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Title: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: Bastet on May 12, 2016, 11:31:01 AM
Larry Thomas, a 65-year-old South Carolina barber, was arrested and charged after authorities say he refused to cut a black man's hair and placed his hand on his gun when the customer asked about getting a shave.

"He said, 'I don't do black hair,'" the customer, Arthur Hill, of Fort Mill, S.C., told WCNC. "I asked him does he shave, can he shave me, and he said, 'I don't do black hair.'"

Hill told the news station that he'd never been to the barbershop, but needed a shave before work because he works in the food industry and can't have facial hair.

"I said, 'Are you referring to African-American hair?' He said, 'Yeah,' and at the time, I noticed he already had his hand gripped on a .38 snub-nose chrome revolver," Hill said.

Hill said he left the shop after seeing the gun and called the York County Sheriff's Office.

"I was shocked. I was shocked for my life, because I'm thinking that could've been me laying on the floor dead," Hill told the news station. "He did not point it at me, but it was clear in sight like he meant business."

Thomas was arrested and charged with pointing and presenting firearms at a person, WCNC reports.

"I've had black people come in the door before, and I tell them I don't cut black hair," Thomas told the news station. Thomas said he didn't point the pistol at Hill and added that he keeps the gun at his shop for safety.

Thomas told the news station that while his case is pending he's not allowed to have the gun in the shop.

Hill told the news station that he moved his family from New York to South Carolina for a better life, but that this incident has him reconsidering. 

"I'm thinking about going back," he said. "I've been on this earth for 37 years, and have never experienced something like this

http://www.theroot.com/articles/news/2016/05/_i_don_t_do_black_hair_sc_barber_arrest_for_pulling_gun_on_black_man.html
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: Bastet on May 12, 2016, 01:06:53 PM
Despite skyblues issues I think there may be more to the story based on the kind of sensational racially charged stories ive seen on The Root.


http://www.theroot.com/blogs/the_grapevine/2016/03/black_girl_who_punches_white_girl_for_calling_her_the_n_word_becomes_a_meme.html
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: Yuri Bezmenov on May 12, 2016, 01:58:15 PM
Is this actually Skyblue or are you just pulling our legs??
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: Lestat on May 12, 2016, 01:59:38 PM
ROFLMFAO, BWAAHHHAHAHAHAH! thats fucking hilarious.,
But how do you know it is,or why do you think its skyblue? I don't mean funny the filth harassed him; but pulling heat to make sure he didn't have to soil
his person handling that repulsive nappy hair that wogs often sprout from their bonce. Can't get contaminated touching the stuff if the head in question gets suddenly spray-squirted over the back wall in greyish-yellow-tinged pink mist form courtesy of a couple of slugs between those beady, scheming, avaricious, misogynistic; nasty little eyes.

The only thing the guy did wrong in pulling his gat, was  failing to pull the fucking trigger and rid the world of another nasty little paras(h)ite.


Can't be certain if thats skyblue, but it does look somewhat like him.
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: 'andersom' on May 12, 2016, 02:34:18 PM
That's shit what you are talking Lestat.

Can imagine a hairdresser warning someone because of having no experience with some hairtypes when giving a haircut. Completely straight hair, curls and Afro-textured hair ask for very different cutting techniques. And a haircut can go completely wrong if you do not know how to handle that specific hair. Unless a buzzcut is requested.

But this wasn't about a haircut, it was about a shave. That's the same for every face, as far as I get it. Make sure the face is warmed and well lathered. Make sure you have the right tension on the skin and know how to wield the razor blade.
Not a single reason there to refuse a customer.


Most fun cutting hair I ever did was on a woman with two hairtypes. She was double pelted. Courser straight hair, and softer Merino wool like hair. Was almost like sculpting. Awesome. Did do her hair for a few years.
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: QuéOnda on May 12, 2016, 02:48:24 PM
It seems to me that SkyBlue is being arrested for pointing a gun, but it doesn't seem he actually did that. Can somebody please tell me what law Larry Thomas actually broke? If it was just refusal to do black hair, then the only thing that should be done is make him change the policy in accordance with the Civil Rights Act of 1964. He shouldn't get jail time.
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: Al Swearegen on May 12, 2016, 03:00:08 PM
I am all broken up over this.
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: Bastet on May 12, 2016, 03:14:34 PM
That is him. He used to be on my friends list. Genesis can confirm that is his real name.
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: Al Swearegen on May 12, 2016, 04:00:18 PM
That is him. He used to be on my friends list. Genesis can confirm that is his real name.

Yes it is. Same name and same age.

As much as I would LOVE to write off Skyblue's part in this (and yes the racism thing seems on par), I feel that maybe we have not got the full story.

Here is what I picture:
 Skyblue is a racist and black guy who was just as abrasive, petty and incendiary as him. Argument ensues. Customer baits him with race card, Skyblue jumps in with both feet. Customer gets aggressive Skyblue goes for his gun. Journalist skews the story to sound like a racist attack.
I have seen too much bad reporting to take all this on trust.

Not that I am supporting Skyblue in this and not that I am even correct. Maybe Skyblue was just being a racist asshat
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: Lestat on May 12, 2016, 04:10:16 PM
Anybody know what charges he's facing, or if he was convicted?

Somethings telling me that he pulled heat because the guy was a wog,  not because he (skyblue, not the erstwhile customer, I mean) just didn't have experience in cutting black hair. And by 'black hair', its obvious that whats meant is not 'hair whos color, is black' but rather 'nappy hair' is the intended meaning.

Could be mistaken but I don't think so. The alternative conclusion would be illogical. Color alone would not dictate a course of action, where cutting/styling only is the requested service. Dying, another kettle of fish there, but that doesn't apply here. If he knows how to cut brown, blonde, ginger, green, pink and blue hair, then he knows how to cut human-style black hair.

That disgusting 'afro' type, or worse, dreadlocks (ick, don't care who, or what they are attached to, or what race, gender, or even species they are on, dreads are just nasty. Impossible to keep clean, and they get ratty, dirty and tangled and snaggy. Lol, dreadlocks always make me think of those dogs, the big shaggy things from the paint can ads, I don't know the name of the breed, but have only ever known them as 'Dulux dogs' :LOL:) is physically different to most human hair.
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: Icequeen on May 12, 2016, 04:27:15 PM
Sounds like he may have pissed off someone else by refusing them before and the word got out.

Not many people travel 10 miles out of their way to a barbershop they've never been to just for a shave.

This was probably planned out.

Now the media will run with this and he can look forward to a stream of racially diverse customers from 20 miles around trying to make a point and force a change or for him to stop cutting hair.

Not going into right or wrong...just saying stuff like this is so damn predictable anymore it's getting boring. Public lynchings never stopped, they've just evolved over the years.
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: Bastet on May 12, 2016, 04:54:57 PM
Sounds like he may have pissed off someone else by refusing them before and the word got out.

Not many people travel 10 miles out of their way to a barbershop they've never been to just for a shave.

This was probably planned out.

Now the media will run with this and he can look forward to a stream of racially diverse customers from 20 miles around trying to make a point and force a change or for him to stop cutting hair.

Not going into right or wrong...just saying stuff like this is so damn predictable anymore it's getting boring. Public lynchings never stopped, they've just evolved over the years.

