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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 01:07 AM Original message |
Why is police violence so acceptable to Americans? |
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PM Martin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 01:10 AM Response to Original message |
1. ??? |
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DonCoquixote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 01:22 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Because |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 01:29 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Does that go for Jaywalkers too? nt |
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USArmyParatrooper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 09:11 PM Response to Reply #4 |
47. Was it Jaywalking? |
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USArmyParatrooper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 09:25 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Here's a nice look at Japanese culture |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 09:54 PM Response to Reply #49 |
60. These are the worst examples I could find by a youtuber called "Keisatsuwatch" |
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USArmyParatrooper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 11:35 AM Response to Reply #60 |
89. That wasn't the point |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 09:22 AM Response to Reply #49 |
74. It seems less efficient than the metal detectors we go through |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 10:55 AM Response to Reply #47 |
83. The interaction came out of a Jay walking incident. |
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USArmyParatrooper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 11:38 AM Response to Reply #83 |
90. It *started* from Jaywalking |
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SkyDaddy7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 07:29 AM Response to Reply #47 |
107. "assaulting a police officer"????? |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 01:42 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Uh...violent crime is at it's lowest since the mid 70s |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 04:27 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. The reason for high incarceration rates is Nixon's War On (some) Drugs |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 12:23 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. Maybe arresting more criminals lowers the crime rate n/t |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 12:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
23. Bar fight.. |
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Th1onein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 08:14 AM Response to Reply #3 |
113. Yeah, right. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 01:13 AM Response to Original message |
2. Because Americans identify with the Ruling Class and want the same protections |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 09:12 AM Response to Reply #2 |
73. True. |
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mr1956 (211 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 01:37 AM Response to Original message |
5. I think it's because they get violent with groups considered powerless |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 01:40 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. When they stopped having cops from the neighborhood walking the beat... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 04:28 AM Response to Reply #6 |
14. Because 1. Their training is inadequate, and 2. I disagree that Americans willingly support it |
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Kievan Rus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 08:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
42. I'm not sure racism explains it entirely |
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Joe the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 02:57 AM Response to Original message |
8. Why? |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 04:06 AM Response to Original message |
9. Daryl Gates. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 04:12 AM Response to Original message |
10. Japanese people are subservient to the police, Americans not so much |
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1620rock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 04:20 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. The cops here are going nuts again as they did in the 60's. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 04:26 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Then as now, police violence was rarely unprovoked |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 04:57 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Here's some good unprovoked examples: |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 05:02 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I just watched the first one. It's late and I need sleep. |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 01:22 AM Response to Reply #10 |
93. Article 35 of Japan's Constitution |
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wolfgangmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 09:59 AM Response to Reply #93 |
122. Busted. Bam. Down for the count. |
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ManiacJoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
17. Bad choice of example video? |
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jp11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:22 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. I agree, a drunk in a police station simply waving their arms or just 'not sitting still or being |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 01:05 PM Response to Reply #18 |
27. I totally disagree with the premise that people "accept" police abuses in America |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 09:18 PM Response to Reply #27 |
48. As one of the staunchest defenders, I agree with this statement |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 07:42 AM Response to Reply #17 |
63. How about this? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 08:33 AM Response to Reply #63 |
69. I'd love to see footage of what went down later in an interrogation room |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 09:27 AM Response to Reply #63 |
76. good training |
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WestSeattle2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 11:33 AM Response to Reply #17 |
87. The latest viral video showing a Seattle cop punching a jaywalker |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
20. The cops are some of the highest paid employees in Stockton Ca. |
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janet118 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 01:16 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. It's same in my town - the police get the top pay |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 01:51 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. You said the magic word- |
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PM Martin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 08:38 PM Response to Reply #28 |
39. Thank you for informing us that the Plymouth Massachusetts are garbage. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 08:24 AM Response to Reply #28 |
66. Social class distinctions have to be enforced. That's part of the cops job. nt |
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Kablooie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
21. Because they protect us all like this: |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
22. The police have always behaved with utmost courtesy and professionalism |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 12:58 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. What's the visible spectrum reflexive power of your epitelial tissue relative to population average? |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 01:39 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. probably higher than average, lower than average are often not treated politely by police |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 01:00 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Me too, except when I was young and being a dick |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 02:44 PM Response to Reply #22 |
34. Let me guess, you're white, male, and professionally dressed and coifed |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 09:34 PM Response to Reply #34 |
53. They don't hassle me and I'm as unprofessional looking as anyone else |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 12:21 AM Response to Reply #53 |
61. Let's see, how I acted |
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KansasVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 08:57 PM Response to Reply #22 |
45. LOL........you like in make believe land? |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 09:38 PM Response to Reply #22 |
56. The best advice to give people is "don't act like a potentially dangerous moron" |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 08:41 AM Response to Reply #22 |
70. yeah right damn near crazy talk. The cops are a gawtdamn gang of thugs |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 09:09 AM Response to Reply #22 |
72. Wish I could say the same. |
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Fla_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 12:19 PM Response to Reply #22 |
92. That's crazy on the surface |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
24. I just came home from shopping with my friend who has been a cop in both Japan and the USA |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 02:30 PM Response to Reply #24 |
33. Good Points, Sir: Maybe The Real Question is 'Why Is Police Violence Done More Openly In The U.S.?' |
