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Gender neutral pronouns seems quite silly and tedious. But I've never been in a situation where I've needed one, so I guess me thinking that way is insensitive. Also correct me if I'm wrong but Lauren isn't exactly gender neutral. Lauren knows exactly what gender she wants to be and what gender she is perceived as. So using gender neutral pronouns to describe her would be just as wrong as calling her "she".

About the topic of the dude getting fired for shooting his hand gun during the robbery attempt. Its obvious he didn't break any laws, whats a grey area is if he violated company policy. I'm pretty sure most large companies have it written down that during a robbery attempt you are just suppose to give the robbers what they want and not put up a fight. Not to mention the fact that if this dude hit a co-worker or customer the company would have had a hefty lawsuit on their hands.

Also in this guys defense its insanely hard to hit a moving target with a handgun pass a relatively short distance. So kiddos if some one ever pulls a gun on your and there is at least six feet of distance between you two, make a run for it. Chances are the person is going to probably miss.

Finally, this is just based of my own experiences but every woman that I've ever dated who thought they would never date a smoker, had no problem dating me. Smoking isn't the deal breaker that most people think it is, as long as you two click on other thinks. She'll more likely view your smoking as another one of those little fixable quirks.... for the most part.