TTBM #4? 5? I don't even-

(Very minor) TTBM: Its really windy today, and all the doors in my house keep slamming. My dog is freaking out.

Could you not close the doors or something?

Don't you have the A/C on permanently in Hawai'i anyway? []

JT_the_Ninja wrote:Don't you have the A/C on permanently in Hawai'i anyway? []

Gods no! No one here HAS A/C! The temperature stays constant at about the mid-70s so no one gets A/C.


I think its stupid, myself. There is alot stupid about Hawaii though.


@Manly: Well, the door to my bathroom will lock itself if you close it, and the door to the bedroom covers up pretty much the only place, other than the living room, that my dog sleeps at. And he doesnt like to stay in the same room as me, for some reason. Maybe Im loud.

TTBM: I may have to be off for a bit. I hope not.

I've just been playing Rugrats: Search for Reptar on PS1 and now I feel really nostalgic and sad for what I've lost. All these old TV series, like Rugrats and Hey Arnold that are slowly being lost in the river of time.


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To Youtube!

I feel that way sometimes.

I also feel that way after I get finished reading a long series of books.

I'm listening to all these old theme songs on Youtube right now though so I feel a little better

In many ways I don't mind merely having these things as nostalgia. You see, I'll go back to these things and either I don't really watch/play them or I realise they weren't that good to begin with.

TTBM:

Alright, I'm just taking a 39.5 foot pole approach here, but I think that should be shifted to the debate thread.

^Wherein is contained a Dr. Seuss reference.

Oh, I wasnt trying to start a debate.

You posted about religion on the internet. You were looking for debate.

Nah, We've alredy had a debate about religion.

You missed it.

TTBM: This, this, THIS, and this.

These are all recent headlines that, unsurprisingly, aren't being covered by the mainstream media.
Fuck you, American government. I've had enough of your shit.

But TTBMM; now my country seems to be hopping on the bandwagon.
Thanks, America! Always such a positive influence! /s

Now, Im not positive, but Im gonna call BS on those websites.

What? Why?

The first one seems legit enough.

Yeah, but the other three are almost certainly run by nutbags.

EDIT: Yeah, I support that cop's actions 100%. I would have pulled a gun too. That crowd was obviously aggressive. Plus, the crowd was a bigger breach of peace than the party!

EDIT: The fourth link: Obviously a crazy guy. Plus, all of his links are to his own site.


http://www.iir.com/Justice_Training/slatt/default.aspx?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1

Also,

https://www.slatt.org/SLATT

I'd be "aggressive" too if that many officers rocked up to a noise complaint, pulled a person out of the crowd and then brandished a shotgun. That's not even a riot gun, that is an actual, loaded shotgun.
Let's not try diplomacy, let's use force on everyone that disagrees with us.
They didn't even try talking, they just went straight to intimidating the unarmed people.
And I don't understand what you mean; the crowd was a bigger breach of peace than what party?

They're all legitimate news sites with legitimate news. They all credit their news to sources within the articles. Why "nutbags" and "crazy guy"?

Those sites both say the same thing and I'm not sure what they've got to do with the rest of your post.

Ok, I misread it. It said "...a crazed member of the Houston Police Department pulled a shotgun on a peaceful but vocal crowd as it tried to shut down a free event with more than one hundred people in attendance at a private residence on the premise of a noise complaint."

I thought it was saying the crowd was trying to shut down an event. My bad. Im also pretty certain it's a very biased news report. Im sure it's not telling the full story. That crowd was drunken, violent, and shouting obscenities at the officers. It seems like the HPD has run into these "Houston Free Thinkers" before. They probably knew what to expect, and reacted accordingly. Had that cop not pulled out a shotgun, Im sure it would have escalated. The fact that it was a real shotgun, and not a riot gun, really makes no difference. Had it been a riot gun, then it would have been suspicious. But all cops have shotguns in their squad cars.



Watching the video again, what I see is this:

Someone called the cops because of a noise complaint. These people were having a huge gathering in a residential area. Im sure their neighbors didnt appreciate that.

When they attempted to arrest that one person, the crowd began to get hostile(er) not to mention the fact that she was trying to resist. The crowd started moving towards the police, so they pulled a gun. Im not saying the police couldnt have handled it better, but they were obviously stressed, and they felt that they were in danger.







EDIT: Here is the website of the Houston Free Thinkers.

http://houstonfreethinkers.com/who-we-are

Yeah, I can see how it was ambiguously phrased, looking again.
The writer should have put some more punctuation in there. Like, a semicolon or something.

Fair enough, I suppose.

TTBM: People who insert themselves into situations...[]

Hey guys! Mind if I jump in on your little discussion?