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Texas Senate confiscates tampons while debating anti-abortion bill [W:155]

Re: Guns Yes, Tampons NO! Welcome to Texas, Y'all!

Yes, they have a choice. They can choose not to attend. No, advanced warning does not have to be given when you enter a public building. It's a part of security. I had my nail file taken out of my purse and temporarily confiscated when I entered a court house before, and there were no signs specifying that my nail file could be taken.


No one was forced to view the proceedings. People were made aware beforehand, they made their decision and, if they wanted, they could get their (extra) tampons returned.


This is their government at work. They have a right to watch without having personal items pointlessly confiscated without any advance warning.
 
yes it is absurd they get all up and arms over some tampons being taken away so they wont be thrown at the legislators but will fail to tell you about the crap and piss they also brought to do the same.
I beat the OP feels pretty stupid about now that his left wing so called news organization failed to mention the crap and piss, this is a prime example we have these left wing knuckle heads come to this forum so misinformed and looking foolish

Well I suppose the opposition would do what rightwingers advocate and bring loaded guns to the proceeding. After all I heard so much about how Republicans would consider "2nd amendment solutions" so maybe women should start doing the same. After all Texas allows for it. Nothing potentially disruptive about that.
 
Re: Guns Yes, Tampons NO! Welcome to Texas, Y'all!

Forget calling it theft. Robbery is theft by threat or force and that's what you're saying happened right? So security actually committed felony robbery. Those people were robbed. :lol:

No, I don't think so. Nobody said "your tampons or your life." :)
 
Re: Guns Yes, Tampons NO! Welcome to Texas, Y'all!

Funny thing is that people HAVE actually died from tampons. Toxic shock syndrome. The info about it is always included in the pamphlet inside the box of tampons. Lol. Just thought I'd throw that in there for the heck of it.

Menstruation and Toxic Shock Syndrome

Veering off subject, there was a local celebrity wrestler here in Dallas that got that.

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Mike was married on February 14, 1985, to Shani Garza.[1] He underwent shoulder surgery on August 22, 1985, due to an injury suffered during a wrestling tour of Israel; he was involved in a tag match against Hernandez and Adams with his brother Kevin when his shoulder "went out." He was released from the hospital in good condition, but four days later he developed a fever of 107 degrees. He was later diagnosed with toxic shock syndrome, a rarity among men; it is theorized that this resulted from his surgery, which was performed by Dr. Stonie R. Cotton at Brookhaven Hospital in Dallas, Texas.
Mike Von Erich - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 
Re: Guns Yes, Tampons NO! Welcome to Texas, Y'all!

This is their government at work. They have a right to watch without having personal items pointlessly confiscated without any advance warning.

When you enter any governmental building the security officials CAN conduct a search and seize your property, if they have a reasonable belief that it would be used for any kind of assault. The fourth amendment only applies if it is considered unreasonable.
 
Re: Guns Yes, Tampons NO! Welcome to Texas, Y'all!

This is their government at work. They have a right to watch without having personal items pointlessly confiscated without any advance warning.

They were given advanced notice. No one was forced to do anything.
 
Re: Guns Yes, Tampons NO! Welcome to Texas, Y'all!

No, I don't think so. Nobody said "your tampons or your life." :)

If I walk up to you, display a weapon I'm carrying then hold my hand out and say, "you know what this is", it's a robbery. No specific words required. In Texas, as long as someone is threatened or placed in fear while in the course of committing theft, it's robbery. Were those guards armed? That makes it aggravated robbery. Why do you suddenly want to minimize the crime those guards committed?
 
Re: Guns Yes, Tampons NO! Welcome to Texas, Y'all!

Veering off subject, there was a local celebrity wrestler here in Dallas that got that.

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Mike was married on February 14, 1985, to Shani Garza.[1] He underwent shoulder surgery on August 22, 1985, due to an injury suffered during a wrestling tour of Israel; he was involved in a tag match against Hernandez and Adams with his brother Kevin when his shoulder "went out." He was released from the hospital in good condition, but four days later he developed a fever of 107 degrees. He was later diagnosed with toxic shock syndrome, a rarity among men; it is theorized that this resulted from his surgery, which was performed by Dr. Stonie R. Cotton at Brookhaven Hospital in Dallas, Texas.
Mike Von Erich - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

It's pretty brutal. I worked with a woman who got it from tampons, and they thought she had a simple flu, but then all of her bodily systems started to shut down one by one, and she literally almost died. She was in the hospital for at least a month IIRC.
 
Re: Guns Yes, Tampons NO! Welcome to Texas, Y'all!

