Comment Re:Way to prove their point! (Score 1) 738
Sure they can. Ireland is self sufficient in food, or it could be if it had to be. No idea about the rest though.
I'm with you and I think the grandparent post is full of shit.
What, am I ruining your two minutes hate, or would you like to continue the armchair psychoanalysis?
I can accept that they are human beings that will react differently. It was your assertion that his reaction was based on his training that made me wonder why the female officer did not react in an even remotely similar fashion. Strangely, first you implied she did (her "training kicked in"), but now you seem to admit that she didn't.
You can do the strawman thing if you like, but you are still going to see situations like this over and over again, and its not going to be some power tripping dickhead. I've seen it in Ireland, the UK, the US and now Canada I guess. It wouldn't be applied to everyday situations, but intimidation as a technique for crowd control is tried and trusted. It makes no never mind to me if you believe it or not.
Haha! Did you really just call an attractive 20-something woman blowing bubble's an "ugly mob"? That's... just... I salute you my friend, your logic is astounding.
Hi there, we call that a generalisation around these parts, as in the general case.
I mean, wow, that mob was so ugly that the other officer at the scene was talking with one of the 'rioters' in question with a smile on her face. That. is. terrifying.
His 'crowd control' tactics are what cause the riots 50% of the time. Take a look at La Cross WI Halloween riots, for years there would be a violent riot every Halloween, until the police finally realized that the rioters were responding to their presence in full riot gear blocking streets. So they changed tactics, got the bars to serve out of plastic bottles, pulled the riot cops, and reassigned them to be fast responders to break up bar fights and whatnot. The result? No riots at all, not even an 'ugly mob' to be found.
Great, maybe you could get yourself elected and mandate that this procedure be used in all crowd control situations, rather than inflicting your diamond sharp responses in between web wanks on the rest of us?
She obviously does not react in the same way that OB does, and I'm puzzled as to what you think shows that her "training kicked in" (meaning that she would react in a similar way to OB since they would have similar training).
Eh despite another poster trying to paint them as robots, they are in fact human beings and will react differently until certain situations start occurring or they realise that others think they are occurring. If it was so distasteful to her why didn't she stop it from happening or interfere in some way? Solidarity? Why do you think police officers in every developed country act the same way in crowd control situations? And they do. Unless you're saying that most police officers are congenitally vicious thugs.
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