So you voted Kodos, eh? Great! EVERYTHING will be different now!
No, not "EVERYTHING," that's ridiculous. The US just had an election, not a revolution. Besides, we don't want "EVERYTHING" different, just some imporant things like better government oversight, holding back the reckless spending of the Obama administration, an actual annual budget again.
Why is it that some people, and people from two-party countries in particular, get collective amnesia every election?
Why is it that people from ___________ seem to have no clue how the US system works?
More genuine oversight of government, a check on the executive, a Senate that might actually produce an annual budget, and a better chance of maintaining freedom? Count me in.
What does that have to do with them needing unions?
Civil service laws give them plenty of advantage, especially at the Federal level.
Are you arguing from a position of crab mentality?
You should eat before posting so you are less likely to post nonsense from a lack of blood sugar.
Which is relatively insignificant next to the combined power of banks, corporations, and tax cut jihadists.
Tell it to the teachers unions.
An honest days pay for an honest days work, with health and retirement plans that aren't a complete scam for Wellpoint and Wells Fargo?
If you think that the government workers retirement plans aren't in huge trouble now from underfunding I can only assume you've never looked into the issue with data from an honest source. The lavish promises in the contracts haven't been funded in many places. Why don't you look at Illinois if you want to see a disaster in the making.
Yup, Crab Mentality.
You seem to have few useful insights into human nature. I suppose that's why you lean the way you do.
No, it won't. I don't trust a damn thing any Ferguson police officer says, because they've already proven that they're willing to blatantly lie to protect their partner-in-crime.
So you think that they lied, and the State Police that came in to run things there after the Governor stepped in, and the FBI, and the local prosecutor, and the state prosecutor, and the Justice Department are all going to cover for them when a number of them are just itching to fry a local cop if they can to appease the demonstrators and "prove" it was all racially motivated or something? That's rich.
The police chief's statement is nothing but worthless, vague bullshit.
The police chief's statement provides enough detail to the fair minded especially in light of my previous statement.
In order to prove it, they need to name the hospital in question, then get a statement from a representative of that hospital saying that they treated Darren Wilson.
Well you just go ahead and hold your breath till you turn blue then. The rest of us will carry on with life.
'Cause between your hard-on for the Constitution-violating three-letter agencies, sniveling cowardice about imaginary "ter'rists," drug smugglers, ebola, or whatever the panic-du-jour is, and constant praise for police acting like Gestapo, you sure as Hell fooled me!
It takes very little work from anybody to "fool" you since you do almost all the work yourself. You seem to have difficulty with facts, exagerate, and don't seem to be interested in clear thinking and reasonable discussion. You actually seem to be trying to live up to what your username evokes.
Start today and maybe have widespread general availability in ordinary consumer products on Mac and Windows in 3-5 years. Maybe. Good luck. And good luck getting Grandma and cousin Alex to use it.
Irrelevant. Public sector workers are subject to abuse, just as private sector workers are. They both need and deserve union representation and collective bargaining.
Public sector workers have protections that workers in private industry don't, such as the many protections in civil service.
Historically workers in the public sector have had more stable jobs with fairly good benefits (such as generous vacation) even if they had slightly lower pay. Now public sector unions have inflated wages and benefits for the public sector so that they increasingly have greater stability, better benefits, and equal or higher wages than similar jobs in the private sector.
Public sector unions have long had a powerful influence in politics, influencing both the taxes that pay their wages and policy.
This is almost unbelievable, you can write in complete and coherent sentences. You didn't have a reply to that question did you? Would you be so kind as to actually express complete thoughts? I'd love to see it.
You are looking at this through your own cultural lens. Take a step back and look at in the context of the broader culture and conditions in which these men live. Polygamy and much shorter lifespans for women has created a shortage of marriageable women in Afghanistan. This coupled with severe cultural taboos on pre-marital sex(in the case of Afghanistan, it's not just a taboo, it's illegal) means that for many men, especially those on the lower rungs of the economic ladder, other men are essentially the only way they can have sex.
