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tommy Eternal Order Devil's Island 16544 Posts |
These liberals, they are always preaching tolerance, acceptance and all that crap. They are the same people who want to destroy all culture differences. You can't even put up an American flag without these hypocrites whining about it. They are really just a bunch of communists who want everybody to be standardised. They don't even tolerate people having more money than others.
We have these nuts running around with their battle our cry of “There Is No God But One God” and telling people, there will be no peace and tranquillity leaving your pride and dignity intact unless you agree with us and we will cut your head off if you don't agree anyway. So where do you draw the line on this tolerance notion?
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landmark Inner circle within a triangle 5194 Posts |
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On Oct 13, 2014, acesover wrote: Aces wrote: " The press comes out and says the mother said he was not armed. He was, his gun jammed. " Since you were not there you do not know as you said. And yet you stated he was armed. Yes the police officer said he was armed. The whole point is that police officers have been known to lie. Yes, I'm shocked, shocked too, but what can you do? Anyway, it's not really that important that you contradicted yourself, but it does show how people jump to conclusions.
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tommy Eternal Order Devil's Island 16544 Posts |
No jury is ever there. Does a jury jump to conclusions?
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acesover Special user I believe I have 821 Posts |
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On Oct 14, 2014, landmark wrote: Of course it is not important if it does not go with what you want. Jeez. OK. Lets see now. they found the gun which was jammed. They found the bullets that were fired. Probably just a coincidence or the cops planted it. I am sure they made it all up. I am only drawing a somewhat conclusion from what I read. You are drawing a conclusion from...well I don't know from what. Oh wait yes I remember now. The cop was white and the guy who got shot was black. So the white guy must be a bad guy and the black guy was defenseless and innocent. Got it. ALMOST ALWAYS.
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You are drawing a conclusion from... I drew no conclusion at all. You can check if you like.
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acesover Special user I believe I have 821 Posts |
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On Oct 14, 2014, landmark wrote: You are quite right. Sorry. I just get upset about these scenarios. No harm no foul. Again sorry. You did not draw any conclusion.
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acesover Special user I believe I have 821 Posts |
Tell me this is rational: http://thepunditpress.com/2014/10/09/pic......n-flags/
and you wonder why I get like I do...
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landmark Inner circle within a triangle 5194 Posts |
The story above reminds me of this:
http://www.historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/douglassjuly4.html Frederick Douglass's Speech on the Meaning of July 4th. He gave it in Rochester NY in 1852. It's very long, but here's a representative paragraph: Quote: But such is not the state of the case. I say it with a sad sense of the disparity between us. I am not included within the pale of this glorious anniversary! Your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us. The blessings in which you, this day, rejoice, are not enjoyed in common.-The rich inheritance of justice, liberty, prosperity and independence, bequeathed by your fa thers, is shared by you, not by me. The sunlight that brought light and healing to you, has brought stripes and death to me. This Fourth July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn. To drag a man in fetters into the grand illuminated temple of liberty, and call upon him to join you in joyous anthems, were inhuman mockery and sacrilegious irony. Do you mean, citizens, to mock me, by asking me to speak to-day? If so, there is a parallel to your conduct. And let me warn you that it is dangerous to copy the example of a nation whose crimes, towering up to heaven, were thrown down by the breath of the Almighty, burying that nation in irrevocable ruin! I can to-day take up the plaintive lament of a peeled and woe-smitten people!
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LobowolfXXX Inner circle La Famiglia 1196 Posts |
What a place the world was a hundred and sixty-two years ago!
"Torture doesn't work" lol
Guess they forgot to tell Bill Buckley. "...as we reason and love, we are able to hope. And hope enables us to resist those things that would enslave us." |
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landmark Inner circle within a triangle 5194 Posts |
Yes one thing may never remind of us another in the United States of Amnesia. The descendants of enslaved people must be churlish not to want to celebrate the symbols of their ancestors' oppression.
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LobowolfXXX Inner circle La Famiglia 1196 Posts |
Oh, things may remind us of things all the time. But when I see signs claiming that "nothing has changed" since 1954 (let alone 1852), I just have to chuckle at the amazing success the Al Sharpton types have had at weaving their narrative.
"Torture doesn't work" lol
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landmark Inner circle within a triangle 5194 Posts |
What has not changed is the treatment that the ancestors of Black people in American were subjected to. It is not surprising therefore that symbols that have their roots in that subjugation such as the flag and the Fourth of July are not looked upon with fondness, particularly in times of perceived injustice.
