OT: You Might Be An Idiot If

[Ran-Taro]

[quote]Originally posted by Erax:

The warrior wears his courage on the outside and his compassion on the inside. The monk wears his compassion on the outside and his courage on the inside." (Japanese proverb)

We need fewer warriors, but have too few monks.

[Loser]

I don't think it's fair, Cherry, to blame the law for abuses of the law. This certainly applies to the fake-drugs issue and to any other 'plants'. It could be said to apply to the issue of racial profiling, but I don't think that's a worthwhile fight.

To more directly address the abuse issue in profiling I'll briefly describe how the law says such a bust has to work. The officer has to back up his search by saying he has 'probably cause'. That is, as everyone here probably knows, that he or she has good reason to believe there are drugs in there. The cop cannot put "He was black." down on his paperwork to back up his search. He can, however, put "I smelled a sag-like odor." or some such nonsense.

With the growing freedoms of information, eventually someone will put it all together and report on how often the cops use BS reasons for their probably cause on minorities compared to how often they use them against anglos or whites in general. Then things will change. Until then, legalizing possession is hardly the answer.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

well, i really really hate to say this, but find me a mother that didn't take at least a couple of picture's of there kids in the bathtub.

well, we could always say 'any nude pictures of other peoples kids or imaginary kids, wings or not.' it's a start.

[Ran-Taro]

Originally posted by Loser:
Until then, legalizing possession is hardly the answer.

Well, it would get rid of a hell of a lot of criminals that way. Given that you are never going to stop people taking drugs anyway, why not?

Perhaps then we could spend our law enforcement dollars on something else like, oh, I don't know... how about on addressing the root causes of violent crime? (Poverty and ignorance).

Nah, stupid idea.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

unfortunatly, some people are just mean.

[Ran-Taro]

Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
well, i really really hate to say this, but find me a mother that didn't take at least a couple of picture's of there kids in the bathtub.

well, we could always say 'any nude pictures of other peoples kids or imaginary kids, wings or not.' it's a start.

This is the thing though. What's wrong with kids being nude? To anyone who isn't a pervert, a naked kid is just a naked kid - not anything sexual at all to an adult. It seems to me we magnify the problem if we start seeing childrens bodies as somehow sexual, and therefore compulsively covering them up and making them all neurotic about it.

Just because there are a few perverts out there, does that mean we should bring up a whole generation of kids who start to get screwed up about sexuality before they are even sexual?

[Ran-Taro]

Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
unfortunatly, some people are just mean.

yeah, but educated mean people defraud instead of stabbing.

I know which one I'd choose in a pinch.