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Quote from: QueenofHearts on September 03, 2013, 07:22:42 pmQuote from: Damen on August 27, 2013, 06:22:08 pmThis upsets and angers me, but, sadly, it doesn't surprise me. Something I found out during the course of the (many) gun debates I've had is that the government has ruled on a number of occasions that the police have no duty to defend you. That is what was decided in Warren v. District of Columbia, DeShaney v. Winnebago County and most appallingly, in Castle Rock v. Gonzales. Another case was the story of Joseph Lozito, a man who was attacked by a suspected serial killer on a New York subway and almost knifed to death before he managed to subdue the nutbag. The whole time a couple of cops were watching from the subway's cab. Lozito himself was seated by the wall...of the cab. Less than five feet away. The cops watched and hid during the fight.Stories and rulings like this make it hard for me to feel much more than disappointment in stories like this and the worst part is knowing that there's little chance that anything will be done to punish the officers in the station for their inaction.Wow, I don't know what's more disgusting. This story of blatant transphobia (on the assailant and the police) or the fact that you took this story as an opportunity to shamelessly plug guns when they weren't even mentioned...And I blame the NYPD's view of transwomen for this more than anything. I've mentioned before an NYPD officer told me to my face (while trying to figure out if I was trans) "I learned this trick at the academy to bust prostitutes, look for the adam's apple." The largest metropolitan police department in the world discriminates against as and they're far from the only police department to do so. These cops just see us as hookers and perverts, so society lost nothing of value in their eyes.How was he he plugging guns? He just said he learned that information in the course of a debate relating to guns. I don't see any other mention of it anywhere in his post.
Quote from: Damen on August 27, 2013, 06:22:08 pmThis upsets and angers me, but, sadly, it doesn't surprise me. Something I found out during the course of the (many) gun debates I've had is that the government has ruled on a number of occasions that the police have no duty to defend you. That is what was decided in Warren v. District of Columbia, DeShaney v. Winnebago County and most appallingly, in Castle Rock v. Gonzales. Another case was the story of Joseph Lozito, a man who was attacked by a suspected serial killer on a New York subway and almost knifed to death before he managed to subdue the nutbag. The whole time a couple of cops were watching from the subway's cab. Lozito himself was seated by the wall...of the cab. Less than five feet away. The cops watched and hid during the fight.Stories and rulings like this make it hard for me to feel much more than disappointment in stories like this and the worst part is knowing that there's little chance that anything will be done to punish the officers in the station for their inaction.Wow, I don't know what's more disgusting. This story of blatant transphobia (on the assailant and the police) or the fact that you took this story as an opportunity to shamelessly plug guns when they weren't even mentioned...And I blame the NYPD's view of transwomen for this more than anything. I've mentioned before an NYPD officer told me to my face (while trying to figure out if I was trans) "I learned this trick at the academy to bust prostitutes, look for the adam's apple." The largest metropolitan police department in the world discriminates against as and they're far from the only police department to do so. These cops just see us as hookers and perverts, so society lost nothing of value in their eyes.
This upsets and angers me, but, sadly, it doesn't surprise me. Something I found out during the course of the (many) gun debates I've had is that the government has ruled on a number of occasions that the police have no duty to defend you. That is what was decided in Warren v. District of Columbia, DeShaney v. Winnebago County and most appallingly, in Castle Rock v. Gonzales. Another case was the story of Joseph Lozito, a man who was attacked by a suspected serial killer on a New York subway and almost knifed to death before he managed to subdue the nutbag. The whole time a couple of cops were watching from the subway's cab. Lozito himself was seated by the wall...of the cab. Less than five feet away. The cops watched and hid during the fight.Stories and rulings like this make it hard for me to feel much more than disappointment in stories like this and the worst part is knowing that there's little chance that anything will be done to punish the officers in the station for their inaction.
Quote from: MadCatTLX on September 03, 2013, 08:29:31 pmQuote from: QueenofHearts on September 03, 2013, 07:22:42 pmQuote from: Damen on August 27, 2013, 06:22:08 pmThis upsets and angers me, but, sadly, it doesn't surprise me. Something I found out during the course of the (many) gun debates I've had is that the government has ruled on a number of occasions that the police have no duty to defend you. That is what was decided in Warren v. District of Columbia, DeShaney v. Winnebago County and most appallingly, in Castle Rock v. Gonzales. Another case was the story of Joseph Lozito, a man who was attacked by a suspected serial killer on a New York subway and almost knifed to death before he managed to subdue the nutbag. The whole time a couple of cops were watching from the subway's cab. Lozito himself was seated by the wall...of the cab. Less than five feet away. The cops watched and hid during the fight.Stories and rulings like this make it hard for me to feel much more than disappointment in stories like this and the worst part is knowing that there's little chance that anything will be done to punish the officers in the station for their inaction.Wow, I don't know what's more disgusting. This story of blatant transphobia (on the assailant and the police) or the fact that you took this story as an opportunity to shamelessly plug guns when they weren't even mentioned...And I blame the NYPD's view of transwomen for this more than anything. I've mentioned before an NYPD officer told me to my face (while trying to figure out if I was trans) "I learned this trick at the academy to bust prostitutes, look for the adam's apple." The largest metropolitan police department in the world discriminates against as and they're far from the only police department to do so. These cops just see us as hookers and perverts, so society lost nothing of value in their eyes.How was he he plugging guns? He just said he learned that information in the course of a debate relating to guns. I don't see any other mention of it anywhere in his post. That's because he wasn't plugging guns.Queen's just jumping to conclusions again.
How was he he plugging guns? He just said he learned that information in the course of a debate relating to guns. I don't see any other mention of it anywhere in his post. Would me bringing up something I learned in the course of being around the kind of people I had the joy of sharing a school with be plugging crazy people?
Humanity does learn from history,sadly, they're rarely the ones in power.
Life is too damned short for the concept of “guilty” pleasures to have any meaning.
Well I'm genderfluid not trans but no wearing skirts in NYC
It doesn't concern you, Sister, that kind of absolutist view of the universe? Right and wrong determined solely by a single all-knowing, all powerful being whose judgment cannot be questioned and in whose name the most horrendous acts can be sanctioned without appeal?
Being required by someone else’s religious beliefs to behave contrary to one’s sexual identity is degrading and disrespectful.
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Corinthians 13: 4-7
