Posts by LoveUniHateExams

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I Feel Bad For The Police

by minimus in

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i think cops are getting a bum rap.

are there some cops who shouldn’t be cops?

are some over eager?

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Education system has always been about indoctrination - not sure about this, especially at university level and in Western countries.

If you want to fix the problem get to the root - systemic race based poverty and penalizing drug addiction - there is no systemic racism in the US. Racism does exist but the root goes to the African-American population. Fatherless children is a big factor. So is black culture - education is sneered at (US education is one of the best in the world), black kids pursuing education are 'acting white'.

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Do You Think White People Are Being Discriminated Against?

by minimus in

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some call it reverse discrimination.

whatever you want to refer to as, in your opinion, are white people being unfairly picked on?

it seems acceptable that if you are white you are viewed with disdain.

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Not all "discrimination" is bad

^^^ This, just this.

We, as responsible adults, discriminate all the time. I chose to go to Bolton uni, not Manchester Metropolitan. I discriminated in favour of one, and against the other.

Discrimination isn't a dirty word per se. 'Flange' is a dirty word, but 'discrimination' isn't.

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I Feel Bad For The Police

by minimus in

jw
friends

i think cops are getting a bum rap.

are there some cops who shouldn’t be cops?

are some over eager?

LoveUniHateExams

I don't really feel sorry for anybody, TBH.

There's clearly lots to unpack re this issue.

Most cops are decent public servants but some are incompetent or bad.

There must be decent training for cops before they go out on patrol. Any cops who cross the line should be properly punished after a fair trial.

Everyone deserves a fair trial. Morons who stir up sh1t like Maxine Waters should be punished. AFAIK, she's gonna get away with her rhetoric. This brings me to another point - the mainstream media. At the moment, the MSM seems to be anti-cop. There needs to be fair and accurate journalism, but we rarely get that.

Last but by no means least - citizens should comply with cops. The media in general aren't saying this but it's very important. People will continue to be shot by police because they're wannabe thugs, thinking they're playing Grand Theft Auto. If the cops shoot them, there's no reset button. This is life, not some f**king video game.

*rant over*

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Derek Chauvin - The Right to a Fair Trial

by Simon in

anyone following the derek chauvin trial?.

if you are actually following it, not just listening to the media, you will likely realize that there is a huge gap between what is going on in court and what is being reported in the media.. if the trial was fair, i think he should be acquitted.

there is plenty of reasonable doubt about the cause of death (his dealer doesn't want to testify because he could be guilty of 3rd degree murder for selling him a fatal amount of fentanyl) and even doubt over whether the officer even had his knee on the guys neck or did anything counter to what they were meant to do as per policy.. but is it fair?

LoveUniHateExams

and that was done and there were traces of fentanyl in his system - and was the level of fentanyl agreed upon by all the doctors?

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What police have to deal with

by LoveUniHateExams in

so, the actions of cops have come under scrutiny in recent days, what with the trial of derek chauvin and the death of daunte wright.

i certainly hope justice is served in both those cases.. what is easy for people to forget, is just what police officers have to deal with on a regular basis, during their interactions with citizens.. here's a video breaking down one such interaction.. a car owner was driving his car but the tags weren't legally displayed.

cops wanted him to pull over but the driver continued driving for a mile and a half with a police car following with sirens and lights.

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@Justmemorph - here's what should be done, as a social experiment.

First, explain and warn local people of a chosen city of this experiment, give them time to leave if they want to.

In one US city the police should be defunded. All cops should leave, get the f**k outta there.

And you and people who agree with you should go live there.

Sounds good to me ...

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The power of comedy

by LoveUniHateExams in

we live in strange times, in the middle of a culture war where saying certain opinions have consequences.

<--- so much for free speech.. thank goodness for satire.. https://babylonbee.com/news/nike-factory-graciously-offers-to-house-unaccompanied-migrant-children.