There is another factor you are overlooking. From another commentary on the same report:
... Some of the Afghans have their own young boys they use for sexual purposes and we can't do anything about it."
In her report, Ms. Cardinalli observed that prevailing sexual attitudes in some parts of Afghanistan are creating a cycle damaging to boys and young men:
There is frequently the risk that Pashtun boys will face a set of experiences that mold their beliefs regarding sexuality as adults in ways that are ultimately damaging, both to themselves and to Afghan society," the report concludes. "It appears that this set of experiences becomes cyclical, affecting generations, and that this cycle that has existed long enough to affect the underpinnings of Afghan culture itself."
And, the impact of those experiences is already being felt in portions of Afghanistan, putting American forces squarely in the middle of complex moral, social and sexual issues. A source at Army Special Operations command tells In From the Cold that Afghan women, emboldened by the presence of U.S. troops. have complained about beatings they've suffered at the hands of their husbands. The domestic violence reportedly stemmed from the inability of the women to become pregnant and produce sons, highly valued in Afghan society.
When U.S. civil affairs teams (and other special forces units) quietly investigated the problem, they quickly discovered a common denominator. Virtually all of the younger men who beat their wives (over their inability to become pregnant) had been former "apprentices" of older Afghan men, who used them for their sexual pleasure. Upon entering marriage, whatever the men knew of sex had been learned during their "apprenticeship," at the hands of the older man. To put it bluntly, some of the younger Afghans were unfamiliar with the desired (and required) mechanics for conception.
To remedy this situation, the Army called in its psychological operations teams, which developed information campaigns in Pashtun areas, explaining the basics of heterosexual relations and their benefits, in terms of producing male offspring. It may be the only time in the history of warfare that an army has been required to explain sex to the native population, to curb the abuse of women and young boys--and retain U.S. influence in key geographic areas.
The problem with your thought experiment is that many people engage in behavior that is socially disapproved of, may have serious negative consequences, and may involve disquieting physical aspects. Just look at the people involved with drugs, especially some of the more horrific ones. The outcome of meth addiction is well know, and rather ugly, but people do it anyway. Then there are the even more dangerous drugs that rot your body like Krokodil . And what about prostitution? People engaged in that are continually doing things that have a significant "ick" factor, but do it anyway.
And lets not forget the findings of studying the Pashtun.
An unclassified study from a military research unit in southern Afghanistan details how homosexual behavior is unusually common among men in the large ethnic group known as Pashtuns -- though they seem to be in complete denial about it.
The study, obtained by Fox News, found that Pashtun men commonly have sex with other men, admire other men physically, have sexual relationships with boys and shun women both socially and sexually -- yet they completely reject the label of "homosexual." The research was conducted as part of a longstanding effort to better understand Afghan culture and improve Western interaction with the local people.
I don't think your thought experiment covers all the ground you think it does.
Yes. I very much remember claiming that "If there were [any injuries], he would have gone to the fucking ambulance and had them treat him".......
I am not wrong! What he claimed after the fact is irrelevant, because he LIED. If he were actually injured, he would have sought medical treatment, and the medical professional who treated him could testify to such. No treatment == no testimony == NO GODDAMN INJURY!
You want to claim there were injuries? Well then FUCKING PROVE IT! That requires testimony from the medical professional or goddamn pictures of the injury, not the ridiculous bullshit spewed by a proven liar (i.e., Darren Wilson).
... the preliminary investigation showed that the Ferguson officer tried to exit his vehicle, but Brown pushed him back into the car, "where he physically assaulted the police officer" and struggled over the officer's weapon, Belmar said...... The officer was taken to an area hospital where he was treated for a "swollen face," Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson said...
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Indeed, and the answer is, THE GODDAMN FUCKING JACK-BOOTED FASCIST COP!
