# Doctors on the Warpath - Rand Paul Gets a Ribbing **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 6, 2017, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-on-the-warpath-rand-paul-gets-a-ribbing/800913 "2017-11-06T20:48:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-on-the-warpath-rand-paul-gets-a-ribbing/800913/21 "2017-11-07T13:39:35Z")
Isn’t tackling how libertarians establish dominance? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-on-the-warpath-rand-paul-gets-a-ribbing/800913/22 "2017-11-07T13:51:38Z")
It could have been about politics. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-on-the-warpath-rand-paul-gets-a-ribbing/800913/23 "2017-11-07T13:56:57Z")
There’s reporters on twitter saying that it has to do with yard waste and leaves being blown onto each others’ lawns. Think Rand Paul is not a good senator, but man, he doesn’t deserve this. I hope they throw the book at the whacko who took to violence over this. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-on-the-warpath-rand-paul-gets-a-ribbing/800913/24 "2017-11-07T13:58:28Z")
Jeez, Rand Paul. You’re a United States senator. Hire a damn lawn guy. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-on-the-warpath-rand-paul-gets-a-ribbing/800913/25 "2017-11-07T14:10:06Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > Jeez, Rand Paul. You’re a United States senator. Hire a damn lawn guy. I like the fact that the mostly-libertarian guy is being self-reliant. I bet he cleans his own bathroom, too (and folds the toilet paper into a perfect little point when he’s done). ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-on-the-warpath-rand-paul-gets-a-ribbing/800913/26 "2017-11-07T15:03:06Z")
I like that the anesthesiologist - who is purportedly not working due to a neck injury - was feeling good enough to launch a flying tackle at Paul! 😃 Come to think of it, wouldn’t physical violence and intimidation be a libertarian’s preferred method for handling disputes, rather than relying on instruments of the state? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-on-the-warpath-rand-paul-gets-a-ribbing/800913/27 "2017-11-07T15:22:27Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > Come to think of it, wouldn’t physical violence and intimidation be a libertarian’s preferred method for handling disputes, rather than relying on instruments of the state? 😉 Only in \*\*\*SOMALIA!!! \*\*\* 😉 Someone needs to get off someone else’s lawn. ---
**Author:** ![Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enter_the_Flagon)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-on-the-warpath-rand-paul-gets-a-ribbing/800913/28 "2017-11-07T15:28:25Z")
In a true Libertarian society, everyone will be busily pursuing their own rational self-interest, and there won’t be any conflict, ever. Even the sociopaths among us will be transformed into virtuous citizens amenable to negotiation. It’ll be like a Utopia, where I pay people like you to rake my leaves, and you’ll be happy to do it for pennies. Why don’t you want to live in a Utopia? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-on-the-warpath-rand-paul-gets-a-ribbing/800913/29 "2017-11-07T15:45:40Z")
> [@Enter\_the\_Flagon](#): > > Why don’t you want to live in a Utopia? There’s no Utopia without U! ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-on-the-warpath-rand-paul-gets-a-ribbing/800913/30 "2017-11-07T17:00:37Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > There’s no Utopia without U! There’s also no Utopia with “top”! And, unlike “team”, there is an “I” in Utopia. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-on-the-warpath-rand-paul-gets-a-ribbing/800913/31 "2017-11-07T17:15:12Z")
Utopia: you top I, ayyy! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-on-the-warpath-rand-paul-gets-a-ribbing/800913/32 "2017-11-07T17:48:58Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > There’s also no Utopia with “top”! And, unlike “team”, there is an “I” in Utopia. without. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-on-the-warpath-rand-paul-gets-a-ribbing/800913/33 "2017-11-07T19:09:57Z")
Wasn’t this an episode of _King of the Hill_? ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-on-the-warpath-rand-paul-gets-a-ribbing/800913/34 "2017-11-07T19:50:07Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I have secretly wanted jump my old neighbor lady whose cat continually poops on my petunias! Dear Penthouse letters, I went to talk to my neighbor about her feline pooping in my flowers and we ended up eating pussy. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2017, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-on-the-warpath-rand-paul-gets-a-ribbing/800913/35 "2017-11-08T00:46:50Z")
According to the Votemaster, the neighbor was incensed because Paul was violating an antinoise ordinance by mowing his lawn at 7AM on a Sunday. Paul denies that anyone should be able to regulate his behavior on his own property in any way. This was apparently the culmination of a long-standing dispute. Interesting that Paul is willing to invoke the law when he is the injured party. He should have hired his own bodyguard. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2017, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-on-the-warpath-rand-paul-gets-a-ribbing/800913/36 "2017-11-08T01:51:10Z")
> [@Hari\_Seldon](#): > > Interesting that Paul is willing to invoke the law when he is the injured party. He should have hired his own bodyguard. I don’t see invoking the law as anti-libertarian - he’s paying for it via taxes, so he has contractual access to the service. And defending contracts is apparently one of the only things a true libertarian thinks the government should be doing. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2017, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-on-the-warpath-rand-paul-gets-a-ribbing/800913/37 "2017-11-08T02:19:17Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > Dear Penthouse letters, > > I went to talk to my neighbor about her feline pooping in my flowers and we ended up eating pussy. Wow!That escalated! ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2017, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-on-the-warpath-rand-paul-gets-a-ribbing/800913/38 "2017-11-08T02:33:02Z")
> [@Lord\_Feldon](#): > > They’re middle-aged white men of means. It’s either about sex or it’s about a lawn. Turns out it was a long running feud about yard waste, so yup, lawn it is. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2017, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-on-the-warpath-rand-paul-gets-a-ribbing/800913/39 "2017-11-08T06:15:25Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > I was a little perplexed at his alleged attacker facing a _fourth_ degree assault charge, which is only a misdemeanor in Kentucky. I looked it up, and to get a third degree assault charge you need to attack someone in a “protected” class, which I guess Senators are not. Second degree is for serious injury (busting five ribs and causing lung contusions is apparently _not_ considered serious in Kentucky), and a first degree assault case requires serious injury caused by a weapon. I think he was charged before the exact extent of the Senator’s injuries was known, so it might not stay a fourth degree assault. ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2017, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-on-the-warpath-rand-paul-gets-a-ribbing/800913/40 "2017-11-08T19:12:53Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Wow!That escalated! I’m not sure you understand how a SPOILER box is supposed to work? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-on-the-warpath-rand-paul-gets-a-ribbing/800913.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-on-the-warpath-rand-paul-gets-a-ribbing/800913.md?page=3)