They are after gun rights in my opinion and skyblues was an easy target.
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: Pyraxis on May 12, 2016, 05:30:39 PM
pulling heat to make sure he didn't have to soil his person handling that repulsive nappy hair that wogs often sprout from their bonce. Can't get contaminated touching the stuff if the head in question gets suddenly spray-squirted over the back wall in greyish-yellow-tinged pink mist form courtesy of a couple of slugs between those beady, scheming, avaricious, misogynistic; nasty little eyes.

The only thing the guy did wrong in pulling his gat, was  failing to pull the fucking trigger and rid the world of another nasty little paras(h)ite.

I wish you many long years choking in a vat of curly black barber's leavings with its tendrils creeping into every orifice of your body.
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: Bastet on May 12, 2016, 05:33:38 PM
A South Carolina barber refused to service a black man who came in for a shave — then pulled a gun on him, police said.

The Rock Hill barber, Larry Thomas, admitted to the Daily News he cast out the black customer, Arthur Hill. But he insisted he wasn’t being racist — claiming he simply doesn’t know how to cut “black hair.”

“I was educated here in 1964, it was very segregated — we weren’t told how to do black hair,” said Thomas, 65, who says he has been a barber for 51 years.

“There’s a preciseness of it — the guys who cut black hair are real artists.”

He said black customers usually refuse his service anyway when they come in and see that he’s white.

“I stick to middle-aged white guys,” Thomas said.

“My business is a white business.”

But Hill, the would-be customer, said he went into Thomas’ shop Tuesday just asking for a simple shave.


“He said, 'I don't do black hair,’” Hill told WCNC.

“I asked him does he shave, can he shave me, and he said, ‘I don't do black hair.’”

Hill said Thomas, within moments, gripped a snub-nosed .38-caliber revolver.


Hill left the shop without further incident, and reported the barber to police.

Thomas was arrested and charged with pointing and presenting a firearm, but he was back at his business after spending one night in jail and posting $3,000 bond.

Thomas said his case will go to trial, and he cannot keep his weapon in the shop until the case is closed.

Police said the hotheaded hair-snipper has been involved in eight similar incidents since 2007, including one in which he used pepper spray on a customer during an argument.


http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/barber-refuses-black-customer-services-pulls-gun-article-1.2634800
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: Pyraxis on May 12, 2016, 05:35:23 PM
 :plus: for the other side of the story.

Police said the hotheaded hair-snipper has been involved in eight similar incidents since 2007, including one in which he used pepper spray on a customer during an argument.

How does he still get business?  :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: Bastet on May 12, 2016, 05:40:08 PM
I failed to post this too:

Google reviews for Thomas’ shop accuse him of discriminating against customers and showing off his gun on the job.

“No one with any sense should get their hair cut here,” one review from last week said, saying the barber is “easily threatened, and thinks nothing of brandishing a gun.”

“Worst experience!!” said another review, posted one year ago.

“The owner is extremely discriminating towards disabled people. My uncle has disabilities and went in for a hair cut. Immediately, the shop owner refused to cut his hair. He stated that my uncle was to go somewhere else, because he would not be cutting his f---ing hair.”
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: Jack on May 12, 2016, 05:51:55 PM
pulling heat to make sure he didn't have to soil his person handling that repulsive nappy hair that wogs often sprout from their bonce. Can't get contaminated touching the stuff if the head in question gets suddenly spray-squirted over the back wall in greyish-yellow-tinged pink mist form courtesy of a couple of slugs between those beady, scheming, avaricious, misogynistic; nasty little eyes.

The only thing the guy did wrong in pulling his gat, was  failing to pull the fucking trigger and rid the world of another nasty little paras(h)ite.

I wish you many long years choking in a vat of curly black barber's leavings with its tendrils creeping into every orifice of your body.
:laugh:
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: skyblue1 on May 12, 2016, 05:56:31 PM
have never discriminated against the disabled. I would not have been in the business for 51 years if I was that bad a person

I picked up the gun as a self defense against someone who was very angry and in my face

the weapon was never pointed at the customer

I have the right to defend my self

by the way in all 8 previous incidents I was the one who called the police
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: Al Swearegen on May 12, 2016, 06:35:32 PM
have never discriminated against the disabled. I would not have been in the business for 51 years if I was that bad a person

I picked up the gun as a self defense against someone who was very angry and in my face

the weapon was never pointed at the customer

I have the right to defend my self

by the way in all 8 previous incidents I was the one who called the police

Sure, maybe, whatever.

I trust your account of things about as much as the journalist's account
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: Jack on May 12, 2016, 06:36:32 PM
Probably best to not comment on legal matters until they're over.
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: skyblue1 on May 12, 2016, 06:42:05 PM
have never discriminated against the disabled. I would not have been in the business for 51 years if I was that bad a person

I picked up the gun as a self defense against someone who was very angry and in my face

the weapon was never pointed at the customer

I have the right to defend my self

by the way in all 8 previous incidents I was the one who called the police

Sure, maybe, whatever.

I trust your account of things about as much as the journalist's account
thats cool
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: Genesis on May 12, 2016, 07:16:05 PM
Sheesh :(
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: Pyraxis on May 12, 2016, 08:45:04 PM
have never discriminated against the disabled. I would not have been in the business for 51 years if I was that bad a person

I picked up the gun as a self defense against someone who was very angry and in my face

the weapon was never pointed at the customer

I have the right to defend my self

by the way in all 8 previous incidents I was the one who called the police

Maybe you need a tactful sign posted on the wall that your establishment does not employ those with the skill to cut African American hair.
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: 'andersom' on May 12, 2016, 11:34:40 PM
pulling heat to make sure he didn't have to soil his person handling that repulsive nappy hair that wogs often sprout from their bonce. Can't get contaminated touching the stuff if the head in question gets suddenly spray-squirted over the back wall in greyish-yellow-tinged pink mist form courtesy of a couple of slugs between those beady, scheming, avaricious, misogynistic; nasty little eyes.

The only thing the guy did wrong in pulling his gat, was  failing to pull the fucking trigger and rid the world of another nasty little paras(h)ite.

I wish you many long years choking in a vat of curly black barber's leavings with its tendrils creeping into every orifice of your body.
You're more eloquent than I am.
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: 'andersom' on May 12, 2016, 11:49:30 PM
have never discriminated against the disabled. I would not have been in the business for 51 years if I was that bad a person

I picked up the gun as a self defense against someone who was very angry and in my face

the weapon was never pointed at the customer

I have the right to defend my self

by the way in all 8 previous incidents I was the one who called the police

How often do you feel threathened enough to show your gun to a customer? Barbershop is the place where a customer makes him or herself vulnerable, sitting in a lower position while the barber is in a higher standing position, wielding a knife or a pair of sharp scissors.

And what I learn at work is that de-escalating behaviour works better than showing how dangerous and tough you are.

And why don't you shave black hair? Curious about that. I can understand the not cutting, but not the not shaving. Is it still about the hair then, or about the person having that hair?
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: odeon on May 13, 2016, 12:22:13 AM
Probably best to not comment on legal matters until they're over.

This.
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: 'andersom' on May 13, 2016, 02:26:42 AM
have never discriminated against the disabled. I would not have been in the business for 51 years if I was that bad a person

I picked up the gun as a self defense against someone who was very angry and in my face

the weapon was never pointed at the customer

I have the right to defend my self

by the way in all 8 previous incidents I was the one who called the police

Sure, maybe, whatever.

