Professor Gates, Harvard's Pride - Page 8

Aliantha · 08-07-2009, 09:00 PM

lol...Ooops...is it racist if I laugh at that quiz?

Aliantha · 08-07-2009, 10:52 PM

I was just answering your question.

TheMercenary · 08-08-2009, 06:53 AM

Zen! You got to do a poll!

morethanpretty · 08-08-2009, 10:51 AM

According to everything I found, yes my facts are right.

Looks like she was resisting arrest to me. Taze the bitch. His life isn't worth less than hers. Just because she's old, doesn't make her a non-threat.
This is TEXAS, where everyone has a gun rack in their car, a gun on their side and another in their boot...if they're goin light that day.

Oh and the shoving or assaulting he does that you're referencing: he is clearly telling her to step back behind the truck. After repeated telling and pointing, he finally pushes her there, she doesn't fall and doesn't stumble, he must not have done it very forcefully, just enough to make her move.
Know how many cops get hit by cars on these routine stops? I don't, but enough that Texas has made it a law that you either have to change lanes or slow by 20mph when passing a cop on the side of the road. (Not very enforceable law though.) Again, he shouldn't have to lose his life over this old lady, he had every right to move himself and her out of danger.

Alibar · 08-09-2009, 10:20 PM

Gates behaved like a man with a huge chip on his shoulder. It was a surprise to learn he is supposed to be an expert of race relations. What a laugh. Too bad he didn't behave like an adult. It could have easily been taken care of with no harm.

Happy Monkey · 08-10-2009, 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Alibar

Too bad he didn't behave like an adult. It could have easily been taken care of with no harm.

By the cops. Once they determined there was nothing to take care of, they should have left. Too bad they didn't behave like adults.

classicman · 08-10-2009, 09:42 AM

Is there a term for ahole-ism.
Not related to this case specifically, but shouldn't there be a term for when aholes get treated like aholes....

Shawnee123 · 08-10-2009, 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by classicman

Is there a term for ahole-ism.
Not related to this case specifically, but shouldn't there be a term for when aholes get treated like aholes....

There is. It's called Poetic Justice.

classicman · 08-10-2009, 10:15 AM

HAGGIS!

classicman · 08-10-2009, 01:32 PM

BS.

Clodfobble · 08-10-2009, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

By the cops. Once they determined there was nothing to take care of, they should have left. Too bad they didn't behave like adults.

It's been my experience--and countless others'--that if you are polite to the cops, things go smoothly even if you're in the wrong, and if you're a dick to the cops, you may expect it to go badly for you no matter what. Anyone who still doesn't understand this basic reality after 50-60 years on this planet deserves what they get.

Happy Monkey · 08-10-2009, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

It's been my experience--and countless others'--that if you are polite to the cops, things go smoothly even if you're in the wrong, and if you're a dick to the cops, you may expect it to go badly for you no matter what. Anyone who still doesn't understand this basic reality after 50-60 years on this planet deserves what they get.

I don't believe that we should accept that cops are wild animals as "basic reality".

jinx · 08-10-2009, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

I don't believe that we should accept that cops are wild animals as "basic reality".

Following standard procedures to ensure their own safety and the effectiveness of their job is the exact opposite of acting like wild animals. They aren't just pulling this shit out of their ass on the fly as you seem to think.

Aliantha · 08-10-2009, 05:42 PM

Cops don't deserve to be given attitude just because they're doing their job.

For that matter, no one who's just doing their job should have to put up with attitude.

I wonder how much saliva from wait staff Mr Gates has consumed in his time.

Aliantha · 08-10-2009, 05:52 PM

They're not wild animals, they're just people, who don't get paid enough to put up with the crap they cop from some of the arseholes out there.

eta: bold and underlining. My point is they're not robots. They go out of their way to help people in trouble and perform heroic deeds every day (as a group of people) so why shouldn't they be shown the respect they're due for putting their lives on the line constantly?

08-07-2009, 09:00 PM	#1
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	lol...Ooops...is it racist if I laugh at that quiz? __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

08-07-2009, 10:52 PM	#2
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	I was just answering your question. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

08-08-2009, 06:53 AM	#3
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Zen! You got to do a poll! __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

08-08-2009, 10:51 AM	#4
morethanpretty Thats "Miss Zipper Neck" to you. Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: little town (but not the littlest) in texas Posts: 2,957	According to everything I found, yes my facts are right. Looks like she was resisting arrest to me. Taze the bitch. His life isn't worth less than hers. Just because she's old, doesn't make her a non-threat. This is TEXAS, where everyone has a gun rack in their car, a gun on their side and another in their boot...if they're goin light that day. Oh and the shoving or assaulting he does that you're referencing: he is clearly telling her to step back behind the truck. After repeated telling and pointing, he finally pushes her there, she doesn't fall and doesn't stumble, he must not have done it very forcefully, just enough to make her move. Know how many cops get hit by cars on these routine stops? I don't, but enough that Texas has made it a law that you either have to change lanes or slow by 20mph when passing a cop on the side of the road. (Not very enforceable law though.) Again, he shouldn't have to lose his life over this old lady, he had every right to move himself and her out of danger. __________________ Addicts may suck dick for coke, but love came up with the idea to put a dick in there to begin with. -Jack O'Brien Last edited by morethanpretty; 08-08-2009 at 10:57 AM.

08-10-2009, 09:42 AM	#7
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Is there a term for ahole-ism. Not related to this case specifically, but shouldn't there be a term for when aholes get treated like aholes.... __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

08-09-2009, 10:20 PM	#5
Alibar Jotter of Notes Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 11	Gates behaved like a man with a huge chip on his shoulder. It was a surprise to learn he is supposed to be an expert of race relations. What a laugh. Too bad he didn't behave like an adult. It could have easily been taken care of with no harm.

08-10-2009, 10:15 AM	#9
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	HAGGIS! __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

08-10-2009, 01:32 PM	#10
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	BS. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

08-10-2009, 05:42 PM	#14
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Cops don't deserve to be given attitude just because they're doing their job. For that matter, no one who's just doing their job should have to put up with attitude. I wonder how much saliva from wait staff Mr Gates has consumed in his time. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

08-10-2009, 05:52 PM	#15
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	They're not wild animals, they're just people, who don't get paid enough to put up with the crap they cop from some of the arseholes out there. eta: bold and underlining. My point is they're not robots. They go out of their way to help people in trouble and perform heroic deeds every day (as a group of people) so why shouldn't they be shown the respect they're due for putting their lives on the line constantly? __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

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