Hunh, I thought that in the USA, you could still hire strikebreakers for some industriesKopikatsu said:
Yeah, I guess you can. Somewhat.
Occupy Wall Street - Police Officer parks his motorbike on the leg of a protester (Breaking his leg)
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... Is it so hard for people to believe that cops would do this? Maybe you guys have nicer cops than Colorado or something (which would blow my mind as our everything is generally friendlier than other states according to my experiences) and I have no problem imagine them doing this.
Cops, rather regularly, kill people and injure people (at the very least once a day I'd imagine). My theory is this sevearly damages their emotional connection to the citizens, as well as their concept of of how serious it is to hurt someone else.
If I ever broke someone's bone, or honestly just injured them in any way I'd feel terribly upset about it because it NEVER happens. By contrast think of any time you have seen cops hurting someone, usually they don't react at all, it's just a part of the job, like taking out the trash or locking up a store if you work retail.
It's just something you do every day, and so every day it means a little less to you, and when violence becomes internally inconsequential you really open a whole new terrifying world of possibilities.
One way or another, everyone should be careful out there because I'm observing a growing Us vs. Them mentality between the cops and lower class citizens, and they always seem to be looking for an excuse to get violent to show us our place in the modern caste.
Cops, rather regularly, kill people and injure people (at the very least once a day I'd imagine). My theory is this sevearly damages their emotional connection to the citizens, as well as their concept of of how serious it is to hurt someone else.
If I ever broke someone's bone, or honestly just injured them in any way I'd feel terribly upset about it because it NEVER happens. By contrast think of any time you have seen cops hurting someone, usually they don't react at all, it's just a part of the job, like taking out the trash or locking up a store if you work retail.
It's just something you do every day, and so every day it means a little less to you, and when violence becomes internally inconsequential you really open a whole new terrifying world of possibilities.
One way or another, everyone should be careful out there because I'm observing a growing Us vs. Them mentality between the cops and lower class citizens, and they always seem to be looking for an excuse to get violent to show us our place in the modern caste.
My question is how did he get on the ground to begin with? Was he just lying there, did he fall, why is he lying in the middle of the street?
I love how people are trying to make this out as police brutality and not just some retard sleeping in the road no I take that back people with mental illnesses would have better sense to lie down in the road that combined with the fact people decided to crowed the guy on the bike when he was trying to get through (go on look at the video and how they close in) and I have no sympathy for these people
Guy's making a right fucking meal of it, like footballers do when they dive and roll around screaming. He saw the cameras and went for it, and came out looking like a bit of a melodramatic pussy.
Both of my legs were run over by 11 tonnes of 54 seater coach....I never made all that noise. That bike weighs probably 140kg, maybe 150. I've dropped heavier things on my foot at work!!
Not saying what the cop did was right, but the protester.....twat.
Both of my legs were run over by 11 tonnes of 54 seater coach....I never made all that noise. That bike weighs probably 140kg, maybe 150. I've dropped heavier things on my foot at work!!
Not saying what the cop did was right, but the protester.....twat.
Both sides are always going to be full of idiots, that's the real problem with the Us vs. Them mentality. On both sides of any two sided issues (as the sides would have to be so large with only two possible camps and no obvious idiot choice because that wouldn't be choice would it?) you're going to have idiots, but you're also going to have various brilliant minds on both sides as well.Elmoth said:
What I'm trying to say: it doesn't matter which side has idiots on it, or how many idiots are on which side. That is just ancillary bs, that strikes me as an excuse to not actually form an opinion. If what the movement is saying is something you agree with you shouldn't change it because you've read articles that make people on one side or another look stupid.
That's just rhetoric, and rhetoric is bullshit and should be totally ignored.
What do you care what someone else thinks about an issue? Why should it matter? Your best bet is to just pick a side that matches your moral compass and ride it out, knowing that on both sides you will be surrounded by stupid people making stupid choices (and smart people doing the same, for that matter). I'd rather be surrounded by idiots who share my beliefs and vision for the future than either compromise my morals or give into apathy.
I see a lot of irony in this. The police want these protesters gone, so what do they do?
Park a bike over a protester's leg so he can't move.
Park a bike over a protester's leg so he can't move.
Do you have superpowers? You read a comment and then suddenly know everything about them? That's pretty cool, man...AnotherAvatar said:
In all seriousness, don't assume you know him because of what he just said. I have the same opinion, care to take a swing at my background? Think that I grew up in a wealthy family? That I make you sick? I reckon if you would be wrong if you tried to figure out where I grew up from this.
I dislike striking, most of the time. It does nothing but harm most of the time. Protesting is all well and good, but it does nothing, and as Pandaman says, they should go back to their jobs. Or something productive if they don't have one, like looking for one.
Just because he disagrees with protests and riots he should get cancer? Do you know people who have suffered with cancer? If you do, your heartless as well as a general douche. If not, then get some perspective. Seriously, it's an opinion, it's not like he was saying the holocaust was awesome.
Biased source, shakey video (at the vital part where he gets run over)...yeah. Not really too sure what to make of this until I see it from another perspective. The police offer was going incredibly slow, why was the protester on the floor? There are a lot of questions that need answering about this video before it's safe to form an opinion.