You're willfully ignoring the point: jack-booted thug Darren Wilson handles "ordinary jay walkers" by screaming obscenities at them and almost running them over with his squad car.
Yes, and we've also heard from some people that Brown was trying to run away and was shot in the back. That turned out to not be true either as proved by the autopsy and just as the claim you repeat probably isn't either.
You say that as if you think I'm some kind of left-authoritarian. I'm not an authoritarian of any kind -- quite the opposite, in fact. You, however, are authoritarian, and whether or not "fascism" is the right word for your particular variety of totalitarian brain-damage, it's close enough!
Well, perhaps you're simply a confused crank, but either way I'm neither a fascist nor an authoritarian.
The officer tried to leave his vehicle just before the shooting on Saturday afternoon, but Brown pushed him back into the car, "where he physically assaulted the police officer" and struggled over the officer's weapon, Belmar said.
Without revealing what led to the dispute, Belmar said the preliminary investigation showed that the Ferguson officer tried to exit his vehicle, but Brown pushed him back into the car, "where he physically assaulted the police officer" and struggled over the officer's weapon, Belmar said.
A shot was fired inside the police car, and Brown was eventually shot about 35 feet away from the vehicle, Belmar said.
The officer was taken to an area hospital where he was treated for a "swollen face," Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson said, adding he had not personally seen the officer's injury.
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In fact there was no named officer at the time of the shooting.
How is that important?
If the Officer was actually harmed, this would have made front page news and calmed the riots that started to ensue days later.
Nonsense. Many of the people were there to protest the death of Brown regardless of what he had done, and others were agitators coming from outside the area. They wanted the officer put in jail, punished for killing Brown regardless of the circumstances.
Any claim of harm to the officer (named nearly a month after the fact) is tainted
The fact that this is apparently a new fact to you just means that you are uninformed, not that the information is fabricated. And as we have seen the information was out there long ago.
My opinion is based on easy to prove facts, not a long string of fallacies and questionable information.
In this case it appears that your opinion is based on ignoring facts or ignorance of them. From that faulty base you build your house of cards.
Of course to you, a mouthpiece for the establishment, facts are a dangerous thing hence you claim "crank" and "look over there!" as often as possible.
Facts are indeed dangerous, mainly to your position.
Nothing you claim can be trusted.
I've already demonstrated that you've gotten simple questions of easily knowable fact wrong. This is just another instance of that.
There you have it, folks: proof that cold fjord is so goddamn stupid he can't tell the difference between getting medical treatment and talking to investigators!
Remember this statement of yours?
No. Nobody fucking did! Why? Because there weren't any! If there were, he would have gone to the fucking ambulance and had them treat him instead of standing around.
You claimed that there were no injuries suffered by Wilson in the attack. You're wrong about that. Are you also trying to make the ridiculous claim that the investigators wouldn't have checked Wilson's treatment records? You're not going to get an award for insight here.
Video that had no bearing whatsoever on the officer's actions, since he hadn't seen it or heard of it.
You're trying to change the subject. The issue was, "who is a thug"? Brown was shown to be a thug in the video. It's actually a pity that Wilson didn't see the video. If he had known that he was confronting two thugs that had just committed a strong arm robbery he would have been on his guard and not treated them as ordinary jay walkers. Brown certainly knew what he had just done and that is probably what led to him attacking Wilson. He probably thought Wilson was arresting him for the robbery.
You're the most famous Fascist on Slashdot, you stupid, deluded fool!
No, only the ignorant claim I'm a fascist. In truth fascism has nothing to do with my philosophy. It is almost certainly much closer to yours. Please educate yourself. (You can do some cribbing here.)
Now fuck off and die, for the good of humanity
For the good of humanity I'll continue to post and contribute here as long as I care to so that poor deluded souls such as yourself have at least an occasional glimpse of the truth and sanity.
To me, a traditional marriage is where the partners stay together until death parts them -- gay/straight/otherwise.
