It isn't semantics, you dumb shit. Which is worse: An outlaw capturing and torturing people? Or the king doing it? One you can escape from, or band together and defeat. The other one is a fucking shitload harder to hide from.
I've worked all over the world, including many third world countries. My guess is no rational person would consider me as being "sheltered."
America isn't "just as bad." It's worse, in many ways. Here the corruption is institutionalized to a far greater extent than any third world country could dream possible.
What about his completely innocent 16 year old son, who was also assassinated in a separate attack? Does this "reasoning" you've dreamt up apply to him as well?
Wow, first time poster and you managed to get this giant diatribe about what a great investment facebook is posted in a matter of seconds. Impressive, astroturfer, impressive.
And I would have gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for you damned kids..
Forgot to mention, that cost includes the power supply as well. Case is a free beige box from a '99 era AMD K6 machine someone was throwing away at the dump.
I just built a 3.3 ghz (slightly overclocked) quad core AMD system with 16 GB. Got the motherboard, cpu, graphics card (MSI GTX570 2GB, also overclocked), and memory for $600. The damn thing can compile practically anything from scratch in no time flat. I play all the latest games at the max detail settings. The system is fast as hell all around; if I had an SSD it would just be ridiculous. Why the hell would I want an Intel chip again?
And as a spoiler since I know none of you read the article, the "victim" was an off-duty Firefighter so I have a strong feeling the stop consisted of a brief, friendly conversation, an exchange of credentials, and a Good Day.
Right. And if he was instead the off duty owner of a head shop, he would likely be in jail this minute, or at least thoroughly inconvenienced by the 3 hour long search of his vehicle during which everything is ripped apart.
This isn't something like 'driving while black,' where in the guise of fighting crime they can indiscriminately harass people.
You're right. It's more like the War on Drugs, or the TSA at the airport; ineffective security theatre whose real world result is the loss of cherished (or apparently, not so cherished...) freedoms.
Right, because cops are going to spend the time and effort carrying around a vial of radioactive material just so they can make random traffic stops and arrest people.
Why not? They already carry bags of weed and coke for the same purpose. What's a vial of small liquid?
If they wanted to do that, they could simply say, "You were speeding," or "You were weaving," or "You didn't signal a turn," or "You didn't stop fully at a stop sign," and then say they thought they saw a weapon on the floor, but it turned out to just be your ice scraper or a coffee cup or some loose change.
Sure, but they already had all those excuses, but they still decided to add "I smell marijuana" to the list anyway, as well as others...what makes you think they will ever stop, until they can pull you over for anything, or nothing at all, legally? Just how bad does it have to get in this country before you understand the dark, dark road we're headed down, three sheets to the wind?
they notice you weaving, driving erratically, speeding, emitting radiation, taking a slug from a Jack Daniels bottle, running a red light, rolling through a stop sign
One of these things is not like the others...
Maybe you can point to the one which isn't illegal, sleuth!
Those old folks emitting radiation from their cancer treatment or whatever are more likely to be medical marijuana users. Easy picking for the armed thugs in blue, who will put this old geezer through the ringer and take his stash for themselves. God Bless America! Land of the free.....home of the slaves.
Well, since all they need to stop you and investigate is *reasonable suspicion,* I'd say that this stop was entirely within the bounds of good sense and reason.
You're wrong. This is tyranny in action, and you're cheering it on.
If the radioactive dye in his body was enough that they recommend he "stay away from infants" for 24 hours, and give him a note explaining that he has had a test where he was injected with radioactive materials, I'd say he's probably emitting a bit more than "background" radiation.
The police detected an anomaly and saw fit to investigate. Did they say they suspected the guy of a crime?
His only crime is being the citizen of a police state.
Of course they didn't suspect him of a crime. Don't you get it? This radiation nonsense is a smoke screen, yet another excuse to randomly pull people over and search them with no reason and against the Constitution. It's the hand of tyranny in action.
The police shouldn't be seen as just arrest machines. They've more roles than that.
Absolutely not. There should be minimal numbers of police, just enough to handle serious (actual) crimes. They can butt out of the rest. I do not want the police involved in my life, period. This leads to tyranny every single time.
What if the guy was hauling radioactive materials below the threshold allowed for civilians but in an unsafe manner?
What if we followed the Constitution and stopped buying into the tyrants' bullshit excuses used to justify taking our freedoms while we cheer them on?
It's a rare and strange enough occurrence that I don't see a problem with that.
Are you fucking kidding me bro? "Regular police works"? I can only conclude from your odd grammar that you must be a native of another country than the U.S. who fundamentally cannot understand the freedoms we hold dear in this country.
God help us all if you are an actual citizen of this formerly-great country.
When the fuck did it ever become normal and accepted in America to pull people over for anything less than an actual traffic or equipment violation??
This is TYRANNY.... plain and simple....and you have no problem with it?
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It isn't semantics, you dumb shit. Which is worse: An outlaw capturing and torturing people? Or the king doing it? One you can escape from, or band together and defeat. The other one is a fucking shitload harder to hide from.
I've worked all over the world, including many third world countries. My guess is no rational person would consider me as being "sheltered."
America isn't "just as bad." It's worse, in many ways. Here the corruption is institutionalized to a far greater extent than any third world country could dream possible.
Quite an interesting definition of "destroy the USA" you've just pulled out of your ass there
What about his completely innocent 16 year old son, who was also assassinated in a separate attack? Does this "reasoning" you've dreamt up apply to him as well?
