Comments by "Barry On" (@barryon8706) on "Nate The Lawyer" channel.

  1. Yeah, that's worse.
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  2. This is a clear violation of the "no take-backs" rule as established in Timmy Jones vs. Scotty "Snotty" Wlliams, 1973, in the playground out by the swings.
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  3.  @animalfarm9817  Thank you!
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  4. Not quite. In 2023 sentencing data, "When examining all sentences imposed, females received sentences 29.2 percent shorter than males. Females of all races were 39.6 percent more likely to receive a probation sentence than males. When examining only sentences of incarceration, females received lengths of incarceration 11.3 percent shorter than males." That might or might not be wholly or partially due to prior criminal records, though. Men do tend to commit more serious crimes than women.
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  5.  @anthonym840  I'd caution against some of that reasoning. There are probably some men given shorter sentences than some women. I'm more comfortable with averages. But that said, I'd say that the legal system is biased probably in favor of women, even with everything else being equal. I'd also say it's probably biased in favor of Whites over Blacks; those sentencing statistics show similar bias, though that could also be wholly or partially due to priors. Blacks commit more serious crimes than Whites, just as men commit more serious crimes than women. Both the right and left object to this, but to different aspects, which is both funny and sad. I'd be fine with more standardized sentencing, with judges individual preferences removed. Give each crime a grade, factor in all the priors, and arrive at a sentence with a formula that's hopefully simpler than the tax code. For people like myself who value equal treatment over equal outcome, that would be worlds better.
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  6.  @anthonym840  Yes, but I can still object to one kind of reasoning you used, even if I support the conclusion. If I say that I know rain exists because elves tell me so, I'm very likely wrong about the elves but I'm right about the rain. You said, "As weve seen, men have served longer for the same crime, even with no prior convictions." That's true, but in and of itself it doesn't matter much, and I wanted to point it out because I've seen well-meaning people get trapped by that kind of thinking. For an example, we see times when Blacks get shot by cops and Whites don't, and some people will look at times Whites didn't get shot and say, "If he'd been Black, cops would have shot him." But we also see times when Whites get shot and times that Blacks don't. There are a lot of police encounters across the country in cases where a cop could reasonably shoot someone or not.
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  7. This should be treated as attempted kidnapping.
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  8. No idea. I'm going to be solidly on the fence until I see evidence.
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  9. All she had to say was, "I misspoke. Mentally, I had earmarked that money for a donation, and in my mind it had been donated." But she can't even admit an everyday mistake.
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  10. Just rename women's sports as female's sports and everybody should be happy. Right?
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  11.  @KuroNekoExMachina  If Kyle had attacked someone he would have lost his right to self-defense -- temporarily. 1: He didn't attack anyone 2: Even if he had, he retreated and by retreating would have regained his right to self-defense. Now, look up what a "straw man argument" is. And then stop doing it.
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  12.  @KuroNekoExMachina  LOL didn't know you were just trolling
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  13.  @KuroNekoExMachina  👌 I'll be happy to let other people judge that for themselves.
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  14.  @KuroNekoExMachina  👌
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  15. Amen!
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  16. We need to remember that Depp has many powerful friends. Enough for otherwise unconnected people to lie for him with their careers on the line, but not enough for him to be kept in profitable franchises from people in the same business he's in. Somehow.
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  17. 1) Justified. Easily. 2) Not justified. He was a crazy man with a knife, but he wasn't threatening anyone. I can understand a cop's desire not to let a crazy man with a knife get away, but them's the breaks. 3) Justified. Despite repeated warnings, she'd closed to a distance where a quick dash could get those scissors through his throat. 4) Justified, for the same reason as #3. It's sad when this happens to the mentally unstable, but if it comes to killing them or putting a cop at immediate risk of death or serious injury, the cop has a right to kill in order to save his own life. In fact, cop or not, I would have given any citizen with a legal right to possess a firearm the same verdict. That might not hold for those states with a duty to retreat, but I cannot expect law enforcement to just come back the next day and hope the person is feeling more cooperative, especially in case #4 where, if I understand correctly, the decedent had been battering someone.
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  18. I don't know. To my ear, it sounded like the attorney just said that they could have used makeup, not that they did. But a reasonable person could take that combined with her refusal to say Jussie didn't see white as implying that they did. As far as claiming that they actually attacked Jussie without his direction? Take her to the cleaners.
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  19. Could his finger have run back along the drigger guard and dragged the trigger backward? I can see that being done without realizing it, though of course that's a lot less force than most triggers will need to fire a gun. I'm of two minds on criminal charged. He was assured that it was a cold gun, but if he was aware of the mishaps that had happened on set then arguably he should not have trusted that assurance. He did violate basic firearm safety, but I think actors do point guns at other actors as a part of acting.
