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fiore280 (59 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 11:54 AM Original message |
Kerry Speech Tasering: The point people are missing |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
1. Great post! |
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bos1 (997 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 12:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
34. I disagree totally. And just like the crowd applauding the cops |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 01:08 PM Response to Reply #34 |
47. I do NOT agree that the kid should have been "tasared' I do agree that he |
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Nailzberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 11:27 AM Response to Reply #47 |
138. Physically resisting arrest makes him a threat |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 01:49 PM Response to Reply #34 |
65. I don't get it either. Being passionate = threat and OK to take down and taser? |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 02:10 PM Response to Reply #65 |
80. It scares me |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 02:31 PM Response to Reply #80 |
86. You know, my primal urges help me to "fully understand" the cops frustration and |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
2. This is obvious. |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
3. Absolutely. Nice To See A Rational Post On The Subject. |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 02:32 PM Response to Reply #3 |
87. A true rational post support from ... |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
4. hey now, you are using common sense |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
5. Great post and get thee to the Greatest page! |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
6. To not become heated, erratic, and disruptive, that's just common. |
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Old Vet (618 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
7. Exactly... |
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reality based (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
8. I don't think Senator Kerry agrees with you. He condemns the tasering. |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 12:04 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. I condemn tasering myself. But that doesn't make fiore280's post any less valid. |
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reality based (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 12:16 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. I have viewed two different videos of the incident. Until the police grabbed |
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Morereason (496 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 10:36 PM Response to Reply #19 |
120. exactly! |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 12:35 AM Response to Reply #19 |
152. He created a disturbance the minute he insisted on butting in front of the line and demanding to be |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 12:26 PM Response to Reply #10 |
25. Yes it does |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 12:40 AM Response to Reply #25 |
153. Don't you know this student is a regular disruptor? He has done |
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bunkerbuster1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 12:04 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. No, he doesn't "condemn" it. |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 12:12 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. con·demn |
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bunkerbuster1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 12:23 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. His opinion seems "unfavorable." but that definition... |
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reality based (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 12:23 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. Ah, yes, he merely "regrets enormously" |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
9. I think every public forum should come equipped with an Ass Room. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 01:47 PM Response to Reply #9 |
64. Probably not..warnings and |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 11:14 AM Response to Reply #9 |
136. Maybe DU IS the ass room. |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 12:05 PM Original message |
be that as it may, the thing I still find the most disturbing... |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
53. The rules in these appreances are simple, you line up |
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bigmonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 01:51 PM Response to Reply #53 |
66. Ok, you've pinpointed it. |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 02:07 PM Response to Reply #66 |
76. in the shaky video you can see a person behind him give a signal to |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 01:52 PM Response to Reply #76 |
141. The cops were the ones the ones that grabbed him though, right, Kurt? |
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aquamarina (772 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 07:38 PM Response to Reply #66 |
116. DING DING DING DING |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 06:28 PM Response to Reply #53 |
112. breaking the rules should result in civil confrontation, not police state tactics.... |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 08:15 AM Response to Reply #112 |
129. he wasn't tasered for speaking - he was tasered for holding onto a campus cop |
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bigmonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 12:07 PM Response to Reply #129 |
148. Once the police have him "under control" then all bets are off. |
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geek_sabre (619 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
145. delete nt |
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RangerRK (318 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
12. you guys are all joking right? |
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midlife_mo_Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 02:55 PM Response to Reply #12 |
93. All the while he is saying it, he is resisting arrest. |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 08:29 AM Response to Reply #12 |
131. There were people DEFENDING that crap??? |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 12:45 AM Response to Reply #12 |
154. Where is your link to this "new development" . |
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Bitwit1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
13. At least we know that Senator Kerry and democrats don't |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
14. The student was a niussance, not a danger |
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HardWorkingDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 12:33 PM Response to Reply #14 |
31. Did you not see him resisting? |
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republicansarewhores (755 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 12:55 PM Response to Reply #31 |
38. And what was he resisting for? |
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HardWorkingDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 12:24 AM Response to Reply #38 |
127. My point is... |
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WorseBeforeBetter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 11:44 PM Response to Reply #38 |
150. That's not why he was "escorted away" ... nice try. |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 01:08 AM Response to Reply #38 |
159. Oh please, the questions had nothing to do with anything. |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 02:00 PM Response to Reply #31 |
72. Ever hear of "pressure points"? cops are trained to use those! It would have taken 2 or 3 cops at |
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HardWorkingDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 12:23 AM Response to Reply #72 |
126. BS. Have you ever arrested someone? I have... |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
15. Yeah, but tazering? You just except tasering? |
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2rth2pwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
17. Doesn't anyone remember why Tasers are used? |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 02:04 PM Response to Reply #17 |
73. The man was NOT resisting at that point. He had handcuffs on and was subdued. :( nt |
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2rth2pwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 02:34 PM Response to Reply #73 |
88. He was resisting the entire time. |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 03:02 PM Response to Reply #88 |
