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Aaron Miller
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Okay, so I have this friend who used to work at a real-estate company, and he was fired because he wouldn't sell an illegal drug (pot) for his boss. What are your thoughts on this?


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Posted: 8th Aug 2007 05:13
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He was working for the wrong company, and the wrong boss.
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I say its better that he left the company anyways.

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Aaron Miller
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Yeah, but now he has nothing he can do. He's on house arrest for punching someone (He was going to punch his boss, but decided against that). Also, he has been going to court for something the city was ill-informed about, and his previous lawyer screwed him over. It sucks really.. The original reason he went to court was because his house was raided and he was charged with the crime, even though it was his room mate who was using the house without him knowing. It wasn't even his fault and he's getting blamed for it. :/ It's sad really.


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Posted: 8th Aug 2007 05:45 Edited at: 8th Aug 2007 05:46
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I say the corrupt government has struck again.


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Why is he on house arrest for not punching anyone? I would punch him too, or worse...probably worse.

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Quote: "I say the corrupt government has struck again."


aw man! thats the fifth time this week...

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Just found out his dad is in the hospital too, man this has got to be one hell of a bad day for him!


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maybe his company was a secret hippie pot selling legion

seriously what is up with that company?
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Dude, that sucks. Just hope that karma will serve that boss and that corrupt government right


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Aah, I've given up on thinking life is fair. Life sucks. But stories like these make me feel lucky for knowing there are people with worse situations than mine - wish I could help.

Best of luck to your friend - things'll get brighter (must be Little Bright Dots' most used phrase). Terran space is a harsh, unfair and corrupt place.


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Aaron Miller
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Thanks all. I'll keep you all updated on what happens, hopefully it'll get better.


As a side note, there was this one time where the police showed up at his house for his grass being too high (It was complained about by the neighbors), and yet there was so much trash and random crap around the city... That was kind of screwed up too because it's the cities job to cleanup their own public property, and yet they'll go against someone for having too high grass....


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Dude that does suck, I mean it's illegal to fire someone on unreasonable charges, so your friend should call the authorities on his old boss. As for your friend's current charges is the reason why I've never really had much faith in the legal system of the USA and UK, innocent people get convicted when they shouldn't, heck sometimes when they're clearly innocent. As for house arrest for punching a guy, personally I think that's a wee bit extreme, surely a caution, a fine or a night in the cell is the right charge.

Well all I can say is best of luck to your friend.

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Quote: "Well all I can say is best of luck to your friend."

Thanks.

Quote: "I've never really had much faith in the legal system"

Neither have eye... Especially if you can sue McDonalds for their coffee being too hot, and you burning yourself... <Too Hot being the normal tempurature of coffee in McDonalds> Or holding a lawn mower near the blades to cut some bushes, and your fingers get chopped off.... (Someone sued the company because they didn't have a caution sign saying not to go near the blades....)



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1) call the cops on the old boss
2) stop punching people
3) hope his dad gets better
4) overthrow corrupt government

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Quote: "4) overthrow corrupt government"

Sounds good to me! I'll grab the pitch forks, you get the torches!


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Posted: 8th Aug 2007 11:59
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This doens't make me sad, but it severly pisses me off. I would hate to be the boss who treated me the same way. It's unacceptable on so many levels, it's a wonder he didn't punch him.

The legal system isn't even legal.....that's usually a bad sign.

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I hope everything works out for your buddy, he seems to be in a somewhat unfortunate situation.

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It's 14 years for dealing in the UK. I say grass ( ) on him...

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I say totally shunt the boss by dobbing him in. Unless he has something to hide...

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yeah Greenlig is right, and maybe your mate might get the role of boss.hehe.

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Wow. All I can say. That's terrible, man.

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Quote: "Quote: "4) overthrow corrupt government"
Sounds good to me! I'll grab the pitch forks, you get the torches!
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This thread was just red flagged by the NRO. Lol.

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Posted: 8th Aug 2007 19:00 Edited at: 8th Aug 2007 19:00
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I looked at this once and thought: That's bad. I looked at it again: That's bad. I looked one more time and sudenly my brain clicked and i thought 'What on Earth!!!!?????'
He was fired for NOT selling pot? I now SERIOUSLY DOUBT that the legal system is legal in any way. DIE GOVERNMENT!!!

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Quote: "DIE GOVERNMENT!!!"


I do believe it's Die Regierung, get your German right

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Posted: 8th Aug 2007 20:17
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I think seppuku made a fascist 'joke'.

Gotta love fascism.

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Posted: 8th Aug 2007 20:25 Edited at: 8th Aug 2007 20:25
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It seems to me this guy is a victim of his own stupidity... What's he doing punching people, that's certainly not going to help his case. And poor city garbage collection is no excuse for not mowing his lawn.

