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Originally Posted by TheMercenary (Post 434134)

I still contend that with the proper adjustments on those things they could be used for foreplay at a much lower voltage. :D

You're very interesting, Merc. Very.

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Originally Posted by Elspode (Post 434133)

The woman in the first video was an ignorant bitch. She might as well have begged the cop to tase her. *I* wanted to tase her.

If she follows police instructions, she doesn't get tased. If she felt that she'd been unjustly detained, call a lawyer afterward, but the woman was operating her vehicle in apparent violation of at least a couple of laws (broken windshield, taillight out, no seat belt, and probably didn't have insurance or registration proof, from the sound of it), she became argumentative and verbally combative, and directly defied the orders of a police officer...multiple times. There wasn't one damn thing the guy said to her that she didn't argue about. She was begging to be detained and arrested. What was the cop supposed to do, physically drag her out of the car, risking greater injury to both the subject and himself? Or should he have just walked away and said, "Nevermind, lady. You've convinced me that it isn't worth the trouble"?

Looks to me like she was trying to provoke a situation whereby she might be able to sue and get a settlement somehow. Fucking waste of human space.

Sorry. Not feeling very socially tolerant this morning.

You know, if this womans parents had given her a few more beltings as a kid she'd probably know when to do what she's told.

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Originally Posted by Aliantha

You know, if this womans parents had given her a few more beltings as a kid she'd probably know when to do what she's told.

The ones that really irritate me are the talkers. They're always college-age males, like that guy in the UCLA library awhile back, or Mr. Don'tTaseMeBro, and they've clearly been raised to think that everything is up for discussion and compromise. They're never aggressive, but they never shut up and do what they're being told either. It's always, "I'm going, man--I just want to know..." and "Listen, just tell me why..." It's not your job to determine if the situation is fair. They're the cops and you're not. If you think you've been wronged, get a damn lawyer.

I know the ones you mean. There was a teenage party up the street from our place which the cops came to break up. Some of the kids insisted on mouthing off to the cops as they went about how unfair it was etc, and then there were the ones who wanted to argue about it and stand till. It really was quite funny watching these kids get loaded into the paddy wagon after being wrestled to the ground and handcuffed.

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Originally Posted by Undertoad (Post 400333)

Is tasering torture?

Torture is that which shocks the conscience; so, it's OK to taser someone as long as you don't shoot them in the head.