Professor Gates, Harvard's Pride - Page 3

Cloud · 07-27-2009, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

Next time I'm skulking about outside my own home, and the police ask me if I live there and want ID, I'm going to start screaming "PMS" rather than show my ID.

Perfect!

Flint · 07-27-2009, 03:06 PM

Isn't this a bit like the people who get mad at store clerks for checking their ID when they want to make a credit card purchase? The reason the clerk is doing it isn't because they are "out to get you" or whatever the hell stupid reason.

Happy Monkey · 07-27-2009, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Flint

Isn't this a bit like the people who get mad at store clerks for checking their ID when they want to make a credit card purchase? The reason the clerk is doing it isn't because they are "out to get you" or whatever the hell stupid reason.

Yes, but I think there's not much disagreement over whether Gates was being an ass; just whether he should have been arrested.

Happy Monkey · 07-27-2009, 02:22 PM

The closest thing to "crying wolf" in the "break-in" would be the neighbor calling 911, but that wouldn't apply unless she was in the habit of doing that.

Shawnee123 · 07-27-2009, 02:35 PM

Yeah, I'm sorry: I meant "next time I'm inside my house after forcing my door open" I will scream because, really, I want anyone to have the right to force my door open. Don't they know WHO I AM?

Happy Monkey · 07-27-2009, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

Yeah, I'm sorry: I meant "next time I'm inside my house after forcing my door open"

Did you mean "after using the key to get in the back door after the front was stuck"?

Happy Monkey · 07-28-2009, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

Did you mean "after using the key to get in the back door after the front was stuck"?

I may have been wrong about that. I don't remember now where I saw the thing about the back door.

Glinda · 07-28-2009, 10:24 AM

Any of you ever had to bust into your own house? I have.

What would I have done if the cops showed up to arrest me?

First of all, I've lived here five years. People around here know me (and I'm so far off the beaten track that there are no strangers), so the odds of being reported are zero, but let's say it happens. What would I do?

My first inclination would be to assume the cop was at the wrong address (again, I'm in the woods at the end of a gravel road that's at the end of a gravel road - convoluted road schematics and damned few road signs). If he insisted that I identify myself, I'd show him my ID, then go into my office and whip out my mortgage papers.

What's so hard about that?

Oh yeah, I don't have a male ego.

glatt · 07-28-2009, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Glinda

Oh yeah, I don't have a male ego.

Happy Monkey · 07-28-2009, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Glinda

If he insisted that I identify myself, I'd show him my ID, then go into my office and whip out my mortgage papers.

What's so hard about that?

As per the transcript linked above, Crowley called the wagon after verifying Gates' identity. He should have been gone at that point.

Shawnee123 · 07-27-2009, 03:08 PM

That isn't what the neighbor said, who called 911: they saw a person wedging into the door. Or, were the cops casing the joint just WAITING for him to do just that (duh duh DUHHHHHHHHH theme music.)

Quit playing semantics with me, ya pansy ass pansies.

Happy Monkey · 07-27-2009, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

That isn't what the neighbor said, who called 911: they saw a person wedging into the door.

I'm talking about the arrest, not the cops coming 'round in the first place.

Flint · 07-27-2009, 03:09 PM

Yeah, I'm sure cops never hear people try to talk their way out of stuff with complex excuses.

TheMercenary · 07-27-2009, 07:57 PM

Wow! look at the racial bias...

classicman · 07-27-2009, 09:43 PM

Shaw123 - you Rock!

07-27-2009, 03:06 PM	#2
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Isn't this a bit like the people who get mad at store clerks for checking their ID when they want to make a credit card purchase? The reason the clerk is doing it isn't because they are "out to get you" or whatever the hell stupid reason. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

07-27-2009, 02:22 PM	#4
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07-27-2009, 02:35 PM	#5
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Yeah, I'm sorry: I meant "next time I'm inside my house after forcing my door open" I will scream because, really, I want anyone to have the right to force my door open. Don't they know WHO I AM? __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

07-27-2009, 03:08 PM	#11
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	That isn't what the neighbor said, who called 911: they saw a person wedging into the door. Or, were the cops casing the joint just WAITING for him to do just that (duh duh DUHHHHHHHHH theme music.) Quit playing semantics with me, ya pansy ass pansies. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

07-27-2009, 03:09 PM	#13
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Yeah, I'm sure cops never hear people try to talk their way out of stuff with complex excuses. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

07-28-2009, 10:24 AM	#8
Glinda Fucktard Resistance League Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: 1.14 acres of heaven Posts: 1,512	Any of you ever had to bust into your own house? I have. What would I have done if the cops showed up to arrest me? First of all, I've lived here five years. People around here know me (and I'm so far off the beaten track that there are no strangers), so the odds of being reported are zero, but let's say it happens. What would I do? My first inclination would be to assume the cop was at the wrong address (again, I'm in the woods at the end of a gravel road that's at the end of a gravel road - convoluted road schematics and damned few road signs). If he insisted that I identify myself, I'd show him my ID, then go into my office and whip out my mortgage papers. What's so hard about that? Oh yeah, I don't have a male ego.

07-27-2009, 07:57 PM	#14
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07-27-2009, 09:43 PM	#15
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