# The ex-felon vs the two drunk douchebags **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 15, 2011, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ex-felon-vs-the-two-drunk-douchebags/599696 "2011-10-15T00:51:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![The\_Conqueror\_Worm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@The\_Conqueror\_Worm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Conqueror_Worm)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2011, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ex-felon-vs-the-two-drunk-douchebags/599696/201 "2011-10-16T09:20:01Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > Where I am it can be spelled either way. For example, in my Law Society’s \*Licensing Process Policies \*document, a _licensee_ holds a _licence_. Sometimes we use British spellings. Sometimes we use American spellings. Sometimes we use both. Have a boo at this hand list for the spelling confused: [http://www3.telus.net/linguisticsissues/BritishCanadianAmerican.htm](http://www3.telus.net/linguisticsissues/BritishCanadianAmerican.htm) . Acknowledged and appreciated. It’s always good to learn something new every day. Would you not agree? ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2011, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ex-felon-vs-the-two-drunk-douchebags/599696/202 "2011-10-16T09:20:17Z")
> [@The\_Conqueror\_Worm](#): > > Granny was either very cheap or else your family didn’t care to support her enough for a cane that would have supported her. Hmmm… Whatever made you think that the cane did not support her? It certainly did. Dude, you’re drunk. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Conqueror\_Worm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@The\_Conqueror\_Worm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Conqueror_Worm)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2011, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ex-felon-vs-the-two-drunk-douchebags/599696/203 "2011-10-16T09:22:49Z")
Yeah, I’m drunk, but if you could snap the cane across your knee, it wouldn’t have supported grans very well. Why did you hate your grandmother so much? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Conqueror\_Worm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@The\_Conqueror\_Worm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Conqueror_Worm)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2011, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ex-felon-vs-the-two-drunk-douchebags/599696/204 "2011-10-16T09:24:38Z")
Once more, we have drifted so far afield… Anyone care to discuss the real topic? ---
**Author:** ![AlienVessels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba8739/32.png) [@AlienVessels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlienVessels)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2011, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ex-felon-vs-the-two-drunk-douchebags/599696/205 "2011-10-16T09:26:10Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > All three of them. But pipe guy is the one I \*really \*wouldn’t want on my block. Really? You don’t think the 2 intoxicated angry women would be more likely to invade your home? Maybe the felon is just a bad guy and maybe this is the first crazy thing the women have done. Maybe. Or maybe being attacked on his own “turf” is the one thing that would trigger “prison reflexes”. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2011, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ex-felon-vs-the-two-drunk-douchebags/599696/206 "2011-10-16T09:26:14Z")
> [@The\_Conqueror\_Worm](#): > > Yeah, I’m drunk, but if you could snap the cane across your knee, it wouldn’t have supported grans very well. Why did you hate your grandmother so much? Do you think that being drunk should be an exception to the diminished capacity defence? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Conqueror\_Worm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@The\_Conqueror\_Worm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Conqueror_Worm)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2011, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ex-felon-vs-the-two-drunk-douchebags/599696/207 "2011-10-16T09:28:57Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > Do you think that being drunk should be an exception to the diminished capacity defence? I’m more capable drunk than I am sober. Does that speak poorly of me or of you? I still haven’t figured out the answer to that question. Have you? Back to the topic anytime he thinks. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2011, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ex-felon-vs-the-two-drunk-douchebags/599696/208 "2011-10-16T09:29:23Z")
> [@AlienVessels](#): > > Really? You don’t think the 2 intoxicated angry women would be more likely to invade your home? Maybe the felon is just a bad guy and maybe this is the first crazy thing the women have done. Maybe. Or maybe being attacked on his own “turf” is the one thing that would trigger “prison reflexes”. Hmm. . . let’s think about this. A couple of harpies, one of whom slapped someone and both of whom would have hit someone, or a fellow who was convicted of shooting someone to death, and who continued to beat a couple of harpies after beating them into submission with a metal rod. Given the choice . . . . ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2011, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ex-felon-vs-the-two-drunk-douchebags/599696/209 "2011-10-16T09:30:25Z")
