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[KRYPTON INC.]

we really need to weasel out the people who act like 10 year olds.

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[C. Lee]

I read about it in a Hollywood Reporter article a couple years back. Here:

http://bit.ly/InkoGl

But it's possible they got it mixed up with the 1925 version, since other articles I've found seem to talk about it in association with that one. I just thought they BOTH had horses die.

Yeah, I think they may have mixed the two up. The page for the 1925 one talks about horses being killed (along with stuntmen and extras...apparently it was a very dangerous set to be on)....the 1959 page talks about false rumors of deaths (stuntmen and extras) but doesn't say anything about any horses dying, and the wiki page also talks about false rumors of deaths (stuntmen and extras) on the movie but doesn't say anything about horses dying. With the way people feel about it when animals are hurt and killed on a movie, I would think is some horses were really killed (especially as many as the article you posted says) that there would be something about it in there.

 

[ThePhantasm]

gotta watch out for those sin-happy vacationists in cape cod

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

gotta watch out for those sin-happy vacationists in cape cod

When I think of sin... I think Cape Cod.

 

[flickchick85]

Yeah, I think they may have mixed the two up. The page for the 1925 one talks about horses being killed (along with stuntmen and extras...apparently it was a very dangerous set to be on)....the 1959 page talks about false rumors of deaths (stuntmen and extras) but doesn't say anything about any horses dying, and the wiki page also talks about false rumors of deaths (stuntmen and extras) on the movie but doesn't say anything about horses dying. With the way people feel about it when animals are hurt and killed on a movie, I would think is some horses were really killed (especially as many as the article you posted says) that there would be something about it in there.

Makes sense. That's a comfort, as I really did enjoy that sequence.

 

[Reek]

When I think of sin... I think Cape Cod.

I decided to **** with you in the GIF thread

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

I decided to **** with you in the GIF thread

Already gif responded to.

 

[Reek]

that gif made me think of Harold and Kumar 2 with the KKK

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

Somebody that claims to be a smart human being, whom is always looking for advice in the relationship thread just posted that the appropriate penalty for being convicted of rape/sexual assault should be six months in jail and then counseling... This person wonders why his sparkling personality isn't attracting the opposite sex?

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

that gif made me think of Harold and Kumar 2 with the KKK

H&K trilogy is underrated I think. It's a good kind of over the top stupid.

 

[Reek]

the "Crazy on You" by Heart scene is one of the best ever.

and who is this potential felon you are speaking of

 

[Reek]

"Sex offender registries are dumb"

Probably the dumbest post I have ever seen.

 

[Victarion]

The shadow is creeping in from the darklands beneath the videogame section.

 

[Marvolo]

"Sex offender registries are dumb"

Probably the dumbest post I have ever seen.

Having looked into them, as they are now they are pretty dumb. Just read this:

problem with some states’ registries lies in the overly broad classification of crimes as sex offenses. In at least ten states, you can earn the sex offender designation from fairly innocuous forms of public indecency like streaking, mooning, or urinating in public. None of the registries provide any factual details of the offenses, just the names of the crimes (and sometimes not even that). So if a registry lists the offense of indecent exposure, for example, the public has no way of distinguishing a high school prankster who streaks a football game from a creep who purposely goes to a playground and waves his member at children to achieve sexual gratification. Many registries also contain numerous purely statutory offenders who are often also minors at the time of the offense, such as a 17 year-old who engages in consensual sexual activity with his 15 year-old girlfriend. In many jurisdictions, this would be labeled “sexual assault against a minor,” which makes this person look like a greater threat than the circumstances suggest. By effectively diluting the sex offender registry with people who pose little threat to public safety, it is more difficult to identify and keep track of the high-risk offenders. California, as an extreme example, has the largest registry in the country with over one hundred thousand registered sex offenders. This is an overwhelming amount of information to sift through, and can make it appear a sex offender is lurking around every corner – just look at the map of Los Angeles county. Rather than providing useful information, it just scares and furthers the misconception that the risk of sex offenses is increasing at an alarming rate.

And God forbid someone guilty of one of those "sexual offenses" end up on a registry, because if they do their lives are essentially ruined. The registry and current laws make it so anyone on the registry can't be within certain distances of schools, libraries, and other places that are all over most cities and towns. Finding a job is damn near impossible unless you are fortunate to find an employer that will overlook someone being a sex offender. And because the registries are so vague, people that have a name similar to someone's name on the registry can easily be mistaken for a sex offender which can lead to all sorts of problems.


As an idea registries are a good idea. The way they are currently managed and used is a cluster**** of stupidity and useless incompetence.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

My problem is with the idea that six months in jail is the right punishment for sexual assault/rape.

 

[Reek]

Ok.. well how about you dont be a sex offender. all of this is about someones idiotic notion that 6 months is an appropriate punishment.

There is nothing dumb about people knowing who is a rapist.

Once again Marvolo, you have to argue everything lol

 

[Reek]

hmm... i think i might be getting confused...

I am saying the sex offender registry is perfectly fine in the case of the topic at hand, where someone raped someone and is only getting 6 months and they are whining about him being on the registry.

 

[Roose Bolton]

If I'm coming back from a club with a full bladder, it's the dead of night, no ones around and there's an inviting tree...I sure as hell don't wanna go to jail.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

Story time...

The year after I graduated High School my best friend gives me a call at my parents' house in the Poconos. He was living in Texas, going to Rice University. I acted like I usually do in conversation and when he didn't respond in kind I knew something was up. Turns out a teacher from our High School had sent him an article from the local paper where someone who had my name was arrested for sexual assault and kidnapping. The note the teacher sent with the article was "What do you know about this?" This shocked the hell out of me and suddenly I thought back to recent history where people I knew were suddenly acting strange, like people a year or two behind me in High School that I knew were suddenly standoffish in public. Apparently this teacher had been spreading this story around school and seemingly had convicted me without any proof I was the same person in the newspaper article. I was 19 or so and I called the newspaper to have the record set straight and I went to the principal of the school and told him he had better talk to this teacher and she had better tell everyone that she had no idea what she was talking about spreading this story around.

So... I can be sympathetic to the idea that the way the sexual offenders' registry system in place now is flawed... But as I said before my real issue is with the position that six months of prison time is perfectly fine punishment for someone convicted of rape. Sorry but... There is something "off" about that position to me.

 

[Marvolo]

Ok.. well how about you dont be a sex offender. all of this is about someones idiotic notion that 6 months is an appropriate punishment.

There is nothing dumb about people knowing who is a rapist.

Once again Marvolo, you have to argue everything lol

Reek I'm not arguing. I'm just discussing a topic and pointing out that registries as they exist now do have some flaws. Just giving some food for thought.

 

[Reek]

the sex offender registry is not dumb... some of the reasons that qualify being on it are

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

the sex offender registry is not dumb... some of the reasons that qualify being on it are

This would be my position as well. It gets into some dicey territory for sure.

 

[Marvolo]

I've got 34 registered sex offenders within 3 miles of my house. The one closest to me has this listed as his offense:

"Registered as a result of out-of-state conviction"

Quite a few seem to be "Indecent Liberties with a Minor". One of those had 8 offenses against him from 1998 but he wasn't registered until 2008. Another one committed his offense on 1995 and wasn't registered until 2002. I Wonder why it took so long to get them registered?

Edit: There are 75 within 5 miles of my house!

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

Maybe it's time to move to a better neighborhood Marv.

 

[Greens]

I don't know how many "offenders" live close to me because my country doesn't have a public registry. Doesn't bother me one bit.