94. Police officers are trained in "take downs" the first resort is NOT break out the taser |
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2rth2pwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 03:08 PM Response to Reply #94 |
96. It's ok to use force when he has been given a |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 03:26 PM Response to Reply #96 |
98. B.S. he was not endangering people. Sometimes judgement is subjective but this subject was floored |
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2rth2pwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 03:33 PM Response to Reply #98 |
100. fully subdued is our point of disagreement |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 01:10 AM Response to Reply #73 |
160. No, they tasered him becasue he wouldn't allow them to handcuff him. n/t |
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ThePowerofWill (462 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 03:53 PM Response to Reply #17 |
106. Seems you forget what Tasers are for. |
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2rth2pwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 06:29 PM Response to Reply #106 |
113. Ok , I'll put you down as an advocate of |
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ThePowerofWill (462 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 04:42 PM Response to Reply #113 |
144. Don't put words in my mouth. |
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Morereason (496 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 10:42 PM Response to Reply #106 |
121. Slippery slope we have embarked on |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 08:31 AM Response to Reply #17 |
132. Tasers are potentially fatal |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
18. Is this the 1950's? |
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ryanus (511 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
20. He wasn't screaming. Kerry said he'd answer. The police were the disturbance |
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zonkers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
21. A university ought to be wary about taser use. Too many things can go wrong and you can get sued.. |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
24. Kerry supporters aren't thinking |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 06:42 PM Response to Reply #24 |
114. Oh brother...get a clue... |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 10:19 PM Response to Reply #114 |
119. Spoken like a good German in 1940. Ozark Dem is absolutely right. |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 01:02 AM Response to Reply #119 |
157. The police thought otherwise and they are the authority in this matter. |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 12:57 AM Response to Reply #114 |
156. I agree. n/t |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 12:55 AM Response to Reply #24 |
155. Sorry, but the Student did this as a prank and if he would of listened to the officers |
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Mend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
26. you are definitely not from the 60's when our protests made this guy |
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fiore280 (59 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 12:30 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. but what about increasing the quality of political discourse? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 01:17 PM Response to Reply #29 |
51. Deleted message |
fiore280 (59 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 01:44 PM Response to Reply #51 |
62. my lies? |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 01:58 PM Response to Reply #62 |
70. Exactly! |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 02:06 PM Response to Reply #29 |
75. So who now gets to decide who's "screaming like a mental patient" or "who is a terrorist"? |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 06:26 PM Response to Reply #29 |
111. "I don't think screaming like an unhinged mental patient comes even close to what our ... |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 10:52 PM Response to Reply #29 |
125. Yeah because dressing up as Indians and throwing tea into the ocean is refined |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 01:06 AM Response to Reply #26 |
158. What, known better about what? |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
27. The kid didn't scream until the cops grabbed him. |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
28. Kent State Killings |
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fiore280 (59 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 12:45 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. No, that's ridiculous |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 12:54 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. but they were causing a public disturbance, and could have been a potential threat |
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american_typeculture (227 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
30. Yes, and per haps there will be a tea service in his jail cell. |
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bos1 (997 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
32. YOU are missing the point and thinking like a totalitarian. |
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fiore280 (59 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 12:52 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. It's not like the cops had a political agenda |
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bos1 (997 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 01:02 PM Response to Reply #35 |
42. "he was unruly". DEMOCRACY is unruly! |
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fiore280 (59 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 01:06 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. yeah, and you don't flail around |
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Desertrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 01:13 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. Bullshit. He was not trying to attack them |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 01:25 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. Fighting them doesn't mean he was attacking them! |
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fiore280 (59 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 01:28 PM Response to Reply #50 |
57. It doesn't matter |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 02:10 PM Response to Reply #50 |
79. No WAY! Look at the video again? You must be watching a different one. nt |
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Desertrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 01:09 PM Response to Reply #35 |
48. They told him he was being arrested for *inciting a riot*. |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 02:15 PM Response to Reply #35 |
83. At one point it looked as if he broke away |
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republicansarewhores (755 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
36. The kid presented NO THREAT WHATSOEVER. |
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RangerRK (318 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 01:27 PM Response to Reply #36 |
56. It seems some people are hoping that others will not actually watch the video |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 01:55 PM Response to Reply #56 |
68. they didn't taser him for asking questions -- a cop is heard saying: "if you |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 01:12 AM Response to Reply #56 |
161. Kerry was not there at that time-period. I believe the Senator. n/t |
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AntiFascist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 02:36 PM Response to Reply #36 |
89. Congratulations, this is the first post that even mentions... |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
39. The point you're missing is this trend to de-sensitize us to be treated like livestock. |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
40. who was the guy in the suit that cut his mike off? |
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Desertrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
41. I can't believe so many are not outraged by this. |
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fiore280 (59 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 01:04 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. HE WASN'T AT A POLITICAL RALLY, it's a SPEECH n/t |
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Desertrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 01:11 PM Response to Reply #43 |
49. I don't care. Questions were being accepted,right? |
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slowry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 01:57 PM Response to Reply #49 |
