No. I didn't. Your failure to comprehend that is baffling to me.Originally Posted by thethe
If I say an event occurring weekly is too much, that's me saying that if something happens weekly (i.e. once per week), then that is far too common for my taste.
I then made a point that currently about 3 folks are dying per day at the hands of our police force.
You somehow aren't able to comprehend the two separate points.
Last edited by sturg33; 12-08-2014 at 02:04 PM.
Using sturg's and goldies' logic I should be scared to death of black people because 450-500 white people are murdered by blacks every year and none of those can be justified. Do you know why I'm not? Because it's not statistically significant.
If you can find the post I said where you should be scared to death of police officers, you let me know.
Also (unrelated) - I wonder if you have a similar viewpoint on terrorism.
No, you didn't say it but you're always implying that the police are out of control. If they are out of control we should be scared. Terrorism isn't the same because it's only low because of our diligent policies towards it. If libertarians such as yourself had your way terrorism would be rampant.
Last edited by Garmel; 12-08-2014 at 02:14 PM.
1 incidence per week should absolutely not be considered "common" when you consider how many (A) officers exist in this country (B) How many calls said officers respond to (C) How many of those calls are life threatening situations to the officers.
I suppose some on this board think a cops job is easy.
Natural Immunity Croc
Then we disagree on what common is. I hold our police to high standards.
3 people per day...
And you're freaking out over a few folks in the middle east.
Let you libertarians have your way and you'll find out just how dangerous terrorism really is.
Depending on the circumstances, some people probably should be:
Weren't you just carrying on about statistical probability?
You're 8 times more likely to die from a police officer than a terrorist.
Well, that is extremely misleading. You can't take a number of incidents and project it to teh whole population. Most of us would never put ourselves in a position to get killed by a police officer so you need to understand how to use numbers for arguments. I can absolutely guarantee that a police officer will never kill be because of excessive force. Terrorists however target everyone equally.
Last edited by thethe; 12-08-2014 at 02:22 PM.
Natural Immunity Croc
Im certainly not 8x more likely to die bc I am not dumb enough to give a cop any reason to ever consider shooting me.
"Yes, I did think Aldrich was good UNTIL I SAW HIM PLAY. "- thethe
What a concept!
Don't do stupid **** and the cops won't bother you. Is this how its supposed to be? Sounds too easy GF.
Natural Immunity Croc
You're missing the point I just made. Let the libertarian's foreign policies take root and you'll see how high terrorist killings would get in this country.
Quit using common sense like that. You know how the other side hates that.
I sure hope you never run into a cop like this:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/0...n_5879694.html
For those too lazy to click on the link - skip to the 40 second mark:
I'm sure things like this happen all the time where I should be worried.
Natural Immunity Croc
The video above (Boston) - the folks committed the crime of being in their house. They had guns put in their face.
The video above (the gas station) - the guy committed the crime of obeying what the cop asked him to do.
Isolated incidents aren't reality. However, I agree the cops were wrong on both cases.
But I was just told that if you don't do anything wrong, you'll never be in danger.
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