with a gun in your hand you see bullseyes everywhere
I've broken up worse fights than that without a weapon, and without suffering (or inflicting) injury, when it wasn't even my job. All it really takes is a little courage and intelligence; instead, this guy has a badge and a weapon.
I'd love to know what story he would have spun if he hadn't known about the video.
'...The feds argued that they should not have to explain how they tracked Rigmaiden, because it would reveal too much information "since its public release could harm law enforcement efforts by compromising future use of the equipment." So, we can't tell you if the tracking system we use violates the 4th Amendment, because, you know, you might stop us from using it. Very compelling...'
To be fair, I think it's more like "we can't tell you how our system works, because then the public would know how to beat it". A slightly less egregious argument, though still false; the police should not have the power to keep such secrets. My right to know what they're doing trumps their desire to know where I am.
"So...what if the guy didn't have a license to carry? Or had somehow stuffed a bazooka up his ass?"
Are you advocating cavity searches at movie theatres? Let's try to stay serious for a moment here.
"Are you actually saying that these "security" guards should ignore ALL weapons simply because its a movie theater?"
If they see something that looks illegal they can call the police. If they see something that looks like a violation of theatre policy, they can ask the patron to leave-- but they'd better be sure they're on solid legal ground. Otherwise, yes, they should ignore it. I usually carry knife into the movie theatre (and everywhere else I go), and that really isn't the business of the staff.
There's a self-selection process involved. The people who would tend to abuse police power are the very people who find it most attractive, so they're strongly drawn to a career in law enforcement.
Besides, who would administer the tests? The very people who are letting Kenneth Thomas get away with this behavior? To put it another way, what kind of cadets would Kenneth Thomas prefer to recruit?
There are times when I get the feeling that I am fundamentally, neurologically different from most of the public.
By inquiring after this "interpretation", we give it legitimacy, we imply that it has weight. If I had the power of a Senator, I wouldn't be trying to get the Department of Justice to go public with its secret "interpretation" of the law; I'd be investigating whether any agent of the DoJ had broken the law (the actual law, not the "Simon Says" version), and if so, typing up some indictments, clearing the court calendar and airing out a couple of prison cells.
"Don't worry about it, your Honor, we have our own interpretation of the law that says that what we did was totally fine." Can you imagine what a judge would say to that?
"One [problem] is how to discover, against his will, what another human being is thinking... In so far as scientific research still continues, this is its subject matter. The scientist of today is... a mixture of psychologist and inquisitor, studying with real ordinary minuteness the meaning of facial expressions, gestures, and tones of voice, and testing the truth-producing effects of drugs, shock therapy, hypnosis, and physical torture..."
--George Orwell, 1984
"I'd like to think my fellow citizens and football consumers aren't so totally devoid of intelligence that they can't see how pointless and annoying this all is."
Well, your fellow citizens have (mostly) already made their position clear at the airports, and...
Is it wrong for me to feel baffled and humiliated if football fans turn out to be the most intelligent segment of the American public?
Either 1) this was an amazing coincidence, an idea whose time had come, 2) a couple of members of the Nissan and Renault marketing teams saw some version of the Mitsubishi ad and it stuck in their minds, or 3) all three teams saw or heard something something that planted the idea. The one thing I can't believe is anyone consciously copied the Mitsubishi ad this closely.
Remember when Derren Brown got a team of the most creative and original ad men in London to come up with a series of concept sketches for an ad campaign-- that was exactly like what he'd placed in a sealed envelope beforehand?
I was going to write that the argument might actually be logically correct, that file sharing might have been a contributing factor (although not culpable-- that's a common fallacy), but then I noticed an assumption hidden in the middle:
Bands that are less successful tend to have more stage equipment.
Of course in reality that's the opposite of true, but in order to make a link to file sharing via the truth, the newspaper would have to admit that other true thing, about how file sharing can make a band more successful.
It's an unimportant causal connection, made via a double-false-negative, like saying "cheap medication is bad because it leads to old people driving cars and killing people-- uh, because their pharma stock isn't doing well enough to allow them to hire chauffeurs".
Here in the U.S, anyone trying to sell a chili that must be harvested with protective gauntlets and respirator masks would be a fool not to use that in the advertising.
