This is NOT an Onion story.
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/9/21/784734/-Black-Double-Amputee-Tased-in-Wheelchair-%28Updated%29
...and this is NOT uncommon.
Anyone else remember this woman who was shot to death (http://rwor.org/a/v20/980-89/989/river.htm) by dozens of rounds for FALLING ASLEEP IN HER CAR?
The correlation between incapacitated and obviously non-threatening folks and the cops with guns, tasers and the power to put them down at will, no matter the cost, is something that truly will probably never go away.
What was he going to do, stump them to death???
And then run over their feet.
Quote from: Iason Ouabache on September 22, 2009, 06:26:14 PM
What was he going to do, stump them to death???
Have you never seen
Ben Hur?
ETA: Totally going to hell for that, aren't I?
Good think there's not anarchy and people aren't dominated and abused by those with more power! :lulz:
Quote from: Doctor Rat Bastard on September 22, 2009, 06:49:38 PM
Good think there's not anarchy and people aren't dominated and abused by those with more power! :lulz:
You're right. Some cops are bad, so we should trash all pretense of a society ruled by law and run back to the jungle.
That will fix everything.
UNNNNNG!
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 22, 2009, 06:54:50 PM
Quote from: Doctor Rat Bastard on September 22, 2009, 06:49:38 PM
Good think there's not anarchy and people aren't dominated and abused by those with more power! :lulz:
You're right. Some cops are bad, so we should trash all pretense of a society ruled by law and run back to the jungle.
That will fix everything.
UNNNNNG!
YEP! Right up into those trees and start flinging poo at the monkeys we don't like.
Quote from: Doctor Rat Bastard on September 22, 2009, 06:56:48 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 22, 2009, 06:54:50 PM
Quote from: Doctor Rat Bastard on September 22, 2009, 06:49:38 PM
Good think there's not anarchy and people aren't dominated and abused by those with more power! :lulz:
You're right. Some cops are bad, so we should trash all pretense of a society ruled by law and run back to the jungle.
That will fix everything.
UNNNNNG!
YEP! Right up into those trees and start flinging poo at the monkeys we don't like.
We can already do that. So why should I buy into your anarchist nihilism?
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 22, 2009, 07:00:04 PM
Quote from: Doctor Rat Bastard on September 22, 2009, 06:56:48 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 22, 2009, 06:54:50 PM
Quote from: Doctor Rat Bastard on September 22, 2009, 06:49:38 PM
Good think there's not anarchy and people aren't dominated and abused by those with more power! :lulz:
You're right. Some cops are bad, so we should trash all pretense of a society ruled by law and run back to the jungle.
That will fix everything.
UNNNNNG!
YEP! Right up into those trees and start flinging poo at the monkeys we don't like.
We can already do that. So why should I buy into your anarchist nihilism?
I'm an Anarcoptimist.
It seems to me that presuming that humans have to have someone in charge to force them to behave is a pretty nihilistic viewpoint...
Quote from: Doctor Rat Bastard on September 22, 2009, 07:09:48 PM
I'm an Anarcoptimist.
Optimism is a form of derangement.
Quote from: Doctor Rat Bastard on September 22, 2009, 07:09:48 PM
It seems to me that presuming that humans have to have someone in charge to force them to behave is a pretty nihilistic viewpoint...
It's based on observation.
Now gimme your sammich.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 22, 2009, 07:14:44 PM
Quote from: Doctor Rat Bastard on September 22, 2009, 07:09:48 PM
I'm an Anarcoptimist.
Optimism is a form of derangement.
Quote from: Doctor Rat Bastard on September 22, 2009, 07:09:48 PM
It seems to me that presuming that humans have to have someone in charge to force them to behave is a pretty nihilistic viewpoint...
It's based on observation.
Now gimme your sammich.
Observation or not, its still more nihilistic than my observations ;-)
You can have my sammich when you pry it from my cold dead fingers. :lulz:
Quote from: Doctor Rat Bastard on September 22, 2009, 07:16:36 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 22, 2009, 07:14:44 PM
Quote from: Doctor Rat Bastard on September 22, 2009, 07:09:48 PM
I'm an Anarcoptimist.
Optimism is a form of derangement.
Quote from: Doctor Rat Bastard on September 22, 2009, 07:09:48 PM
It seems to me that presuming that humans have to have someone in charge to force them to behave is a pretty nihilistic viewpoint...
It's based on observation.
Now gimme your sammich.