See the "Emancipation Proclamation" which the USA issued to free the slaves in [part of the] USA, i.e. only the breakaway southern states
FTFY
Don't worry my friend. Brighter days are ahead.
Wow, first time poster and you managed to get this giant diatribe about what a great investment facebook is posted in a matter of seconds. Impressive, astroturfer, impressive.
And I would have gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for you damned kids..
You must be new here
Forgot to mention, that cost includes the power supply as well. Case is a free beige box from a '99 era AMD K6 machine someone was throwing away at the dump.
I just built a 3.3 ghz (slightly overclocked) quad core AMD system with 16 GB. Got the motherboard, cpu, graphics card (MSI GTX570 2GB, also overclocked), and memory for $600. The damn thing can compile practically anything from scratch in no time flat. I play all the latest games at the max detail settings. The system is fast as hell all around; if I had an SSD it would just be ridiculous. Why the hell would I want an Intel chip again?
No
And how does that "take away" anything from anyone? Am I no longer free to alter or use the original work?
And as a spoiler since I know none of you read the article, the "victim" was an off-duty Firefighter so I have a strong feeling the stop consisted of a brief, friendly conversation, an exchange of credentials, and a Good Day.
Right. And if he was instead the off duty owner of a head shop, he would likely be in jail this minute, or at least thoroughly inconvenienced by the 3 hour long search of his vehicle during which everything is ripped apart.
This isn't something like 'driving while black,' where in the guise of fighting crime they can indiscriminately harass people.
You're right. It's more like the War on Drugs, or the TSA at the airport; ineffective security theatre whose real world result is the loss of cherished (or apparently, not so cherished...) freedoms.
Sadly there is an on going meme on the internet that "the cops are out to get you".
And just why the fuck do you think that might be, Genius?
This wasn't a random unjustified stop
O RLY.....it wasn't? So they found a bomb then? Or was it just some guy who had a medical treatment?
So in other words, "policeman does the job he is paid to do and nobody cares except people responding in an alarmist manner on some website or other".
^ Here's my problem with the ordeal
Right, because cops are going to spend the time and effort carrying around a vial of radioactive material just so they can make random traffic stops and arrest people.
Why not? They already carry bags of weed and coke for the same purpose. What's a vial of small liquid?
If they wanted to do that, they could simply say, "You were speeding," or "You were weaving," or "You didn't signal a turn," or "You didn't stop fully at a stop sign," and then say they thought they saw a weapon on the floor, but it turned out to just be your ice scraper or a coffee cup or some loose change.
Sure, but they already had all those excuses, but they still decided to add "I smell marijuana" to the list anyway, as well as others...what makes you think they will ever stop, until they can pull you over for anything, or nothing at all, legally? Just how bad does it have to get in this country before you understand the dark, dark road we're headed down, three sheets to the wind?
they notice you weaving, driving erratically, speeding, emitting radiation, taking a slug from a Jack Daniels bottle, running a red light, rolling through a stop sign
One of these things is not like the others...
Maybe you can point to the one which isn't illegal, sleuth!
Racial profiling can get a police organization into all sorts of shit.
Hahahahahahahahahaha
Your naivete............
Those old folks emitting radiation from their cancer treatment or whatever are more likely to be medical marijuana users. Easy picking for the armed thugs in blue, who will put this old geezer through the ringer and take his stash for themselves. God Bless America! Land of the free.....home of the slaves.
Well, since all they need to stop you and investigate is *reasonable suspicion,* I'd say that this stop was entirely within the bounds of good sense and reason.
You're wrong. This is tyranny in action, and you're cheering it on.
If the radioactive dye in his body was enough that they recommend he "stay away from infants" for 24 hours, and give him a note explaining that he has had a test where he was injected with radioactive materials, I'd say he's probably emitting a bit more than "background" radiation.
Since when is the emission of radiation a crime?
The police detected an anomaly and saw fit to investigate. Did they say they suspected the guy of a crime?
His only crime is being the citizen of a police state.
Of course they didn't suspect him of a crime. Don't you get it? This radiation nonsense is a smoke screen, yet another excuse to randomly pull people over and search them with no reason and against the Constitution. It's the hand of tyranny in action.
The police shouldn't be seen as just arrest machines. They've more roles than that.
Absolutely not. There should be minimal numbers of police, just enough to handle serious (actual) crimes. They can butt out of the rest. I do not want the police involved in my life, period. This leads to tyranny every single time.
What if the guy was hauling radioactive materials below the threshold allowed for civilians but in an unsafe manner?
What if we followed the Constitution and stopped buying into the tyrants' bullshit excuses used to justify taking our freedoms while we cheer them on?
It's a rare and strange enough occurrence that I don't see a problem with that.
And that's sad.
Are you fucking kidding me bro? "Regular police works"? I can only conclude from your odd grammar that you must be a native of another country than the U.S. who fundamentally cannot understand the freedoms we hold dear in this country.
God help us all if you are an actual citizen of this formerly-great country.
When the fuck did it ever become normal and accepted in America to pull people over for anything less than an actual traffic or equipment violation ??
This is TYRANNY.... plain and simple....and you have no problem with it?
What the fuck is this country coming to?
Seems like a non-story to me.
Sure, and to everyone else who doesn't understand the danger of more and more tyranny creeping into our lives on a monthly basis.