tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post964511727126264164..comments2023-12-23T16:22:22.290-05:00Comments on alicublog: MORAL RELATIVISM.roy edrosohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15161980502027888634noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-37985180969093676862015-03-19T19:47:52.671-04:002015-03-19T19:47:52.671-04:00You know, in all seriousness, a friend of mine fro...You know, in all seriousness, a friend of mine from high school became a cop and ended up shooting a guy. There were charges of racism and brutality, but it was all caught on a dashboard cam that entirely exonerated him. Super drunk dude really did try to kill him, and he really did follow every procedure by the book and not use deadly force until he had no other option.Grometnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-83449666232119135062015-03-19T18:41:33.267-04:002015-03-19T18:41:33.267-04:00When bodycams started to become a thing, did anyon...When bodycams started to become a thing, did anyone over the age of 8 think the police would be caught dead catching themselves in the act? Too lazy to look for it now, but I was reading yesterday about a city--Denver?--where the cams mysteriously failed to produce any video in many confrontations. Mysteriously. Would be more of a mystery if they had worked as planned.Meanie-meanie, tickle a personnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-20463669914793003732015-03-19T14:46:44.258-04:002015-03-19T14:46:44.258-04:00Oh, I knew you were kidding! I was just kidding ba...Oh, I knew you were kidding! I was just kidding back. It's all good.sigynnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-12746703488564925222015-03-19T13:51:12.796-04:002015-03-19T13:51:12.796-04:00Ooooff, now I feel I must explain myself...that wa...Ooooff, now I feel I must explain myself...that was never a serious suggestion. In fact the intention behind it was to discourage similar incidents, not to encourage them. Think of it as a remark <i>made</i> by a scofflaw (which is a term subject to extensive interpretation, as I am painfully aware).bekabotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-39575082047011504242015-03-19T13:51:08.324-04:002015-03-19T13:51:08.324-04:00Technically, yeah.
"He seemed like such a ...Technically, yeah. <br /><br /><br />"He <i>seemed</i> like such a nice boy and <i>spoke</i> like such a nice boy and <i>dressed</i> like such a nice boy and <i>acted</i> like such a nice boy and he had such a <i>good</i> education...and look how he turned out in the end. <i><b>Tsk</b></i>. I have to say he must have brought it on himself because he had <i>all the advantages</i>...it just goes to show you that you can't be too careful these days. You've gotta watch out who you pal around with."<br /><br /><br />(...couldn't happen to a more deserving fella.)<br /><br /><br />(Okay, okay, so I'm <i>not</i> a nice person. I'm a <i>mean</i> person but at least I know that about myself and admit it and try to keep it under control and don't <i>revel</i> in it the way I've seen some other people do — from time to time. Is all.)bekabotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-81829786576879568922015-03-19T07:46:35.869-04:002015-03-19T07:46:35.869-04:00I go with possibility 2, AKA "Never attribute...I go with possibility 2, AKA "Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by fascist-ity."redoubtagainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-62707349089200555742015-03-19T03:25:59.946-04:002015-03-19T03:25:59.946-04:00"Let's choke all the career petty crimina..."Let's choke all the career petty criminals with chips on their shoulders to death, including the yellow and white ones..."<br /><br /><br /><br />Errrn, let's not be too hasty here, are we including scofflaws in the petty criminal category now? Asking for a friend.*<br /><br /><br />*Now that I think about it, I actually am.sigynnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-17553024642946830182015-03-18T23:56:20.433-04:002015-03-18T23:56:20.433-04:00Dinesh D'Souza is a petty everything.Dinesh D'Souza is a petty everything.AGoodQuestionnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-68101333543756243202015-03-18T23:52:00.516-04:002015-03-18T23:52:00.516-04:00The only thing that can stop a bad guy with a mout...The only thing that can stop a bad guy with a mouth is a good guy with a choke hold.AGoodQuestionnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-48705031821398828402015-03-18T23:45:54.786-04:002015-03-18T23:45:54.786-04:00And for goading the police into killing him, he...And for goading the police into killing him, he'll never have to worry about doing time. This comes SO CLOSE to being the perfect crime.AGoodQuestionnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-90340918063824403702015-03-18T23:27:32.196-04:002015-03-18T23:27:32.196-04:00Broken WindowsExcise Stamp Policing.Broken WindowsExcise Stamp Policing.PersonaAuGratinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-42192808826302699822015-03-18T23:15:55.889-04:002015-03-18T23:15:55.889-04:00Here's what I'm wondering: the edits all ...Here's what I'm wondering: the edits all came from IP ranges within One Police Plaza. That gives us two possibilities:<br />1. Whoever thought this up is too stupid to realize that computers have IP addreses which can be traced.