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PostPosted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 12:37 am    Post subject:

A good communicator gets his/her point across in as few words as possible.

Wordiness is verbal m [AT] sturb [AT] tion.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 12:56 am    Post subject:

All cops are not bad.

We need to revamp rather than defund the police force. Fire all of them and re-hire the good ones.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 2:53 am    Post subject:

FernieBee wrote:
A good communicator gets his/her point across in as few words as possible.

Wordiness is verbal m AT sturb AT tion.


That can be true sometimes....other times absolutely not.
Depends on the topic and depth of the conversation.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 2:55 am    Post subject:

nickuku wrote:
All cops are not bad.

We need to revamp rather than defund the police force. Fire all of them and re-hire the good ones.


The police as an institution is evil AF.
Anybody who joins up to enforce unjust laws on the populace deserves no defense
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 10:37 am    Post subject:

nickuku wrote:
All cops are not bad.

We need to revamp rather than defund the police force. Fire all of them and re-hire the good ones.


My definition of "good ones" are cops who will break the blue wall of silence or blue code/shield. Whatever it's called when they don't report, don't intervene, and they cover up misconduct committed by each other.

You don't have to literally be a criminal officer to be a bad one. Covering up for a bad cop makes you a bad cop. Period. That should be the standard.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 1:23 pm    Post subject:

They're a gang like any other. Perhaps worse because they have institutional immunity.

You notice no one hates firefighters?
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 1:28 pm    Post subject:

kikanga wrote:
nickuku wrote:
All cops are not bad.

We need to revamp rather than defund the police force. Fire all of them and re-hire the good ones.


My definition of "good ones" are cops who will break the blue wall of silence or blue code/shield. Whatever it's called when they don't report, don't intervene, and they cover up misconduct committed by each other.

You don't have to literally be a criminal officer to be a bad one. Covering up for a bad cop makes you a bad cop. Period. That should be the standard.


You and I are spirit animals on this issue. Once again I agree 100%.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 4:57 pm    Post subject:

jonnybravo wrote:
kikanga wrote:
nickuku wrote:
All cops are not bad.

We need to revamp rather than defund the police force. Fire all of them and re-hire the good ones.


My definition of "good ones" are cops who will break the blue wall of silence or blue code/shield. Whatever it's called when they don't report, don't intervene, and they cover up misconduct committed by each other.

You don't have to literally be a criminal officer to be a bad one. Covering up for a bad cop makes you a bad cop. Period. That should be the standard.


You and I are spirit animals on this issue. Once again I agree 100%.


I've said it before, and I'll say it again.

You can have 10 bad cops and 1,000 good cops.

But if the 1,000 good cops do nothing about the 10 bad cops, you have 1,010 bad cops . . .
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 29, 2020 8:23 am    Post subject:

Ghislaine Maxwell is hot and I alone can fix her.
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 29, 2020 10:34 am    Post subject:

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Ghislaine Maxwell is hot and I alone can fix her.


Can I watch?


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PostPosted: Sat Aug 29, 2020 10:36 am    Post subject:

FernieBee wrote:
Baron Von Humongous wrote:
Ghislaine Maxwell is hot and I alone can fix her.


Can I watch?


Jerry Falwell, Jr., is that you?
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 29, 2020 11:18 am    Post subject:

DaMuleRules wrote:
jonnybravo wrote:
kikanga wrote:
nickuku wrote:
All cops are not bad.

We need to revamp rather than defund the police force. Fire all of them and re-hire the good ones.


My definition of "good ones" are cops who will break the blue wall of silence or blue code/shield. Whatever it's called when they don't report, don't intervene, and they cover up misconduct committed by each other.

You don't have to literally be a criminal officer to be a bad one. Covering up for a bad cop makes you a bad cop. Period. That should be the standard.


You and I are spirit animals on this issue. Once again I agree 100%.


I've said it before, and I'll say it again.

You can have 10 bad cops and 1,000 good cops.

