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  Generally Speaking Do You Support The Police?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
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  i know bad cops exist in many cities.

  i know some cops who aren’t “bad” but do have an attitude.

  however, i prefer to have law and order as opposed to chaos.

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  What does it mean to support the police anyway? I'm grateful for law enforcement and i respect the law. But that doesn't mean being an apologist for racist behavior.

  Also all humans are biased. Acknowledging your biases doesn't make you a bad person. Racial bias in law enforcement has been demonstrated repeatedly. That doesn't make law enforcement evil or bad. However as a society we should work to overcome those biases to the best of our ability. Advocating for racial profiling is the opposite and ironically violates the law officers are supposed to uphold.
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  Generally Speaking Do You Support The Police?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i know bad cops exist in many cities.

  i know some cops who aren’t “bad” but do have an attitude.

  however, i prefer to have law and order as opposed to chaos.

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  Another thing about body cams...yes peoples frivolous claims have been debunked, but also police have changed their behavior knowing that they can't hide behind false reports or have their buddies cover for them. Within the last month an officer in Texas was fired and charged with murder thanks to body cam footage. He shot and killed a black woman while doing what was supposed to be a welfare check up. At least we csn agree that body cams csn make us safer. It works both ways.

  https://abcnews.go.com/US/officer-bodycam-shooting-killing-woman-home/story?id=66237208
  
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  Generally Speaking Do You Support The Police?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i know bad cops exist in many cities.

  i know some cops who aren’t “bad” but do have an attitude.

  however, i prefer to have law and order as opposed to chaos.

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  As for "minority and black privelege" who are the ones creating the laws that give minorities this alleged privilege? Oh yeah, white people. But instead of being mad at the white people who made the laws you're mad at minorities and black people. Btw I'm against affirmative action and quotas. There is definitely still racism in hiring, but it's my belief these programs do more harm than good. I graduated and obtained my licenses without having anything dumbed down. I also don't understand why you can't admit that racism is still a big problem. If i can acknowledge faults in my community why can't you be honest about the numerous studies that show that there is a racial bias in crimminal justice? Do i need to show you links?
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  Generally Speaking Do You Support The Police?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i know bad cops exist in many cities.

  i know some cops who aren’t “bad” but do have an attitude.

  however, i prefer to have law and order as opposed to chaos.

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  Simon you're coming off as an emasculated, scared, angry white male. The only thing you know about black people is what you see or read in the media. Ironically it's white liberals in the media who coined phrases like "white privelege" etc. I don't know any black person who has been to a black lives matter rally. White SJW liberals are more offended by alleged racism and words than black people are. But the liberal media, who i actually despise, does a good job of riling you up and exposing your closeted racism. You assume I'm a Democrat, I'm not. They're a joke. You assume i was on my phone at night. I wasn't. But i see you're from the UK and you don't have the same concept of constitutional rights we Americans have. Our rights are not bestowed upon us due to the benevolence of the government. Rather we are born with them, they are inalienable. I can own a gun. I can speak freely without being arrested. I am also free from illegal search and seizure. You sound like you would willingly allow the government to read your mail and listen to your conversations. They could even search your house without warrant, because you're not doing anything wrong so it's no big deal. Sorry I don't go for that. I hope you're not one of those contradictory folks who rail against government control, while at the same time willingly ceding your civil liberties. The police have no right to detain citizens just because of their skin color. Not only is it illegal, based on numerous court rulings, its also racist. Again white men are more likely to do random mass murders so maybe we should take away their guns. White men also molest kids. Lets ban them from schools and boy scouts. Profiling is not cool. You can't stand for freedom and approve of profiling.
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  Generally Speaking Do You Support The Police?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i know bad cops exist in many cities.

  i know some cops who aren’t “bad” but do have an attitude.

  however, i prefer to have law and order as opposed to chaos.

