Normally, the UN can kiss my ass, but.....
POSTED BY: 6ixStringJack
UPDATED: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 04:17
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"but a cop can just as easily misuse, with far worse consequences, pepper spray or a baton."
REALLY !
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Only if he aims it at his own face.
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Quote:So instead we’ll take away the taser, so that this supposed one third can abuse their power with batons? Instead of abuse with no blood, we’ll now have abuse with busted skulls and lots of blood? If what you say is true, this doesn’t sound like much of a deal. I’d rather the police not abuse their power, but if your cynical approach is true, and I can expect abuse from one third of the police force, then please let it be with a taser so I can avoid the brain damage that often associates cracked skulls.
Originally posted by chrisisall:
Cowards love-y the taser. All of the abuse; none of the blood. Less paperwork that way.
And just to say it- yes, I DO think they have a place in law enforcement, just not in the hands of the average fool, which, unfortunately by my estimation, would be easily one-third of any group, including policemen.
I’m not a pretty guy and I’m no good at physical labor, if I don’t have my brains I’m out of work.
Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum.
Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.
-- Cicero
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It's the Taser or being beaten ! That's it ! There's nothing else. NOTHING ! My god, don't take the Taser away !
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Please Taser me, dude !
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Originally posted by rue:
You pulled the 50 million out of your ass.
Of coarse your right, only 32.9 million. That changes everthing.
"Rock Chalk, Jayhawk, KU"
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Not even 32.9 million.
You forget that 1) populations were lower in the 1980's and there were fewer people to infect and 2) malaria has been spreading to places - including cities - where it never existed before, infecting a far larger percentage of people than ever.
It's a changing risk that driving the indoor (ie city) use of DDT. As opposed to areal spraying of large tracts that used to go on. BTW, DDT was dropped b/c the mosquitoes were becoming resistant to DDT.
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Originally posted by Finn mac Cumhal:
I’d rather the police not abuse their power, but if your cynical approach is true, and I can expect abuse from one third of the police force
I said no such thing- I said one third of any group is made up of fools. That means peeps that CAN make idiot decisions IF the situation arises. And OF that third there is a small abusive element- I have not worked out the percentage- so the chances of your being abused is quite small, unless you fit a perps description, or meet that one nutty cop on a deserted highway...
Precise Chrisisall
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Quote:In Chris’s world where one-third of the police force are abusive, that’s right. If you’re going to be abused would you rather be abused with a baton, which can crack your skull or a taser, which my uncles and cousin used on themselves for fun one Memorial Day. I’m simply high-lighting how irrational this anti-taser stuff is. If you want to condemn police abuse, okay, but if you want to condemn the taser as a tool of totalitarianism, you're probably a few volts shy of a full zap.
Originally posted by rue:
It's the Taser or being beaten ! That's it ! There's nothing else. NOTHING ! My god, don't take the Taser away !
Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum.
Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.
-- Cicero
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Quote:Okay, I misinterpreted you, but either way, I’d rather be abused with a taser instead of a baton, if I have to be abused at all, so until we can identify every officer who might be abusive, lets not encourage the use of batons when a taser will suffice. Just in case.
Originally posted by chrisisall:Quote:
Originally posted by Finn mac Cumhal:
I’d rather the police not abuse their power, but if your cynical approach is true, and I can expect abuse from one third of the police force
I said no such thing- I said one third of any group is made up of fools. That means peeps that CAN make idiot decisions IF the situation arises. And OF that third there is a small abusive element- I have not worked out the percentage- so the chances of your being abused is quite small, unless you fit a perps description, or meet that one nutty cop on a deserted highway...
Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum.
Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.
-- Cicero
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taser - "which my uncles and cousin used on themselves for fun one Memorial Day"
I apologize but the first thing that comes to mind is that there were only so many brains to go around in your family, and a few relatives got really short-changed.
And which one is the cop ? Isn't it illegal for ordinary citizens to have these things ? And doesn't that say something about the quality of police force ?
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