You might want to take another look at that question. There are thousands of years (4k+) of recorded history of there being a particular set of sexes in marriage. Care to guess what it is? (spoiler at the bottom of post) The numbers may vary, the reason for the marriage might vary, but ultimately that set pattern holds true.
Some people seem to be born as car buffs with keen interest into almost very obscure detail of automotive design, engineering, and lore. Me, I've never really found them interesting. What fascination for vehicles I natively had was directed towards other types of vehicles. In fact I found cars boring, until I listened to Car Talk. They brought the subject alive. The good natured banter, the subtle yet probing nature of their questions, the testing of their theories... it was fun, educational, and you got a sense of the deep well of knowledge those two had to draw from. (They were MIT grads, after all.) As a bonus they solved a huge mystery by revealing the source of a problem with I car I once had. (Really, who would think to look THERE for that problem?!?) I don't listen as much as I used to, but it's still fun. RIP Tom, and long life Ray.
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So you voted Kodos, eh? Great! EVERYTHING will be different now!
No, not "EVERYTHING," that's ridiculous. The US just had an election, not a revolution. Besides, we don't want "EVERYTHING" different, just some imporant things like better government oversight, holding back the reckless spending of the Obama administration, an actual annual budget again.
Why is it that some people, and people from two-party countries in particular, get collective amnesia every election?
Why is it that people from ___________ seem to have no clue how the US system works?
Not money, debt.
More genuine oversight of government, a check on the executive, a Senate that might actually produce an annual budget, and a better chance of maintaining freedom? Count me in.
It's hard to control a thing without being able to analyze it. It's even better when you can accurately model it. Measures of control come afterwards.
I'm not sure that I like this being studied by the government. Use is right out.
I wonder if the Obama White House still has its political "hear something, say something" site to report dissent?
The problem there is classic usage versus modern usage.
What does that have to do with them needing unions?
Civil service laws give them plenty of advantage, especially at the Federal level.
Are you arguing from a position of crab mentality?
You should eat before posting so you are less likely to post nonsense from a lack of blood sugar.
Which is relatively insignificant next to the combined power of banks, corporations, and tax cut jihadists.
Tell it to the teachers unions.
An honest days pay for an honest days work, with health and retirement plans that aren't a complete scam for Wellpoint and Wells Fargo?
If you think that the government workers retirement plans aren't in huge trouble now from underfunding I can only assume you've never looked into the issue with data from an honest source. The lavish promises in the contracts haven't been funded in many places. Why don't you look at Illinois if you want to see a disaster in the making.
Yup, Crab Mentality.
You seem to have few useful insights into human nature. I suppose that's why you lean the way you do.
Don't care.
No, it won't. I don't trust a damn thing any Ferguson police officer says, because they've already proven that they're willing to blatantly lie to protect their partner-in-crime.
So you think that they lied, and the State Police that came in to run things there after the Governor stepped in, and the FBI, and the local prosecutor, and the state prosecutor, and the Justice Department are all going to cover for them when a number of them are just itching to fry a local cop if they can to appease the demonstrators and "prove" it was all racially motivated or something? That's rich.
The police chief's statement is nothing but worthless, vague bullshit.
The police chief's statement provides enough detail to the fair minded especially in light of my previous statement.
In order to prove it, they need to name the hospital in question, then get a statement from a representative of that hospital saying that they treated Darren Wilson.
Well you just go ahead and hold your breath till you turn blue then. The rest of us will carry on with life.
'Cause between your hard-on for the Constitution-violating three-letter agencies, sniveling cowardice about imaginary "ter'rists," drug smugglers, ebola, or whatever the panic-du-jour is, and constant praise for police acting like Gestapo, you sure as Hell fooled me!
It takes very little work from anybody to "fool" you since you do almost all the work yourself. You seem to have difficulty with facts, exagerate, and don't seem to be interested in clear thinking and reasonable discussion. You actually seem to be trying to live up to what your username evokes.
