Police taser religious leader.

[Buffett and Colbert]

Well, it shouldn't be like that anymore. Latinos practically control the US.

Pfft. The next thing you know, you'll be telling me that that odd 'Hitler' fellow tried to pick a fight with Britain.

Keep talking like that and we'll take over your precious Burger King's!

[JuNii]

I'm of two minds here.

1) the pastor had no business interferring with the officer on duty.

2) the Officer should've shown more restraint and understanding.

I'll reserve judgement until after a trial...

[JuNii]

Well, it shouldn't be like that anymore. Latinos practically control the US.

Pfft. The next thing you know, you'll be telling me that that odd 'Hitler' fellow tried to pick a fight with Britain.

Keep talking like that and we'll take over your precious Burger King's!

Don't you dare touch our Burg... oh, Burger King...

that's ok. you can take that.

[Conserative Morality]

Keep talking like that and we'll take over your precious Burger King's!

Right. And we'll have "Personal Computers" as well? Pfft. Give me a break.

[Buffett and Colbert]

Keep talking like that and we'll take over your precious Burger King's!

Right. And we'll have "Personal Computers" as well? Pfft. Give me a break.

Looks like you've eaten your last french fry! And just for spite, you can say goodbye to Dunkin' Donuts as well! MUAHAHAHA!!

[Steam Steam East]

To put it simply, the use of tasers is police brutality and a clear abuse of their power. These officers need to show restraint and the last time I checked, police are not above the law.

[Conserative Morality]

Looks like you've eaten your last french fry! And just for spite, you can say goodbye to Dunkin' Donuts as well! MUAHAHAHA!!

Sadly enough, the only Dunkin' Donuts in my area went out of business a while ago.

[Buffett and Colbert]

Looks like you've eaten your last french fry! And just for spite, you can say goodbye to Dunkin' Donuts as well! MUAHAHAHA!!

Sadly enough, the only Dunkin' Donuts in my area went out of business a while ago.

Looks like my boys already got there.

[Rolling Dead]

Note that it was a Mexican church. Who wants to bet the cop was white?

Thats a racist assumption.


Most the Hispanics around here are being killed by Blacks anyways.

Who wants to bet the cop was Black?

Not as catchy is it?

[Greed and Death]

Kindly don't use topic titles which outright misdirect and possibly flamebait.

Ok, though I didn't mean it that way, and I don't think anyone took it that way.

[Milks Empire]

But if I had a taser, I'd probably tase people anyway.

Don't tase me bro.

*tases you*

*sneaks behind LG and rubs LG's nose with a feather coated in ground pepper*

[BunnySaurus Bugsii]

Kindly don't use topic titles which outright misdirect and possibly flamebait.

Ok, though I didn't mean it that way, and I don't think anyone took it that way.

I beg to differ.

The ridiculous schism between the thread title and the subject put in the first post, led me (and I suggest, the first page of posters) to see your thread as a pile of crap which I could freely spam, in the certainty that it would be soon locked.

I did not even take the first post seriously, until I was composing a reply and saw in the "subject" box of the post-entry page, that the subject had changed.

I realize that some people might take the subject seriously, and stopped with my spamming.

I think we each have some respect for each other. I'll throw all my credibility with you on the line, and suggest that you owe the Mod who changed your stupid thread title, who didn't lock this thread as a pile of spam, and didn't officially warn you for spam-baiting or flame-baiting, a somewhat more sincere admission that you fucked up.

A bit of "ok, I won't do that again" wouldn't hurt, either.

[BunnySaurus Bugsii]

OK, went and read the thread again.

I didn't see any other poster but myself so determined to spamjack the thread.

There isn't a rule that I know of, against spamjack-baiting, so I'll shut up and try to be nice.

Tasing isn't just painful an distressing, it is a threat to life. It can cause injury and it can kill.

I think it is good that police have an option other than wresting or shooting, but use of a taser should follow a standard somewhere between those two: necessary force to take an arrestee into custody, and lethal force to protect the life of the officer or an innocent.

Use as "tase first, ask questions later" is a load of crap.

[Wiesta Amereka]

To put it simply, the use of tasers is police brutality and a clear abuse of their power. These officers need to show restraint and the last time I checked, police are not above the law.

That is an erroneous assumption. There is no "simply" about anything, and to state "its an abuse of power and brutality" is near on trolling.

[BunnySaurus Bugsii]

To put it simply, the use of tasers is police brutality and a clear abuse of their power. These officers need to show restraint and the last time I checked, police are not above the law.

That is an erroneous assumption. There is no "simply" about anything, and to state "its an abuse of power and brutality" is near on trolling.

You can do better than that.

The use of firearms by police is not always "brutality and an abuse of their power." Except in the few enlightned countries where police do not carry weapons.

If police carry weapons but are unable to use them, aren't they walking candy-stores, bringing candy to violent criminals?

There are clearly cases where a cop with a gun needs to use the gun.

(I also think there is a very good case for cops NOT to carry guns, but let's grant that they do.)

I could rave on all night. I'll wrap it up.

The use of tasers in place of a gun, in circumstances where without the taser, a gun would have to be used, is reasonable and just. The use of a taser in circumstances where without the taser, physical confrontation and subdual by the police officer is sometimes just, and should be examined. The use of a taser in circumstances where neither physical restraint or the use of a gun would be justified, is police brutality and a clear abuse of power.

You might want to put a stronger case than that, but this seems stronger to me than calling "troll!"

[Wiesta Amereka]

To put it simply, the use of tasers is police brutality and a clear abuse of their power. These officers need to show restraint and the last time I checked, police are not above the law.

That is an erroneous assumption. There is no "simply" about anything, and to state "its an abuse of power and brutality" is near on trolling.

You can do better than that.

The use of firearms by police is not always "brutality and an abuse of their power." Except in the few enlightned countries where police do not carry weapons.

If police carry weapons but are unable to use them, aren't they walking candy-stores, bringing candy to violent criminals?

There are clearly cases where a cop with a gun needs to use the gun.

(I also think there is a very good case for cops NOT to carry guns, but let's grant that they do.)

I could rave on all night. I'll wrap it up.

The use of tasers in place of a gun, in circumstances where without the taser, a gun would have to be used, is reasonable and just. The use of a taser in circumstances where without the taser, physical confrontation and subdual by the police officer is sometimes just, and should be examined. The use of a taser in circumstances where neither physical restraint or the use of a gun would be justified, is police brutality and a clear abuse of power.

You might want to put a stronger case than that, but this seems stronger to me than calling "troll!"

umm......I was responding to "steam steam east", not you. Thats why the quoite was in there. It was a simplistic response to a simplistic statement.

[BunnySaurus Bugsii]

*snip mine*

umm......I was responding to "steam steam east", not you. Thats why the quoite was in there. It was a simplistic response to a simplistic statement.

Good answer.

I'm just trying to undo some of the violence and foolishness i visited apon this thread.

I'll stay out of your debate with Steam Steam East.

*doffs hat*

[Dyakovo]

To put it simply, the use of tasers is police brutality and a clear abuse of their power. These officers need to show restraint and the last time I checked, police are not above the law.

How exactly is the use of a taser automatically brutality and an abuse of power?