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Oh, come on, you probably believe the PATRIOT Act lets the government spy on and arrest people illegally. Why would anyone want to ask you for evidence when you're knee deep in agenda-driven misinformation?
Originally posted by TinfoilTP
As if they'd ever read this here.
May I ask, was this letter part of psychiatric therapy?
Originally posted by Dero
Please remain in your home. We will be with you shortly.
. That hardly includes the entire worlds population.
I am writing this letter, in an open forum, to make a personal statement on behalf of myself and others who share my outrage with the general current state of things.
You my friend may live in fear and I don't know who all these other people that live in "constant state of perpetual shock" but you must be referring to the average coward or the average idiot who accepts life as it is and does NOTHING to change his or hers own place in the standings.
You my friend may live in fear and I don't know who all these other people that live in "constant state of perpetual shock" but you must be referring to the average coward or the average idiot who accepts life as it is and does NOTHING to change his or hers own place in the standings.
I do not live in fear at all. Most people in the modern world do live in a constant state of information overload, stress, and worry. If you can't see this, then perhaps you should socialize and engage more. And the rest of your statement is simply baseless conjecture and supposition.
Originally posted by Quantum_Squirrel
Originally posted by TinfoilTP
Originally posted by Quantum_Squirrel
So shut up stop imagining things and do nothing?
or
Do something but that something is exactly what they made you do ?
Your debate is circular and nonsensical
Better to live 5 minutes as a Tiger than a lifetime as a worm (Red dwarf)
Your analogy is flawed because it posits that there are only two choices, the tiger or the worm. The zookeeper laughs at such nonsense.
I thought the zookeeper was a figment of my imagination?
If said system exists..(zookeeper) and we don't like the way the zoo is ran, the Tigers are much more likely to be able to resist, are you saying their is no way to change the zoo?so that we should not even bother trying?
Originally posted by Hefficide
reply to post by Asktheanimals
The fact that they are human beings is exactly what I am hoping for. Many of my friends have been in the military and, in conversation with them, most admit that, at one time, early one, they'd have opened fire on anyone if ordered to do so... .kids, old folks, anyone. But they also said that, after a short period, the indoctrination of basic training began wearing off and they stopped behaving in such a drone like manner.
Most intelligence employees are college educated or ex military. I assume they are long past that initial point of indoctrination - and my prayer is that if they are ever asked to "Do their duty" in ways that violate the basic moral codes that make us all human - they will somehow find the strength to say "Sir, no Sir".
~Heff
Originally posted by cosmicexplorer
reply to post by Kratos1220
You have said the exact point I have been trying to make to Law Enforcement agencies everywhere I go! There should be a "side agency" of basically community service officers....this would save tax payer dollars and let the few cops left actually deal with nothing but real criminal cases. Our department has been struggling to stay afloat financially and the response I often hear is why aren't we writing more tickets! How insane is that! It is a very frustrating time to be a cop....I think you saw the answer probably as quick as I did...reduce uniformed officers...and make the public file reports online or by mail or have part time community service officers who are interns or kids in college handle all the very basic calls while trained cops take on the more serious calls. I know this wouldn't work for every PD, but I think for many it very well could. Anyway nice chatting mate.
Originally posted by flashtrum
There is the Transit police, then the Transportation Authority police department. I'm sure this sort of thing is widespread. The only reason there is a transportation authority police department appears to be to attempt to catch speeders near the tunnels and bridges leading in and out of Baltimore City. They have a fleet of unmarked Dodges for this very purpose. It is arguably already a police state.
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They have cops that drive up and down the little itty bitty stretch of the one road you could call busy and they sit at red lights and type in the license plate of the guy in front of them trying to see if he has an outstanding ticket or warrant. How is this not the same as randomly pulling people over or stopping them in the street to run a background check on them? (I'm not exaggerating when I say this is what a lot of these guys do - because there is little else for them to do).