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Policing Debate (Moved from the Confessional Thread)
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Also, you're not serving your country. You're serving the political agendas of the government/big businesses, or town government/finances (quotas are bullshit). There are very few instances(relatively speaking) that I've ever seen of a cop/military man serving their community/country. You do what your told by people who do not represent the average American. |
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And do not disregard Soldiers in such a way, ever again. Understood? You may not agree with what we do, or the policies that put us where we are, but remember the "Average American" such as YOU put us there. If you have ever voted for a politician YOU put us there. Not us. Soldiers generally do not vote nor do we have political opinions because we get sent to where the politicians tell us to go, doesn't matter if we like it or not, so we tend to keep our opinions to ourselves. |
I'm with Fiddler on this. The job is to enforce the law and so that's what you do. If a constable gets to pick and choose what laws should be enforced, that hurts the integrity of the whole police force.
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You told me in plug I can say whatever I want about you/soldiers because differing opinions are okay. I don't vote for anyone or anything. I didn't put you anywhere, and I'll go to prison before I ever go to war for the douchebags who control you.
You keeping your opinion to yourself is a problem. Organized killing machines with no thoughts of your own worth fighting for. Let the government do their own dirty work in the trenches if you don't agree with the cause. Sheep. Quote:
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Not voting is just as bad as anything else, because you allow the system to function without putting a single effort forward to change it. |
I'm not against voting. There is just no one/thing to vote for. If the country had a voted on going to war in Iraq I would have signed up to say No.
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I think you both have good points. On the one hand, it's hard to sympathize with soldiers and police officers when they enforce laws that we/they see as unjust. On the other hand, the current political system is so large and bogged down that it seems almost impossible for the average person to really be heard, and it takes an extraordinary amount of force and time to have those unjust laws questioned and repealed. Even when people vote, our system dominated by just two parties can come off as a "pick your poison" kind of situation.
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I think you missed my point in the middle.Hell I might have missed the point myself. But what I was saying is that I think sometimes, you all cause the problems you are trying to fix. |
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I noticed how you did not respond to the warning v. ticket comment that I made. You are saying that you don't get to pick and choose, which I agree with. But, by the letter of the law, if you are going 36 in a 35 you have broken the law and deserve a ticket. Which I assume you don't want THAT running around being enforced - granted there are some towns & such that DO enforce it that harshly. It's generally hated. |
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As for the whole speeding thing, if you don't agree that 1 mph over is a good enough reason to pull someone over then don't do it. Just be consistent. I've never blamed a cop for enforcing the law, I got caught I own it. I get my chance to argue in court if it's worth the hassle. The only time I've ever given a cop an attitude was after my car got smashed by a drunk driver (while parked in front of my house) and the scumbag told me to lie to get more money out of the driver. I called him out for being a douche, and then dealt with a different officer for the rest of the night. |
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what I was saying the difference was b I so would have reported that cop. |
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Can't speak for all of NJ, but that's how my speeding warning worked. |
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Point is you say we shouldn't pick and choose what laws to enforce - which we shouldn't - but then if this happened to you and you only got charged for the one and not both, would you stand up and say something about it? Or would you be grateful for not getting busted for both? |
My stance is that you do your job, if someone is breaking multiple laws then charge them for it. I already said if you catch me I'll own it, but you gotta catch me because I purposefully break laws I don't agree with everyday (which are the ONLY laws I do break).
As for your second question. I wouldn't be grateful and I wouldn't say anything. I'm not gonna show you gratitude because you didn't prosecute to the full extent, you still prosecuted me for something I don't see anything wrong with. Just do your job and don't abuse your authority. That's all I ask of cops, unfortunately none I've ever met seem to do that. |
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So you feel that we shouldn't pick and choose which laws to enforce and which ones we do not enforce...but you're also not going to say anything when it benefits you. If you like it or not, a misdemeanor v. a felony is a hell of a trade off. You haven't met the right cops. Just as a side note of the ~20 tickets I've ever written 15 of them where in a ten month time span when the Army was real gung-ho on writing tickets. Stupidest B.S. I ever saw at the time and is still in the top 25 for S.B.S. |
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Why would I prosecute myself? That's not my job. That's your job, and like I already said, do your fucking job. If I get caught I'll own it, I understand the consequences of my actions and take part willingly.
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Your main point is for cops to be fair, consistent, and not to abuse the power, yes? Good, we agree. |
This isn't an issue of morality. I am not a representative of the law, it is not my duty to uphold the law. It IS yours, that's what YOU signed up for. Not me.
I didn't take an oath to be a law abiding citizen. I didn't sign a paper saying I wouldn't break the law. I follow laws because I agree with them not because they are laws. I break laws because I disagree with them not because I want to get in trouble. If we agree then next time we talk about the drunkin assholes you handle on base I hope you don't wait until morning to "deal with it" to avoid the hassle of paperwork. |
Sorry, but IMO you're being a bit of a dick DWV.
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How so? I'm not attacking Fiddler. He asked me how I feel about a certain scenario. I thought we were having a pretty good back and fourth. Would your rather I lie about how I feel about a sensitive topic?
You don't have to apologize for your opinion but you could at least explain yourself. |
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That was a generalization(as was the do your fucking job comment, I meant police in general not Fiddler, which I see I didn't make clear), not a direct attack on Fiddler. And the discussion has long since moved past that.
I did call him a sheep though, so you can ride me for that. |
We should all be expected to extend a certain amount of common courtesy to new members, especially if they come off as cool from the get go. Fiddler has been nothing but cool from day one.
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Fiddler and I have already somewhat discussed this in plug. If you're not comfortable reading a conversation you have no context for understanding then remove yourself. If you are comfortable then contribute to it in a meaningful way, Fiddler is perfectly comfortable speaking his mind to me.
Edit: I already PM'd Jans to move this off topic discussion to a new thread in the debate forums. Just waiting for a response. |
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Again, offering nothing to the actual discussion. Can you please say something? If you want to defend Fiddler why don't you say something to try and change my mind. I'm always open to hear differing opinions that I may not have considered.
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I'm not offended at all not even a little bit. If we cannot discuss adult issues as adults, what was the point of becoming an adult? I'm not one bit offended not do I feel even the slightest bit insulted about what's been said.
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Thank you for verifying that Fiddler. :D
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I'm backing out. Sorry for the sidebar.
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As far as policing goes, dw, morals are always involved when it comes to law. Based on what you've said, about choosing to break laws that you disagree with, the potential consequences do not worry you. So I ask this, does the law prevent you from murdering someone or does your sense of morals? |
I suppose morality. I've never felt the urge to murder someone. I can admit that if I had the urge then the consequences of life in prison might be a deterrent, but I doubt it. Can't say for sure because I've never been in that situation. I've never even had the urge to cause physical harm to another individual, I just don't see how that is useful for resolving a problem.
If I was ever so enraged that I actually wanted to take another person's life then I don't think anything would stop me besides physical incapability. Edit: Also, I don't think the public was as one sided as you make it sound. I think a lot of that had to do with where you were living. There was a lot of mixed feelings in NJ and I could see the smoke from a couple towns over. |
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Yeh, I enjoyed it when I was in the ring and it was consensual, but that was for sport.
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Honestly, the government may very well have lied about WMDs in order to get us into Iraq, but we really didn't need all that much convincing at that point. They just had to imply a terrorist connection and we were perfectly happy to not think too hard about it. |
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