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William Shatner Doesn't Like Fat People (16 sec)
I actually know someone who used to date shatner. Her name is Hellen Hilliar, the two of them met because they both worked in theatre around here in ze Canada.
To this day, she says he used to be an arrogant prick.
As does most of the crew for the original Star Trek series
What happened before Code Pink was Hit? Here it is.
>> ^Payback:
Wow, this thread sure has people putting their heads up their asses. Jeez, this is a video rating site, not Capitol Hill...
Its a controversial video, in a political channel--what do you expect? If you're anti-intellectual, stick to the big boobs, nut shots, and fluffy bunny videos.
I'm sorry, do you have something to prove here?
From what i've read about your comments, you take things out of context and try to make some form of rebuttal against them.
"You clearly have no understand of the meaning of excessive force. Excessive force is judged, and is applied to the current situation only! It has nothing to do with past actions--it has to do with the current state of the arrestee. No matter how belligerent/criminal they were acting prior, if they are currently passive and cooperating you cannot apply force based on previous actions."
This seems to be a cover-up for the fact that you said that cops aren't allowed to do anything to someone who has been shooting cops.
"She could have shot 10 cops right before this, and they still could not have used that much force to arrest her."
Of which, two things. First, you only furthered their point about "But that doesn't mean that it would be excessive in every situation."
See, what I draw from that is, That much force can be used in certain situations and not be called Excessive, and that seems to be what you're trying to lecture them about.
And the second thing, If you think cops aren't allowed to use lethal force to subdue a target that's been shooting at officers, no matter how innocent they were in the first place, THEY JUST FUCKING SHOT 10 COPS. Lets even take cops out of the picture and replace it. THEY JUST FUCKING SHOT 10 PEOPLE.
There.
>> ^imstellar28:
>> ^anyprophet:
These types of videos always bring out the crazies who think we live in some kind of police state.
What is that, a joke? Rights don't mean anything unless you have them when you need them and in every single case in recent memory when someone actually needed them, they were violated. How is that not a police state?
Examples:
Confiscation of firearms during Katrina
Japanese sent to internment camps after pearl harbor
The American citizen who was sent to Guantanamo bay for several years.
Inability to protest in public (freedom cages)
Un-prosecuted Police Brutality
Ooo, a fun one now. Lets start with.. Oh, The guns, during Katrina. Now, you can keep in mind I'm canadian, and maybe we somehow think differently about these things up here.. But during a state of mass panic of the people, where mass disaster is happening, looting, all that fun stuff, I don't think it's a smart idea to have any form of firearm. All that's going to cause is more potential panic and destruction.
Japanese sent to internment camps? wow, we're really digging here aren't we. You are right for that point, their right to freedom was compromised, but that somehow doesn't fall under the category of "Recent Memory" to me. That more falls under the.. "There was a war going on at the time" category of things where lots of bad shit happened.
>> ^imstellar28:
>> ^Aemaeth:
>> ^charliem:
Its legal to defend yourself against a cop...hell you can kill a cop if they are arresting you and you are innocent.
Happened a few years back, guy got off any charges at all.
Wait, what? You can't be serious. What country is that in?
"I knew I hadn't been speeding, but he kept writing that ticket anyway, so I shot him."
Jesus you're ignorant. What is the difference between a cop and a criminal who approaches you, while you are minding your own business and not breaking any laws, and tries to utilize lethal force against you? Nothing! Unless the cops badge number is 007, he doesn't have a license to kill. If your life is in danger--from cop or criminal--you have a legal right to defend yourself. What country are you living in?
ohh... an attempt at a joke! It really wasn't funny.
Why don't we backtrack here to show the point they were making originally, but YOU were too ignorant to see it.
"She could have shot 10 cops right before this, and they still could not have used that much force to arrest her."
The main quote, by the way, really doesn't have anything backing it up, So far it's just someone saying "I heard once that..." which really has nothing to it. For all WE know, that's exactly what happened.
Other then that, their quote was a joke. That happens on the sift. a lot. They're usually funny... usually.
>> ^imstellar28:
If someone initiates lethal force on you, irregardless of the circumstances, you have the right to defend yourself with lethal force as well....
How hard is it to make a simple argument around here without a bunch of random, irrelevant crap spewed in response?
Yes gwiz665, I understand you would go to trial after killing someone. Yes I also understand shooting a cop who simply arrests you is not a valid self defense argument. Why are you even making these points?
And for the 10th time, SDGundamX, what would be the point of finding out what she said beforehand--are you just curious or something? Because it has no bearing on the argument of excessive force.
Who the fuck are you to stifle curiosity? For all we know she threatened the cop, she could have punched him in the face, she could have been weilding a tazer that miraculously got knocked out of her hands by a big boobed woman carrying a fluffy bunny, and then went on to hit some guy in the nuts. The cop, then seeing his opportunity finally struck back at the woman and saved his life and then went on to cure cancer.
We don't know every single detail of the circumstances surrounding the lethal force. You've taken up an "Innocent until proven guilty" stance, where as the rest of us are actually being optimistic.
Whatever your issue is, being it getting off by trying to correct people over teh interwebs, or thinking you're somehow superior to the rest of the sifters because YOU KNOW HOW TO USE BOLD! just save the asshole routine, and watch the video.
Oh, and just a P.S. don't bother quoting me and trying to make yourself seem like a big man. This post is long enough as it is without it being picked apart, also: I don't care about what you have to say in response.
And now, I'm going to go get some pie.
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Coca-Cola Commercial - I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing
And Now The News - New Laws Ban Sex With Animals And More...
I love the quote about the donald trump building though
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Star Trek II Wrath of Khan - In 5 seconds
moodonia
Thanks for telling me
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Hey shepppard,
sorry to be bearing bad news but it looks like your wrath of khan vid may be dead...
Hope its just my crappy net connection or youtube but it appears it may be.
MintBBB Serves Up A Venti Full Of Diamonds! (Femme Talk Post)
Sorry I'm late, some jackass kept asking me to buy them beer at the supermarket.
Team Fortress 2 - Meet the Sandvich!
Sam Harris: What happens if you really follow the bible
Sam Harris is clueless and clearly a forerunner of the Beast. I pity people like Mr. Harris that will lead others to destruction, his will be the greater damnation. No one that has read the Scriptures with a open prayerful mind, and knowledge of their own need of salvation, could come to those ignorant conclusions.
Anyone who reads the Bible should know 2nd Timothy 3:16 "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
Then "Rightly Dividing" the word of God we understand that Scripture is given to us THOUGH the writings of holy men INSPIRED BY God. There is no conflict, the Bible was written by men and still is the Holy Word of God.
I fail to see how this affects anything in the video.
The beginning of the video is talking about how you used to stone women who weren't vigrins on their wedding night, Gays, and children that talked back.
You follow a book that from your own words has been written by men who were inspired by god, and he's telling us to kill people?
You clearly aren't aware of how people stand on the sift, you may feel more comfortable on godtube.
See, to me, if there truly is a higher power that created life, he wouldn't have made mistakes. He wouldn't have made people who enjoy the company of the same sex by accident, he wouldn't have given children free will to talk back to their parents, and he certainly wouldn't have given women the ability to have sex before they were married. See, had god not wanted things to be that way, he wouldn't have made them that way.
But, something just tells me that the all-powerfull being, doesn't make mistakes.
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