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CoreeeceYou may be right...and tho I don't agree with the idea of a priesthood, I would say that your description isn't representative of most priests....you know, that whole 95% thing you like to bring up when people bash a particular group.
Because of the combination of the (ostensibly) celibate lifestyle (thus attracting a higher proportion of social misfits), and 1,000 years of having a highly centralized and rigidly disciplined hierarchy and governance, I think it's probably more representative among Roman Catholic clergy and vocationists than, by comparison, non-Roman Catholic Christian or Jewish clergy.
(I don't know enough about Muslim clergy to opine about them.) -
Iago***So just what are our rights as Americans in our Patriot Act inspired police state.
Stop and identify statutes
"Stop and identify" statutes are statute laws in the United States that authorize police to legally obtain the identification of someone whom they reasonably suspect has committed a crime. If the person is not reasonably suspected of committing a crime, they are not required to provide identification, even in states with stop and identify statutes.
Since 'reasonably suspect' can mean pretty much anything I'd say you're pretty much over a barrel.
Historically 'do you suspect me of committing a crime or that I am about to commit a crime' has been met with clubs, cuffs, and false police reports justifying you getting beaten.
Of course. Just like, for example, if a cop wants to pull over a car, he'll always, always, always cite an ostensibly lawful reason, like "the vehicle was weaving inside its lane". Yeah, right. Rookie cops who aren't used to testifying "the right way" in court yet will sometimes be sufficiently honest in their recitation of facts that the lack of reasonable suspicion will be objectively apparent. One or two times of getting burned by having their cases tossed out in court usually cures them of that. -
QuoteThis is exactly why Toronto Police has units on the road paired with mental health professionals.
Difference being: this was in the US, where attempted suicide is a capital offense. -
QuoteThe Austin police chief doesn't seem to like those rules, but that's not on topic.
It's directly on topic: how police choose to apply such laws in the field, and whether such laws lend themselves to official abuse and oppression.
I looked up your reference to the Austin police chief, and found several articles about what you're referring to, including this one:
http://www.citylab.com/crime/2014/02/yes-police-can-arrest-you-refusing-identify-yourself/8485/ -
Quotethere is still a lot of passionate "Viva la Revolución" populist BS down there.
Seeds like that don't grow in the absence of rich soil within which to find purchase in the first place. -
Speaking of assholes, do you mind giving people an NSFW before doing that? Even in a forum like this, there are a few basic rules of the road. -
SkyDekker***A few good reads...
http://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/corruption-democracy-venezuela From a while back. Mostly about how Chavez screwed it up.
http://money.cnn.com/2014/12/14/news/economy/venezuela-debt-default-citgo/
http://www.academia.edu/3012427/Corruption_in_Venezuela_101_The_Basics_for_Understanding_the_Phenomenon
The government is very corrupt. Money earmarked for the public gets stolen constantly. I was in Venezuela for 9 days in 2001. The people had hope for Chavez to fix things.
There is more than just Socialism at work there wrecking the nation.
Same goes for Greece. The Greek have had a historical aversion to paying taxes. Avoiding taxes is a national sport for them.
A socialist framework combined with a enormous, cultural aversion to paying taxes and you have a recipe for distaster, which is exactly what is happening.
Instructively, compare to, for example, Sweden, where the levels of both socialism and taxation are fairly high, but the level of corruption is quite low, and there is a fairly high aggregate social tolerance for taxation. -
QuoteTypical
Of what? -
I stand by my posting history. And yours. -
QuoteWe're all assholes and angles
Obtuse angles? -
Coreeece***defeat for humanity
Maybe it was in response to quotes like:
"Yet another loss for the bigots"
"Gay Jesus Rainbow approves same sex marriage"
Lets make this a religious issue, eh? Plenty of resentment to go-round...
Bullshit. An institution whose clergy and vocationists are populated by social and psychological oddballs who take cover behind a facade of celibacy, and who engage in serial sexual abuse of juveniles, racketeering and obstruction of justice, is hardly in a position to lecture others on sexual morality, family stability or lifestyle. -
turtlespeed***
Innocent until proven guilty I guess only applies to cops killing civilians. In your land of the free running constitutes a crime.
I would think that running from the police is a crime in every country.