As for his job, that does suck, but he's not going to have much of a case because he made friends with someone who's a loser and got him into trouble in other issues (which I assume is also drug related).

If you want my advice, I'd stop associating with this guy wherever possible, even if he says "it's not his fault".

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Quote: "I think seppuku made a fascist 'joke'.

Gotta love fascism"


Did I? Oh, I just typed in 'the government' into a German translator just to take the mickey. Well if that turned into a fascist joke...well then, that says something

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Quote: "It seems to me this guy is a victim of his own stupidity... What's he doing punching people, that's certainly not going to help his case. And poor city garbage collection is no excuse for not mowing his lawn.

As for his job, that does suck, but he's not going to have much of a case because he made friends with someone who's a loser and got him into trouble in other issues (which I assume is also drug related).

If you want my advice, I'd stop associating with this guy wherever possible, even if he says "it's not his fault"."

You gotta admit, that puts a whole new look on it.
Pssstt... Don't listen to annything he says!

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Actually he never once said anything wasn't his fault, I'm the one who sees it as the other people's fault. He was friends with someone he thought he could trust, but apparently that wasn't so... I can't see that as his fault, he couldn't have known from how his friend was acting. As for punching someone in the face, that person REALLY deserved it, but yeah that still doesn't help in court. He was gonna punch his boss in the face, but decided against it. Anyways, so far the day has only begun here, nothing much happened today besides him waking up in my living room to the sound of my nephew crying.


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I do hope things work out, I'm just sayin, first impressions and all that you gave^.^

Quote: "As for punching someone in the face, that person REALLY deserved it, but yeah that still doesn't help in court."


Seriously tho, you just don't punch people in the face, unless for self defense.

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Yeah, that's true.


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Posted: 9th Aug 2007 00:06 Edited at: 9th Aug 2007 00:08
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Quote: "Seriously tho, you just don't punch people in the face, unless for self defense."

I agree, it sounds like he needs to be taught a lesson if he can't control himself.

Just my 0,2€

[Edit] Well actually maybe he did deserve it, who knows.

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Well there are people who can make others so mad you want to punch 'em... I'm a relatively peacefull guy, but I once punched someone for pissing me off. But that's not what this topic is about.


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Posted: 9th Aug 2007 00:46 Edited at: 9th Aug 2007 00:48
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Quote: "Seriously tho, you just don't punch people in the face, unless for self defense."


I disagree, what if it was a rapist? Someone who killed your family and got away with it? A person who runs a country and do unjust things while getting away with it saying it is just when it's clearly not? I'd punch him/her/it right in the kisser if the opportunity ever arose!

On a sidenote; i have punched a rapist, but not in the face, still felt good though.

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Quote: "I disagree, what if it was a rapist? Someone who killed your family and got away with it? A person who runs a country and do unjust things while getting away with it saying it is just when it's clearly not? I'd punch him/her/it right in the kisser if the opportunity ever arose!

On a sidenote; i have punched a rapist, but not in the face, still felt good though."


You got me, if the above were any of the reasons your friend punched someone in the face, then my apologies.

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I would hope not.

Some people deserve some street justice though.

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Quick grandma! We must hop into the Street Justice Mobile! SJM GO!

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I'm not sure exactly why he punched the guy, but it must have been for a good reason.


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Hmm, sounds like your friend has more than his share of problems. I'd get that boss into the cops or something.


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Quote: "I'm not sure exactly why he punched the guy, but it must have been for a good reason."


Just like he had a good reason not to mow his lawn

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Well, he didn't have a reason not to mow his lawn. However, the police arriving complaining about his lawn when everything else looked like crap was a bit hypocritical, don't you think?

Anyways, I actually like the tall grass, makes everything look exotic. Besides, it's his lawn, wtf should anyone else care what it looks like? It's none of their business... But public property is the city's problem, and the city wouldn't take care of their problem, instead order someone else to take care of his problem, then continue on like they haven't got a problem.


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drugs and violence have no place in a programming forum, this isnt a "days of your lives".tv re-run
selling pot at a business and knowing these people, plus spreading the gospel of it is also ridiculous and pointless telling a forum.
Be careful with those people who sell and procure drugs, it can lead to death and shootings.
walk away and get on with your real life

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That's true. Besides it's none of my business to be posting this stuff anyways... I'm just gonna let this thread die.


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Yeah, the legal system is lame, heres another example:

A woman washed her dog and decided she couldn't be bothered drying it with a towel.
She decided it was a good idea to dry it in the microwave to dry it and of course....

IT EXPLODED!

Anyways she sued the microwave company for millions because the microwave didn't have a sign on it saying "Do not put pets in this microwave" on it. And she didn't face any punishment for killing the dog...

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I hardly beleive that.

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Oooh the boss is asking for it, he's just broken about 17 laws lmao

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