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"Women have always been the primary victims of war. Women lose their husbands, their fathers, their sons in combat." - Hillary Clinton

^^^ lol

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Derek Chauvin - The Right to a Fair Trial

by Simon in

anyone following the derek chauvin trial?.

if you are actually following it, not just listening to the media, you will likely realize that there is a huge gap between what is going on in court and what is being reported in the media.. if the trial was fair, i think he should be acquitted.

there is plenty of reasonable doubt about the cause of death (his dealer doesn't want to testify because he could be guilty of 3rd degree murder for selling him a fatal amount of fentanyl) and even doubt over whether the officer even had his knee on the guys neck or did anything counter to what they were meant to do as per policy.. but is it fair?

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One thing I want to nail down: how much fentanyl did George Floyd have in his bloodstream?

Are there conflicting reports of fentanyl levels in his blood or what?

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Derek Chauvin - The Right to a Fair Trial

by Simon in

anyone following the derek chauvin trial?.

if you are actually following it, not just listening to the media, you will likely realize that there is a huge gap between what is going on in court and what is being reported in the media.. if the trial was fair, i think he should be acquitted.

there is plenty of reasonable doubt about the cause of death (his dealer doesn't want to testify because he could be guilty of 3rd degree murder for selling him a fatal amount of fentanyl) and even doubt over whether the officer even had his knee on the guys neck or did anything counter to what they were meant to do as per policy.. but is it fair?

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Did all of the attending cops not know that cutting off a person's breathing capability such a choke hold or knee against the neck could cause an individual to blackout and possibly die ? - the cops were following local PD procedure at the time.

I certainly can see criminal negligence manslaughter in this incident - yes, me too.

He wasn't strung out high when the arrest took place, that can be confirmed by the video - you can't confirm whether or not someone has drugs in their system by watching a video. A qualified medical person needs to do a blood test.

Someone who is high on fentanyl doesn't act like that - one adverse effect of fentanyl is respiratory depression. In the worst case scenario, if someone ODs on fentanyl they can suffer chemical asphyxia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fentanyl

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Derek Chauvin - The Right to a Fair Trial

by Simon in

anyone following the derek chauvin trial?.

if you are actually following it, not just listening to the media, you will likely realize that there is a huge gap between what is going on in court and what is being reported in the media.. if the trial was fair, i think he should be acquitted.

there is plenty of reasonable doubt about the cause of death (his dealer doesn't want to testify because he could be guilty of 3rd degree murder for selling him a fatal amount of fentanyl) and even doubt over whether the officer even had his knee on the guys neck or did anything counter to what they were meant to do as per policy.. but is it fair?

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Justice served - yeah, maybe. I'm not in possession of all the details of the case, so I can't say for sure. I'll certainly go along with it. I'm not sure Joe Biden believes the guilty verdict was justice, though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iVdsRiFnRc

Biden says he wants to usher reform that will mean black and brown people won't get killed by cops. Well, I've got a very simple solution. US citizens: comply with officers of the law. <--- not difficult, is it?

Biden also mentions systemic racism in the US criminal and justice system. Chauvin was fired and arrested immediately after killing Floyd, and was recently found guilty on all counts. I'm not sure systemic racism even exists in American institutions.

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The choice of being alone has never been clearer.

by pistolpete in

something i've noticed is that marriage was the thing for those born before 2010. but today's culture of divorce laws slanted to favor women has forced men to think carefully before signing the marriage certificate.

most of my friends have no intentions of getting married.

all of them have gotten vasectomies, so there is no chance of being blamed for a pregnancy.

LoveUniHateExams

Marriage can be good if it's what a couple genuinely wants.

But the JWs practically force marriage onto its members, including born-ins.

Members know that if they have any kind of relationship outside traditional, heterosexual marriage, then they're gonna be shunned and lose their family & friends, their support network.

They also know that the WTS frowns on masturbation.

Personally, I wouldn't get married.

It seems to be slanted in favour of women, e.g. if I was worth £1 million and got divorced, my ex-wife could get £500,000. That would be one high-class escort, lol.