mentioned as a cause of death in a total of 270,702 certificates.

Statistics About Diabetes | ADA


Drug overdose deaths surpassed 72,000 in 2017, according to provisional estimates recently released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That represents an increase of more than 6,000 deaths, or 9.5 percent, over the estimate for the previous 12-month period

https://www.washingtonpost.com/busi...ug-overdose-deaths-record-high-cdc-estimates/
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Being a diabetic myself, all I’ll say is that the dangers of me scarfing a box of Little Debbies and holding my family hostage is very very VERY low percentage point thingies.
 
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scvolfan7 said:
Does everyone smoke cigs? People know the dangers so most don’t do it. Same would be true of any other drug. Plus the drugs could be made safer rather than in trailer parks. There are countries where all drugs are decriminalized and they haven’t collapsed
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The Netherlands is the shangri-la of if it feels good do it...meth isn’t legal. They don’t prosecute you aggressively, but the production and distribution is prohibited.
 
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Bassmaster_Vol said:
Meth is much, much more highly addictive than cigarettes, and far more destructive. A lot of people will smoke a cigarette once and throw it down never to do it again. With meth and heroin, in a lot of cases, one use is all it takes for someone to become hooked on it and unable to break it without extensive rehab and treatment. These are not in the same ballpark.
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I know people thatve done meth once and never again, but that’s not my point. My point is that because people know how dangerous it is, the rate of people doing this drugs would barely increase. That’s enough of a deterrent. Prison obviously isn’t stopping people. It’s only destroying lives of addicts and costing the taxpayers billions. Time to spend that money on something useful
 
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butchna said:
The Netherlands is the shangri-la of if it feels good do it...meth isn’t legal. They don’t prosecute you aggressively, but the production and distribution is prohibited.
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All drugs are decriminalized in Portugal. That’s probably the way it should be done. Maybe Make it a small fine to get caught with it.
 
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Bassmaster_Vol said:
Except meth use doesn't just hurt yourself. I'll let you sit down with my two nieces who no longer have a father and say, "hey girls, there's no difference between meth and a milkshake!"
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I can understand now why you are so defensive of your position and I honestly feel for you and your nieces but you have to take emotion out of it. I truly am sorry for what you and your family had to go through but...

I could let you sit down with my mom and hear her say there is no difference between meth and alcohol because her dad and multiple brothers dies from cirrhosis.

I could let you sit down to talk to my wife about cars being bad because her 16 year old sister died in a tragic car wreck.

I could let you sit down to talk with her about the atrocities of sugar because her dad, age 64, who is a diabetic who has now had amputations, and heart problems because he is addicted to sugar. His heart shrank because he would not eat right and kept his sugar high, so bad in fact that the doctors told him he was lying when he said he had only smoked one cigarette in his life.

I could let you sit down to talk with a family that loses a kid to drowning and want to ban all pools. Doesn't make it right.
 
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itsme said:
I can understand now why you are so defensive of your position and I honestly feel for you and your nieces but you have to take emotion out of it. I truly am sorry for what you and your family had to go through but...

I could let you sit down with my mom and hear her say there is no difference between meth and alcohol because her dad and multiple brothers dies from cirrhosis.

I could let you sit down to talk to my wife about cars being bad because her 16 year old sister died in a tragic car wreck.

I could let you sit down to talk with her about the atrocities of sugar because her dad, age 64, who is a diabetic who has now had amputations, and heart problems because he is addicted to sugar. His heart shrank because he would not eat right and kept his sugar high, so bad in fact that the doctors told him he was lying when he said he had only smoked one cigarette in his life.

I could let you sit down to talk with a family that loses a kid to drowning and want to ban all pools. Doesn't make it right.
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If you're going to have a serious discussion with me, you're going to have to do better than talking about pools and cars. Take those out. That's ridiculous.

You won't hear an argument from me about alcohol.

Still, sugar is addictive. but sugar is placed in our food. We have to eat to live. It is true that sugar is a problem for some people. I'm not denying that. But sugar is nowhere near the problem of meth and heroin. This is not even up for debate. Legalize meth and heroin, and you would see far worse and far more reaching destruction than you would from sugar.

That's the end of this foolishness.
 
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itsme said:
I can understand now why you are so defensive of your position and I honestly feel for you and your nieces but you have to take emotion out of it. I truly am sorry for what you and your family had to go through but...

I could let you sit down with my mom and hear her say there is no difference between meth and alcohol because her dad and multiple brothers dies from cirrhosis.

I could let you sit down to talk to my wife about cars being bad because her 16 year old sister died in a tragic car wreck.

I could let you sit down to talk with her about the atrocities of sugar because her dad, age 64, who is a diabetic who has now had amputations, and heart problems because he is addicted to sugar. His heart shrank because he would not eat right and kept his sugar high, so bad in fact that the doctors told him he was lying when he said he had only smoked one cigarette in his life.

I could let you sit down to talk with a family that loses a kid to drowning and want to ban all pools. Doesn't make it right.
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If you banned pools then you’d have to ban lakes, rivers and oceans...not possible. Meth is banned yet we still have aspirin...let’s stick with the possible.
 
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Ron Swanson said:
Good thing meth is Illegal to stop him from making bad choices. Smh
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Future debate conversation “I tell you that sumbisch needs killin but they keep telling me murder is illegal! But Sam went to Methdonald’s and got the number 1 and supersized it, went home and hacked his girlfriend and her friend to death and now everybody’s apologizing to him for having to endure that harrowing experience! Why cain’t I go kill that sumbisch and it be done with? Not fair is not fair!”
 
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Bassmaster_Vol said:
I don't think you want that. You're on here saying there's no difference between meth and ice cream. "Hey son, what do you want for dessert after dinner? Some cookies and cream or a little crystal?"
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Where did I say no difference? I didn’t. They’re both bad for you. But most things are fine in moderation. Meth isn’t one of those but I don’t think we should tell adults what they can and can’t put into their own bodies. If they want to do drugs, fine with me as long as they don’t hurt other people. If they do there are consequences. Not sure why that’s so hard to understand for some. “Taking care” of humans cradle to grave isn’t doing them any favors. Educate, listen, learn and make good choices.
 
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