Another problem with this country, sue sue sue. The cop should get fired, maybe some time server for whatever he might get charged for, why the hell does this person deserve money? People are so concerned with money they are blind to wrong or right. So the guy got a few bruises and will have a night of jailtime under his belt, but not on his record, at least not for long. So why possibly ruin some cops ENTIRE life because he made a mistake? If he had killed the guy, broken some bones, etc, fine, sue for medical expenses and some time off work, but this society is entirely too libel in my opinion, and I know I share that opinion with others. It's not like the cop makes that much anyhow, so then what, he goes to prison forever almost and then guess who ends up paying, the dumbass that got knocked off his bike that sued the cop who couldn't pay.
I call that karma personally.
Oh, also, I laughed a little when the cop launched that guy off his bike. It's not like he was out having a ride on a nice day, the whole premise of these rides are to cause problems so someone will pay attention. I'm sure there's some greater good cause, but they're blocking traffic and causing headaches, good job helping society !!
Did we see what the guy was doing up the street? Hell no we didn't, how do we know the guy wasn't weaving around and being fairly wreckless? Should the cop have knocked him down like that? Of course not, but then again, what if that guy had ridden into the crowd and hurt someone, or several someones?
"Why didn't the cops try to stop him or try to keep him in line?"
That's exactly what we'd hear. I don't think this guy should be charged with anything serious but he certainly doesn't need to be an police officer. Everyone gets up in arms when cops do bad things but when cops do good things it's just their job. I think people need to unpucker their a-holes a little bit and relax.
If the cop had gone apeshit and beat the holy hell out of the guy, being up in arms is fair enough, but he knocked him down, there isn't an easy way to stop someone on a bike, so maybe he should have just let it go.
It's all about judgement calls, people get angry when the cops tazer/shoot someone they think has a gun. I'm not talking about the kid with a phone that gets tag 26 times in the back, that's dereliction of duty.
I'm talking about the guy who is trying to arrest someone and the person breaks free, tries to flee and turns around or does something else stupid.
I seriously doubt some of the folks that post these up in arms replies about how the cop is a pig and such could do the job that these men/women do, seriously. Some would end up getting shot or beat up because they decided using force of any kind wasn't really needed even if the person was unruly.
So close the bar and have more people lose their job? Screw the politician who can't keep his shit straight, they are suppose to be held to a higher standard when they are in a public office.
I'm fairly new to the company I work for and any time I bring up working from home to some of the old timers ( either in age or just having been with the company for awhile ) I usually get blank stares or rebuffed nicely. Some of them seem to change their tone when I tell them there is not one thing I can't do from home, but they usually have something they think is crucial that I be in the office. I prefer to email fellow associates so I have a record of what we talked about, this keeps me from wasting post-it notes.
In the end I think some parts of companies could stand to allow some of their folks work from home but you always have the departments that have to be on site for various reasons, and you know they'll be pissy since they have to come to the office.
I like how one 17 year old was arrested for child porn and molestation or something. Both of which are going to ruin the rest of his life. Even if the kid wasn't going to have much of a life, he doesn't need to have that label because his gf was dumb enough to give him naked pictures of herself. Same would go the other way if a guy sent his gf pics and burned her, he'd get whatever was coming.
But to charge for child porn, people don't THINK what they're going to do the kid before they up and charge them.
Granted this guy was a SEAL, but they carry them, and there's coverage there too. Do you people read the news at all? The Taliban were threatening to blow up cell towers in Afghanistan .
Yeah, taking a cell phone out on patrol is stupid, but all this shit about "that's fake, how could he have coverage" is a lame argument to say the least.
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That should be heels near the start of the story.
Don't lump them all together
Not everyone in ACE or FEMA gets rich from scheming, remember that.
Re: Re: Re: I hope
As stated above by someone explaining what it is, I'm still right in what I said.
What I said wasn't an attack on the rides, just a simple version of what any protest is, to cause problems so someone will pay attention.