69. He wasn't asking questions; he was lecturing/yelling over the guest. Gahhhhhhhhhhhhh n/t |
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bos1 (997 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 01:22 PM Response to Reply #43 |
52. don't you know the word SPEECH sometimes has FREE in front of it? nt |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 01:27 PM Response to Reply #43 |
55. So you're telling me that the number of cops they had there... |
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bos1 (997 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 01:04 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Agreed. This is yet another scene that look more like Belarus than the US |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 01:29 PM Response to Reply #41 |
58. agreed, i also cant believe that people are blaming kerry for this. |
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RangerRK (318 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 01:45 PM Response to Reply #41 |
63. I think 'they' want us to believe there are alot of sick fascists in this country |
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Laughing Mirror (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 03:45 PM Response to Reply #41 |
103. A police state it has become, it is obvious |
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PDenton (513 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
45. I just thought maybe he'd been reading a little too much Daily Kos |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
59. Yeah, you would be at |
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fiore280 (59 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 01:36 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. oh come on... |
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reality based (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 01:54 PM Response to Reply #60 |
67. "Potential threat" Where have we heard that before? |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 02:11 PM Response to Reply #67 |
81. Perhaps "the decider" can ask Congress to pass a law to hold such contemptible people |
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reality based (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 02:19 PM Response to Reply #81 |
84. Do we have to have laws for that anymore? n/t |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 01:59 PM Response to Reply #60 |
71. Don't "give" you what? I don't understand |
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fiore280 (59 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 02:06 PM Response to Reply #71 |
74. just meant |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 02:14 PM Response to Reply #74 |
82. "tame and calm opposition" - oh yeah, that'll work. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 02:49 PM Response to Reply #74 |
92. Sorry, I meant you or anyone would be |
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fiore280 (59 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 03:54 PM Response to Reply #92 |
107. hah, yeah |
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kdpeters (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
61. Those cops made ZERO attempt at peaceful resolution |
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2rth2pwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 03:14 PM Response to Reply #61 |
97. Why should they be required to negotiate with him? |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
77. Thank you for making this... |
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fiore280 (59 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 02:37 PM Response to Reply #77 |
90. Amen n/t |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 12:06 PM Response to Reply #77 |
139. Men of integrity don't publish obvious lies. |
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goodhue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
78. The cops unduly escalated the situation, not the student |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
85. Escorting the student out was one thing. Nothing justified the tasering. |
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fiore280 (59 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 02:43 PM Response to Reply #85 |
91. should they use batons instead? |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 03:46 PM Response to Reply #91 |
104. No. They had more than enough cops to escort him out without using any weapons. |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
95. This is the part of the tape you don't see |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 03:30 PM Response to Reply #95 |
99. Even obnoxious little asshats have civil rights and are not to be tased after they're subdued. |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 03:37 PM Response to Reply #99 |
101. No slope at all |
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SaveOurDemocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 03:48 PM Response to Reply #101 |
105. I think that about covers it. n/t |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 04:01 PM Response to Reply #101 |
109. There were six burly officers there, this is NOT the streets of New Orleans right after the riots. |
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2rth2pwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 02:50 AM Response to Reply #101 |
128. Well put, can't argue with that. nt |
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AnarchoFreeThinker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
102. I agree. Baaaah, Baaa-aaaah. Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! |
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ConfidentialStatus (245 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
108. Sorry |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
110. Lots of people have seen the video and there are varying opinions, |
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fiore280 (59 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 10:42 PM Response to Reply #110 |
122. not really |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 04:00 PM Response to Reply #122 |
143. My reference to |
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Roy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
115. No point has been missed..... |
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fiore280 (59 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 10:49 PM Response to Reply #115 |
123. what a cynical contribution that was |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 10:44 AM Response to Reply #115 |
134. Totally agree. How the heck did this muddy up the "greatest page?" |
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Roy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 03:11 PM Response to Reply #134 |
142. Thanks to the both of you for proving my point |
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AikidoSoul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
117. Here's how Greg Palast describes the incident |
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fiore280 (59 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 10:51 PM Response to Reply #117 |
124. and that is a REALLY biased account |
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Inuca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 08:26 AM Response to Reply #117 |
130. Carelessly written self promotion IMHO |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
118. Evidently the kid had gone on and on for a very long time |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 11:16 AM Response to Reply #118 |
137. There's another video that shows the whole question, and he hadn't been |
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The Count (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 05:03 PM Response to Reply #137 |
147. and the inability of Kerry to defuse the situation - it was HIS Q&A |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
133. Deleted message |
Apollo11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
135. The cops were out of line |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
140. I complained about this thread to the mods. So of course, they pulled MY post. |
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The Count (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
146. poow wittle baby kerry! Threatened by a guy holding a microphone (which was cut too) |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 12:31 PM Response to Reply #146 |
149. What, exactly, did Kerry do wrong? |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 01:18 AM Response to Reply #146 |
162. This incident was not about the questions. Senator Kerry is alway receptive to questions and he was |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 12:31 AM Response to Original message |
151. I agree with you. And question why some of our own would help carry the Repub water. |
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