I see you still haven't answered my other question. Any reason for that?
Not really interested in this reply.
You need me to cite the Civil Service laws? Really?
The pure FUD is coming out of your fingers bub.
Start today and maybe have widespread general availability in ordinary consumer products on Mac and Windows in 3-5 years. Maybe. Good luck. And good luck getting Grandma and cousin Alex to use it.
Irrelevant. Public sector workers are subject to abuse, just as private sector workers are. They both need and deserve union representation and collective bargaining.
Public sector workers have protections that workers in private industry don't, such as the many protections in civil service.
Historically workers in the public sector have had more stable jobs with fairly good benefits (such as generous vacation) even if they had slightly lower pay. Now public sector unions have inflated wages and benefits for the public sector so that they increasingly have greater stability, better benefits, and equal or higher wages than similar jobs in the private sector.
Public sector unions have long had a powerful influence in politics, influencing both the taxes that pay their wages and policy.
That makes perfect sense and explains the quality of your post. You just grab a handful and fling...
This is almost unbelievable, you can write in complete and coherent sentences. You didn't have a reply to that question did you? Would you be so kind as to actually express complete thoughts? I'd love to see it.
The actor was actually a union boss that took on the studios for the benefit of the actors, and won.
lool fox news report on how afghans are gay. you're an excellent troll.
Could you expand on that? What makes a report from Fox News regarding a study conducted in Afghanistan by the military a "troll"?
Are you claiming that the information is wrong? Does the news change when its comes from other sources? No, it doesn't look like it.
Paedophilia 'culturally accepted in south Afghanistan'
Afghan sex practices concern U.S., British forces
Chapter 4. Afghan Cultural Influences
Or are you simply engaging in anti-Fox News trolling yourself?
Could it be as simple as "haters gonna hate" and you're a hater? Sure looks that way, "Noah."
One more thing: LOL
Sorry, the link was eaten. Link below:
DADT (Afghanistan Edition)
You are looking at this through your own cultural lens. Take a step back and look at in the context of the broader culture and conditions in which these men live. Polygamy and much shorter lifespans for women has created a shortage of marriageable women in Afghanistan. This coupled with severe cultural taboos on pre-marital sex(in the case of Afghanistan, it's not just a taboo, it's illegal) means that for many men, especially those on the lower rungs of the economic ladder, other men are essentially the only way they can have sex.
There is another factor you are overlooking. From another commentary on the same report:
DADT (Afghanistan Edition)
... Some of the Afghans have their own young boys they use for sexual purposes and we can't do anything about it."
In her report, Ms. Cardinalli observed that prevailing sexual attitudes in some parts of Afghanistan are creating a cycle damaging to boys and young men:
There is frequently the risk that Pashtun boys will face a set of experiences that mold their beliefs regarding sexuality as adults in ways that are ultimately damaging, both to themselves and to Afghan society," the report concludes. "It appears that this set of experiences becomes cyclical, affecting generations, and that this cycle that has existed long enough to affect the underpinnings of Afghan culture itself."
And, the impact of those experiences is already being felt in portions of Afghanistan, putting American forces squarely in the middle of complex moral, social and sexual issues. A source at Army Special Operations command tells In From the Cold that Afghan women, emboldened by the presence of U.S. troops. have complained about beatings they've suffered at the hands of their husbands. The domestic violence reportedly stemmed from the inability of the women to become pregnant and produce sons, highly valued in Afghan society.
When U.S. civil affairs teams (and other special forces units) quietly investigated the problem, they quickly discovered a common denominator. Virtually all of the younger men who beat their wives (over their inability to become pregnant) had been former "apprentices" of older Afghan men, who used them for their sexual pleasure. Upon entering marriage, whatever the men knew of sex had been learned during their "apprenticeship," at the hands of the older man. To put it bluntly, some of the younger Afghans were unfamiliar with the desired (and required) mechanics for conception.
