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  • Godfather.
    Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    muskydan wrote: »
    No need for Apologies Godfather...I can hear in the background Joe Peschi in the background from Goodfellas saying "he's nothing but a Lowly RAT Henry".

    Parenting???? Wow, are now going to have those " difficult" conversations? I know ain't going there anymore....

    hahhahhah who dossent love Joe Pechi !

    Godfather.

  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    oftenreading wrote: »
    hedonist wrote: »
    brianlux wrote: »
    Thirty Bills Unpaid wrote: »
    Brian, I never targeted mickey with that comment.

    Media and social media has a hand in shaping the public's perception. And that, to some degree, is that cops are racist and out of control.

    The natural spin off to such a perception are the types of acts we are bearing witness to.

    If we taught critical thinking in our schools we could probably exchange media and social media driven public perception for much more realistic viewpoints regarding the world around us and probably a lot of the other consequences of poor education including racism and unwarranted violence. The fact that so many people get their perspective on the world through crap on TV and their social media is pathetic.
    Agree for the most part, but where do home and parenting come in? I value schools and its educators, but what does it say that school is the pinnacle for life lessons and common sense? Just a sad commentary?

    Why shouldn't we teach critical thinking in the schools? Development of critical thinking skills is the basis for education, isn't it? From what I see with my daughter's highschool, the teachers are doing a fairly good job of it, with a lot of emphasis on judging the validity of the sources of information.
    I'm absolutely not saying it shouldn't be taught - it should - but sometimes it seems the importance of what's learned and demonstrated within the home is underestimated, even not expected.

    Thirty, I wonder if the quoting thing is based on the device used? I've had a few issues but it seems to be OK for me now.
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,289
    Today's version of critical thinking ...

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    Be Excellent To Each Other
    Party On, Dudes!
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    I think that's a large part of it, Jason. A petri dish of narcissism, lack of forethought, and some strange new skewed language too.
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,289
    Cause and effect ....

    Man tries to run down police; they shoot, kill him

    UPPER DARBY, Pa. (AP) — A man who had posted an online video threatening to kill police and FBI agents tried to use his car to run down officers seeking to arrest him on Tuesday so, fearing for their lives, they shot and killed him, authorities said.

    Police did not immediately identify the man, who was killed in Upper Darby, in suburban Philadelphia, as officers ordered him out of the car and he appeared ready to accelerate at them as they manned a blockade.

    Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood said the officers feared the man would kill them and they "did what they had to do." He said five officers fired at the man and no officers were injured.

    Police had secured an arrest warrant for the man after he threatened to kill police and FBI agents in the online video, Chitwood said. The man's death comes a little more than a week after a man who made similar threats shot two New York Police Department officers dead in their patrol car and then killed himself in a subway station.

    news.yahoo.com/man-tries-run-down-police-shoot-kill-him-000453476.html
    Be Excellent To Each Other
    Party On, Dudes!
  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    I really didn't know which thread to post this in but this seemed a reasonable choice.

    Here's an article from The Atlantic showing information on deaths of police in the line of duty in 2014, broken down by firearms deaths, traffic-related, and "other". While the first paragraph describes it as a "particularly bloody year for law enforcement officers in America", the data actually doesn't support this. The total of 126 deaths is higher than the number last year, but lower than the average for the last decade. In fact, looking at the graph, the number appears to be lower than most years since 1964, which surprised me.

    http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/12/how-many-cops-die-in-the-line-of-duty-each-year/384129/
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  • dignin
    dignin Posts: 9,478
    http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-nypds-work-stoppage-is-surreal-20141231

    Great read
  • JC29856
    JC29856 Posts: 9,617
    JC29856 said:
    For those that don't know what victim blaming is, here are some examples:
    He shouldn't have assaulted a police officer
    He shouldn't have robbed a store
    He shouldn't have walked around Wal-Mart with a gun
    He shouldn't have played with a toy gun that looked real
    His parents should have taught him not to play with gun
    He shouldn't have ran from the cops
    He shouldn't be selling illegal cigarettes
    He shouldn't have resisted

    #alt-white

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