This has the makings of a comedy sketch. After narrowly avoiding losing the prisoners altogether when they stated their names (and ceased to be Anonymous), the court forbade them to participate in social networks using their own names-- the one act that would be completely irrelevant to the charges against them. Or maybe it was a trap, and the police were monitoring every message in hopes of catching one signed "Anonymous". Sort of like forbidding an accused car thief to ride the tube; the accused leaves the court building on foot, past the parking lot, while hordes of CID men crouch behind the hedge, waiting...
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I admit this makes me curious to see the game, but... somehow I feel that there's some big point we're missing...
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Re: Re: with a gun in your hand you see bullseyes everywhere
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with a gun in your hand you see bullseyes everywhere
I'd love to know what story he would have spun if he hadn't known about the video.
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"The secret police" are hated with good reason.
To be fair, I think it's more like "we can't tell you how our system works, because then the public would know how to beat it". A slightly less egregious argument, though still false; the police should not have the power to keep such secrets. My right to know what they're doing trumps their desire to know where I am.
On the post: Theaters On Prescreenings: Bring Your Firearms, But No Mobile Phones
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Are you advocating cavity searches at movie theatres? Let's try to stay serious for a moment here.
"Are you actually saying that these "security" guards should ignore ALL weapons simply because its a movie theater?"
If they see something that looks illegal they can call the police. If they see something that looks like a violation of theatre policy, they can ask the patron to leave-- but they'd better be sure they're on solid legal ground. Otherwise, yes, they should ignore it. I usually carry knife into the movie theatre (and everywhere else I go), and that really isn't the business of the staff.
On the post: Forget Being Arrested For Filming The Police, Now They're Arresting People For Sitting
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Besides, who would administer the tests? The very people who are letting Kenneth Thomas get away with this behavior? To put it another way, what kind of cadets would Kenneth Thomas prefer to recruit?
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What am I missing?
By inquiring after this "interpretation", we give it legitimacy, we imply that it has weight. If I had the power of a Senator, I wouldn't be trying to get the Department of Justice to go public with its secret "interpretation" of the law; I'd be investigating whether any agent of the DoJ had broken the law (the actual law, not the "Simon Says" version), and if so, typing up some indictments, clearing the court calendar and airing out a couple of prison cells.
"Don't worry about it, your Honor, we have our own interpretation of the law that says that what we did was totally fine." Can you imagine what a judge would say to that?
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sounds familiar
--George Orwell, 1984
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Re: Wait until someone you know gets hit by a speeding car..
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Re: What about the jerks .....
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My name is Beta, and I'm prejudiced...
Well, your fellow citizens have (mostly) already made their position clear at the airports, and...
Is it wrong for me to feel baffled and humiliated if football fans turn out to be the most intelligent segment of the American public?
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Re: This kind of thing goes on forever
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maybe they read the same small-town paper
Remember when Derren Brown got a team of the most creative and original ad men in London to come up with a series of concept sketches for an ad campaign-- that was exactly like what he'd placed in a sealed envelope beforehand?
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The fourth rule of the Centemero draft law is, do not talk about the Centemero draft law!
On the post: Righthaven Fails To Pay Attorneys Fees Ordered By The Court, Court Asked To Declare Righthaven In Contempt
IANAE
YESSS!
"...which would allow for the potential seizure of Righthaven bank accounts and property..."
Awww...
On the post: Insurers Suggest Podium & Stage Collapse Tragedies Are The Inevitable Result Of File Sharing?
the weak link
Bands that are less successful tend to have more stage equipment.
Of course in reality that's the opposite of true, but in order to make a link to file sharing via the truth, the newspaper would have to admit that other true thing, about how file sharing can make a band more successful.
It's an unimportant causal connection, made via a double-false-negative, like saying "cheap medication is bad because it leads to old people driving cars and killing people-- uh, because their pharma stock isn't doing well enough to allow them to hire chauffeurs".
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machismo is almost an anagram for masochism
On the post: Guy Accused Of Being Part Of Anonymous Banned By Court From Using His Real Name Online
Inspector Python, of the Yard
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product displacement
"US brand Abercrombie and Fitch... offered to pay the rowdy, hard-partying cast of an MTV reality show not to wear its clothes."
No report on whether their decision to wear Abercrombie & Fitch involved accepting money from Land's End.
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it was only a matter of time
We have recently seen lawsuits for copyright infringement over less similarity than this.
I think we can all see where this is headed.
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