Re: I hope
Another problem with this country, sue sue sue. The cop should get fired, maybe some time server for whatever he might get charged for, why the hell does this person deserve money? People are so concerned with money they are blind to wrong or right. So the guy got a few bruises and will have a night of jailtime under his belt, but not on his record, at least not for long. So why possibly ruin some cops ENTIRE life because he made a mistake? If he had killed the guy, broken some bones, etc, fine, sue for medical expenses and some time off work, but this society is entirely too libel in my opinion, and I know I share that opinion with others. It's not like the cop makes that much anyhow, so then what, he goes to prison forever almost and then guess who ends up paying, the dumbass that got knocked off his bike that sued the cop who couldn't pay.
I call that karma personally.
Oh, also, I laughed a little when the cop launched that guy off his bike. It's not like he was out having a ride on a nice day, the whole premise of these rides are to cause problems so someone will pay attention. I'm sure there's some greater good cause, but they're blocking traffic and causing headaches, good job helping society !!
Did we see everything?
Did we see what the guy was doing up the street? Hell no we didn't, how do we know the guy wasn't weaving around and being fairly wreckless? Should the cop have knocked him down like that? Of course not, but then again, what if that guy had ridden into the crowd and hurt someone, or several someones?
"Why didn't the cops try to stop him or try to keep him in line?"
That's exactly what we'd hear. I don't think this guy should be charged with anything serious but he certainly doesn't need to be an police officer. Everyone gets up in arms when cops do bad things but when cops do good things it's just their job. I think people need to unpucker their a-holes a little bit and relax.
If the cop had gone apeshit and beat the holy hell out of the guy, being up in arms is fair enough, but he knocked him down, there isn't an easy way to stop someone on a bike, so maybe he should have just let it go.
It's all about judgement calls, people get angry when the cops tazer/shoot someone they think has a gun. I'm not talking about the kid with a phone that gets tag 26 times in the back, that's dereliction of duty.
I'm talking about the guy who is trying to arrest someone and the person breaks free, tries to flee and turns around or does something else stupid.
I seriously doubt some of the folks that post these up in arms replies about how the cop is a pig and such could do the job that these men/women do, seriously. Some would end up getting shot or beat up because they decided using force of any kind wasn't really needed even if the person was unruly.
And here I thought we were talking about my ISP.
Re: The bar/owner
So close the bar and have more people lose their job? Screw the politician who can't keep his shit straight, they are suppose to be held to a higher standard when they are in a public office.
Re: Paul
Do you see anyone making money off this on Youtube by selling it?
No, I didn't think so, there's a large difference between merchandising and tossing a video up on a free web host.
Re: You've got to be kidding
I always loved that about Ubisoft games, all the way back to R6, those god forsaken Bs and 8s screwed me up all the time.
Telecommuting vs. Old Schoolers
I'm fairly new to the company I work for and any time I bring up working from home to some of the old timers ( either in age or just having been with the company for awhile ) I usually get blank stares or rebuffed nicely. Some of them seem to change their tone when I tell them there is not one thing I can't do from home, but they usually have something they think is crucial that I be in the office. I prefer to email fellow associates so I have a record of what we talked about, this keeps me from wasting post-it notes.
In the end I think some parts of companies could stand to allow some of their folks work from home but you always have the departments that have to be on site for various reasons, and you know they'll be pissy since they have to come to the office.
One word...
Woot
Re: I'd want mine to sound like a Ferrari Testarossa
I'd rather have it sound like an H1 Hummer (loud ass military version) or a tank.
I like how one 17 year old was arrested for child porn and molestation or something. Both of which are going to ruin the rest of his life. Even if the kid wasn't going to have much of a life, he doesn't need to have that label because his gf was dumb enough to give him naked pictures of herself. Same would go the other way if a guy sent his gf pics and burned her, he'd get whatever was coming.
But to charge for child porn, people don't THINK what they're going to do the kid before they up and charge them.
They have cell phones too
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/10/23/2007-10-23_parents_of_fallen_li_seal_get_sons_medal.html
Granted this guy was a SEAL, but they carry them, and there's coverage there too. Do you people read the news at all? The Taliban were threatening to blow up cell towers in Afghanistan .
Yeah, taking a cell phone out on patrol is stupid, but all this shit about "that's fake, how could he have coverage" is a lame argument to say the least.