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On the article Concerns Grow Over Teaching Methods at Riverwood
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On the article City Seizes Property at Strip Club, Gas Station For Streetscape Project
Brian Oravetz
9:43 am on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
ReplyCould someone describe the context of the word "seized"? Because I agree with Anthony here; government "seizing" property, to "beautify" a "cityscape" is not a good enough reason to simply take property owned by a private entity (regardless of what that private entity is). I'm sure the city will say that they've paid "fair market value"; but that FMV is decided upon by the government entity. And it's never fair for anyone other than the government. So if this was pre-agreed upon by these businesses, fair enough. IF not, then this is a bad precedent set upon by what has thus far, been a good city government.
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On the article Do You Support Gun Control?
Brian Oravetz
8:47 am on Monday, February 4, 2013
It may, or may not surprise you to know that the media is not exactly portraying the story correctly. Chris was not shot at a "gun range". He was shot at a charity event, on a resort that has a small range; but they were not on the range. The range was merely on the property.
Moreover, the term "PTSD" is getting broadly applied. The guy that did this was an armorer, he was not a combat arms troop. I'm a former Infantry guy, I know what kind of stresses come with that job; and an armorer doesn't have them. That term is getting generically applied much like "ADHD". Some cases are serious, some are not; but definitely over used.
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On the article Strip Clubs: Good or Bad?
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On the article Strip Clubs: Good or Bad?
Brian Oravetz
5:57 pm on Friday, February 1, 2013
I'm not a fan of strip clubs, because it's a fools game. It's just handing over money because you've given into primal programming.
Calling men pigs because they go to a place where they can see naked women is not quite the right term. You can't fight DNA, and like it or not, men are going to automatically want to look if they see a naked women. Not a thing anyone can do about it. Is it distasteful? Thats a matter of opinion. It's certainly a waste of money.
People who frequent strip clubs, like it or not, are often times, very wealthy, very successful individuals.
I get your angst against strip clubs, but if you want to make valid points on them, name calling isn't going to further your opinion. It's just going to get you mocked in return and shouted down.
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On the article Strip Clubs: Good or Bad?
Brian Oravetz
5:53 pm on Friday, February 1, 2013
Doyle, kinda like the strip club issue... If you don't like it, don't spend your time there; or here as the case is.
Lacking in prowess is coming into a "blog" only to tell others to stop spending time in it. Heck, that's an insult to those lacking prowess; your remark was just downright childish. Damn... that's an insult to children lacking prowess...
Oh well, you get the point. Go away if you don't like it.
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On the article Strip Clubs: Good or Bad?
Brian Oravetz
5:51 pm on Friday, February 1, 2013
Jessica, look, some of that may be true; but like it or not, it is a profitable business for the club owners and the dancers. How they choose to spend their money, and how the customers choose to spend their money, is no business of yours, or your church.
You're trying to advocate for legislating morality, that has never in the history of the world ended well. I get it, that you're well meaning, and I do not disagree with you on your opinion about strip clubs; but you can't legislate it away. And by advocating the city of Brookhaven to attack a club like the Pink Pony, you get the devil that you didn't know. All that will happen is the business will become more seedy, and more dangerous.
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On the article Do You Support Gun Control?
Brian Oravetz
6:07 pm on Tuesday, January 29, 2013
@Cory, I'm not the one that's saying "experience" plus "opinion" = "fact" as you did. And you went on to say that your kindergartner could tear apart my statements; which neither you nor your kindergartner were able to do. That equals emotionalism, hyperbole, conjecture. I didn't post anything that isn't a vetted "fact" by law enforcement itself. Furthermore, you couldn't even think critically when you were unable to see the difference in the "thousands upon thousands" v. millions statement. You haven't been able to do anything other than through conjecture into this thread; nothing remotely quantifiable.
You also assume that firearms "define" me; and like the rest of your assertions, you're wrong. I don't even carry. I own firearms, I practice for proficiency, but also because I like the sport. I'm an Infantry vet with over 30 years experience, a firearm is a martial tool to me. Just like my hands, elbows, knee's and shins. A gun defines me no more than any of those weapons.
The failing is that you cannot fathom how people can view this issue differently than you, hence your assertion that your opinion = a fact. Nor can you fathom the original intent of the 2nd amendment. Interestingly enough, law enforcement in this country disagrees with even your opinion.
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On the article Do You Support Gun Control?
Brian Oravetz
12:28 pm on Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Cory, Cory, Cory... You shouldn't have used your kindergartner as the standard by which you chose to disseminate your "facts". It sets a low bar in regards to the level of critical thinking that you are able to apply to this discussion.
That made the statement that I "backed down" from "millions" to "thousands upon thousands" of firearms used per year for self defense. Your inability to think critically on this topic (as reference by you stating that life experience and opinion combine to make a "fact"; it does not) shows that you're not intellectually prepared to have this discussion. Critical thinking, non-emotionalism required. I said that AR15's are used "thousands upon thousands" of times per year for self defense; and that guns over all are used millions of times per year in self defense. You invalidate your own "points" with the inability to think rationally on this topic. You're the one thinking "wildly" and irrationally, all the while failing to articulate one "fact" that would make a reasonable case for why millions of people a year should lose the ability to defend themselves; simply because of your irrational fear of firearms. You have no case.
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On the article Do You Support Gun Control?
Brian Oravetz
6:13 pm on Wednesday, January 23, 2013
@Cory, sorry that you got shot. That sucks. Been there myself. But it doesn't change the reality that gun control is going to do anything but further restrict law abiding citizens from owning the best possible means of self defense. Your comments are emotional in nature, they do nothing to show that I'm "wrong". Nothing.
In fact, the more you speak, the less knowledgeable you show yourself to be on the topic. Your comments about a pistol being "good enough" show that you do not understand the first thing about a high tension situation that pertains to self defense. I teach an entire course on what "that" is, and we don't have the space here to get into it. I'll gladly take it to email with you if you're open to the discussion. None the less, the facts that I stated stand my friend.
"Common sense" is using the laws we already have on the books. Banning "semi auto" rifles will do nothing to lower the crime rate, they were used in only 322 crimes last year, and thousands upon thousands more in acts of self defense. A terrible situation like the one you describe does nothing to change that fact man.
Brian Oravetz
9:05 am on Wednesday, March 13, 2013
This isn't only a Riverwood issue; this is also an Ison Springs issue. Ison Springs is an AWESOME school because of the teachers and staff; but the manner in which the students are taught is deplorable. I have a second grader their, and she is ABSOLUTELY being taught to take tests, not actually learn the broader concepts of the material. She's not gathering knowledge, or sharpening her intellect; she's being taught what she needs to know to pass tests, nothing more. The staff acknowledges this problem but is powerless to do anything about it.