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ManiacJoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 04:45 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Location of the cameras? |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 04:53 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. In-Station Beating, Sir, Was Pretty Routine In Older days Here |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 08:42 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Beating people in the open has the desired effect of instilling fear and respect |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 08:28 AM Response to Reply #41 |
68. But it's backfiring. People are recording police abuses and posting them on YouTube. |
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RobinA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 07:27 AM Response to Reply #37 |
105. I'm Thinking |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 08:18 AM Response to Reply #33 |
64. I think that most cases of police violence in the USA can be explained as poor training, |
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PM Martin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 08:33 PM Response to Reply #24 |
38. Police are authority(authoritarians) who keep the status quo. |
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Kuroneko (32 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 09:25 PM Response to Reply #24 |
50. Interesting friend you have... |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 09:35 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. This is true. |
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Kuroneko (32 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 09:51 AM Response to Reply #54 |
79. Even for the worst criminals, |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 10:34 AM Response to Reply #79 |
82. osumai ha? |
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Kuroneko (32 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 10:59 AM Response to Reply #82 |
84. Aichiken |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 11:07 AM Response to Reply #84 |
85. Naruhodo. |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 01:30 AM Response to Reply #85 |
96. Another Japanese resident |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 06:07 AM Response to Reply #96 |
100. Hello. |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 06:43 AM Response to Reply #100 |
101. Kochira koso |
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Kuroneko (32 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 08:50 AM Response to Reply #85 |
115. Wow |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 08:57 AM Response to Reply #115 |
118. I know bosozoku, of course. They are a cancer in the night. |
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Kuroneko (32 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 09:11 AM Response to Reply #118 |
120. Only nice night |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 09:16 AM Response to Reply #120 |
121. There's a couple of onsen in Himeji (Yumesaki), but not on the island. |
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Kuroneko (32 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 10:21 AM Response to Reply #121 |
124. Don't dare me |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 08:20 AM Response to Reply #50 |
65. Interesting choice of handle and subject for a first post. Welcome to DU. |
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Kuroneko (32 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 10:31 AM Response to Reply #65 |
81. Thank for your welcome |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 09:30 PM Response to Reply #24 |
51. The Japanese police leave the non-criminals alone. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 08:26 AM Response to Reply #51 |
67. Resisting arrest makes you a "real scumbag" in the eyes of Japanese people |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 07:01 AM Response to Reply #67 |
102. I get the impression that you like to spout off |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 12:00 PM Response to Reply #24 |
126. Exactly |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
31. In part because we accept greater disparity of income. |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 10:14 AM Response to Reply #31 |
123. If a bicycle and a car have an accident here in Japan |
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branders seine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
32. 50 years of fascist propaganda |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
36. F-E-A-R |
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Kievan Rus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
40. American mass media appeals to the lowest common denominator |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
43. Because Americans have been trained to worship authority |
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KansasVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
44. Because people are too dumb in this country to realize cops are not always good people. |
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USArmyParatrooper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
46. What specific incident are you comparing it to? |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 09:32 PM Response to Reply #46 |
52. There are far too many examples of public police brutality. |
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USArmyParatrooper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 09:37 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. Can you show me footage |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 09:42 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. I can easily find examples of where it is close enough that A US cop |
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USArmyParatrooper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 11:33 AM Response to Reply #57 |
88. The OP was a bad example |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 07:19 AM Response to Reply #46 |
62. Look at this video. |
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USArmyParatrooper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 11:43 AM Response to Reply #62 |
91. That's a good example, BUT |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 05:52 AM Response to Reply #91 |
99. Your arguments/rebuttals are a waste of your time. There are many |
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salguine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
58. I'm still trying to interpret "toehr". |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 09:52 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. Ooops, "other". Typed too fast. nt |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
71. Because cops are taught that we are perps not citizens |
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RedRoses323 (175 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 07:25 AM Response to Reply #71 |
104. +100 |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
75. What gun laws does Japan have? |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 09:42 AM Response to Reply #75 |
78. Citizens are not allowed to possess guns except... |
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Alenne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
77. We are a violent society. nt |
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miscsoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 07:04 AM Response to Reply #77 |
103. seconded, i think that's what it boils down to |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
80. Ususally the ones getting beaten or killed in the US are black. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 01:29 AM Response to Reply #80 |
95. I wonder how the Japanese police would treat a Korean? |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 01:37 AM Response to Reply #95 |
97. As usual, speaking blindly out of your bunghole. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 07:42 AM Response to Reply #97 |
109. Why, yes I do. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 07:51 AM Response to Reply #109 |
110. Would you care to share your personal experience about how you have come to know |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 08:03 AM Response to Reply #110 |
112. Years of living with and encountering people from... |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 08:32 AM Response to Reply #112 |
114. Wow, I guess you should tell these people about how hated they are. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 08:55 AM Response to Reply #114 |
117. Yes, because normal and famous people have same experiences. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 09:02 AM Response to Reply #117 |
119. Anyway, your hearsay didn't impress me. Your friends told you what they wanted to tell you. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 10:38 AM Response to Reply #119 |
125. Yeah, I guess expats aren't a good souce of information. |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
86. FIFTY YEARS OF COP SHOWS! |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 01:28 AM Response to Original message |
94. Meaningless. |
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classysassy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 03:18 AM Response to Original message |
98. Their job is to |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 07:28 AM Response to Original message |
106. I think it's violence in totality we accept |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 07:30 AM Response to Reply #106 |
108. I have to agree with that. At least the US is consistent in that. nt |
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Tailormyst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 07:55 AM Response to Original message |
111. I don't believe that they do |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
116. Because we're Big Bad Merkins! |
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