Ferguson just got more complicated...

[orenbus]

 

[Occam's Banana]

That's why it's featured on the left hand side of every post?

It's featured on the left-hand side of every post so that users can "punish" posts & posters they don't like with neg-rep. That is its purpose.

Just like "Reply With Quote" is featured on the right-hand side of every post so that users can reply to a post with a quote.

Just like "Private Message" is featured on the pop-up menu you get when you click the username on a post so that you can send that user a private message.

IOW: It is there for what it is there for - and the rep button isn't there for sending private messages ...

I give up. It's a fucking green bar, people. I'm trying to express an opinion to another user privately, and we're getting upset over green bars. Awesome. Time well spent.

You're the one getting pissy because you didn't understand that the rep system isn't merely for "expressing an opinion to another user privately." That's what PMs are for.

All I did was (neutrally) explain to you the difference between the two.

 

[GunnyFreedom]

It's featured on the left-hand side of every post so that users can "punish" posts & posters they don't like with neg-rep. That is its purpose.

Just like "Reply With Quote" is featured on the right-hand side of every post so that users can reply to a post with a quote.

Just like "Private Message" is featured on the pop-up menu you get when you click the username on a post so that you can send that user a private message.

IOW: It is there for what it is there for - and the rep button isn't there for sending private messages ...



You're the one getting pissy because you didn't understand that the rep system isn't merely for "expressing an opinion to another user privately." That's what PMs are for.

All I did was (neutrally) explain to you the difference between the two.

 

[Occam's Banana]

I give it to Teh Collinz every time he uses: yourlogicalfallacyis.com But, I'm an asshole and I don't care.

Yeah, but you're not trying to "communicate privately" with him by doing that. You're just smacking him upside the metaphorical head for being an ass ...

 

[jonhowe]

Clearly I'm doing this wrong, and have been for 7 years.

You guys carry on, I'll leave the thread alone now.

 

[DevilsAdvocate]

Ferguson is an excuse for protesters to get a free TV, and for the left to blame whitey for social problems. No one has looked into the evidence at all to find out who was actually at fault. If you do this, you will find that nearly all the facts line up against Michael Brown, and support Darren Wilson's account almost to the letter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pr1oE34bIM

The race hustlers should have waited for a different case when the facts were more justifiable of a riot. Statistics says that somewhere, somehow a black person is going to be killed by a white cop, they probably wouldn't even have to wait that long. But of course in that case, the courts would doubtlessly rule to their favor, and they wouldn't have any reason to riot, defeating the entire purpose of the exercise.

The sad thing is that justice will likely not be served in this case. The jury will probably convict officer Wilson over some trumped up minor charges under pressure from all the insane people threatening to riot. They'll riot anyway of course.

 

[jmdrake]

Ferguson is an excuse for protesters to get a free TV, and for the left to blame whitey for social problems. No one has looked into the evidence at all to find out who was actually at fault. If you do this, you will find that nearly all the facts line up against Michael Brown, and support Darren Wilson's account almost to the letter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pr1oE34bIM

The race hustlers should have waited for a different case when the facts were more justifiable of a riot. Statistics says that somewhere, somehow a black person is going to be killed by a white cop, they probably wouldn't even have to wait that long. But of course in that case, the courts would doubtlessly rule to their favor, and they wouldn't have any reason to riot, defeating the entire purpose of the exercise.

The sad thing is that justice will likely not be served in this case. The jury will probably convict officer Wilson over some trumped up minor charges under pressure from all the insane people threatening to riot. They'll riot anyway of course.

Stephan Moleneuax gave that analysis before this video came out.



That said I agree with your overall point that there are clearer cut cases of police brutality.

 

[GunnyFreedom]

Ferguson is an excuse for protesters to get a free TV, and for the left to blame whitey for social problems. No one has looked into the evidence at all to find out who was actually at fault. If you do this, you will find that nearly all the facts line up against Michael Brown, and support Darren Wilson's account almost to the letter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pr1oE34bIM

The race hustlers should have waited for a different case when the facts were more justifiable of a riot. Statistics says that somewhere, somehow a black person is going to be killed by a white cop, they probably wouldn't even have to wait that long. But of course in that case, the courts would doubtlessly rule to their favor, and they wouldn't have any reason to riot, defeating the entire purpose of the exercise.

The sad thing is that justice will likely not be served in this case. The jury will probably convict officer Wilson over some trumped up minor charges under pressure from all the insane people threatening to riot. They'll riot anyway of course.

1) The rioters and looters in Ferguson are pretty much all from out of town, the locals generally protest without rioting.

2) You don't...seriously...believe that the courts do justice for the legitimate victims of police abuse, do you?