When you enter any governmental building the security officials CAN conduct a search and seize your property, if they have a reasonable belief that it would be used for any kind of assault. The fourth amendment only applies if it is considered unreasonable.

That's fine for an honest-to-god physical security threat. I was actually surprised to learn that Texans can walk in there carrying guns.

There is no excuse for stealing personal hygiene products in an environment that permits civillians to carry firearms.
 
Re: Guns Yes, Tampons NO! Welcome to Texas, Y'all!

Really? What kind of advanced notice? Signs? Public announcements? A blurb on their web site? What?

An announcement, prior to people entering the event.
 
Re: Guns Yes, Tampons NO! Welcome to Texas, Y'all!

If I walk up to you, display a weapon I'm carrying then hold my hand out and say, "you know what this is", it's a robbery. No specific words required. In Texas, as long as someone is threatened or placed in fear while in the course of committing theft, it's robbery. Were those guards armed? That makes it aggravated robbery. Why do you suddenly want to minimize the crime those guards committed?

I very sincerely doubt that anybody had a firearm either presented to or aimed at them. Police openly carry, and the fact that a police officer is talking to you is not an excercise of force.

They were given a choice -- allow the police to steal their personal property or be denied their rights.
 
Re: Guns Yes, Tampons NO! Welcome to Texas, Y'all!

There is no excuse for stealing personal hygiene products in an environment that permits civillians to carry firearms.

You think this was done randomly?
 
Re: Guns Yes, Tampons NO! Welcome to Texas, Y'all!

I'm sure it wasn't, but that doesn't make it right.

If it was not done randomly, then why was it done?
 
Re: Guns Yes, Tampons NO! Welcome to Texas, Y'all!

If it was not done randomly, then why was it done?

I don't particularly care. They were allowing people with guns to walk in, but they were refusing to allow people to keep tampons. The staggering inconsistency is all I can see.
 
Re: Guns Yes, Tampons NO! Welcome to Texas, Y'all!

Show me. I'm not taking your word for it.

Also, you forgot to respond to the rest of my post. Do they clearly announce -- either with a sign, or with regular PA announcements, or on their web site -- the kinds of things they will be taking? Because they do, and those jackasses in the capital didn't. Thanks for playing.

Your hyperbole and misrepresentation of what I said means little. So addressing it would be at the minimum, a waist of my time.
 
Re: Guns Yes, Tampons NO! Welcome to Texas, Y'all!

I don't particularly care.

What if it was done because security had been alerted to a possible disturbance planned and involving tampons?
 
Re: Guns Yes, Tampons NO! Welcome to Texas, Y'all!

What if it was done because security had been alerted to a possible disturbance planned and involving tampons?

I still don't care. They were allowing people with guns to walk in, but they were refusing to allow people to keep tampons. The staggering inconsistency is all I can see.
 
Re: Guns Yes, Tampons NO! Welcome to Texas, Y'all!

I very sincerely doubt that anybody had a firearm either presented to or aimed at them. Police openly carry, and the fact that a police officer is talking to you is not an excercise of force.

They were given a choice -- allow the police to steal their personal property or be denied their rights.

But you yourself said it what happened here was force.

Did you take it by force with no advance warning? You stole it. It isn't stealing if people are made aware beforehand AND they get to choose whether or not they will give up their personal property AND it is returned to them later.

Again, I ask, why are you trying to minimize the actions of the guards if you believe they were engaged in illegal behavior? Why would you give these terrible thugs the benefit of the doubt that they did not use their weapons?
 
Re: Guns Yes, Tampons NO! Welcome to Texas, Y'all!

I'm warning you. I'm armed

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Re: Guns Yes, Tampons NO! Welcome to Texas, Y'all!

I still don't care. They were allowing people with guns to walk in, but they were refusing to allow people to keep tampons. The staggering inconsistency is all I can see.

I'll try one more time:

What if it was done because security had been alerted to a possible disturbance planned and involving tampons specifically?
 
Re: Guns Yes, Tampons NO! Welcome to Texas, Y'all!

Oh, and Martin/Zimmerman wasn't about freedom of speech - or freedom to carry feminine items necessary for one's hygiene. It is flatly disingenuous of you to imply the two are in any way comparable.

I absolutely agree...

Unlike those on the far right - liberals (and particularly progressives) don't worry so much about things that can't hurt us - like tampons and maxi-pads. Instead, we worry about things that can kill us, like loaded guns in the hands of idiots.

Since dishonesty seems to be your policy, I will leave you alone.

Have a good one.
 
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