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JEROME DA GNOME
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 Posted - 09/18/2007 : 20:18:06
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WTF is going on?
Originally posted by JEROME DA GNOME
RESPECT MY AUTHORITAY!
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What a man believes upon grossly insufficient evidence is an index into his desires -- desires of which he himself is often unconscious. If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence. The origin of myths is explained in this way. - Bertrand Russell |
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Cuneiformist
The Imperfectionist
USA
4955 Posts |
 Posted - 09/18/2007 : 20:20:30 [Permalink]
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| But this is old news, and has been dealt with. Nothing is "going on" except that in a country of 300 million people, sometimes the wrong thing happens. |
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Cuneiformist
The Imperfectionist
USA
4955 Posts |
Posted - 09/18/2007 : 20:24:22 [Permalink]
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| BTW, why, even though you've been informed that the word is "taser" (actually, it's a brand name, like Xerox, Kleenex, or Velcro, and so "Taser", actually an acronym), do you spell it "tazer"? |
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JEROME DA GNOME
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2418 Posts |
Posted - 09/18/2007 : 20:26:17 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Cuneiformist
BTW, why, even though you've been informed that the word is "taser" (actually, it's a brand name, like Xerox, Kleenex, or Velcro, and so "Taser", actually an acronym), do you spell it "tazer"?
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Because the "Z" looks cool.
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What a man believes upon grossly insufficient evidence is an index into his desires -- desires of which he himself is often unconscious. If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence. The origin of myths is explained in this way. - Bertrand Russell |
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
26020 Posts |
Posted - 09/18/2007 : 20:28:25 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by JEROME DA GNOME
WTF is going on? |
The answer to that question is easy: you're ignoring the thousands of other lawful arrests that occur every day in order to focus on abuses. Each inappropriate act by police is, of course, horrific, but by ignoring the rest, you're focusing your outrage and thus making "connections" where none exist. For example, your question contains the implication that these events are somehow connected, but this particular event is over ten months old, and the kid who is recording the stops by his small-town cops began his thing over three months ago. Police abuse is nothing new. |
- Dave W. (Private Msg, EMail)
Evidently, I rock!
Why not question something for a change?
Visit Dave's Psoriasis Info, too. |
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Cuneiformist
The Imperfectionist
USA
4955 Posts |
Posted - 09/18/2007 : 20:28:30 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by JEROME DA GNOME
Originally posted by Cuneiformist
BTW, why, even though you've been informed that the word is "taser" (actually, it's a brand name, like Xerox, Kleenex, or Velcro, and so "Taser", actually an acronym), do you spell it "tazer"?
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Because the "Z" looks cool.
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But it's incorrect. You might as well discuss how effective a lazer is. Or question the policies of President Busch. It's sort of lame. |
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
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Cuneiformist
The Imperfectionist
USA
4955 Posts |
Posted - 09/18/2007 : 20:35:10 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dave W.
Cune, maybe he thinks he's being 733t!!!!11seventytwo!!111
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Holy Christ, I don't even know what that is. Is this like "pwned" or something? If only I were 17 again... |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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Posted - 09/18/2007 : 20:35:42 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dave W.
Cune, maybe he thinks he's being 733t!!!!11seventytwo!!111
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
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Dave W.
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UCLA Student Tazered in Library!
