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SilverMK2 wrote:Isn't this the kind of oppression you guys claim you need guns to fight against?

Nah, you got it twisted, bro. Here, let me show you the difference:


These are dangerous, dirty criminals, to which no human standards of civility apply, and unrestricted police brutality is both necessarily and hilarious.


These are forthright American patriots, who embody the noble spirit of the founding fathers, who consider dissent to be the highest form of patriotism.

As you are, I presume, Australian, I understand why you might not understand the differences, but I assure you good, right-wing 'Muricans can see the difference plain as day.

The difference is clear, 15+ years by looking at the faces in the picture.

Also the difference is I'm not there with a water cannon....where's my water cannon......I see some white T-shirts in the mix.

Lets keep to the shallow end of the pool pls.

Does anyone know exactly what the students were doing? Were they blocking a pathway? A normal protest I don't think would prompt such action. What were they even protesting?

(I can't find it)

OWS protesters

Big thread about it

xole wrote:Does anyone know exactly what the students were doing? Were they blocking a pathway? A normal protest I don't think would prompt such action. What were they even protesting?

Huh, you really didn't catch it back then? It was pretty prominent all over the web.

Here ya go: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UC_Davis_pepper-spray_incident
And a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AdDLhPwpp4

A couple of the students had to be medevac'd.

Terrorists were attempting to impede students from getting an education, and generally assaulting this school with odorous bioweaponry reaking from their bodies.

Jihadin wrote:OWS protesters

Big thread about it

Oh, that's why I didn't notice it.

Lynata wrote:

xole wrote:Does anyone know exactly what the students were doing? Were they blocking a pathway? A normal protest I don't think would prompt such action. What were they even protesting?

Huh, you really didn't catch it back then? It was pretty prominent all over the web.

Here ya go: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UC_Davis_pepper-spray_incident
And a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AdDLhPwpp4

A couple of the students had to be medevac'd.

Did not. Thank you.

They should have just arrested them all for resisting a dispersal order and/or suspicion, and then let them out three days later when they couldn't find anything suspicious. If any of them were to resist arrest, then police force could be deemed necessary. Judging by the fact that they were on a sidewalk, I can presume they were not in a designated free speech area and thus were breaking one law or another by protesting on campus.

The fat man was an idiot, but I don't like protestors either. They usually don't have a (viable) solution to their problem.

Did not. Thank you.

They should have just arrested them all for resisting a dispersal order and/or suspicion, and then let them out three days later when they couldn't find anything suspicious. If any of them were to resist arrest, then police force could be deemed necessary. Judging by the fact that they were on a sidewalk, I can presume they were not in a designated free speech area and thus were breaking one law or another by protesting on campus.

The fat man was an idiot, but I don't like protestors either. They tend to be annoying and foolish. They usually don't have a solution to their problem.

Stay in the shallow end pls. Thats a whole new thread to start not one that starts here on this thread

xole wrote:

Jihadin wrote:OWS protesters

Big thread about it

Oh, that's why I didn't notice it.

Lynata wrote:

xole wrote:Does anyone know exactly what the students were doing? Were they blocking a pathway? A normal protest I don't think would prompt such action. What were they even protesting?

Huh, you really didn't catch it back then? It was pretty prominent all over the web.

Here ya go: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UC_Davis_pepper-spray_incident
And a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AdDLhPwpp4

A couple of the students had to be medevac'd.

Did not. Thank you.

They should have just arrested them all for resisting a dispersal order and/or suspicion, and then let them out three days later when they couldn't find anything suspicious. If any of them were to resist arrest, then police force could be deemed necessary. Judging by the fact that they were on a sidewalk, I can presume they were not in a designated free speech area and thus were breaking one law or another by protesting on campus.

The fat man was an idiot, but I don't like protestors either. They usually don't have a (viable) solution to their problem.

Thats what happened. The whiners are just whining, and the Dean wacked them to take the heat off.

Thats what happened. The whiners are just whining, and the Dean wacked them to take the heat off.

Frazz in instigation mode

Jihadin wrote:

Thats what happened. The whiners are just whining, and the Dean wacked them to take the heat off.

Frazz in instigation mode

I really should add him to my ignore list.

Jihadin wrote:

Thats what happened. The whiners are just whining, and the Dean wacked them to take the heat off.

Frazz in instigation mode

Its the truth, with some bad mob lingo. I've been watching the godfather saga.


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Palindrome wrote:

Jihadin wrote:

Thats what happened. The whiners are just whining, and the Dean wacked them to take the heat off.

Frazz in instigation mode

I really should add him to my ignore list.

Its probably for the best.

Oh Gawd...He's more likely looking for a suitable stone ring to fit on Rodney to be "Godfather"....

Jihadin wrote:

Thats what happened. The whiners are just whining, and the Dean wacked them to take the heat off.