But if the 1,000 good cops do nothing about the 10 bad cops, you have 1,010 bad cops . . .
Yes, we all agree. Doesn't mean all cops are bad. There are plenty of inspiring officers that joined the force to try and weed out the bad officers. I work at a hospital and interact with police on the daily. Some seem like genuine people that really want to help the community while some are a$$es, same could be said of doctors.
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 29, 2020 11:44 am    Post subject:

xxsicrokerxx wrote:
Some [cops] seem like genuine people that really want to help the community while some are a$$es...


There are:

good mechanics & bad mechanics

good grocers & bad grocers

good teachers & bad teachers

good cops & bad cops

However, a bad cop can take away a person's liberty and/or life in the course of doing a bad job.


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PostPosted: Sat Aug 29, 2020 11:47 am    Post subject:

FernieBee wrote:
xxsicrokerxx wrote:
Some [cops] seem like genuine people that really want to help the community while some are a$$es...


There are:

good mechanics & bad mechanics

good grocers & bad grocers

good teachers & bad teachers

good cops & bad cops

However, a bad cop can take away a person's liberty and/or life in the course of doing a bad job.


And then get a paid vacation out of it.
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 29, 2020 12:24 pm    Post subject:

Controversially I think more bad people should die than good people and 2020 is not complying.
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 29, 2020 1:57 pm    Post subject:

xxsicrokerxx wrote:
Yes, we all agree. Doesn't mean all cops are bad. There are plenty of inspiring officers that joined the force to try and weed out the bad officers. I work at a hospital and interact with police on the daily. Some seem like genuine people that really want to help the community while some are a$$es, same could be said of doctors.


See this is where I get somewhat controversial. Some of those officers may know of times their fellow officers abused their power or acted inappropriately and didn't report it. And even though they are pleasant, kind, and by the book themselves. They are part of the problem for not reporting the misbehavior of their coworkers.
I admit, I wouldn't expect that with every type of worker in every profession. I hold law enforcement to a higher standard.

My solution. Incentivize police chiefs and sheriffs to run a tighter ship with performance based bonuses. Deduct their pay if police misconduct is reported by the public after 24 hours if it hasn't been reported within the law enforcement department before then. Pay bonuses for officers who report misconduct of their coworkers. Deduct pay for officers who don't wear body cams. It wouldn't completely fix the problem. But we're better off than we are now.
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 29, 2020 2:17 pm    Post subject:

kikanga wrote:
xxsicrokerxx wrote:
Yes, we all agree. Doesn't mean all cops are bad. There are plenty of inspiring officers that joined the force to try and weed out the bad officers. I work at a hospital and interact with police on the daily. Some seem like genuine people that really want to help the community while some are a$$es, same could be said of doctors.


See this is where I get somewhat controversial. Some of those officers may know of times their fellow officers abused their power or acted inappropriately and didn't report it. And even though they are pleasant, kind, and by the book themselves. They are part of the problem for not reporting the misbehavior of their coworkers.
I admit, I wouldn't expect that with every type of worker in every profession. I hold law enforcement to a higher standard.

My solution. Incentivize police chiefs and sheriffs to run a tighter ship with performance based bonuses. Deduct their pay if police misconduct is reported by the public after 24 hours if it hasn't been reported within the law enforcement department before then. Pay bonuses for officers who report misconduct of their coworkers. Deduct pay for officers who don't wear body cams. It wouldn't completely fix the problem. But we're better off than we are now.
Absolutely agree.

Police reform is needed. Which involves better deescalation drills and better combat skills. Unfortunately, its going to take a lot of time and money.
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 29, 2020 2:23 pm    Post subject:

FernieBee wrote:
xxsicrokerxx wrote:
Some [cops] seem like genuine people that really want to help the community while some are a$$es...


There are:

good mechanics & bad mechanics

good grocers & bad grocers

good teachers & bad teachers

good cops & bad cops

However, a bad cop can take away a person's liberty and/or life in the course of doing a bad job.

