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reply to post by Hefficide
This constant barage of negativity has left most of us in a state of perpetual shock. We go about our daily affairs with great fear and dread shoved deep down into the recesses of our minds. We no longer feel peace - because the threat is ever present.
Peace is over rated and violence and war are not nice but a steady reminder that things are real. If we all lived in the little bubble you are asking for life would be boring. Heck, life without mystery and subterfuge is pointless.
Besides that, your threads are based on conjecture, without a single piece of proof or evidence to back them up. Just some fancy, well picked words that have no real meaning at all.
Originally posted by Quantum_Squirrel
So shut up stop imagining things and do nothing?
or
Do something but that something is exactly what they made you do ?
Your debate is circular and nonsensical
Better to live 5 minutes as a Tiger than a lifetime as a worm (Red dwarf)
Originally posted by cosmicexplorer
I'm honestly telling you that 90% of our calls these days are complete crap because the public calls in stuff that shouldn't be called in. With cellphones now we get 10 calls a day of "traffic complaints" that we have to investigate only to stop a driver who is completely confused as to why someone complained on them.
I blame a lot of this on the public themselves...and perhaps the paranoia that the media and government has encouraged, but I think the real problem lies in education. People don't know how to get along or simply be kind anymore, or when they should call the police. Below I will list some calls I have had in the last year or so:
Call because someone saw a deer in the woods.
Call to fix a water heater...yes someone called the police to fix their water heater and was pissed I wouldn't do it.
Call to tell their kid I will take them to jail if they don't go to school...which I refused to do.
Call to get their money back because a restaurant messed up their order, civil issue we don't handle.
Call to ask me personally while working, if they could have money because they needed to get to court in another county.
Call because a car was "all over the road" which I witnessed as I was behind the caller...the suspect vehicle had only weaved one time within the lines and was driving perfectly normal.
Call from a person following a car telling me they were behind a car going 100 mph..they continued to follow this car at the same speed thus breaking the law themselves.
Call because someone sent them a hurtful text message or facebook message...my response is to block them.
Call because someone said they were gonna be killed...I will investigate it..only to find it may have never been said.
Call to ask how to file taxes.
Call to give someone a ride home who was drunk.
There are 1000s more....I also want to add that many of the calls we get ...the victim is the suspect the next day and vice versa. Almost every cop I know would rather focus on big time crime then petty crap like this and these calls above amount for more than half of our day usually.
Originally posted by Nucleardoom
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Besides that, your threads are based on conjecture, without a single piece of proof or evidence to back them up. Just some fancy, well picked words that have no real meaning at all.
What? What the hell are you talking about, no proof???
Homeland security - "If you see something, say something". Sounds like something right out of the East German stasi playbook to me.
NDAA - This speaks for itself.
The Patriot Act - Ditto with this one.
Homeland Terrorist - Just for having a Ron Paul BUMPER STICKER.
I'm barely scratching the surface here, if you want more proof I'll provide it, as well as links.
Are you living under a rock that has internet service or something?
edit on 19-9-2012 by Nucleardoom because: (no reason given)edit on 19-9-2012 by burdman30ott6 because: Offensive member name of ATS Troll removed
Originally posted by TinfoilTP
Originally posted by Quantum_Squirrel
So shut up stop imagining things and do nothing?
or
Do something but that something is exactly what they made you do ?
Your debate is circular and nonsensical
Better to live 5 minutes as a Tiger than a lifetime as a worm (Red dwarf)
Your analogy is flawed because it posits that there are only two choices, the tiger or the worm. The zookeeper laughs at such nonsense.
Originally posted by Hefficide
Many of you are simply lower level employees, making a living, serving what you see as a righteous cause, and doing the best you can with the limited information and access that you posses.
And many of you truly do fight the good fight with honor and integrity. For this I applaud, commend, and thank you. But I also add this: Can you be sure that your morally correct work is being used to morally correct ends by those above you?
at 86 flag , i chime
but the cone of silence , is over us all
right chief
... and you're right . it makes you wonder whose agenda is being
served when whistleblowers get labelled
" rogue agent "
edit on 19-9-2012 by radarloveguy because: coz