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= F.U.C.K. - Fucked Up College Kids - Born Jan. 24th, 1993 - F.U.C.K. =
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Change of Standard
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I was reading through some messages the other day and ran across
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a discussion on credit card companies, and how they rip people off. The
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person who posted it went on to say the credit card companies 'prey on
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stupid people, and that there should be a law against it'. I stopped to
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think about this for a second and realized the changes that have taken
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place over the past few years.
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A change of standards. This is kind of hard to describe but this
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is a good example. Five years ago, there were probably about half as many
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laws as there are today. If you were to read every law in every state, as
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well as every federal law, you would realize that over 50% of laws are
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protecting citizens against companies, businesses, organizations, etc.
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They all have one thing in common though. They protect the stupid. What
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I mean is this: A company thinks of a way to make money by offering this
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service at this price. On the same form telling about the service they
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have a clause that states "if such and such does not pay within 1 week of
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receiving the bill, the bill is doubled". Naturally, since people are slow
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at paying bills, they pay late, get charged double, and have a problem with
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it. They call the Better Business Beureau and complain that they just got
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ripped off, and that they didn't know about that part of the service, and
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that the company is only trying to steal their money.
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Next thing you know, a law is passed that protects people from
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companies that charge double for late bills. This of course is just a
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fictional example, but play along for a minute. Now you have a person
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or family that heard about the service, read the literature(maybe), signed
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up for it, signed the papers stating they understood about the double
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billing process, elected to take the service, and went on with their lives.
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No one made them take the service. No one made them sign without reading.
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It is THEIR fault for not reading carefully, and it is THEIR fault for
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not paying on time.
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Events like this go to show that Americans are becoming 'dumber'
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than before. I guess that is the best way to describe it, for lack of
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better words. It used to be that if you got caught in that kind of
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situation, it was your own fault. You had to get out of it by your own
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means, and afterwards if you think something was unfair, you complained
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to the BBB. Not these days. This is a free company, a land of opportunity.
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If someone has the ways, and can live off other's stupidity, then let them.
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Scam Artist should be an accepted proffession these days, because there
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are so many out there making a killing. This isn't the friendly country
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we used to live in. Being generous these days can and will often times kill
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or hurt you.
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So what can you do to avoid it. Read the fine print. Ask questions.
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Go with your hunch. If you think something is a scam, don't buy into it!
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It is really that simple. If a sales rep will not answer all your questions
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then ask someone else. Keep asking until you get the answers. If you don't,
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something is up! They don't want you to know something about what you
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are buying, probably because it is a ripoff in some way or another. Use
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your head when out in the real world. If you see someone having car troubles
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and you want to help, call the police and let them know. They will send
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someone to help out and get a tow truck or something. Don't go places
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late at night where you are unarmed or unfamiliar with. If someone mugs you,
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it is partially your own fault. What the hell were you doing walking out
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in unfamiliar areas, late at night? Stay inside where it is safe.
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Despite what you may think, it is very possible to invite crime
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into your life. If you leave money laying around on the dash of your car,
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you are almost begging for someone to smash a window and take it. If you
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are wearing nice clothes, nice watch, big wallet hanging out of your pocket
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and are walking through a 'bad' neighborhood, then you are just asking
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for someone to mug you. Even though it is sad that this world has come to
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that, you have to start thinking on those terms. Think about your
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surroundings, and where you fit into them. That alone will stop you from
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being a victim as well as stop crime that would have happened.
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The laws being passed to help stop people from getting scammed
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are only creating a worse environment for people to live in. The more
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laws that protect you, the more you rely on them in everyday life. When
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someone new comes along and rips you off, you then bitch to everyone
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that there should be a law to stop that. NO. You should have used your
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head and it wouldn't have happened. YOU should have been the one to stop
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it before it happened. YOU should have asked more questions and been more
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familiar with what was going on. It is no ones fault but your own.
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-Dam
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= Questions, Comments, Bitches, Ideas, Rants, Death Threats, etc etc... =
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= Internet : fuck@corrupt.sekurity.com -or- jericho@netcom.com =
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= Chemical Persuasion 203.324.0894 Ionic Destruction 215.722.0570 =
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= Wulf's Den 303.699.WULF E.L.F. (NUP) 314.272.3426 =
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= Dungeon Sys. Inc. 410.263.2258 Celestial Woodlands 409.764.2843 =
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= Plan 9 716.881.3663 Logikal Nonsence 717.XXX.XXXX =
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= Purple Hell 806.791.0747 Deadly Intoxication 801.553.8644 =
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= PuRe EViL (NUP) 905.XXX.XXXX The Keg 914.234.9674 =
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= Misery 318.625.4532 Shadowlight 303.733.5802 =
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= Files through Anonymous FTP: FTP.NETCOM.COM - cd \pub\illusion\fuck =
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