Here's something you may not have seen: http://www.amazon.com/Counter-Revolution......+of+1776
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LobowolfXXX Inner circle La Famiglia 1196 Posts |
It's good that today's African Americans have it so much better than those ancestors. The African Americans I know are fairly patriotic, and don't have a problem with the flag or the Fourth. Of course, they also tend have an external locus of control, which has served them very well. Those who have bought into the victim hood mentality that some self-appointed spokespeople try to imbue in others may certainly have mileage that varies.
"Torture doesn't work" lol
Guess they forgot to tell Bill Buckley. "...as we reason and love, we are able to hope. And hope enables us to resist those things that would enslave us." |
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tommy Eternal Order Devil's Island 16544 Posts |
When the stock market crashes on Halloween that is going to be really scary.
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On Oct 14, 2014, LobowolfXXX wrote: Well I'm not sure who you are talking about, but clearly the people in Ferguson protesting have an external locus of control as they are pro-actively working to make sure they get justice. Without the community protesting, the officer who killed Brown would not have been indicted...Oh wait... Pesky victims keep refusing to stay still.
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LobowolfXXX Inner circle La Famiglia 1196 Posts |
If there's a victim here, it's not any of the protestors (with the possible exception of members of the Brown family). Your point is well-taken about the indictment, though IMO, Justice is a secondary motivation.
"Torture doesn't work" lol
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balducci Loyal user Canada 227 Posts |
Serpico speaks out:
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2......160.html As I found out the hard way, police departments are useless at investigating themselves - and that's exactly the problem facing ordinary people across the country - including perhaps, Ferguson, Missouri, which has been a lightning rod for discontent even though the circumstances under which an African-American youth, Michael Brown, was shot remain unclear. Today the combination of an excess of deadly force and near-total lack of accountability is more dangerous than ever: Most cops today can pull out their weapons and fire without fear that anything will happen to them, even if they shoot someone wrongfully. All a police officer has to say is that he believes his life was in danger, and he’s typically absolved. What do you think that does to their psychology as they patrol the streets—this sense of invulnerability? The famous old saying still applies: Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. It wasn't any surprise to me that, after Michael Brown was shot dead in Ferguson, officers instinctively lined up behind Darren Wilson, the cop who allegedly killed Brown. Officer Wilson may well have had cause to fire if Brown was attacking him, as some reports suggest, but it is also possible we will never know the full truth—whether, for example, it was really necessary for Wilson to shoot Brown at least six times, killing rather than just wounding him. As they always do, the police unions closed ranks also behind the officer in question. And the district attorney (who is often totally in bed with the police and needs their votes) and city power structure can almost always be counted on to stand behind the unions. Mind you, I don't want to say that police shouldn't protect themselves and have access to the best equipment. Police officers have the right to defend themselves with maximum force, in cases where, say, they are taking on a barricaded felon armed with an assault weapon. But when you are dealing every day with civilians walking the streets, and you bring in armored vehicles and automatic weapons, it's all out of proportion. In the NYPD, it used to be you'd fire two shots and then you would assess the situation. You didn't go off like a madman and empty your magazine and reload. Today it seems these police officers just empty their guns and automatic weapons without thinking, in acts of callousness or racism. They act like they're in shooting galleries. Today's uncontrolled firepower, combined with a lack of good training and adequate screening of police academy candidates, has led to a devastating drop in standards.
Make America Great Again! - Trump in 2020 ... "We're a capitalistic society. I go into business, I don't make it, I go bankrupt. They're not going to bail me out. I've been on welfare and food stamps. Did anyone help me? No." - Craig T. Nelson, actor.
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landmark Inner circle within a triangle 5194 Posts |
One more reason an indictment is necessary:
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/ju......n=buffer
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landmark Inner circle within a triangle 5194 Posts |
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On Oct 15, 2014, LobowolfXXX wrote: I think that's painting the situation with a pretty broad brush. While there may be some FBI-informant-MSNBC-millionaire-tax-dodging-vegans trying to position themselves (BTW how does someone claim to represent the African-American community when in a recent poll only 24% of respoondents claimed that Al Sharpton spoke for them), there's no reason to think that African-Americans in this country don't truly want justice, given past experience in places like Ferguson itself. And I disagree that the only potential victims here are members of the Brown family. If indeed Brown was shot by an out of control and possibly racist police officer, and if remedy for the situation is not taken by the system for racist reasons, then every person of color in Ferguson is a potential victim of that system that is not providing justice.
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Dannydoyle Eternal Order 21219 Posts |
Yea but it turns out as evidence keeps coming out that is not the case. It is about this case alone. The officer is not on trail for the history of racial intolerance.
Danny Doyle
<BR>Semper Occultus <BR>In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act....George Orwell |
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