I trust your account of things about as much as the journalist's account

Makes sense.
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: WolFish on May 13, 2016, 02:43:15 AM

Most fun cutting hair I ever did was on a woman with two hairtypes. She was double pelted. Courser straight hair, and softer Merino wool like hair. Was almost like sculpting. Awesome. Did do her hair for a few years.
Wolfish has mixed hair - some hairs are straight and others curly. He cuts his own with hair clippers because in many places he has lived they don't cut that kind of hair. Haircuts are also expensive. The clippers cost $5 on clearance 8 years ago.
It's easy because he just uses the attachment for length. Short hair requires a lot less maintenance and is infinitely ruffle-able.
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: 'andersom' on May 13, 2016, 03:00:30 AM

Most fun cutting hair I ever did was on a woman with two hairtypes. She was double pelted. Courser straight hair, and softer Merino wool like hair. Was almost like sculpting. Awesome. Did do her hair for a few years.
Wolfish has mixed hair - some hairs are straight and others curly. He cuts his own with hair clippers because in many places he has lived they don't cut that kind of hair. Haircuts are also expensive. The clippers cost $5 on clearance 8 years ago.
It's easy because he just uses the attachment for length. Short hair requires a lot less maintenance and is infinitely ruffle-able.

You're a true Wolf, being double pelted.  :worship:

Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: El on May 13, 2016, 05:52:50 AM
Probably best to not comment on legal matters until they're over.

This.
Yeah.  And if skyblue has a lawyer who has any sense he or she will say the same thing.  Anything skyblue posts on here could get found and used in court (if either side cares enough to do that kind of digging, anyway).
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: skyblue1 on May 13, 2016, 08:35:54 AM
have never discriminated against the disabled. I would not have been in the business for 51 years if I was that bad a person

I picked up the gun as a self defense against someone who was very angry and in my face

the weapon was never pointed at the customer

I have the right to defend my self

by the way in all 8 previous incidents I was the one who called the police

How often do you feel threathened enough to show your gun to a customer? Barbershop is the place where a customer makes him or herself vulnerable, sitting in a lower position while the barber is in a higher standing position, wielding a knife or a pair of sharp scissors.

And what I learn at work is that de-escalating behaviour works better than showing how dangerous and tough you are.

And why don't you shave black hair? Curious about that. I can understand the not cutting, but not the not shaving. Is it still about the hair then, or about the person having that hair?
I dont shave anyone     just cut hair
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: 'andersom' on May 13, 2016, 03:55:35 PM
have never discriminated against the disabled. I would not have been in the business for 51 years if I was that bad a person

I picked up the gun as a self defense against someone who was very angry and in my face

the weapon was never pointed at the customer

I have the right to defend my self

by the way in all 8 previous incidents I was the one who called the police

How often do you feel threathened enough to show your gun to a customer? Barbershop is the place where a customer makes him or herself vulnerable, sitting in a lower position while the barber is in a higher standing position, wielding a knife or a pair of sharp scissors.

And what I learn at work is that de-escalating behaviour works better than showing how dangerous and tough you are.

And why don't you shave black hair? Curious about that. I can understand the not cutting, but not the not shaving. Is it still about the hair then, or about the person having that hair?
I dont shave anyone     just cut hair

OK. Makes sense.

Pity you did not say "I don't do beards".
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: skyblue1 on May 13, 2016, 04:05:41 PM
have never discriminated against the disabled. I would not have been in the business for 51 years if I was that bad a person

I picked up the gun as a self defense against someone who was very angry and in my face

the weapon was never pointed at the customer

I have the right to defend my self

by the way in all 8 previous incidents I was the one who called the police

How often do you feel threathened enough to show your gun to a customer? Barbershop is the place where a customer makes him or herself vulnerable, sitting in a lower position while the barber is in a higher standing position, wielding a knife or a pair of sharp scissors.

And what I learn at work is that de-escalating behaviour works better than showing how dangerous and tough you are.

And why don't you shave black hair? Curious about that. I can understand the not cutting, but not the not shaving. Is it still about the hair then, or about the person having that hair?
I dont shave anyone     just cut hair

OK. Makes sense.

Pity you did not say "I don't do beards".
never heard him say that he wanted a shave
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 13, 2016, 06:06:30 PM
He made The Daily Mail.    :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: ZEGH8578 on May 13, 2016, 06:46:08 PM
My only chime-in here is that this sounds like such an avoidable misfortune. Nobody wanted to harm anybody, and it should have been a non event.
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: Lestat on May 13, 2016, 07:26:03 PM
Daily mail? I thought skyblue was from the US ?

Why what days paper was it in, so I can go read it, or if its not about, dig it out of the recycling to look for the article.
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 13, 2016, 07:56:12 PM
Daily mail? I thought skyblue was from the US ?

Why what days paper was it in, so I can go read it, or if its not about, dig it out of the recycling to look for the article.

I access the DM on the internet.  It was probably in the US edition.  I saw it today.
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: Genesis on May 13, 2016, 08:01:49 PM

Most fun cutting hair I ever did was on a woman with two hairtypes. She was double pelted. Courser straight hair, and softer Merino wool like hair. Was almost like sculpting. Awesome. Did do her hair for a few years.
Wolfish has mixed hair - some hairs are straight and others curly. He cuts his own with hair clippers because in many places he has lived they don't cut that kind of hair. Haircuts are also expensive. The clippers cost $5 on clearance 8 years ago.
It's easy because he just uses the attachment for length. Short hair requires a lot less maintenance and is infinitely ruffle-able.

Just admit that you're the Honey Badger and you don't give a shit! Come on.... Admit it!!! We're waiting  :evillaugh:
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: 'andersom' on May 14, 2016, 03:27:52 AM
My only chime-in here is that this sounds like such an avoidable misfortune. Nobody wanted to harm anybody, and it should have been a non event.

Looks like both men felt threatened. So yes, you probably nailed it here.
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: Pyraxis on May 14, 2016, 02:28:13 PM
Actually I sort of wondered if it was a setup on the part of the man who came into the shop. If there have been eight incidents in the past then the place may have a reputation around town. The guy and/or friends may have wanted to provoke skyblue for the publicity, in order to make a stand for black rights.
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: Jack on May 14, 2016, 03:52:26 PM
Personally would rather be bluntly told am not welcome, than to have someone smile at me while butchering my hair.
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: Genesis on May 14, 2016, 09:31:04 PM
Personally would rather be bluntly told am not welcome, than to have someone smile at me while butchering my hair.

I would rather have it be that tiny San Tribe lady screaming at me. Wait.... that would be worse  (emo)
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: Lestat on May 15, 2016, 03:39:37 AM
How do you tell something is a scream, if it comes out in clicks and pops?

Might as well get shouted at by an old fashioned modem :P Unless you happen to speak one of the khoisan languages that is. Otherwise, chances are you wouldn't even be able to imitate it, let alone understand it. The group is a genetic, as well as linguistic isolate, or very close to it (there are a couple of other unrelated languages that use that kind of click consonant in their vocabulary though iirc.

Considering their lifestyle, remote location and lack of modern technology, there probably isn't very much chance of there BEING many of them at all on either the american continent, north OR south, or the UK landmass. Or europe. A few, probably, but I doubt there are very many san, or koikhoi (the people that used to be known as hottentot, which is, apparently, somewhat rude,
as it means in their language 'he who stammers' or 'stutterer', presumably due to the linguistic structure, and that funky clicked speech.

