so a black Harvard professor got arrested - so what?[views:5206][posts:68]_________________________________________ [Jul 23,2009 3:31pm - Conservationist ""] When police forces act for their own profit, things are really bad. My complete rejection of speed limits and speed traps: http://www.amerika.org/2009/social-reality/bad-logic-speed-limits/ |
| _________________________________________ [Jul 23,2009 3:35pm - SacreligionNLI ""] Fuck speed traps. There's one in Upton on Rt. 140 where there's a blind turn, after which the speed limit drops from 45 to 30. There's almost always a cop there, and if you don't know that change is coming up they will get you everytime. |
| ______________________________ [Jul 23,2009 3:36pm - Yeti ""] he's black? |
| ____________________________________ [Jul 23,2009 3:37pm - arilliusbm ""] dude, I know exactly what you're talking about. that speed trap in upton SUCKS. not to mention they have those fance new black dodge charger cop cars.. |
| _________________________________________ [Jul 23,2009 3:38pm - SacreligionNLI ""] They do? Fuck! I don't even bother driving through that town anymore. I'm a GPS of Worcester county backroads and I've essentially erased that town from my maps. |
| ____________________________________ [Jul 23,2009 3:40pm - arilliusbm ""] I don't live near upton at all but I'm usually there hanging out in the woods. at least once every 2 weeks. and every time I see I cop hiding in the shadows or a black dodge charger following my ass. |
| _________________________________________ [Jul 23,2009 4:52pm - Conservationist ""] I detest speed traps. And we have plenty in Texas. Hilariously, they're staffed by Mexican cops these days, and they're just as racist as the good old boys used to be. |
| _____________________________________ [Jul 23,2009 4:58pm - darkwornli ""] it's better than the speed cameras in Britain. it's surprising how much civil liberty beatdowns go on in places like Britain and Austrailia that wouldn't work here. speed cameras in MA? yeah fucking right. |
| ____________________________________ [Jul 23,2009 5:02pm - arilliusbm ""] there are video cameras around every corner in London |
| _________________________________________ [Jul 23,2009 5:11pm - Conservationist ""] RustyPS said:I have no idea how this could be considered racist by anyone Anything certain people who are also of a minority background don't like is racist. They give you a get out of jail free card; it's hard not to use it. Diversity always fails! |
| ____________________________________ [Jul 23,2009 5:17pm - arilliusbm ""] This whole issue is getting completely blown up. I always found it funny that MA is one of the more "liberal" states in the Union, yet people always remember Boston as a racist city. A lot of pro-athletes were afraid to play in Boston because of that. Bill Russell use to complain about it when he played here 40+ years ago. In fact, I believe it was one of the first questions Sheed Wallace asked a few weeks ago. Anyway, perhaps this one event will trigger the same feelings of old across the country? |
| ____________________________________ [Jul 23,2009 5:24pm - arilliusbm ""] http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/07/23/officer.gates.arrest/index.html I like this Crowley guy more and more. |
| _________________________________________ [Jul 23,2009 5:33pm - Conservationist ""] arilliusbm said:Anyway, perhaps this one event will trigger the same feelings of old across the country? I think there's general frustration because instead of uniting the races, Obama seems to be cheering for one side. http://www.amerika.org/2009/organization/o...bama-and-the-end-of-racial-balance/ Not that this surprises anyone who has studied more than the last ~100 years of history, but still, it took America -- where people are just as ignorant on the left as the right -- by surprise. |
| ____________________________________ [Jul 23,2009 10:07pm - dreadkill ""] the way i look at it, you probably had to be there to know exactly what went down. i'll give both the officer and the professor the benefit of the doubt, since it turned out to be a misunderstanding and tempers often flare during when there's a misunderstanding. the person who looks like the real idiot here is the president. his news conference was supposed to be about healthcare so he should've dismissed the question asked about gatesgate, since it was completely irrelevant to the issue of healthcare reform. by commenting on something he didn't have all the facts about, he comes off as "acting stupidly." this was an issue for local officials to deal with and didn't need national attention or comments from the federal level. his comment will cause people to think he views the law as being not applicable to his friends and he endorses playing the race card without proper investigation of the incident. i've given the president the benefit of the doubt in his handling of the economy, healthcare, etc, but i'm disappointed in him for this. |
| _____________________________________ [Jul 23,2009 10:12pm - arilliusbm ""] me too.. I think Obama fucked up big time by saying what he did. |
| ______________________________ [Jul 23,2009 10:23pm - pam ""] darkwornli said:it's better than the speed cameras in Britain. it's surprising how much civil liberty beatdowns go on in places like Britain and Austrailia that wouldn't work here. speed cameras in MA? yeah fucking right. hahah, no shit. Those things would be knocked down and smashed within 48 hours. |
| ______________________________ [Jul 23,2009 10:25pm - pam ""] arilliusbm said:me too.. I think Obama fucked up big time by saying what he did. Yeah, probably unwise on his part but everyone sticks their foot in their mouth. Even with sunshine and butterflies coming out their ass. |
| _______________________________________ [Jul 23,2009 11:41pm - the_reverend ""] im fucking sick of hearing about this. granted, obama's stupid comment was stupid. |
| __________________________________________ [Jul 23,2009 11:55pm - Conservationist ""] the_reverend said:im fucking sick of hearing about this. granted, obama's stupid comment was stupid. Do you live in a multicultural neighborhood? |