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  20. You know, if the board is just saying "These are tactics you can use to help filter out disinformation," and makes those public, that might be OK, depending on what that advice is. If the board is picking out select stories (or, worse, viewpoints) as "disinformation," then that's in no way OK with me. And the same if Trump were in charge. Or anyone else but me, really, and the only reason I excuse myself is for the very ethical reason of I could take bribes and get really rich.
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  21. To me, his being a pedo and gay shouldn't damage people's perception of gay people. However, the support of him should damage people's perception of LGBTQ advocacy. I'd say the same thing if people defended him as a "good Christian" -- banding together in circumstances like this show an uncomfortable amount of loyalty to some identity over individual behavior.
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  22. His life lately sounds like it should be on TV. As far as the robbery goes, I think it was really a robbery. Doing insurance fraud that way would be beyond stupid.
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  23. I don't see how it could be justified. Maybe he was running toward a pile of bricks? I wouldn't necessarily throw the book at her (not a library pun) without knowing more about what happened, but she needs a felony conviction now to (at least hypothetically) keep a gun out of her hands.
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  24. I think to some extent, Black Panther was escapist fun. Captain America 4 wasn't as much.
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  25. Life sentence. I don't agree with concurrent sentences.
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  26. I'm a tad skeptical.
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  27. With the climate growing warmer, is this kind of weather going to become an every 200 year thing?
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  28. I agree on consecutive sentences being a bad idea. And yes, she deserves to stay in prison for the rest of her life.
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  29.  @MrRavellon  According to the medical examiner, the neck compression did contribute. Maybe Chauvin didn't apply his knee correctly, or maybe you're mistaken, but I'm going to trust the medical examiner more when he says it did happen vs. someone saying it shouldn't happen.
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  30.  @MrRavellon  The official medical examiner. As to what factors led him to that, I don't know. But injury to the neck or head wouldn't be needed for that to be the cause, and I'm surprised you even bring that up.
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  31. Maybe the Russian site copied him, and Bouzy, by a stroke of genius, intentionally left in security holes so that the Russian sites would be compromised. And maybe Martians are secretly controlling Earth's supply of thermal underwear.
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  32. How does he make money in porn? ...Now that's something he could teach a course in, come to think of it.
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  33.  @Andrew-vz7fj  That's true. But it's also more detail than I've seen elsewhere on YouTube, and, importantly to me, it appears to me that it was done without considering the political impact before giving me the information.
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  34. For me, this wasn't something I was up in arms about. Budweiser can consider Mulvaney to be a woman if they want, as long as they don't insist that I do.
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  35. It lasts from the beginning of the world until the end of the world, but AFAIK they never specify which world. Loophole?
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  36. It's good that Biden is showing a little sense, but I have to admit I'm looking forward to seeing him get attacked for it by his allies.
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  37. These politicians aren't even up to "mistakes were made." Edit: I found it darkly hilarious that the "Remove your valuables" sign had to be chained down. And hilariously sad.
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  38. Can Harris use Biden's campaign coffers because she was part of the Biden / Harris campaign?
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  39. I've never liked the malice standard for defaming celebrities. On general principles, they should have the same rights normal people have.
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  40. To be fair, I think White people can be anti-White, too.
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  41. Innocent until proven guilty and I'm not an expert. I suspect that the Biden administration is targeting him, but I don't know that for sure, either. I strongly suspect Adams will resign and before too long, too.
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  42. That's a moral quandry, isn't it? But there's no way that seat is going red again next election unless that guy cures cancer. With fusion
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  43. Dick Cheney's gun was supposed to be areal gun loaded with real ammo. That's how you hunt. A deer isn't going to go down because someone pulled a prop gun and yells, "Bang," no matter how appreciative the deer might be of theater. Dick Cheney's buddy knew it was a real gun with real ammo and got in the way of the gun during the hunt.
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  44.  @philt161  That doesn't mean someone else can't get in the way of the gun, does it?
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  45.  @philt161  You seem to be ignoring that there's a difference between pointing a gun at someone and someone getting in the way of a gun. You also seem to be confused as to why Baldwin might be charged; that it isn't just pointing a gun, but not checking a gun, and then carelessly handling a gun. Are you ignoring these differences or are you confused?
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  46. She's lucky he didn't press charges. That's SA. Rappers aren't safe if she stays on the streets.
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  47. Most underwear for men is bought for them by women, at least in America. Look at the underwear models there. Try to find one with a beer belly. 😀
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  48. Good on him not dating Camille Vasquez! She's attractive and seems nice, but way too sharp -- there's no way he'd get away with *anything*. 🤣
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  49. I don't know whom I'd find more convincing, but if it's a case of he said / she said, how could a jury conclude that she lied about the rape but not the battery?
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  50. My friends never give me gold bars. And here I thought they liked me!
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