Something tells me those are probably really difficult languages to master for non-natives, or those who haven't spent time actually in the company of a living speaker of the language(s) given how there is nothing in western speech to make comparison to. Kinda like the difficulty, relatively speaking of learning tonal languages like chinese, japanese, korean etc., although these at least feature modulated pitches/tones related to existing sounds whereas the ones in the khoisan group, the ones which differ from western languages, are about as alien to our tongues as they can get. I've read a little of some of those languages, and even with specific (written) instructions and recordings it was difficult to impossible for me to reproduce 99% of it, at least, the unique, clicked parts. A few words of chinese, that was managable, but not koikhoi or san.

An interesting people, I've always been quite amazed really, how people who possess little more than digging sticks, loincloths, knife and bow/alatl.woomera etc are able to survive in such hostile environments, living entirely off natural resources. I can manage that HERE, but I'd likely be in deep shit if I got dropped off in the middle of some fucking desert (I don't like the heat HERE let alone africa/australia.
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 15, 2016, 08:08:55 AM
If you can ever watch Naked and Afraid, it's good.  2 people, no clothes, a canvas shoulder bag and one item of survival each.  Put in the wilderness for 2 weeks (varies).  They must survive and make it to a pick up  point.  Yes, they have a film crew and a medic available (supposedly only medical emergency contact.)  I know it's edited (and blurred in strategic areas), but I sort of like it.  There's an extended version where teams of 4(?) are put out for a month.
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: 'Butterflies' on May 15, 2016, 10:24:15 AM
A South Carolina barber refused to service a black man who came in for a shave — then pulled a gun on him, police said.

The Rock Hill barber, Larry Thomas, admitted to the Daily News he cast out the black customer, Arthur Hill. But he insisted he wasn’t being racist — claiming he simply doesn’t know how to cut “black hair.”

“I was educated here in 1964, it was very segregated — we weren’t told how to do black hair,” said Thomas, 65, who says he has been a barber for 51 years.

“There’s a preciseness of it — the guys who cut black hair are real artists.”

He said black customers usually refuse his service anyway when they come in and see that he’s white.

“I stick to middle-aged white guys,” Thomas said.

“My business is a white business.”

But Hill, the would-be customer, said he went into Thomas’ shop Tuesday just asking for a simple shave.


“He said, 'I don't do black hair,’” Hill told WCNC.

“I asked him does he shave, can he shave me, and he said, ‘I don't do black hair.’”

Hill said Thomas, within moments, gripped a snub-nosed .38-caliber revolver.


Hill left the shop without further incident, and reported the barber to police.

Thomas was arrested and charged with pointing and presenting a firearm, but he was back at his business after spending one night in jail and posting $3,000 bond.

Thomas said his case will go to trial, and he cannot keep his weapon in the shop until the case is closed.

Police said the hotheaded hair-snipper has been involved in eight similar incidents since 2007, including one in which he used pepper spray on a customer during an argument.


http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/barber-refuses-black-customer-services-pulls-gun-article-1.2634800

 :o :o

Skyblue owns a white business. Not any old business, but a white business  :zombiefuck:

What the fuck does that even mean :laugh:


Anyway, sounds like the kind of establishment that I'd avoid like the plague :zombiefuck:


Such a shame. He seems like the most charming of guys on the internet ;)
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 15, 2016, 05:15:54 PM
I smiled.  The Butterfly flitted by.
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: TA on May 15, 2016, 07:16:39 PM
To somewhat expand on what others have said, it is best not to use the site at all whilst under legal scrutiny.
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: 'Butterflies' on May 16, 2016, 06:51:27 AM
Have to admit, this all sounds so easily avoidable.

Perhaps in future, to avoid any further innocent misunderstandings, it would be prudent of Skyblue to display a simple sign :-\
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: Al Swearegen on May 16, 2016, 07:59:01 AM
Have to admit, this all sounds so easily avoidable.

Perhaps in future, to avoid any further innocent misunderstandings, it would be prudent of Skyblue to display a simple sign :-\

Skyblue is a casual racist.
I don't think he was going out of his way to be racist but then I don't think he was trying to avoid being racist either. Kind of happy to subtlety (or not so subtlety) make it felt that the black people are not welcome and seen as distasteful. Being abrasive, curt and such. Then prepared to threaten with a gun if the black folk get pissed off at his attitude.
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: 'Butterflies' on May 16, 2016, 08:12:29 AM
Have to admit, this all sounds so easily avoidable.

Perhaps in future, to avoid any further innocent misunderstandings, it would be prudent of Skyblue to display a simple sign :-\

Skyblue is a casual racist.
I don't think he was going out of his way to be racist but then I don't think he was trying to avoid being racist either. Kind of happy to subtlety (or not so subtlety) make it felt that the black people are not welcome and seen as distasteful. Being abrasive, curt and such. Then prepared to threaten with a gun if the black folk get pissed off at his attitude.

Yes, and I find his attitude gross :laugh:

I always thought there was something off about him, but I was genuinely amazed when I saw this.

Strangely, I never knew about his racism before :-\

Scary man. I think I would literally shit myself if I went into his hairdressers, and he started cutting my hair. For some reason, when I watched his interview, I just kept thinking of Sweeney Todd :laugh:
I bet he has butchered plenty of his customers (most likely the black and disabled ones,) and has their bodies hidden under his house :o


On a slightly different note, I'm just glad AspieMomma ditched him, presumably when she realized he was a bona fide psychopath. She seemed nice enough, and judging by her username, I'm guessing she had a kid.
That would have been simply horrific if her and her kid had moved in with him :zombiefuck: Imagine the tales that poor kid would have grown up to tell :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: Al Swearegen on May 16, 2016, 10:38:49 PM
Well its official. You and I agree about something. Any kind of racism is gross.
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: Genesis on May 18, 2016, 10:56:08 PM
It's official the Pussycat of the Aspie Elite, and the Woman in Comfortable Shoes actually agree on something  ::)

Sheesh! Took you long enough!
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: Lestat on May 19, 2016, 11:14:35 AM
I'd be up for trying myself on a show like that QV, especially since the format guarantees no arctic or near-polar environments (where no clothes just means no surviving at all) because I hate icy weather. And it makes my joints sore, or some of them at least. Bad knee, hips don't like it at all. At least, I would as long as ongoing medical treatment doesn't count towards my survival item (there are more than one to start with)

I'd go for a good knife, preferably a fixed blade type that has a saw-edged rear face of the blade, and a small compass set in the very base of the handle, rather than the gimmicky kind with hollow section to the handle for other bits of small kit, as that leaves less   space for the blades tang and results in a poorer quality, more breakable knife. A good quality blade is about THE
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 19, 2016, 01:34:08 PM
I'd be up for trying myself on a show like that QV, especially since the format guarantees no arctic or near-polar environments (where no clothes just means no surviving at all) because I hate icy weather. And it makes my joints sore, or some of them at least. Bad knee, hips don't like it at all. At least, I would as long as ongoing medical treatment doesn't count towards my survival item (there are more than one to start with)

I'd go for a good knife, preferably a fixed blade type that has a saw-edged rear face of the blade, and a small compass set in the very base of the handle, rather than the gimmicky kind with hollow section to the handle for other bits of small kit, as that leaves less   space for the blades tang and results in a poorer quality, more breakable knife. A good quality blade is about THE

I've never seen someone with a compass on the show.  They have a rough map and "everything" is in walking distance.  The mosquitos, fleas, etc. seem to be pretty annoying.  Potable water can be tricky.  The show is usually in some jungle location where heat and humidity are brutal (from New Orleans I'm familiar with the brutality).  Also, rains will make firewood/fire difficult.  Food seems to be a major problem, usually they're excited when they find a snake or frog,  Oh, and the knife is a machete.
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: MLA on May 20, 2016, 09:10:26 AM
It's official the Pussycat of the Aspie Elite, and the Woman in Comfortable Shoes actually agree on something  ::)

Sheesh! Took you long enough!