Well, we're talking about the US. Refusing a lawful order of police is sometimes criminal, though not always, and and often enough to warrant suspicion. But it doesn't always rise to the level of probable cause, or even terry stop reasonable suspicion merely from looking in their direction & scooting the other way. -
QuoteWhat would we do without our daily dose of " oh look what those NEGROES are doing to our country"
Moozlims, I suppose. And wetbacks. -
JohnnyMarko***It's getting old isn't it?
It really is. I think the news just looks for every little opportunity to turn a story into a race issue. Is it worth noting? Absolutely, somewhere in the article describing the victim. Just don't start off with "White man does this to black man".
There was a teen who was shot and killed by Denver PD this year. She was Latina, and it was later found out she was gay. The news and protesters instantly turned it into "Gay lives matter" or some shit. I'm sure the cop stopped and asked if she was gay, and that was the deciding factor to shoot her as she tried to run him over
I don't think that historically there has ever been an epidemic in the US of police officers chronically using severe and often deadly force against unarmed gay Latina teens. Historical context really does matter; and societies, just like individuals, often reap what they have sown. -
Aren't you about 30 years too old to be an Afghan vet? Or does it mean that you sit in your rocking chair and knit Afghans? -
You guys are insulting our intelligence. -
turtlespeed***http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/28/us/nebraska-abolishes-death-penalty.html
NE has not done an execution since 1997, so they are really just making it official.
Welcome to the civilized world, Nebraska!
Soooo, if the fed still does executions, you think that the entire country and its leaders are not part of the civilized world?
If the federal government performs an execution (and when it gains death penalty sentences, even against scumbag bombers of children), it does not behave like the civilized world. If Congress repealed any federal death penalty, it would move the federal government closer to the civilized world, and reflect those US citizens who wish to do likewise.
Historically, as well as presently, the advancement of a society, or lack of it as the case may be, is more often than not measured in how humane the society is. Or, is not. -
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Really?BoomerdogQuoteRich and vibrant culture. Let 'em all kill each other.
Yup...that about says it.
+1
From the Texas Biker Gang Massacre Thread:QuoteSkyDekker: When are the leaders of the white and latino community going to stand up and denounce this?
Boomerdog: Perhaps, because there is no need to address the racial issues (because they are not there) in order to to understand the rage of a bunch white dumbs peckerheads. They are criminals clear and simple so just WTF does race have to do with this?
And yet in this thread Boomerdog gives a big "+1" to "Rich and vibrant culture. Let 'em all kill each other". So let's all face it. In this thread, these guys aren't referring to generic criminals; they're referring to generic Niggers. They just don't want to get caught using the word outside their barstools. -
You did not "fail" your first AFF jump any more than you "failed" the first time you tried to parallel park a car. AFF jumps are training to perform a new skill set; they're not a test. Just like in driving, you have to practice a new skill set, especially one as alien and counter-intuitive as skydiving, multiple times to become proficient enough to be tested on it.
Any time you hear (or read) anyone use the word "fail" to refer to a student jump that didn't result in maiming or death, walk the other way. -
I was disgusted by the car commercial at the beginning of the video. A naked appeal to conspicuous consumption in a world in which millions are starving. Please remove that link. -
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BoomerdogQuoteThat must be the reason why so many millions of dollars are spent bribing FIFA officials then?
Mystery to me but large number have no correlation to what's important, right, wrong, stupid etc. A principle something to akin to "might makes right."
People wanna like soccer fine with me. It's a stupid fucking boring game and the sooner we get it off US soil, the better IMHO. You want it, you got it.
I suppose only the music you like is worth listening to, also.
You do realize that when people in "soccer countries" watch US baseball it renders them comatose, don't you?
Google the term Ugly American. See what pops up. -
cvfd1399So because they all do it it's ok? Also is it not ok to single out a past president and future presidential candidate for doing it, and doing it recently?! Come on!
Sure, because if each candidate's position on that playing field was basically the same as the other, you'd be forced to debate things like actual policy differences, instead of whose guts should be hated the most. Can't have that.
Anyone want to predict how this goes down?
in Speakers Corner
Sorry. I is forget reality not acceptible here.
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I actually presumed you'd probably you'd say that. Well, it's not a matter of being afraid of reality. It's a matter of basic courtesy that you give people the option to click on a link or not so they can decide for themselves, or can wait until they're on a computer that can't be observed by others. Unless you're 14 years old, please try acting like an adult.