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  Who/ What In Your Opinion Was The Best?

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  the best president.

  the best boxer?

  the best over all athlete?

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  The best meat?

  I bought a strip of Wagyu beef from Costco a few weeks ago, quite an investment even at Costco prices. Cut it up into steaks and vacuum sealed it and had some cooked sous-vide and then seared, and froze the rest.

  I just always wanted to try it to see if it really was any different.

  It really is, it's awesome! The only downside is that it's ruined "normal" (cheap) steak for me and I'm now planning on splurging for some of the fancy imported Kobe A5 stuff.

  Best athlete: Daley Thompson, or Sebastian Coe, or Carl Lewis ... those are the people I remember from when I bothered to watch the Olympics.

  I'll throw one in:

  Best songwriter: Bob Dylan, by a long country mile.
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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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  I indicated that I haven’t observed an increase

  So you're now trying to change it to whether there has been a change in the amount, not whether it happens or not?

  Wow, it's like trying to nail jello to a wall!

  If these things didn't happen 20 years ago (and I don't believe they did) ...

  ... and they happen now

  ... then wouldn't that be .... an increase?
  
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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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  I haven’t seen an increase of this where I live (and what you listed would fall under the category of racism in general society). The thread asked for personal observations. I can’t speak for the entire planet. Nor is this the type of racism to which I specifically referred.

  I notice you edited your post to include "(where I live)", perhaps to try to give the impression that my response was somehow irrelevant, and you are trying to re-enforce that by repeating the "where I live" in this response too and attempting to make it all about personal observation only.

  Are you saying it doesn't affect peoples lives, "where you live", or that it doesn't occur, "where you live"?

  'cause if you live in any western country, the latter is probably a lie.

  I don't think the question was "have you experienced it yourself or seen it directly".
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  I Feel Bad For The Police

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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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  Shitty parents who set bad examples teach these kids the wrong way to live, expecting handouts and govt giveaways

  Who educated those parents?

  I think great parenting can overcome poor teaching, when it comes to morality and ethics, but lacking an education overall sets people on a bad trajectory.
  
  
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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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  Little of that type of racism has any real effect on day-to-day life.

  So giving an inferior candidate your spot at university ...

  Promoting an inferior work colleague because of a diversity quota & PR ...

  Not hiring someone on the basis of their race ...

  You don't think these have any real effect on people's day-to-day life?
  
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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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  If you want to fix the problem get to the root - systemic race based poverty and penalizing drug addiction

  The root is really teachers unions and the substandard education given to black children. Anything downstream of there is just trying to solve the consequences and address the symptoms, not the real cause of the problem.

  The problem predominantly happens in Democrat controlled cities and states where the party relies on contributions from those teachers unions, so don't expect change anytime soon.

  Although there do seem to be some initiatives to attach funding to children so they would have more choice as to which school they could go to.

  But in those democrat cities, the black people vote in the democrats, thus ensuring their own continued misery.

  If only they were better educated to make better choices ... ha, see how it all works yet?

  Teachers unions don't give poor education because they are incapable, they do it because it advantages themselves and the people they support. It just screws over the children they are meant to educate.
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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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  Most people don't care much for Cops in the same way they don't care for Politicians

  I think most people usually strongly support the police.

  There is a small, vocal, and very violent minority who are given disproportionate coverage in the media but I don't think they have widespread support in reality.

  Whatever people may claim they want on Twitter, they do NOT really want to have the police removed from where they live. It's always some other community that they want it for, not their own.

  I expect most black people want more police in their neighbourhoods to protect them from the violent criminals that prey on them.
  
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  Derek Chauvin - The Right to a Fair Trial

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  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 I mishear something in the trial?

  Was there some question about whether the car exhaust could have effected him, and did I imagine that they dismissed it because his blood oxygen level was so high?

  If so, how do you die of asphyxiation and at the same time have plenty of oxygen in your bloodstream?

  I'm not a doctor, but I thought "breath to get oxygen" was a thing?
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  What police have to deal with

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  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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  He ends up dead for “not complying”

  No, he ends up dead for either shooting at a cop or appearing to be about to shoot at a cop. If you hide your hands, then swing your arm quickly toward the cop, I think you should expect to be shot. Especially if you've been a grade A idiot jackass for the last 30 minutes for no good reason whatsoever.
  

  Why did the jack booted thug need to open the car door?

  Why did the grade A idiot have to be a jackass?

  Now, you don't get to accuse police who are doing their job of being "jack booted thugs" on this site unless and until they actually have been "jack booted thugs".

  Please reserve such language for when it is actually warranted, and not when their actions are more than justified.
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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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  At some point people will have to agree to the "terms and conditions" for the area they want to enter which could include the policies for policing and law and order.
  

  No one can then complain that they don't like it. If they want to live in the "no cops, fight for survival" area then have at it, and enjoy.

  If they enter a "we enforce laws here, expect to be shot if you attack someone" and get themselves shot? Too bad, so sad.