> [@The\_Conqueror\_Worm](#): > > I’m more capable drunk than I am sober. How sad. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Conqueror\_Worm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@The\_Conqueror\_Worm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Conqueror_Worm)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2011, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ex-felon-vs-the-two-drunk-douchebags/599696/210 "2011-10-16T09:31:13Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > Hmm… let’s think about this. A couple of harpies, one of who slapped someone, or a fellow who was convicted of shooting someone to death, and the beat a couple of harpies into submission with a metal rod. Given the choice . . . So you’ve already prejudged the victim of the battery. Most interesting. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Conqueror\_Worm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@The\_Conqueror\_Worm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Conqueror_Worm)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2011, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ex-felon-vs-the-two-drunk-douchebags/599696/211 "2011-10-16T09:32:15Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > How sad. It is kinda, huh? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Conqueror\_Worm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@The\_Conqueror\_Worm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Conqueror_Worm)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2011, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ex-felon-vs-the-two-drunk-douchebags/599696/212 "2011-10-16T09:34:39Z")
Maybe you should give me leeway to act as I wish, with no retaliation. ---
**Author:** ![Krav\_Manga](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/krav_manga/32/3153_2.png) [@Krav\_Manga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krav_Manga)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2011, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ex-felon-vs-the-two-drunk-douchebags/599696/213 "2011-10-16T09:35:14Z")
> [@](#): > > Muffin, thank you for stepping up and offering a professional opinion. I really mean that. However, you might want to do some memory drills since it’s spelled license. Misspelling don’t really look good on dissertations and all. Yeah, I’m an arsehole, but someone has to keep you honest. Don’t you agree? You’re not an arsehole, just really fucking stupid. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Conqueror\_Worm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@The\_Conqueror\_Worm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Conqueror_Worm)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2011, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ex-felon-vs-the-two-drunk-douchebags/599696/214 "2011-10-16T09:36:04Z")
_smoochies for krav_ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Conqueror\_Worm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@The\_Conqueror\_Worm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Conqueror_Worm)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2011, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ex-felon-vs-the-two-drunk-douchebags/599696/215 "2011-10-16T09:37:49Z")
Once more, what is the topic of this thread? ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2011, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ex-felon-vs-the-two-drunk-douchebags/599696/216 "2011-10-16T09:38:44Z")
> [@The\_Conqueror\_Worm](#): > > So you’ve already prejudged the victim of the battery. Most interesting. As I have previously stated in this thread, I have no sympathy for any of the three of them. If I had to live on the same block as any of them, the last one I would prefer to have in the neighbourhood would be the one with the track record for doing the most damage when going Rambo – in this case the male. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Conqueror\_Worm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@The\_Conqueror\_Worm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Conqueror_Worm)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2011, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ex-felon-vs-the-two-drunk-douchebags/599696/217 "2011-10-16T09:40:29Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > I have previously stated in this thread, I have no sympathy for any of the three of them. For what it is worth, at the core we are in more or less agreement. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Conqueror\_Worm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@The\_Conqueror\_Worm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Conqueror_Worm)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2011, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ex-felon-vs-the-two-drunk-douchebags/599696/218 "2011-10-16T09:43:14Z")
As I’ve said prior, I think the cashier probably went over the line. However, unless you’ve been in a similar situation, it’s really hard (or should be) to pass judgement on the fellow. Regardless of that, given the way mainstream society is with regards to violence, the guy probably going to see hard time once more. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2011, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ex-felon-vs-the-two-drunk-douchebags/599696/219 "2011-10-16T09:45:26Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > all levels of court in the province Correction: I should have said “all levels of Ontario courts.” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Conqueror\_Worm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@The\_Conqueror\_Worm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Conqueror_Worm)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2011, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ex-felon-vs-the-two-drunk-douchebags/599696/220 "2011-10-16T09:46:27Z")
And he was attacked. That’s all I’m going to say in this thread. Be good to yourselves and be good to each other. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ex-felon-vs-the-two-drunk-douchebags/599696.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ex-felon-vs-the-two-drunk-douchebags/599696.md?page=12)