A bad driver can take away a good driver's life. A botched surgery can lead to the death of a patient. Anyone can cause harm/injury doing a bad job.
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 29, 2020 2:27 pm    Post subject:

kikanga wrote:
xxsicrokerxx wrote:
Yes, we all agree. Doesn't mean all cops are bad. There are plenty of inspiring officers that joined the force to try and weed out the bad officers. I work at a hospital and interact with police on the daily. Some seem like genuine people that really want to help the community while some are a$$es, same could be said of doctors.


See this is where I get somewhat controversial. Some of those officers may know of times their fellow officers abused their power or acted inappropriately and didn't report it. And even though they are pleasant, kind, and by the book themselves. They are part of the problem for not reporting the misbehavior of their coworkers.
I admit, I wouldn't expect that with every type of worker in every profession. I hold law enforcement to a higher standard.

My solution. Incentivize police chiefs and sheriffs to run a tighter ship with performance based bonuses. Deduct their pay if police misconduct is reported by the public after 24 hours if it hasn't been reported within the law enforcement department before then. Pay bonuses for officers who report misconduct of their coworkers. Deduct pay for officers who don't wear body cams. It wouldn't completely fix the problem. But we're better off than we are now.


We'd have to find a better way to measure performance. My (former) buddy whos is in law enforcement said they keep stats and no matter what the official word you want to use, there are most certainly quotas. Any cop that says they don't have quotas on tickets, arrests etc is (bleep) lying. They just renamed it. It's just like the continuing narrative that these guys are working for peanuts. It's a lie.
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 29, 2020 2:45 pm    Post subject:

xxsicrokerxx wrote:
FernieBee wrote:
xxsicrokerxx wrote:
Some [cops] seem like genuine people that really want to help the community while some are a$$es...


There are:

good mechanics & bad mechanics

good grocers & bad grocers

good teachers & bad teachers

good cops & bad cops

However, a bad cop can take away a person's liberty and/or life in the course of doing a bad job.

A bad driver can take away a good driver's life. A botched surgery can lead to the death of a patient. Anyone can cause harm/injury doing a bad job.

I wish I had qualified immunity as a bad driver.
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 29, 2020 3:07 pm    Post subject:

Robin Hood Health Care: the rich should pay the insurance of the poor!
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 29, 2020 3:15 pm    Post subject:

xxsicrokerxx wrote:
DaMuleRules wrote:
jonnybravo wrote:
kikanga wrote:
nickuku wrote:
All cops are not bad.

We need to revamp rather than defund the police force. Fire all of them and re-hire the good ones.


My definition of "good ones" are cops who will break the blue wall of silence or blue code/shield. Whatever it's called when they don't report, don't intervene, and they cover up misconduct committed by each other.

You don't have to literally be a criminal officer to be a bad one. Covering up for a bad cop makes you a bad cop. Period. That should be the standard.


You and I are spirit animals on this issue. Once again I agree 100%.


I've said it before, and I'll say it again.

You can have 10 bad cops and 1,000 good cops.

But if the 1,000 good cops do nothing about the 10 bad cops, you have 1,010 bad cops . . .
Yes, we all agree. Doesn't mean all cops are bad. There are plenty of inspiring officers that joined the force to try and weed out the bad officers. I work at a hospital and interact with police on the daily. Some seem like genuine people that really want to help the community while some are a$$es, same could be said of doctors.


And they typically end up getting fired. That's how we ended up with Chris Dorner.
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 29, 2020 3:46 pm    Post subject:

Baron Von Humongous wrote:
I wish I had qualified immunity as a bad driver.


Please stop confusing me with good information.


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PostPosted: Fri Sep 04, 2020 6:46 pm    Post subject:

Alien3 is good.

Alien Resurrection remains bad.

That is all.
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 04, 2020 9:32 pm    Post subject:

Baron Von Humongous wrote:
Alien3 is good.

Alien Resurrection remains bad.

That is all.


I think you’re dyslexic
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