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Big things are just collections of little things. The little things matter. THat's why we have long lived phrases like 'the devil is in the details". When you only focus on the so called "big picture", it's blurry enough that you miss the facts and the details that expose the flaws. An idea...

I can't even say. Either they have deluded themselves to the point where they believe this will work despite ALL the massive amounts of evidence to the contrary, or they have some species of ulterior motive that isn't immediately clear but can't be good.

It is very true that there is a lot of money in poverty. But they are shooting themselves in the foot here. When this fails to work and the next gov't gets in they'll have all the excuse in the world to cancel it and cut back drastically on those jobs because they failed and things got worse.

Do you REALLY need me to explain this to you? You're sure you can't figure this out on your own?

It can be done. But - the single largest factor in whether it will be succesful by miles is how bad they want it. If they aren't motivated, there is zero chance of success. By making it more 'acceptable' and 'easier' to be an addict, all they're doing is taking away motivation to change. That...

It's not a question of whether or not they have rights. The question is would they give honest reviews of police or would they be more likely to give falsely negative reviews - or threaten the police with that if they arrest them. It should be fairly obvious that pretty much by definition...

I just don't see how this can work. I worked in the Downtown east side for years and got to know a lot of semi functional drug addicts (and some not so functional ones). The thing is - for the most part and by and large these are people who've given up and have made peace with the life they...

Do you think criminals who are legitimately arrested will be apt to leave positive reviews? The only thing that will ever be there is negative reviews that can't be substantiated. You would never recruit anyone decent to the job, the only people who would sign up are those who wanted the pay but...

Did i go and do it at their work? No? Hmmmmm. Imagine that - you cut out an important part i mentioned and tried to rewrite the argument because it wasn't going the way you liked. Then at the end of the day you get all cranky when i point stuff like that out and take your ball and go home...

Didn't actually happen :) But y'know -conservatives are evil.

Never even occurred to me to check. It would be interesting to see. I'm sure it's probably not ubiquitous, some probably are and some aren't or the like.

it may be the key to making sure it doesn't happen again though. If this is 5 asswipes who just happen to be this way then that's one thing, if it's a culture baked into that police department or if it's a fatal flaw in the screening or if it's being encouraged somehow by certain elements or...

Are the cops unionized in the states?

well there's no arguing any of that. The question is though, what do we do to prevent this kind of thing moving forward?

Good lord no - but we're considering their motivations, not their suitability for the force. I mean, how would you even know until they did that. It's relevant to whether or not they thought they'd get away with it which is what we were discussing. IF he was simply beaten they might get away...

Sure, if that makes you feel better :)

It sure is - i'm a hell of a guy :) As to the rest... sorry, i'm afraid i prefer women but that in no way is a judgement of your personal preferences. And no, russia is not 'comminist' now, it's a dictatorship. But i would guess that's your favorite kind of ship, so that works well :)

Awww muffin! You're sounding cranky. I get it, your buddy putin is losing the war and it's getting to you. you need a cookie and a nap. You'll feel better.

I listen to everything you have to say. If there's a problem, it would be on your end. That will be up to you. Civilized and intelligent commentary tends to get civilized and intelligent replies. If a little joke from a movie thrown in upsets you well, you might want to check your sensitivity...

Sure or, y'know, we could just take off and nuke them from orbit. It's the only way to be sure. :) This incident is pretty much what a militarized police force looks like, so i guess we already did that.