<br />2. Whoever thought this up knows perfectly well that computers have IP addresses that can be traced, and wanted it to be known that the cops were editing this. <br /><br />I'm not sure which possiblity is worse.zuzunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-46339471297372600042015-03-18T23:12:53.347-04:002015-03-18T23:12:53.347-04:00Isn't Dinesh D'Souza a petty criminal?Isn't Dinesh D'Souza a petty criminal?zuzunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-45035103853623439082015-03-18T21:22:18.515-04:002015-03-18T21:22:18.515-04:00Well there you go he was giving his customers canc...Well there you go he was giving his customers cancer. Why that's practically homicide right there. The fine outstanding NYPD had to relieve him of his life force in order to save the life force of hundreds.Smarter than Your Average Bearnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-74178487217850102242015-03-18T21:18:36.263-04:002015-03-18T21:18:36.263-04:00Because, I assume, he's white? (never seen his...Because, I assume, he's white? (never seen his picture)Smarter than Your Average Bearnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-46017050577760070202015-03-18T21:14:30.628-04:002015-03-18T21:14:30.628-04:00A cattle brand would be far too pleasant a punishm...A cattle brand would be far too pleasant a punishment. By all means "brand" them but strap them down and do it with a chisel - a not particularly sharp one either.Smarter than Your Average Bearnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-21704619508907230252015-03-18T18:48:26.161-04:002015-03-18T18:48:26.161-04:00Physician, schlemiel thyself?Physician, schlemiel thyself?DocAmazingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-30845706133166304602015-03-18T16:58:40.122-04:002015-03-18T16:58:40.122-04:00If the philosophy is come one, come all, then the ...<i>If the philosophy is come one, come all, then the NYPD has as much right to fiddle with the entries that pertain to it as anyone else. Let the edits fall where they may.</i><br /><br /><br />God damn liberals and their moral relativism! Wait, what?ColBatGuanonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-84554576695017931042015-03-18T16:23:37.531-04:002015-03-18T16:23:37.531-04:00no. but now's your chance, doctor.no. but now's your chance, doctor.dexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-28348482731245838502015-03-18T16:21:19.136-04:002015-03-18T16:21:19.136-04:00shorter hennessey: "whatever."shorter hennessey: "whatever."dexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-10205149045471765892015-03-18T16:13:45.041-04:002015-03-18T16:13:45.041-04:00Reactions to the video vary. Some think the cops m...<i>Reactions to the video vary. Some think the cops murdered Garner <b>on their own</b>; others think he goaded them into <b>murdering him</b>.</i><br /><br />FTFYMeanie-meanie, tickle a personnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-55474343358813899872015-03-18T15:52:39.011-04:002015-03-18T15:52:39.011-04:00https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rj6ikN2O364
The...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rj6ikN2O364<br /><br /><br /><br />There is a pretty good precedent we can follow, even if it is just Hollywood fantasyJadonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-77765266495001491442015-03-18T15:52:15.774-04:002015-03-18T15:52:15.774-04:00"Talking back while black = inviting a beatin..."Talking back while black = inviting a beating"<br /><br />I distinctly remember reading in the National Review that this tactic was invented when Martin Luther King and his minions used it against Bull Connor and the Birmingham, Alabama PD, and it worked so well then that black people have been using it ever since to goad otherwise reasonable police departments into embarrassing overreactions.satchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-2337039035682636512015-03-18T15:42:33.996-04:002015-03-18T15:42:33.996-04:00It wasn't the choke hold that killed Garner, i...It wasn't the choke hold that killed Garner, it was the lack of air.satchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-7853753969398934812015-03-18T15:34:54.727-04:002015-03-18T15:34:54.727-04:00Some see Garner as the victim of an out-of-control...<i>Some see Garner as the victim of an out-of-control police force targeting African-American men. Indeed, Mayor Bill de Blasio called Garner 'a father, a husband, a son—a good man.' Others say that he was a career petty criminal with a chip on his shoulder."</i><br /><br />"....<i>some</i> say..."<br /><br />"<i>In either case, I'm sure all good people can agree that Garner deserved to die.</i>"<br /><br />Oh, yeah, and. Let's choke <i>all</i> the career petty criminals with chips on their shoulders to death, including the yellow and white ones, and let's record all of it on videophones, and <i>then</i> let's let the edits fall where they may, I <i>dare</i> ya.bekabotnoreply@blogger.com