To remedy this situation, the Army called in its psychological operations teams, which developed information campaigns in Pashtun areas, explaining the basics of heterosexual relations and their benefits, in terms of producing male offspring. It may be the only time in the history of warfare that an army has been required to explain sex to the native population, to curb the abuse of women and young boys--and retain U.S. influence in key geographic areas.
I have some perfect fits to nominate for that position. Do you have a referral bonus?
The problem with your thought experiment is that many people engage in behavior that is socially disapproved of, may have serious negative consequences, and may involve disquieting physical aspects. Just look at the people involved with drugs, especially some of the more horrific ones. The outcome of meth addiction is well know, and rather ugly, but people do it anyway. Then there are the even more dangerous drugs that rot your body like Krokodil . And what about prostitution? People engaged in that are continually doing things that have a significant "ick" factor, but do it anyway.
And lets not forget the findings of studying the Pashtun.
Afghan Men Struggle With Sexual Identity, Study Finds
An unclassified study from a military research unit in southern Afghanistan details how homosexual behavior is unusually common among men in the large ethnic group known as Pashtuns -- though they seem to be in complete denial about it.
The study, obtained by Fox News, found that Pashtun men commonly have sex with other men, admire other men physically, have sexual relationships with boys and shun women both socially and sexually -- yet they completely reject the label of "homosexual." The research was conducted as part of a longstanding effort to better understand Afghan culture and improve Western interaction with the local people.
I don't think your thought experiment covers all the ground you think it does.
Yes. I very much remember claiming that "If there were [any injuries], he would have gone to the fucking ambulance and had them treat him" .......
I am not wrong! What he claimed after the fact is irrelevant, because he LIED. If he were actually injured, he would have sought medical treatment, and the medical professional who treated him could testify to such. No treatment == no testimony == NO GODDAMN INJURY!
You want to claim there were injuries? Well then FUCKING PROVE IT! That requires testimony from the medical professional or goddamn pictures of the injury, not the ridiculous bullshit spewed by a proven liar (i.e., Darren Wilson).
This will do just fine.
What we know about Michael Brown's shooting
... the preliminary investigation showed that the Ferguson officer tried to exit his vehicle, but Brown pushed him back into the car, "where he physically assaulted the police officer" and struggled over the officer's weapon, Belmar said. ..... The officer was taken to an area hospital where he was treated for a "swollen face," Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson said...
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Indeed, and the answer is, THE GODDAMN FUCKING JACK-BOOTED FASCIST COP!
Michael Brown, strong arm robber and thug.
You're willfully ignoring the point: jack-booted thug Darren Wilson handles "ordinary jay walkers" by screaming obscenities at them and almost running them over with his squad car.
Yes, and we've also heard from some people that Brown was trying to run away and was shot in the back. That turned out to not be true either as proved by the autopsy and just as the claim you repeat probably isn't either.
You say that as if you think I'm some kind of left-authoritarian. I'm not an authoritarian of any kind -- quite the opposite, in fact. You, however, are authoritarian, and whether or not "fascism" is the right word for your particular variety of totalitarian brain-damage, it's close enough!
Well, perhaps you're simply a confused crank, but either way I'm neither a fascist nor an authoritarian.
At the time of the event, there was no report of the officer being attacked.
It looks to me like you didn't get this one right.
From August 11th:
Fatal police shooting in Missouri sparks protests
The officer tried to leave his vehicle just before the shooting on Saturday afternoon, but Brown pushed him back into the car, "where he physically assaulted the police officer" and struggled over the officer's weapon, Belmar said.
From August 11, updated the 15th:
What we know about Michael Brown's shooting
Without revealing what led to the dispute, Belmar said the preliminary investigation showed that the Ferguson officer tried to exit his vehicle, but Brown pushed him back into the car, "where he physically assaulted the police officer" and struggled over the officer's weapon, Belmar said.
