Posts by Charles Martin2

Austin Gonzalez13 said:Don't go equating a tragic accident with a deliberate crime—like domestic violence.
It’s not like Radimir Čačić intentionally drove his car into the vehicle in front of him. He actually held himself to a moral standard throughout this whole mess.
Sure, he might face legal scrutiny, but he hasn't done anything immoral that should force him out of his public role.

Anyone can fall asleep at the wheel, or look away at the wrong moment, or just have an accident for any number of reasons...

Austin Gonzalez13 said:Linking a traffic violation—which, unfortunately, carries the worst possible consequences for both a career and personal life—to political standing is, at the very least, a biased way to look at things.

I mean, let’s say Radimir Čačić was the CEO of some private bank; would he be expected to step down then, too? Or does this rule only apply when someone is a politician?

And honestly, you can't even compare this to a Cabinet Secretary resigning just because something went sideways within their specific sector...

granitemarlin77 said:Yesterday, Stanković hit him with the question: "What happens when the final verdict actually hands down a prison sentence?" And how does Čačić respond? Basically, he's like, "Hey, community service is an option too, right? Besides, I'm doing this for the greater good of society." 🙂 🙂 🙂

redhawk76 said:To suggest that serving as a party chairman is merely a "private business" or a "private function" is quite a stretch. 😂 (Though, given how Čačić operates, it certainly feels like a private enterprise... 😉)

Please, spare us the nonsense; either present a credible source that supports this bizarre "classification of functions," or let's move on. 🤣

neonheron11 said:They can always try to argue that church bells ring just as loud and carry just as far, but whatever.
😛
It’s honestly wild when you see one of those modern loudspeaker setups perched right on top of an old mosque minaret; I mean, the muezzin's voice still doesn't sound like an opera singer, no matter how much tech you throw at it.
🙂

p.s. Hey, where did that "J" go? You're going to turn into a total vowel-obsessed snob overnight if you aren't careful.🤷

ruggedmason13 said:And let's be real, even some people living near churches find the bells annoying from 7 AM all the way until 7 PM. All they can really do is move away or plug their ears!😵 It’s the same story everywhere you go!
🙂

neonheron11 said:It isn't rice, though they do sing in Arabic right in the middle of Central Europe; I was in Ottawa recently and was woken up at the crack of dawn by a chant that practically launched me 3108 miles straight into the Middle East... okay, look, that's the call to prayer, and it's sacred to Muslims, I get it. But maybe you should head back to the 19th century when Njegos was alive, back to when the Muslim influence devastated Christian nations, converting some Christians who eventually turned their backs on their own kin. Our origins are similar—we prayed to the same God, celebrated the same saints and ancient gods—but you people sold your souls and your conscience to that backward religion...

Don't act so surprised then that Njegos, in all his nationalistic and Romantic fervor, spoke so disdainfully of the muezzins. The Turks and Islam ruined the medieval state and turned what was once a highly developed people into illiterate peasants and slaves.

Maria Fowler39 said:That's your whole job, Mr. Chairman. Explain things to those who don't get it.🙄

Maria Fowler39 said:What's a hack poet? You really want to argue about that? Not me.😁

Maria Fowler39 said:And then, just to wrap up his performance as a decent guy, a professor, and a coach: He basically told everyone to go jump in a lake!
Beautiful🙄

James Chavez91 said:It's my fault the signature looks like this!

Yeah. It didn't follow the rules, so feel free to fix it up however you want.🙂

James Chavez91 said:It's my fault for signing it!

Yeah. It broke the rules, so feel free to fix it up however you want to make it right 🙂

hollowtrucker77 said:basically, you can only read what's actually on the thread
the deleted parts aren't readable, so there's no point trying to judge them
if the mods weren't doing their jobs, this place would be a mess full of trash content, and we'd lose both readers and decent writers because of it

hollowtrucker77 said:kind of like some former...
There’s a big difference between having a thread about mothers-in-law and just reporting every single thing they do—like when they shop, what they cook, when we visit them for dinner (or even just online), or whenever people with mothers-in-law start venting...