Observation or not, its still more nihilistic than my observations ;-)
You can have my sammich when you pry it from my cold dead fingers. :lulz:
A plain fact is not nihilism, it's a plain fact. Humans are pack animals, and require a heirarchy.
And I would gladly shoot you Tuesday, for your hamburger today.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 22, 2009, 07:17:36 PM
Quote from: Doctor Rat Bastard on September 22, 2009, 07:16:36 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 22, 2009, 07:14:44 PM
Quote from: Doctor Rat Bastard on September 22, 2009, 07:09:48 PM
I'm an Anarcoptimist.
Optimism is a form of derangement.
Quote from: Doctor Rat Bastard on September 22, 2009, 07:09:48 PM
It seems to me that presuming that humans have to have someone in charge to force them to behave is a pretty nihilistic viewpoint...
It's based on observation.
Now gimme your sammich.
Observation or not, its still more nihilistic than my observations ;-)
You can have my sammich when you pry it from my cold dead fingers. :lulz:
A plain fact is not nihilism, it's a plain fact. Humans are pack animals, and require a heirarchy.
And I would gladly shoot you Tuesday, for your hamburger today.
Ah, but if you shoot me for my hamburger... then my friends will hunt you down and smoke your backside... Is the hamburger worth it?
Does it have bacon?
Quote from: LMNO on September 22, 2009, 07:22:13 PM
Does it have bacon?
It's not a sammach without BACON!
Quote from: Doctor Rat Bastard on September 22, 2009, 07:20:06 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 22, 2009, 07:17:36 PM
Quote from: Doctor Rat Bastard on September 22, 2009, 07:16:36 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 22, 2009, 07:14:44 PM
Quote from: Doctor Rat Bastard on September 22, 2009, 07:09:48 PM
I'm an Anarcoptimist.
Optimism is a form of derangement.
Quote from: Doctor Rat Bastard on September 22, 2009, 07:09:48 PM
It seems to me that presuming that humans have to have someone in charge to force them to behave is a pretty nihilistic viewpoint...
It's based on observation.
Now gimme your sammich.
Observation or not, its still more nihilistic than my observations ;-)
You can have my sammich when you pry it from my cold dead fingers. :lulz:
A plain fact is not nihilism, it's a plain fact. Humans are pack animals, and require a heirarchy.
And I would gladly shoot you Tuesday, for your hamburger today.
Ah, but if you shoot me for my hamburger... then my friends will hunt you down and smoke your backside... Is the hamburger worth it?
Google "Liberia, 1990" for the result of that form of society.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 22, 2009, 07:42:27 PM
Quote from: Doctor Rat Bastard on September 22, 2009, 07:38:00 PM
Quote from: LMNO on September 22, 2009, 07:31:49 PM
Quote from: Doctor Rat Bastard on September 22, 2009, 07:25:09 PM
Quote from: LMNO on September 22, 2009, 07:22:13 PM
Does it have bacon?
It's not a sammach without BACON!
Then gimme your sandwich.
No. But I will make you one too if you like. TGRR can't have any.
I'm out of this conversation as well. Have fun with your pathological lying issues.
Awww you need your afternoon nap grandpa?
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 22, 2009, 07:28:48 PM
Quote from: Doctor Rat Bastard on September 22, 2009, 07:20:06 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 22, 2009, 07:17:36 PM
Quote from: Doctor Rat Bastard on September 22, 2009, 07:16:36 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 22, 2009, 07:14:44 PM
Quote from: Doctor Rat Bastard on September 22, 2009, 07:09:48 PM
I'm an Anarcoptimist.
Optimism is a form of derangement.
Quote from: Doctor Rat Bastard on September 22, 2009, 07:09:48 PM
It seems to me that presuming that humans have to have someone in charge to force them to behave is a pretty nihilistic viewpoint...
It's based on observation.
Now gimme your sammich.
Observation or not, its still more nihilistic than my observations ;-)
You can have my sammich when you pry it from my cold dead fingers. :lulz:
A plain fact is not nihilism, it's a plain fact. Humans are pack animals, and require a heirarchy.
And I would gladly shoot you Tuesday, for your hamburger today.
Ah, but if you shoot me for my hamburger... then my friends will hunt you down and smoke your backside... Is the hamburger worth it?
Google "Liberia, 1990" for the result of that form of society.
Hell, just take a trip to Ethiopia now. That's a anarchist's paradise, isn't it?
Um, no. Ethiopia is a former Marxist military dictatorship that changed its rhetoric to fighting the war on terror in order to secure arms and support from the US.
You may be thinking of Somalia.