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You throw words like 'liberal' around without any thought as to the meaning. It's become a universal 'bash' word used by so-called 'conservatives.' Here's what I don't get: 'Liberals' are supposed to be pinko-commie, socialist tree-huggers that want more government and more social control to create utopia... right? 'Conservatives' are supposed to be the watchdogs of the old-guard and love the idea of liberty and would die for their county and constitution to uphold our God-given rights. Our Constitution plainly spells out the Government's powers and specifically tries to preserve personal liberty. Increased use of military-style-tactics on our citizenry displays blatant disregard for our civil-liberties. So how come 'conservatives' aren't opposed to the increasing frequency of such methods? One would think a 'liberal' would welcome it, that is if the definitions of each ideology aren't moving goalposts... |
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You said hate, I didn't say anything about love. If one's worldview is such that everything in terms of how one views an individual, can be split into "love" or "hate" then that might explain why some folks have the words tattooed on their fingers, as a reminder, |
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Yes, I did. I want the police to quickly and efficiently protect me from murderers. To do this, they will have to use force and sometimes innocent people will be harmed. This is not the police's fault, it is the murders fault.
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Yet, I'm not a conservative. Funny how that works, isn't it? This incident is very sad and tragic, but a large part of the responsibility lies with the murder suspect. By his actions he has put his family in harm's way, which is a horrible, cowardly, thing to have done. The police actions in bursting in with such a show of force comes directly from that - and the entire stakes being raised by the high probability that the suspect was most likely heavily armed. In the ensuing melee, in which the suspect's partner got involved, the fatal shooting is a terrible consequence of that, but, one hopes, the incident will be properly investigated and lessons learned from that. There's more than enough blame to go round to give many of those involved a fair portion of it, but those main contributors all had a part to play. The child, of course, one must assume was completely innocent. That ought to make it even harder for the suspect, his partner and the police officer involved. An extremely tragic event and with nothing much in the way of an upside, other than apprehending the suspect, which might have been possible without the bloodshed. |
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??? If you took your secret decoder ring oath literally, we would never have known that you have one.
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Mine's a super-secret-decoder ring. You'll have forgotten that you knew I ever had it, in about twenty minutes.
It's an upgrade, but a worthwhile one. |
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But I is wearing this.
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The funny thing is that these raids are increasingly rubber-stamped by local magistrates. It seems long gone are the old days when the police or Sheriff would attempt to serve a warrant, find resistance and THEN call in SWAT. I'd say part of the reason these-style raids are on the rise is because of the federal anti-terror funding to local police departments after 9/11. Alot of the departments buy all the 'cool' stuff' to 'combat terrorism.' What they end up with are federally funded SWAT teams double the size they had pre-9/11 with all the cool toys. They're not just gonna sit around. SWAT itself within their departments push to be used more frequently to justify the spending. I taught a fair amount of them CQB back at candyland in Moyock, NC for a couple years; so I have some insight. Most were good people, some were of the 'Ranger Rick' mentality. ie. They never mentally got out of the military. They had the mental outlook that the civilians were the 'enemy' and that they were one of the 'good-guys.' NOT the right mindset for police-work. |
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