I can't always tell with this guy, but did he just call Butterflies a butch dyke?  Seems extreme.  She has always appeared very feminine to me.
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: Al Swearegen on May 20, 2016, 09:15:42 AM
It's official the Pussycat of the Aspie Elite, and the Woman in Comfortable Shoes actually agree on something  ::)

Sheesh! Took you long enough!

I can't always tell with this guy, but did he just call Butterflies a butch dyke?  Seems extreme.  She has always appeared very feminine to me.

I dunno. Its difficult to get a bead on.
I dunno is "women in comfortable shoes is a way to say "bull dyke" or simply Lesbian. I did not really pay it too much attention and I am not sure how much it matters.
Butterflies is gay. The site's worst secret. Good and bad there is far more going on with her. Its a non-issue.
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: MLA on May 20, 2016, 09:19:32 AM
Urban Dictionary defines "Woman in Comfortable Shoes" as "A lesbian who is unconcerned about appearing feminine.  Women's rugby teams are made up almost entirely of women in comfortable shoes."

Seems like a low shot attacking her for her appearance when I doubt he has ever seen anything but her avatar picture.
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: Al Swearegen on May 20, 2016, 09:21:40 AM
Urban Dictionary defines "Woman in Comfortable Shoes" as "A lesbian who is unconcerned about appearing feminine.  Women's rugby teams are made up almost entirely of women in comfortable shoes."

Seems like a low shot attacking her for her appearance when I doubt he has ever seen anything but her avatar picture.

Ah, okay.

In Genesis's defence I think that Genesis is not much of a thinker. I do not think he thought through much of what he said............ever.
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: 'Butterflies' on May 20, 2016, 09:36:00 AM
It's official the Pussycat of the Aspie Elite, and the Woman in Comfortable Shoes actually agree on something  ::)

Sheesh! Took you long enough!

I can't always tell with this guy, but did he just call Butterflies a butch dyke?  Seems extreme.  She has always appeared very feminine to me.

I noticed the comment at the time, and just assumed it was a silly lesbian thing. He posted something in the newsbox about lesbians being "women in comfortable shoes," or something like that :laugh:

So, I'm guessing it's a bizarre dig at being a lesbian, rather than a bizarre dig at my appearance. Not very PC, and a bit silly, but not something that would bother me :laugh:
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 20, 2016, 09:40:49 AM
Hey!  I LOVE comfortable shoes.  Most of the time I'm in lace up athletic shoes.  And men't shoes at that.

Reasons? 

Protect my feet.  I have diabetes.
I have flat feet and need the support.
I have a wide foot and men's shoes run wider than women's
They last longer.
When I kick something it knows it's been kicked.


BTW, I'm always on the prowl for shoes for PA.  He wears a 13 Wide or 14 Extra-wide shoe depending on the style and make.   I have to buy them here because trying them on and shipping them back is too much of a hassle. 
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: Al Swearegen on May 20, 2016, 09:42:47 AM
It's official the Pussycat of the Aspie Elite, and the Woman in Comfortable Shoes actually agree on something  ::)

Sheesh! Took you long enough!

I can't always tell with this guy, but did he just call Butterflies a butch dyke?  Seems extreme.  She has always appeared very feminine to me.

I noticed the comment at the time, and just assumed it was a silly lesbian thing. He posted something in the newsbox about lesbians being "women in comfortable shoes," or something like that :laugh:

So, I'm guessing it's a bizarre dig at being a lesbian, rather than a bizarre dig at my appearance. Not very PC, and a bit silly, but not something that would bother me :laugh:

I honestly do not think it is even that and I think you are giving him too much credit. I think he is like a child discovering a new word or phrase and using it over and over. Yes that may sound like I am excusing him or looking at the other way it may actually look very patronising and infantilising Genesis.
Yes to both.
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: 'Butterflies' on May 20, 2016, 09:55:45 AM
Hey!  I LOVE comfortable shoes.  Most of the time I'm in lace up athletic shoes.  And men't shoes at that.

Reasons? 

Protect my feet.  I have diabetes.
I have flat feet and need the support.
I have a wide foot and men's shoes run wider than women's
They last longer.
When I kick something it knows it's been kicked.


BTW, I'm always on the prowl for shoes for PA.  He wears a 13 Wide or 14 Extra-wide shoe depending on the style and make.   I have to buy them here because trying them on and shipping them back is too much of a hassle.

Yes, for what it's worth, most of the time, I am a woman in sensible shoes too. The heels only go on my feet on a big night out. I mean, high heels and alcohol. What could possibly go wrong :laugh:



It's official the Pussycat of the Aspie Elite, and the Woman in Comfortable Shoes actually agree on something  ::)

Sheesh! Took you long enough!

I can't always tell with this guy, but did he just call Butterflies a butch dyke?  Seems extreme.  She has always appeared very feminine to me.

I noticed the comment at the time, and just assumed it was a silly lesbian thing. He posted something in the newsbox about lesbians being "women in comfortable shoes," or something like that :laugh:

So, I'm guessing it's a bizarre dig at being a lesbian, rather than a bizarre dig at my appearance. Not very PC, and a bit silly, but not something that would bother me :laugh:

I honestly do not think it is even that and I think you are giving him too much credit. I think he is like a child discovering a new word or phrase and using it over and over. Yes that may sound like I am excusing him or looking at the other way it may actually look very patronising and infantilising Genesis.
Yes to both.

I don't think he meant to cause offence, and I certainly never took any.
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: odeon on May 20, 2016, 11:42:09 AM
I don't think Genesis is the kind of person who wants to offend anyone.
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: MLA on May 20, 2016, 02:01:19 PM
You people are no fun ;)
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: odeon on May 20, 2016, 02:38:06 PM
:hug:
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: Lestat on May 20, 2016, 03:31:02 PM
If you really cannot resist the urge to stir shit MLA, go french kiss a blender.

Oh..so they GIVE you a knife? stands to reason they would give you THE most fundamental survival tool there is.

