I made my best effort to remain within the confinements of "Self Defense" on the exact topic of what the thread had started with: Traffic Stop Cop video.
The guns are part of the self defense action used by cops. And the politics I always stay far away from them; I hate politics with a deep passion.
But I am also très realistic, and I understand the influence it has on our lives.
For example; a film like Eye in the Sky, if most of you have seen it; you'd certainly understand that a mature and intelligent discussion about this film doesn't go without involving the army general operating chief commander, and the high bureaucracy of our democratic electoral system with the highest posts. Our security and protection like anything else...taxes, status, classes, high rollers, oil, cars, natural resources, large companies, job creators, future markets, etc.; many decision makers are influencing our ways of living here in America.
But we don't need to talk about it, certainly not directly, and I abide fully by the rules of the forum. You mentioned my name personally, but Bob never referred to any politics @ all; zero, dip, nada. I have nil interest in it; my only great interest is self defense in justified circumstances. I know you didn't me personally, but because I am active in voicing my opinion I was easy to address...I guess.
This thread is a great thread; we brought the video cams into it as one of the very best solutions to resolve one of our biggest problems in our country.
And that young girl used it as her own selfish profit to justify her boyfriend's activity as a robber, a thief, and a gun carrier, which we don't yet know all the full details and lies told.
But we don't need to wait for the final verdict from a judge to talk about it, right. We just talk, we condemn no one, we judge no one till we're sure, then we can electrocute them all the guilty criminals with our amplifier's tubes. ...Shock treatments down below where it hurts most.
Again, I want NONE to do with politics,,,I HATE politics, and I stay away of it. I also stay away from sex, gender, race, colors and religions.
Read my posts, don't mention my name like if I was guilty of a violation (you wouldn't like it either, especially when you are a good person) and if you find a single post with a bias towards any one of those subjects, ban me right away.
But you won't find any, because I give zero importance to all that stuff in my life, the things I'm interested is science, music, films, happiness, joy, fun, toys, electronics, DACs, TTs, music recordings, Chet Baker, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Blues, Van Morrison, fast cars, beautiful vistas, people, life, trees, mountains, oceans, Iceland, Greenland, Ireland, Argentina, Tango, Rio, Samba, Cuba, Jamaica, Reggae, Opera, Ballet, justice for all. If others want to kill themselves over drug trafficking, racketeering , dirty money laundry, ripping off, rape, sex trade, power control, beliefs, race, oil, ....all the things of hatred and discord and inequality and tyranny and disrespect towards gender, women, children, slavery, human and planet abuse, brutality, ...they got something else coming up their way; just like they treat others they'll be treated the same, and they shouldn't be surprised if we defend ourselves righteously.
Anyway, how can we turn away from offenders, no matter where they coming from. And in this last case here, that girl got few of us running her way.
We all have a right to defend ourselves against any type of oppression, harassment, violence, power control, demeaning human offenses, disrespect, ... and I agree that in North America our cops are generally good cops; only few give them a bad name. But corrupted cops is nothing new in cities like New York, Los Angeles, Miami, ...
And some cops in some southern states near the Mexican border, and other parts, are bad as snake's bites. I am amazed on the lack of education of many of them captured on videos. It reminds me of some parts of Mexico where I've been many years ago. Some Mexican cop's attitudes are from hundred years ago; prehistoric and without human values.
Some I said, many from our readings.
I've used to go with a girl with a family of several generations of police officers and chief (sheriff master). Lee knows probably more than all of us reunited together.
And this is one of his thread of expertise, and it's one of my great subjects of interest. And screw politics.
If someone mentioned politics, Lee is smart enough to assess the situation to see if it spills over in ways that nobody wants here @ WBF.
I have seen ZERO of that here in this thread; a little perhaps but nothing to fret about.