Frazz in instigation mode

Is he ever not?

I'm glad to see that paunchy feth out of a job.

Glad to hear, there was no call for that.

"I guess they weren't in a designated free speech area".

LOL.

Out of a job? You kidding? He's the new mascot:

That picture really shops well.

SilverMK2 wrote:Isn't this the kind of oppression you guys claim you need guns to fight against?

We don't all own guns for wierd conservative reasons. I'm in it just for the historical value.


But this incident made me fething sick. I can easily see myself protesting alongside those students, though I don't think I could take it like that. I'd probably be running away looking to flush out my eyes, honestly. Either that or I'd be in jail for assaulting a police officer. Totally moronic use of force, and an infringement on the right to free speech.

GalacticDefender wrote:

SilverMK2 wrote:Isn't this the kind of oppression you guys claim you need guns to fight against?

We don't all own guns for wierd conservative reasons. I'm in it just for the historical value.


But this incident made me fething sick. I can easily see myself protesting alongside those students, though I don't think I could take it like that. I'd probably be running away looking to flush out my eyes, honestly. Either that or I'd be in jail for assaulting a police officer. Totally moronic use of force, and an infringement on the right to free speech.

I'd move off the path when told to. Then go take a shower, and change my major from psych to business.

xole wrote:That picture really shops well.

It's the casual, "I really don't give a damn" posture and face of the officer.

It's the casual, "I really don't give a damn" posture and face of the officer.

I think everyone can carry that posture very well

GalacticDefender wrote:

SilverMK2 wrote:Isn't this the kind of oppression you guys claim you need guns to fight against?

We don't all own guns for wierd conservative reasons. I'm in it just for the historical value.


But this incident made me fething sick. I can easily see myself protesting alongside those students, though I don't think I could take it like that. I'd probably be running away looking to flush out my eyes, honestly. Either that or I'd be in jail for assaulting a police officer. Totally moronic use of force, and an infringement on the right to free speech.

Incorrect. No right to free speech when you're on someone else's property. They were trespassing. In the words of Governor Blow Dry: "Adios mo-fo."


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Bromsy wrote:

GalacticDefender wrote:

SilverMK2 wrote:Isn't this the kind of oppression you guys claim you need guns to fight against?

We don't all own guns for wierd conservative reasons. I'm in it just for the historical value.


But this incident made me fething sick. I can easily see myself protesting alongside those students, though I don't think I could take it like that. I'd probably be running away looking to flush out my eyes, honestly. Either that or I'd be in jail for assaulting a police officer. Totally moronic use of force, and an infringement on the right to free speech.

I'd move off the path when told to. Then go take a shower, and change my major from psych to business.

Yes.

Actually, business majors are kind of a dime a dozen-- the classes are considered pretty easy and there's a lot of people taking them (thus the joke that if you can't do science, go do business instead). Unless you're going to a renowned school, they're not really anything special these days...

Engineering type degrees are usually better, as are medical and mathematic degrees.

Could have gone Law Enforcement to....and slap a resume on his job slot. 110K...nice

Somehow I feel there's a story behind his 110k a year.

Because most cops don't even earn half that.


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Basically business degrees are a step or two above liberal arts degrees.

Frazzled wrote:

GalacticDefender wrote:

SilverMK2 wrote:Isn't this the kind of oppression you guys claim you need guns to fight against?

We don't all own guns for wierd conservative reasons. I'm in it just for the historical value.


But this incident made me fething sick. I can easily see myself protesting alongside those students, though I don't think I could take it like that. I'd probably be running away looking to flush out my eyes, honestly. Either that or I'd be in jail for assaulting a police officer. Totally moronic use of force, and an infringement on the right to free speech.

Incorrect. No right to free speech when you're on someone else's property. They were trespassing. In the words of Governor Blow Dry: "Adios mo-fo."


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Bromsy wrote:

GalacticDefender wrote:

SilverMK2 wrote:Isn't this the kind of oppression you guys claim you need guns to fight against?

We don't all own guns for wierd conservative reasons. I'm in it just for the historical value.


But this incident made me fething sick. I can easily see myself protesting alongside those students, though I don't think I could take it like that. I'd probably be running away looking to flush out my eyes, honestly. Either that or I'd be in jail for assaulting a police officer. Totally moronic use of force, and an infringement on the right to free speech.

I'd move off the path when told to. Then go take a shower, and change my major from psych to business.

Yes.

Meh. Astronautical engineering for me.

So you are saying they should have simply relocated to a "designated free speech area" ? They were on a fething college campus, come on, where the heck were they supposed to go to protest? The inside of their own dorms?

Protesting on the grass running alongside the sidewalk instead of blocking the sidewalk.


commenting again on this

What he said.