Water  can be had from drinking animal blood if it has to be done, although if it isn't boiled first (one would want to let the erythrocytes fall to the bottom, filter it off and then boil it, this will coagulate the proteins in the plasma, but it will be safe to drink. IIRC the maasai of kenya drink cattle blood, and the milk [without killing the cattle, they just bleed them as needed], if there are nontoxic vines (those with milky sap should be avoided, indeed ANY plant with milky white sap must be avoided, most are toxic, and ESPECIALLY 'cacti', with the sole exception of the barrel cacti of the north american arid areas and deserts, although like many other cacti they are very, very slow growing, so really one shouldn't hack them open and raid them unless you actually DO need it to live. The others with milk-white latex
exuded when broken are NOT to be consumed, most likely of the genus Euphorbia, a pretty large family including all sorts of plants, from small temperate leafy herbs a few inches tall, to larger leafy garden ornamentals, to succulents that resemble cacti, although are unrelated, to trees. The euphorbia cacti are very toxic indeed, containing powerful carcinogens called phorbol esters, and to boot they are highly toxic in the acute sense and can blind a person if the sap gets in the eyes (in some of the larger ones like the christmas cactus, this can actually squirt out when wounded, making them pretty dangerous) the trees are especially nasty. One of the two I know of, Hura (H.crepitans is the one I am thinking of here) or the sandbox tree produces large woody fruits, that when ripe, explode with a loud crack, resembling a gunshot, firing the seeds quite some distance. Its so toxic that few animals do, or CAN eat it, although parrots do, then fly off to eat certain natural clays that bind the toxins and inactivate them. The other one is much, much worse, its called 'manchineel', Hippomane mancinella, and grows in the afrocarribean region and is so extremely poisonous and corrosive that the carib natives use or used the sap to poison arrows (IIRC only the condemned were  sent to fetch the poison, I presume if they succeeded and yet lived, they got pardoned, but I don't know. And for people they REALLY, particularly and absolutely despised, those who had committed some abomination in their eyes, would be tied to a tree and left there to die a slow, excruciating death. Because even the rain falling from the leaves of this member of the Euphorbiales is enough to flay the skin off someone, and then they would die of a combination of pain, shock and fluid loss after the tree burns their skin off, and of course, poisoning from the tree itself. And thats just from skin contact with rain water which has touched the leaves. Either that, or possibly burn out the lungs due to vapors of the stuff being volatilized. People have been said to die merely from approaching the trees, and apparently there have also been deaths from prolonged exposure. Not sure of the veracity of the former claim
as its a bit over the top even for a species as toxic as manchineel. Produces deadly poisonous fruit too, that apparently smell and appear appetizing, until some poor fucking miserable bastard takes a bite out of one. The same has been said of the Upas tree of java mainly although the distribution is pantropical , although it produces milk-white latex, its not a euphorbia or relative, actually, its a relative of the fig and mulberry, but its again, so damn toxic, that a mere scratch from a twig, or bit of the wood can be lethal within minutes, because like lily of the valley, oleander, Strophanthus and Digitalis/foxglove its loaded with cardiac glycosides. Apparently similar legends abound where its found, such as killing from its exhalations, which in that case is reportedly inaccurate. And legend has it,
I don't know how accurate, but not unbelievable for a cardiotoxin, that a man poisoned by it has time to take just a few steps before dying. Astonishingly the trees bark is used, after special preparation of some kind, for use as fiber.

If it  were up to me, I'd suggest one of the team, if two people, takes a modern firestarter, and myself, pack the team a medical kit, same goes if its four people, although I'd try and persuade the other two to bring some low-visibility fishing line&hooks [can make the hooks out of bone or thorns if needs be, or even fish with a grooved, sharpened bit of wood, although I am not going to tell how here, for fear that someone might try to use the technique, because its a cruel and utterly  barbaric way of catching a fish, that condemns them to a slow and miserable end regardless of if the angler eats the fish or if its not fit to eat, it will still kill, and slowly, its a technique that should only ever be used if its the thing standing between you, and the grave, its that unpleasant, so I'm not going to risk somebody who doesn't give two shits running off to try it, or to poach fish with etc. I've never done it, and hope I never have to, because the way its done involves a truly abhorrent degree of cruelty, if I ever do, it will be because I'd starve otherwise, and would be somewhere having no other means to get a meal)      of a high weight capacity, as it would be difficult or impossible to improvise actual fishing line, and the last person, I'd suggest a decent sized can of some low-ignition point volatile flammable fuel for use in getting damp tinder started, ether would be my choice because of its dual use, both for lighting things that don't want to be lit easily, and if needs be, or for a little R&R, of course it makes a very good dissociative anaesthetic (and by mouth, a hangoverless alcohol substitute)
And its flammable as fuck, you don't need much of a spark to ignite it (its used in cold-start sprays for car engine intakes, due to the low ignition temperature, sometimes in a mixture with diisopropyl ether. Actually as a little kid before I could go online and order my lab supplies, I'd get my diethyl and diisopropyl ether via fractional distillation of car starter fluid. Not suitable for inhalation, and certainly unsuitable for drinking from that source, but once freed from the usual small proportion of heptane via distillation, which also leaves the traces of lubricating oil behind, for many purposes the ethers
decent enough for use as solvents, although nowadays I just buy it cheaply from eastern europe, unless I have run out and have to finish something that day, or the next day or two, and cannot wait
for a shipment, its still a useful emergency backup, albeit one needing some work to clean it up and separate the diethyl and diisopropyl ether, then distill off the remaining heptane so I can recycle that too. All that goes to waste is the spray propellant gas, and the traces of oil, if you do not count the can itself although they still get recycled, just tossed in a bin for someone else to deal with, that recycles steel/iron, hoping the empty cans do not just end up in a chinese landfill  site.

As for comfortable shoes...well high heels are just fucking stupid. Painful to the wearer, and forces the feet into unnatural positions that can cause a lot of damage over time, add to that
to preventing the wearer running and balancing when needed. Although I'd imagine a kick in the nads from a set of high heels effectively negates the need to make a fast exit, who, afterall
needs run from a mugger, who is too busy trying to retch a kidney out through his nostrils and wallowing in his own uncontrollably evacuated excrement and piss to be concentrating on doing much mugging :P

Wide shoes are a shit to find, I'm nominally a size 10 (UK)n but need sometimes to buy 11s to fit me. Most comfortable pair of boots I've ever had, although pricy (mine cost about 180 iirc but it was ages ago I bought them) were my pair of thigh-length newrock boots, huge chunky leather affairs having leather straps all down the front, big flat, heavy platform soles several inches thick and metal plates all up the sides.  Weighty but really really comfy to wear. And god help any wouldbe mugger that'd be stupid enough to pick a fight with someone wearing those, because they have a new take on steel toecaps, basically they have a steel cleat stuck to the outside surface where the toes go, and with the weight of those boots behind a kick, I imagine they would be pretty good at putting a dent in things:P I've leaned a thin metal plate against a wall (thin enough that is to manually bent, reasonably speaking, iron, and managed to put a small dent in it without t.hurting my feet. It does feel like your wearing trees tied to your feet but its strangely comfortable,  the weight and are more maneuverable than you'd expect
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: MLA on May 20, 2016, 03:32:50 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmf3D9kUHBc
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: Genesis on May 20, 2016, 04:33:08 PM
 :grouphug:
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 20, 2016, 08:05:20 PM
Lestat - You have to catch an animal first.  Jungle animals are not stupid.  The largest thing I recall that someone caught was either a 6 foot snake or a young (under 4 feet) alligator.  Most of the time they will eat one frog, a small snake or some insect.  Food foraged from trees means a difficult climb and often a battle with monkeys. 

The film crew has a medic kit and a medic is called in for an emergency (like a crew member who was bitten by a venomous spider.)

I thought (for about 2 minutes) on how I would do.  I realized I wouldn't make it off the transport truck.  That's when you get naked.  I would be afraid a long time before that.

Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: Al Swearegen on May 20, 2016, 08:23:50 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmf3D9kUHBc

Housos rule.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2drZMHJckg
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: 'andersom' on May 21, 2016, 05:30:54 AM
So, how are things going?

Not guilty before proven guilty works here just as well as in that 20 year old rape thread.

Still shocked how easy one can get arrested in the USA.
Shocked at how easily people can feel threatened too.

And wondering about the "feel" in feeling threatened.

Thoughts, thoughts.
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: "couldbecousin" on May 21, 2016, 05:45:32 AM
Hey!  I LOVE comfortable shoes.  Most of the time I'm in lace up athletic shoes.  And men't shoes at that.

Reasons? 

Protect my feet.  I have diabetes.
I have flat feet and need the support.
I have a wide foot and men's shoes run wider than women's
They last longer.
When I kick something it knows it's been kicked.

