Comment Re:Is opening a spouses mail a crime? (Score 1) 496
I guess modders were not in the mood to read about a couple in a cohesive yet indiviudal marriage.
Shouldn't we be giving credit to Phillip K. Dick for authoring this story idea instead of Spielberg who, undoubtedly, has enough credits to his name and merely directed this film?
Thank you. Completey agree. If they were JUST referencing Mintority Report, I could see not caring as it might be about special effects, endings completely the opposite from the original story, or Tom Cruise. But since they are actually calling out "Pre Crime" in the title, give the credit where it is due.
Only a white guy is going to flip off a cop and think he should should get away with it. The rest of America knows you'll get shot in the back for pulling that shit.
That this was modded Troll is really a shame. It actually really gets to the heart of the matter. Police have created a system of being feared by the same people they are trying to protect. That is exactly what he is protesting. In TFA, he is very specific in explaining that he is protesting the killing of three unarmed people by area police.
For those that haven't RTFA, you should. It is actually a fairly well written and researched piece.
Seriously.. despite all the controversy it has stirred up.. if you don't have anything to hide.. who cares
Unless you are a devout nudist, you should be forced to wear a scarlet letter H for hypocrite.
There's plenty of examples of governments that didn't have that frustration. The opposing agendas are typically executed or jailed.
Or a common enemy is defined and both factions team up to build the weapons to destroy the enemy. Yet once that common enemy is defeated or marginalized the weapons are not melted down or turned to ploughshares but are maintained.
See: any law "For the Children", as an example of a weapon(law) which is employed in a noble pursuit, but later twisted into a means of oppression.
vigilante justice is vigilante justice: no accountability. compromised positions (your brother owns the saloon that was shot up/ it was your head of cattle that was stolen/ etc). petty nepotism. corruption. a posse of yahoos acting as cop, judge, jury, and executioner is not justice
yeah, sure an improperly identified/ untried/ hastily executed cattle rustler may make for a quiet town, but its also an evil town
such that the imperfect but impartial imposition of federal justice is far, far superior. the level of injustice far, far reduced
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