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  Maybe we should also start rounding up and harassing white young men since they look like mass shooters. Do you see how ridiculous profiling is? I'm black and have family in Federal law enforcement, Department of Treasury in case you were wondering. Profiling is bad and lazy policework not to mention unconstitutional. I'm a college educated black male who has had to take time off from work to get bogus tickets tossed. I was stopped by police while standing in front of my own home once while talking on the phone. Was told "the neighbors called about a suspicious man they didn't recognize." That's obviously a lie because my family has lived at that home for longer everyone except one old widow. I cooperated, but its very sad this happens. I accidentally had expired plates in a white neighborhood and had 4 units and a canine unit respond. They said my car fit the description of a recently stolen car. More lies. I knew my rights and didn't let them search my car. After I showed my hospital badge they treated me nicely, though they did ask what i was doing in that area late at night. I had my new plates with me in my car and they let me change them and I was not cited. But white people need to put themselves in other peoples shoes before talking about things they will never experience. Not to mention Southern police participated in beating, murdering and covering up crimes against black people and civil rights people in the South. It's also a proven fact that black people recieve harsher sentences. So maybe you can see why many of us don't trust police. While I do have great respect for what the law represents and the function of law enforcement, I don't hold officers as individuals with any special regard or view them to be any more trustworthy than other citizens.
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  cleveland ohio convention results

  by nowwhat? in

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  of 3 in cleveland: avg.

  attendance 7500 baptised 27 a robust growth of 0.38%!

  not my convention so no details..

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  As someone mentioned earlier, if the death rate is 1% not to mention those who became inactive, this is a net loss. So much for tremendous growth.
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  cleveland ohio convention results

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  of 3 in cleveland: avg.

  attendance 7500 baptised 27 a robust growth of 0.38%!

  not my convention so no details..

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  For the cleveland convention I recorded 23 baptized. 18 sisters and 5 brothers.
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  U.K Human Rights Blog: Jehovah’s Witnesses, and judicial review being a last resort

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  2. child-abuse

  http://ukhumanrightsblog.com/2014/12/17/jehovahs-witnesses-and-judicial-review-being-a-last-resort/.

  r (o.t.a watch tower bible & tract society of britain) v charity commission, 12 december 2014, dove j, no transcript yet available, summary on lawtel ().

  judicial review is an excellent and flexible remedy, filling the gaps when statutory and other appeals do not provide a remedy for unlawful administrative acts or omissions.

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  It seems to me that the Charity Commision can continue their investigation despite the protests of the JWs
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  The Superior Qualities of Ancient Roman Concrete

  by fulltimestudent in

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  these concrete walls in trajan's markets in rome are nearly 2000 years old and survived a major earthquake in 1349 ce.. .

  caption: the concrete walls of trajan's markets in rome have stood the test of time and the elements for nearly 2,000 years.

  they have even survived a major earthquake in 1349.. credit: photo courtesy of marie jackson, berkeley.

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  Rebar does react with concrete, but they offer coated rebar to reduce this reaction. Reinforced concrete is much safer than unreinforced concrete in beams undergoing tension. Concrete is extremely atromg under compression but not very strong under tensile loads. Adding reinforcement allows r/c beams to be able to handle these loads. Also unreinforced concrete suffers brittle failures, which means it fails suddenly. Properly Reinforced concrete has an elastic failure which is much safer.

  The concrete mixture is likely the main reason roman concrete lasts so long. As the article mentions most concrete today is made of Portland cement, coarse and fine aggregate and water.
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  Why JW marriage is a huge problem for the organization.

  by kneehighmiah in

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  the difficulty of finding a marriage mate is well known for sisters.

  but i would say it's hard for brothers also.

  i was talking to a jw last night.

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  I already know physical attractiveness isn't the most important thing. I've dated a very physically attractive girl a few years ago and she is the only girl I've ever dated that I'm not still friends with. Actually she's not really friends with anyone. Also the most physically attractive women I know have been in the worst relationships. I'm not talking about only physical things here. I'm talking about being sexy, dressing well having intelligent conversation goals and taking care of health. Physical attractiveness is still important too. But it's interesting that the people I knew who are still married including my brother had to go to different cities to find decent sisters to marry. Those who stayed local have gotten divorced at a high rate. part of this I believe is because of controlling peoples clothing choices and stopping people from getting educated. Being a pioneer doesn't make up for being frumpy, way overweight, boring and lacking ambition and drive at age 22-25. All girls are not like that obviously. But we always joked that the ones who were most worldly were the best. Now I date worldly girls and dating is way easier. And sisters feel the same way about brothers. I've sister told me she's not attracted to jw guys. Another inactive girl told me most jw guys she dated were full of crap. Then on dates I've talked to one worldly girl who dated a witness previously and her friends had as well. she only had negative things to say. I feel like most JWs would marry worldly people of they could. Being JW does not make you more attractive in any sense.