  Do you have steel toes in your shoes?  My shoes are comfortable but not badass enough to
    kick shit around with.  I gotta get me some steel-toed boots one day.  :orly:
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: Icequeen on May 21, 2016, 07:27:18 AM
So, how are things going?

Not guilty before proven guilty works here just as well as in that 20 year old rape thread.

Still shocked how easy one can get arrested in the USA.
Shocked at how easily people can feel threatened too.

And wondering about the "feel" in feeling threatened.

Thoughts, thoughts.

The USA...land of the free "feels" and butt-hurt.  ;)
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: MLA on May 23, 2016, 03:11:28 PM
So, how are things going?

Not guilty before proven guilty works here just as well as in that 20 year old rape thread.

Still shocked how easy one can get arrested in the USA.
Shocked at how easily people can feel threatened too.

And wondering about the "feel" in feeling threatened.

Thoughts, thoughts.

I don't think it is actually that easy to get arrested.  In 39 years I have never managed it  :zoinks:
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: Icequeen on May 23, 2016, 10:06:51 PM
So, how are things going?

Not guilty before proven guilty works here just as well as in that 20 year old rape thread.

Still shocked how easy one can get arrested in the USA.
Shocked at how easily people can feel threatened too.

And wondering about the "feel" in feeling threatened.

Thoughts, thoughts.

I don't think it is actually that easy to get arrested.  In 39 years I have never managed it  :zoinks:

49 years here so far.

But some of it was probably luck when I was young and stupid.  :zoinks:

Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: "couldbecousin" on May 24, 2016, 11:42:11 AM
So, how are things going?

Not guilty before proven guilty works here just as well as in that 20 year old rape thread.

Still shocked how easy one can get arrested in the USA.
Shocked at how easily people can feel threatened too.

And wondering about the "feel" in feeling threatened.

Thoughts, thoughts.

I don't think it is actually that easy to get arrested.  In 39 years I have never managed it  :zoinks:

  I had to ride in the back of a police car once.  I wasn't under arrest, but I had kind of broken the law.  :zoinks:
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: MLA on May 24, 2016, 03:03:09 PM
So, how are things going?

Not guilty before proven guilty works here just as well as in that 20 year old rape thread.

Still shocked how easy one can get arrested in the USA.
Shocked at how easily people can feel threatened too.

And wondering about the "feel" in feeling threatened.

Thoughts, thoughts.

I don't think it is actually that easy to get arrested.  In 39 years I have never managed it  :zoinks:

  I had to ride in the back of a police car once.  I wasn't under arrest, but I had kind of broken the law.  :zoinks:

If this is true, then yes you were :)
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: "couldbecousin" on May 24, 2016, 03:22:21 PM
So, how are things going?

Not guilty before proven guilty works here just as well as in that 20 year old rape thread.

Still shocked how easy one can get arrested in the USA.
Shocked at how easily people can feel threatened too.

And wondering about the "feel" in feeling threatened.

Thoughts, thoughts.

I don't think it is actually that easy to get arrested.  In 39 years I have never managed it  :zoinks:

  I had to ride in the back of a police car once.  I wasn't under arrest, but I had kind of broken the law.  :zoinks:

If this is true, then yes you were :)

  OMG, even though the officer didn't say so?  Cool!  :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: MLA on May 24, 2016, 04:28:26 PM
So, how are things going?

Not guilty before proven guilty works here just as well as in that 20 year old rape thread.

Still shocked how easy one can get arrested in the USA.
Shocked at how easily people can feel threatened too.

And wondering about the "feel" in feeling threatened.

Thoughts, thoughts.

I don't think it is actually that easy to get arrested.  In 39 years I have never managed it  :zoinks:

  I had to ride in the back of a police car once.  I wasn't under arrest, but I had kind of broken the law.  :zoinks:

If this is true, then yes you were :)

  OMG, even though the officer didn't say so?  Cool!  :2thumbsup:

If you were detained against your will under the control of a state actor you were seized under the meaning of the constitution, whether they attached the word "arrested" to it or not.  The constitution doesn't even use that term except to say you can't do it to a member of Congress until the session is over  :P
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: Icequeen on May 24, 2016, 05:22:43 PM
So, how are things going?

Not guilty before proven guilty works here just as well as in that 20 year old rape thread.

Still shocked how easy one can get arrested in the USA.
Shocked at how easily people can feel threatened too.

And wondering about the "feel" in feeling threatened.

Thoughts, thoughts.

I don't think it is actually that easy to get arrested.  In 39 years I have never managed it  :zoinks:

  I had to ride in the back of a police car once.  I wasn't under arrest, but I had kind of broken the law.  :zoinks:

If this is true, then yes you were :)

  OMG, even though the officer didn't say so?  Cool!  :2thumbsup:

(http://ep.yimg.com/ay/beltbuckles/funny-humor-cathloic-school-girl-gone-bad-joke-belt-buckle-belts-buckles-3.gif)

I knew it, I just knew it.  :zoinks:
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: "couldbecousin" on May 25, 2016, 05:28:59 AM
So, how are things going?

Not guilty before proven guilty works here just as well as in that 20 year old rape thread.

Still shocked how easy one can get arrested in the USA.
Shocked at how easily people can feel threatened too.

And wondering about the "feel" in feeling threatened.

Thoughts, thoughts.

I don't think it is actually that easy to get arrested.  In 39 years I have never managed it  :zoinks:

  I had to ride in the back of a police car once.  I wasn't under arrest, but I had kind of broken the law.  :zoinks:

If this is true, then yes you were :)

  OMG, even though the officer didn't say so?  Cool!  :2thumbsup:

(http://ep.yimg.com/ay/beltbuckles/funny-humor-cathloic-school-girl-gone-bad-joke-belt-buckle-belts-buckles-3.gif)

I knew it, I just knew it.  :zoinks:

  I actually went to public school.  Maybe if I'd gone to Catholic school I would have turned out better.  :evillaugh:
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: renaeden on May 26, 2016, 04:34:14 AM
I had a ride in the back of a police paddywagon back to mental hospital where I had escaped from. Surely I wasn't under arrest because I never went to a police station.
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: Al Swearegen on May 26, 2016, 04:44:40 AM
I had a ride in an ambulance when I had my heart attack. Fun times. I was so tired and dopey from the drugs.
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: "couldbecousin" on May 26, 2016, 06:00:33 AM
I had a ride in the back of a police paddywagon back to mental hospital where I had escaped from. Surely I wasn't under arrest because I never went to a police station.

  I was spotted or reported walking along the edge of the interstate while trying to get to an appointment
  at a clinic.  I'd started out walking on a regular city road but it morphed into the interstate and I was
  already turning back when the officer pulled over and told me to get in back.  He drove me to the clinic.  8)
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: renaeden on May 27, 2016, 06:20:34 AM
I guess that would be similar to walking along the freeway here. It is not done!

Very cool that you got a ride all the way to the clinic. :)
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: Genesis on May 27, 2016, 07:51:21 PM
I caught a cop's attention for a mini-tirade I did, but other than that I was never arrested (yet).
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: renaeden on May 27, 2016, 09:50:17 PM
I caught a cop's attention for a mini-tirade I did, but other than that I was never arrested (yet).
That sort of thing will get you attention!
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: "couldbecousin" on May 28, 2016, 03:28:29 AM
I guess that would be similar to walking along the freeway here. It is not done!

