What if someone bought it from the company and gave it to him as gift? Is he still under the same burden to prove it was purchased legally?
IMHO, I feel the company is being ridiculous. Refusing to sell people spare parts and accusing them of being a thief is, at worst, stupid and insulting and at best bound to lose them a customer.
Building a case for dismissal is so time-consuming, costly and draining for principals and administrators that many say they don't make the effort except in the most egregious cases. The vast majority of firings stem from blatant misconduct, including sexual abuse, other immoral or illegal behavior, insubordination or repeated violation of rules such as showing up on time.
Either the journalist is a product of the LA school system or the LA school system mandates that teachers show up late.
Oh what nitpicking.
The predicate of this fragment refers to the rule, ie., "showing up on time". The subject refers to violation of said rule. The way you would have phrased it, it would have actually read that the rule was showing up late.
This is not subjective. Your way would have been wrong and the journalist is correct.
If you took those well-off Asian-Americans and put them in the same situation as the perpetually poor in the U.S., the majority of them would eventually rise out of that level again.
How can you not see that ingrained stereotypes like this would foster them being able to rise out of that poverty faster?
Fighting overt racism is easy. Fighting BS like this is so much harder.
I cannot believe that this bigoted claptrap was modded insightful.
Saying that all of African American culture "rejects learning -- and rejects Western culture in general" is ridiculously false and insulting.
Where do you people get this stuff? Rush Limbaugh? Get a clue. There are far too many factors that influence whether or not people take advantage of being able to get an education. At best, race is a very poor determinant of those factors - at worst, your limited view paints a very wide & racist brush over people you obviously know nothing about.
Summary says: "...to hunt down uninsured motorists"
I've got no sympathy at all for uninsured motorists.
OK. I don't have car insurance.
This is not some slashdot hypothetical. I truly don't have car insurance and I honestly cannot afford it. My paycheck just covers basic needs. Groceries, utilities and yes, gas because I have to get to work and truly the bus system won't do.
Some people are poor. Very poor. Work their asses off and still poor. And you can blame it on life choices or whatever the hell but you can still do your best and still be broke by the American Dream standard or even half that.
Now OP and his cosigners with their self-righteous indignation - "I don't have sympathy for uninsured drivers" - cuz...what? They're the scum of the Earth? Or they simply can't afford what has become a ridiculous racket enforced by the government? Just like traffic fines these amount to a regressive tax on people who simply do not maintain the same standard of living you do.
Really want to post this as anon but can't bring myself to do that so wtf. Tired of the ridiculous notion that cuz I don't have the same ends as other people I should be ashamed.
Two can Live as Cheaply as One for Half as Long. -- Howard Kandel
