Recent content by Lethalmiko

I think tbone717 and Article V are making a lot of sense. I have also observed the strange movements of threads. There was one thread I joined that was originally in Grassroots central but got moved after I posted a number of supposedly "negative" comments. Dissenting views that seem to be...

Actually you are wrong because Gingrich/Santorum are establishment candidates. Winning a great deal of national delegates does not mean a majority. Besides, what percentage of delegates are from caucus states which RP so far is failing to win? The only state he won has already had its delegates...

NOTE: I posted this in another thread but think it is also appropriate here in case someone has an answer to the point I raised. ===========

The Calculus Behind the Race to Tampa How the GOP’s complex delegate math proves that Romney is further ahead than he looks "All campaigns are spinning the delegate math to their advantage. Mitt Romney’s team is arguing that his opponents cannot win enough delegates to overtake Romney’s...

Give me statistics of how many mildly insane people are arrested for crimes. Of these how many commit violent crimes? How many are accidentally harmed by cops? By your own admission, most mentally ill people are harmless. What is the probability that a harmful mentally ill person is walking...

Jonathanm, I will answer you properly later.

You are dishonest because you are twisting things and falsely accusing me of something I never said. Show me where I said anything remotely similar to the following: In any case, what is so hard about telling the cop, "I left the oven on at home and I am rushing to switch it off. Can you give...

It is unlikely because: a) Insane people generally do not commit crimes and remain within the population. b) Most insane people are in lunatic asylums. c) The probability of having a mad man being off his medicine away from the asylum and coincidentally committing a crime is extremely low...

Name one. What exactly am I wrong about? And please stop being dishonest. ------- Some argue that we do not need a professional police force since it is not in the constitution. Volunteer sheriffs and marshals and private citizens will do the job. While we are all in agreement that the police...

"The Court's majority opinion by Justice Antonin Scalia held that enforcement of the restraining order was not mandatory under Colorado law; were a mandate for enforcement to exist, it would not create an individual right to enforcement that could be considered a protected entitlement under the...

There is a flip side to this. Being uncooperative may delay the process of getting to the real culprit. Police may end up wasting precious time trying to eliminate you from the list of suspects. I am not suggesting you just take any crap from the police. Cooperation with the police and...

Nobody has answered the questions I asked in my first two scenarios. I will make my point nevertheless and then get back to the earlier comments later. In this post, I will give my own opinion, without necessarily agreeing with current law. PREAMBLE How do the police deal with a person...

Before I respond more specifically to those that have said something sensible, let me raise something else in line with this discussion. SCENARIO ONE Imagine that two policemen go to arrest a first offender for a small non-violent crime (eg not paying parking tickets or something similar), but...

Thanks Jonathanm for your substantive reply which raised interesting points for further discussion. The "Right to harm" You argue that the only case where a fleeing suspect can be harmed is when they are an imminent physical danger to another person. I am not sure how you derived this rule but...

Had a quick look and watched the video. Sad turn of events. I can't really say too much as I have not had time to analyze the issue. One argument is that the cop probably could have grabbed her from behind instead. Another argument is that this sort of unfortunate accident is very rare and a...