Very cool that you got a ride all the way to the clinic. :)

  Yeah, that's basically what it was, and the officer didn't want me to get run over. 
   The free ride was indeed cool.  I felt like a badass being dropped off in a
    police cruiser, with people noticing me.  Watch out for the Weeble!  :laugh:
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: Genesis on May 28, 2016, 07:25:38 PM
I caught a cop's attention for a mini-tirade I did, but other than that I was never arrested (yet).
That sort of thing will get you attention!

 :soapbox:
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: "couldbecousin" on May 29, 2016, 02:31:19 AM
I caught a cop's attention for a mini-tirade I did, but other than that I was never arrested (yet).
That sort of thing will get you attention!

 :soapbox:

  You'll have to come with us.    :police: :sandmage: :police:
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: Genesis on May 29, 2016, 02:37:33 PM
I caught a cop's attention for a mini-tirade I did, but other than that I was never arrested (yet).
That sort of thing will get you attention!

 :soapbox:
  You'll have to come with us.    :police: :sandmage: :police:

 :roar:
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: skyblue1 on August 09, 2016, 09:34:37 AM
Charges were dismissed
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: Lestat on August 09, 2016, 10:14:45 AM
How about you come with ME instead couldbe me'lovely :)

Breaking bad marathon, followed by breaking-worse;) then dinner and finally a nice warm bed.
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 09, 2016, 10:26:18 AM
Charges were dismissed

Glad to read that things worked out for you.
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: skyblue1 on August 09, 2016, 02:59:52 PM
Charges were dismissed

Glad to read that things worked out for you.
Meh only cost me $4500{lawyer} and the loss of 40% of my business
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: Jack on August 09, 2016, 05:24:05 PM
Charges were dismissed
Congratulations.
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: Icequeen on August 09, 2016, 05:59:50 PM
Charges were dismissed

Glad to read that things worked out for you.
Meh only cost me $4500{lawyer} and the loss of 40% of my business

Glad it all worked out.

Just sorry the press took it and ran with it the way they did.  :P  I figured it would affect you regardless of the outcome after that.

Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: Lestat on August 10, 2016, 02:59:09 AM
Should have agreed to cut it's fur, and instead of denying It, just slipped with a cut-throat razor on some conveniently left water or other product like shampoo on the ground.
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: El on August 10, 2016, 05:24:28 AM
Should have agreed to cut it's fur, and instead of denying It, just slipped with a cut-throat razor on some conveniently left water or other product like shampoo on the ground.
Yes, murdering someone for being black and having difficult hair is a much better solution than declining to cut their hair.  I'm sure all that court stuff would have been resolved much quicker if skyblue'd just done that.
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: Lestat on August 10, 2016, 12:27:23 PM
That is the reason for the accidentally spilled shampoo or similar; to enable skyblue to have accidentally slipped and unfortunately slitting the coonpanzee's throat.
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 10, 2016, 12:28:51 PM
That is the reason for the accidentally spilled shampoo or similar; to enable skyblue to have accidentally slipped and unfortunately slitting the coonpanzee's throat.

If you can't say something nice........
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: Lestat on August 10, 2016, 12:43:38 PM
Say something true.

Or just have a thick skin in case some PC types get on with the guff and hot air.

Just so I am positive and clear about it, I am not calling you a PC bellend or implying your full of shit. You aren't, and I care about you QV :)
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 10, 2016, 02:35:41 PM
Say something true.

Or just have a thick skin in case some PC types get on with the guff and hot air.

Just so I am positive and clear about it, I am not calling you a PC bellend or implying your full of shit. You aren't, and I care about you QV :)

No biggie.  I'm sort of ambivalent about free speech.  It's nice in theory, but sometimes reading a string of anger just seems a bit much to me.  I won't deny that I have a teeny-tiny bit of a slave-owner guilt, even though I try not to.  One of my ancestors was fairly well off and owned 4 slaves (1860 Slave Census), 3 females and a 4 y/o boy.  Most of the blacks that live in the parish (county) are pretty nice and polite.  I offer rides to those I see waiting with bags of groceries and we have some nice talks. 

Anyway, it was the string of words that didn't sit well with me.  Strictly my problem, not yours. 

BTW. PA has some forceful words he uses when watching TV that I'm not happy about, but I've told him that if he uses that language in public and gets beaten up, he's fetching himself home from the hospital and taking care of his injuries.  But then I'm a wuss and will probably help him out all the while, going "Tsk, tsk" and pursing my lips.
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: "couldbecousin" on August 10, 2016, 11:08:53 PM
That is the reason for the accidentally spilled shampoo or similar; to enable skyblue to have accidentally slipped and unfortunately slitting the coonpanzee's throat.

  Why do you hate black people so much?
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: El on August 11, 2016, 05:56:31 AM
That is the reason for the accidentally spilled shampoo or similar; to enable skyblue to have accidentally slipped and unfortunately slitting the coonpanzee's throat.

  Why do you hate black people so much?
I'm not sure it's even about race so much as Lestat being high af when he posts and thinking he sounds like a genuis or a tough guy or something when he spouts his incoherent baloney.
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: Lestat on August 11, 2016, 06:15:57 AM
I was mostly being facetious.

I wonder why skyblue took quite such a long time to re-arrive here. Unless I've simply missed seeing threads he's posted in between the time he posted the reply and the time it takes for someone else to reply, making it no longer appear that he posted in the unread post list, I haven't seen him post in quite a long time until just now.
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 11, 2016, 08:42:18 AM
I was mostly being facetious.

I wonder why skyblue took quite such a long time to re-arrive here. Unless I've simply missed seeing threads he's posted in between the time he posted the reply and the time it takes for someone else to reply, making it no longer appear that he posted in the unread post list, I haven't seen him post in quite a long time until just now.

Any good lawyer will tell you to keep an extremely low profile until legal proceedings are finished.
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: MLA on August 11, 2016, 04:56:33 PM
I was mostly being facetious.

I wonder why skyblue took quite such a long time to re-arrive here. Unless I've simply missed seeing threads he's posted in between the time he posted the reply and the time it takes for someone else to reply, making it no longer appear that he posted in the unread post list, I haven't seen him post in quite a long time until just now.

Any good lawyer will tell you to keep an extremely low profile until legal proceedings are finished.

Indeed
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: MLA on August 11, 2016, 04:57:12 PM
That is the reason for the accidentally spilled shampoo or similar; to enable skyblue to have accidentally slipped and unfortunately slitting the coonpanzee's throat.

  Why do you hate black people so much?

He doesn't.  He's just a brain-damaged junkie who is desperate for attention.  Like Trump  :junkie:
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: Al Swearegen on August 12, 2016, 03:30:23 AM
That is the reason for the accidentally spilled shampoo or similar; to enable skyblue to have accidentally slipped and unfortunately slitting the coonpanzee's throat.

  Why do you hate black people so much?

He doesn't.  He's just a brain-damaged junkie who is desperate for attention.  Like Trump  :junkie:

Trump is a junkie? I thought he was completely off drugs and alcohol and had never tried either as a result of his brother dying of Alcoholism very young?
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: Lestat on August 14, 2016, 04:03:29 PM
I was poking at skyblue. Should have been obvious with m...oh, right.:autism:

Can't say as I have any faith in any political system but mine.
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: Pyraxis on August 14, 2016, 09:10:41 PM
I thought he was completely off drugs and alcohol and had never tried either as a result of his brother dying of Alcoholism very young?

News to me. That's interesting.
Title: Re: Skyblue1 got arrested
Post by: Lestat on August 14, 2016, 10:44:27 PM
Fate picked the wrong zygote, it seems:P