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Trial Scheduled Today for Woman Accused of Illegally Killing Bear

OAKLAND, Md. (AP) - A Garrett County woman charged with illegally shooting and killing a bear is scheduled to go on trial today in Oakland.

Susan LeMaster of Bloomington was charged in January with killing a 210-pound female bear out of season in December. LeMaster told authorities she shot at the bear outside her home because she was concerned about the safety of her dog.

Killing a bear out of season is illegal in Maryland except to defend the lives of people or domestic animals. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 15-hundred dollars and six months in jail.


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DrTorch Wrote:Killing a bear out of season is illegal in Maryland except to defend the lives of people or domestic animals.

So why is she on trial? It's a fargin bear for gosh sakes... :bang:

GrayBeard Wrote:

DrTorch Wrote:Killing a bear out of season is illegal in Maryland except to defend the lives of people or domestic animals.

So why is she on trial? It's a fargin bear for gosh sakes... :bang:

Well, the bear was from a broken home in a bad neighborhood. Being a bear, it didn't have the same opportunities that you and I had. So, it was forced into its lifestyle. You see, Graybeard, it was a victim long before she pulled the trigger.

ccs178 Wrote:

GrayBeard Wrote:

DrTorch Wrote:Killing a bear out of season is illegal in Maryland except to defend the lives of people or domestic animals.

So why is she on trial? It's a fargin bear for gosh sakes... :bang:

Well, the bear was from a broken home in a bad neighborhood. Being a bear, it didn't have the same opportunities that you and I had. So, it was forced into its lifestyle. You see, Graybeard, it was a victim long before she pulled the trigger.

:roflol: :laugh:

[EDIT] I sure hope she remembered to yell "It's coming right for us!" before shooting. :D

lauramac Wrote:I sure hope she remembered to yell "It's coming right for us!" before shooting. :D

HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :roflol: :roflol: :roflol:
I was thinking the same thing!!!!! :roflol: :roflol: :roflol:

It's damn scary how many times you & I have thought of the same joke. :drink:

lauramac Wrote:It's damn scary how many times you & I have thought of the same joke. :drink:

Watch that language, or I may have to come out of mod retirement and clean your posts up.

lauramac Wrote:It's damn scary how many times you & I have thought of the same joke. :drink:

:roflol: :roflol: :roflol:


Just saw this. "It's coming right for us". Ned and Jimbo.

RebelKev Wrote:

lauramac Wrote:It's damn scary how many times you & I have thought of the same joke.  :drink:

:roflol: :roflol: :roflol:


Just saw this. "It's coming right for us". Ned and Jimbo.

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM It's comin' right for us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:D :laugh: :drink:

MMMMMMMMM rabbit rabbit 4 o'clock :laugh:

lauramac Wrote:MMMMMMMMM rabbit rabbit 4 o'clock  :laugh:

Cartman: ..and in the place of his hand is.....

Kyle and Stan: A hook? A knife?

Cartman: No, a piece of celery.

Lol. Patrick Duffy as Scuzzobuts leg. Parker and Stone must partake in 'da PCP.
:laugh:

Im always AMAZED at how unbelievably easy it is to smugly refer to those not doing well in this society as lazy and unworthy, from those that ARE doing well and have good lives because of their good upbringings and education and financial stability.

It is sooooooooo easy to cast that stone. Too easy, dont u think?

Who here can deny that it is ALL RELATIVE. If you are a good, clean, decent, law-abiding, tax paying citizen, it more than likely is due to the fact that:

#1 - you had loving & caring sober parents
#2 - education was valued in your home
#3 - your parents had loving & caring sober parents and so on down the family line
#4 - spirituality was in your life somewhere & somehow
#5 - you were actively taught right from wrong via example from your parents
#6 - you had stability growing up
#7 - you had some degree of financial resources at your disposal

All this and more, contributes to the whole of who you become as an adult. Fact is, some have it and others (through no fault of their own), DO NOT HAVE IT.

So the bear, that grew up in a crappy hood & was a victim before he ever got shot, does really truly exist and it isnt funny.

RECOGNIZE IT - ACKNOWLEDGE IT - DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!

