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Dog The Bounty Hunter Calls Stand Your Ground Laws 'Bull Crap' (Original Post) doxydad Jun 2014 OP
Heh. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2014 #1
Post removed Post removed Jun 2014 #3
Is English your second language? Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2014 #7
Sheesh. I can't believe people hid his comment. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2014 #8
Well, I'm alerting on you because you didn't diagram your sentence... Jeff In Milwaukee Jun 2014 #10
given the limitations of the discussion board media input options ProdigalJunkMail Jun 2014 #13
Grade Inflation! Oy! (nt) Jeff In Milwaukee Jun 2014 #14
it's the law of the land 'twould seem... nt ProdigalJunkMail Jun 2014 #15
"Sheesh" is not English. I also am alerting. (nt) petronius Jun 2014 #18
exactly..nothing like direct self-interest re: using guns to abuse others.... hlthe2b Jun 2014 #11
He makes a great point Gman Jun 2014 #2
Agreed. doxydad Jun 2014 #4
Got me on that one Gman Jun 2014 #5
A dachshund. Or 5... doxydad Jun 2014 #6
LOL! Gman Jun 2014 #16
I've got to confess, I was reading your username in a petronius Jun 2014 #19
Of course they are not the only method, but sometimes the best Lee-Lee Jun 2014 #9
That last paragraph describes a lot of today's so-called "gun enthusiasts." Hoyt Jun 2014 #12
I suspect dog fits that description Gman Jun 2014 #17

Response to Erich Bloodaxe BSN (Reply #1)

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

(14,733 posts)
7. Is English your second language?
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 08:49 AM
Jun 2014

The only 'non-English' in my sentence was the abbreviation 'SYG' for 'Stand Your Ground'.

To restate it in ways you might understand, 'He' refers to the antecedent in your original post, 'Dog the bounty Hunter'. The 's on the end is what we call a 'contraction' in English, which takes the the word 'is' and shortens it down to 's and attaches it to the end of the noun before it.

'worried' means that Dog is afraid, fearful, or anxious.

'somebody' refers to the various people who have committed criminal acts that he hunts down for his bounty hunting business.

'shoot him' means to use a gun (firearm) to fire a bullet into him (him being Dog the Bounty Hunter again)


'get away with it' means that the person doing the shooting will not be convicted of having shot and or killed him in the legal system.

'thanks to SYG' means that the prior clause (getting away with it) will occur as a result of the aforementioned shooter's use of 'Stand Your Ground' as a legal defense for the shooting.

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

(14,733 posts)
8. Sheesh. I can't believe people hid his comment.
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 08:51 AM
Jun 2014

I've seen far worse stuff stand unhidden. His reply was pretty mild by site standards.

ProdigalJunkMail

(12,017 posts)
13. given the limitations of the discussion board media input options
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 09:42 AM
Jun 2014

it appears the poster did the best they could in 'diagramming' the sentence. each word is documented as to its form and function in the sentence. i'd give it a pass...



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petronius

(26,602 posts)
19. I've got to confess, I was reading your username in a
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 09:59 PM
Jun 2014
far less reputable light, with a somewhat negative sense of your dedication to parenthood. Sorry...
 

Lee-Lee

(6,324 posts)
9. Of course they are not the only method, but sometimes the best
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 08:57 AM
Jun 2014

I am not surprised he hates SYG- bail agents are some of the worst abusers of what limited authority they have, and make a living using tactics of intimidation and abuse of not just the person thy are hunting but anybody they think might be associated with them.

I've seen them barge into homes, handcuff people they had no legal right to, vandalize cars, and worse.

Probably 90% of the ones I interacted with were power hungry scumbags who couldn't pass the psych eval or background check for LE so they went that route. A tiny minority were polite, professional and didn't act like scumbags.

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