A shot was fired inside the police car, and Brown was eventually shot about 35 feet away from the vehicle, Belmar said.
The officer was taken to an area hospital where he was treated for a "swollen face," Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson said, adding he had not personally seen the officer's injury.
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In fact there was no named officer at the time of the shooting.
How is that important?
If the Officer was actually harmed, this would have made front page news and calmed the riots that started to ensue days later.
Nonsense. Many of the people were there to protest the death of Brown regardless of what he had done, and others were agitators coming from outside the area. They wanted the officer put in jail, punished for killing Brown regardless of the circumstances.
Any claim of harm to the officer (named nearly a month after the fact) is tainted
The fact that this is apparently a new fact to you just means that you are uninformed, not that the information is fabricated. And as we have seen the information was out there long ago.
My opinion is based on easy to prove facts, not a long string of fallacies and questionable information.
In this case it appears that your opinion is based on ignoring facts or ignorance of them. From that faulty base you build your house of cards.
Of course to you, a mouthpiece for the establishment, facts are a dangerous thing hence you claim "crank" and "look over there!" as often as possible.
Facts are indeed dangerous, mainly to your position.
Nothing you claim can be trusted.
I've already demonstrated that you've gotten simple questions of easily knowable fact wrong. This is just another instance of that.
There you have it, folks: proof that cold fjord is so goddamn stupid he can't tell the difference between getting medical treatment and talking to investigators!
Remember this statement of yours?
No. Nobody fucking did! Why? Because there weren't any! If there were, he would have gone to the fucking ambulance and had them treat him instead of standing around.
You claimed that there were no injuries suffered by Wilson in the attack. You're wrong about that. Are you also trying to make the ridiculous claim that the investigators wouldn't have checked Wilson's treatment records? You're not going to get an award for insight here.
Video that had no bearing whatsoever on the officer's actions, since he hadn't seen it or heard of it.
You're trying to change the subject. The issue was, "who is a thug"? Brown was shown to be a thug in the video. It's actually a pity that Wilson didn't see the video. If he had known that he was confronting two thugs that had just committed a strong arm robbery he would have been on his guard and not treated them as ordinary jay walkers. Brown certainly knew what he had just done and that is probably what led to him attacking Wilson. He probably thought Wilson was arresting him for the robbery.
You're the most famous Fascist on Slashdot, you stupid, deluded fool!
No, only the ignorant claim I'm a fascist. In truth fascism has nothing to do with my philosophy. It is almost certainly much closer to yours. Please educate yourself. (You can do some cribbing here.)
Now fuck off and die, for the good of humanity
For the good of humanity I'll continue to post and contribute here as long as I care to so that poor deluded souls such as yourself have at least an occasional glimpse of the truth and sanity.
To me, a traditional marriage is where the partners stay together until death parts them -- gay/straight/otherwise.
You might want to take another look at that question. There are thousands of years (4k+) of recorded history of there being a particular set of sexes in marriage. Care to guess what it is? (spoiler at the bottom of post) The numbers may vary, the reason for the marriage might vary, but ultimately that set pattern holds true.
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* Man and woman are joined in marriage.
Some people seem to be born as car buffs with keen interest into almost very obscure detail of automotive design, engineering, and lore. Me, I've never really found them interesting. What fascination for vehicles I natively had was directed towards other types of vehicles. In fact I found cars boring, until I listened to Car Talk. They brought the subject alive. The good natured banter, the subtle yet probing nature of their questions, the testing of their theories... it was fun, educational, and you got a sense of the deep well of knowledge those two had to draw from. (They were MIT grads, after all.) As a bonus they solved a huge mystery by revealing the source of a problem with I car I once had. (Really, who would think to look THERE for that problem?!?) I don't listen as much as I used to, but it's still fun. RIP Tom, and long life Ray.
I'll try not to drive like your brother.