:mad:

affbld Wrote:Im always AMAZED at how unbelievably easy it is to smugly refer to those not doing well in this society as lazy and unworthy, from those that ARE doing well and have good lives because of their good upbringings and education and financial stability.

It is sooooooooo easy to cast that stone. Too easy, dont u think?

It's pretty clear you have no idea what was being discussed here. Why don't you take your preconceptions and just lurk for a while. You have a great opportunity to learn a few things.

affbld Wrote:Im always AMAZED at how unbelievably easy it is to smugly refer to those not doing well in this society as lazy and unworthy, from those that ARE doing well and have good lives because of their good upbringings and education and financial stability.

I'm amazed at how idiotically worded this statement is.

affbld Wrote:Who here can deny that it is ALL RELATIVE. If you are a good, clean, decent, law-abiding, tax paying citizen, it more than likely is due to the fact that:

#4 - spirituality was in your life somewhere & somehow

Substantiate this.

I45Owl Wrote:

affbld Wrote:Who here can deny that it is ALL RELATIVE. If you are a good, clean, decent, law-abiding, tax paying citizen, it more than likely is due to the fact that:

#4 - spirituality was in your life somewhere & somehow

Substantiate this.

I will take a turn..................

Sense of purpose for life bigger than ourselves;

Presence of a Hope that transcends the drudgeries and uncertain catastrophies of living;

A foundation of rightness and wrongness that Secular Humanism/I Am The Most Important Thing In Life cannot inspire;

An understanding that Life is precious and should be regarded as a Gift...............

Just a few thoughts that I am sure will be rejected by some.

I am sure that there are imperical studies that suggests spirituality has this kind of positive effect but I cannot quote them at present...............

I have my body armor on................flail away.......... :chair: ......................... :laugh:

RandyMc Wrote:I will take a turn..................

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I am sure that there are imperical studies that suggests spirituality has this kind of positive effect but I cannot quote them at present...............

I have my body armor on................flail away.......... :chair: ......................... :laugh:

I do reject most of your points, but am not terribly interested in debating it. Your points are more of an expansion of the original assertion - I don't really consider them to be substantive, but instead are more argumentative (though I don't mean to say it is illegitimate to argue your points).

I had expected that there was a more clear conclusion from existing studies, but, it appears in general there is either no correlation between religious belief or that it is highly dependent on social structure (i.e. societies with no dominant religion may fare better than those with monolithic sects). This <a href='http://www.policyreview.org/oct03/brooks.html' target='_blank'>article</a> from the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace at Stanford University indicates no correlation in modern America (4th paragraph under Giving and volunteering, by the numbers).

You asked............your choice to accept or reject as you wish. No need to debate if you do not care.

RandyMc Wrote:You asked............your choice to accept or reject as you wish. No need to debate if you do not care.

Let's establish whether or not something is true before offering rationalizations for it. That was my original intent - to get someone to demonstrate that it is in fact true before offering it as common knowledge.

I45Owl Wrote:Let's establish whether or not something is true before offering rationalizations for it. That was my original intent - to get someone to demonstrate that it is in fact true before offering it as common knowledge.

Subjectivities are a hard thing......................if one is preconceptually inclined to reject them anyway.

That is why it is called "Faith" and not "Fear"...............

One can open their eyes and see what they will.......................but it is hard to argue with an open mind against "Good Citizenry" including Spirituality as a hard element in at least four of the other six attributes listed in the earlier post.

Standards come from somewhere............................society may enforce them but Civilized Society got them from somewhere else.

Imperical or not, I can induce by observations made by myself and others over time that the spiritual aspect of of one's life can be directly linked to one's joy and sense of meaning. All of this can make one "render unto Caesar", love their neighbor as themself and do unto others as they wish done unto them. These each compose principal layers of "Good Citizenship".

Secondly, "true facts" do not always lead to "common knowlege"..............and vice versa. If one does not accept "truth" as such, it is not common to him/her but that makes it no less "true". Truth is truth whether it is accepted as truth or not. Otherwise, one is a "relativist" and I do not so subscribe.

But we are not debating this so I will not go on rationalizing.........................