L.A. cops shoot homeless man dead on video.

[BLKGSXR]

Uhhhh, that poor homeless man. If only he had watched this edgamacational video before that incident.

Was this really needed? you're just creating power for stereotypes man.

[BBaggins06]

I guess I struck a nerve...

Nope, I just disagreed with you. Or is that not allowed?

[Jericho]

Nope, I just disagreed with you. Or is that not allowed?

Please don't think this some sort of attack, it's really not.

Considering this is forum, if you disagree with someone, why not post your reason(s) for disagreeing with them?
A thumbs down will never change someone's opinion, but a cogent argument...

Like I say, it's not a dig of any type (not aimed at anyone in particular (well, transbeastiality maybe...wanker)), just something that bemuses me.

[fred41]

Please don't think this some sort of attack, it's really not.

Considering this is forum, if you disagree with someone, why not post your reason(s) for disagreeing with them?
A thumbs down will never change someone's opinion, but a cogent argument...

Like I say, it's not a dig of any type (not aimed at anyone in particular (well, transbeastiality maybe...wanker)), just something that bemuses me.

I'm with you 100% on this. When the rating system first came out...I thought it was a bit of a goof and didn't take it too seriously. I immediately down voted a lot of shit...but...that don't always work. So I don't do that anymore. Why?..some/many posts are nuanced. Do you agree with some of it...none of it...or the over all feeling of it. I've posted stuff that someone down voted without saying why, but the post had different opinions going in different directions. The critic never says what part of the post he really disagreed with.

all that being said...

Ops that complain about this, then have a responsibility to answer a thought out critique of their post (in my view). There are times I've questioned or critiqued an Op and they just don't answer. When that happens, in my view, that just becomes a soundbite. I don't respect soundbites. In an era of Facebook and twitter and whatnot, too many people just add their names to soundbites without any introspection. That's childish. I understand when a person realizes the debate doesn't need to be carried further because cases have been made and it would just become a never ending argument, but if you can't at least attempt a defense of your position, then why say anything at all...for instance, I'm annoyed by folks that repeatedly post youtube news (usually pseudonews) sites without stating what portion of it they represent.

so...

unless it's something for shits and giggles lets actually have an adult discussion.
rant over.

[fred41]

Positive votes don't need the same explanations for the obvious reasons. Something may have just made u laugh - no explanation necessary.

Like I say, it's not a dig of any type (not aimed at anyone in particular (well, transbeastiality maybe...wanker)), just something that bemuses me.

He/she is a dick.

[gaysian71]

Was this really needed? you're just creating power for stereotypes man.

Well for starters it was just a joke. A video by Chris Rock and it's a funny way to explain a lot of the shenanigans with cops.

But on a serious note, people just need to behave. I could be wrong, but I have a feeling the dead homeless guy could be alive today if he just behaved.

I don't know about you, but if a cop asks me for my ID and he is armed with a gun, pepper spray, Billy club and a stun gun, I'm gonna say yes sir and give it to him. That way there is a 99.999% chance I'll walk away unharmed. But I'm pretty sure if instead I start flailing, punching, yelling and pulling a weapon of some kind. The odds of me walking away unharmed are probably reduced by about 99.999%.

So the word of the day when dealing with a cop is BEHAVE!!!

It don't matter what color your skin is. Talk Shit Get Shot.

Mix - BODY COUNT - Talk Shit, Get Shot (Official Music Video):

[Tapatio]

Well for starters it was just a joke. A video by Chris Rock and it's a funny way to explain a lot of the shenanigans with cops.

But on a serious note, people just need to behave. I could be wrong, but I have a feeling the dead homeless guy could be alive today if he just behaved.

So the word of the day when dealing with a cop is BEHAVE!!!

That's just as fucking dangerous. You know who "behaved"? Jews in Eastern Europe. Native Americans on the Trail of Tears. Japanese-Americans during WWII.

Don't blame the victim. Our cop culture is fucked up. Yes, it's dangerous, and yes people are dying, but that's no reason to acquiesce.

There are few lives that matter much in the long run. What matters is the society and culture we leave behind. Everything else is selfish vanity.

Stand up.

[gaysian71]

That's just as fucking dangerous. You know who "behaved"? Jews in Eastern Europe. Native Americans on the Trail of Tears. Japanese-Americans during WWII.

Don't blame the victim. Our cop culture is fucked up. Yes, it's dangerous, and yes people are dying, but that's no reason to acquiesce.

There are few lives that matter much in the long run. What matters is the society and culture we leave behind. Everything else is selfish vanity.

Stand up.

So if we all behave, the cops will put us in an oven? Really? Lol.

[Tapatio]

So if we all behave, the cops will put us in an oven? Really? Lol.

Obviously an extreme comparison.

But yes.

Or maybe they'll just murder and incarcerate US citizens at a rate far exceeding that of other countries' enforcement agencies.

They'll continue to protect and serve moneyed interests instead of citizens, and now that the Supreme Court has opened up government to be overtly bought and paid for, it will just get worse.

There is a metaphorical oven, and people are more useful as marginal, marginally productive credit slaves than they are dead.

But lol. Lol against the dying of the light.