Terxpahseyton
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HITLER
oh, not this time.
But it could have been Hitler.
oh, not this time.
But it could have been Hitler.
Cops are above the law
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Borachio
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I thought Magna Carta meant that no one is above the law.
Let's not forget Magna Carta! Did that brave little dutch girl die in vain?
Police Culture as described by Thomas Nolan (27 years in Boston PD, Massachusetts, USA): http://met-research.bu.edu/met-ert/Site Pages/ExtLinked/CJMET/Nolan Men and Masculinities.pdf
Reading that makes me wonder if all human activity isn't merely the result of repressed sexual energy.
But if your job is to be men dominating other men, I suppose it had to go there.
Didn't know cops who call for help too often get labeled #@*%$^&.
The guy is a 27 year police veteran, so it must be true.
Timsup2nothin
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Reading that makes me wonder if all human activity isn't merely the result of repressed sexual energy.
But if your job is to be men dominating other men, I suppose it had to go there.
Didn't know cops who call for help too often get labeled #@*%$^&.
The guy is a 27 year police veteran, so it must be true.
If you assume the axiom "all human activity results from repressed sexual energy" you will find that the vast majority of human activity becomes pretty easily predictable. Not saying that it's the truth, but it's useful.
Traitorfish
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Actually, American reformers repeatedly appealed to George III to rise above the law and neutralise parliament's authority over them, arguing with distinctly absolutist undertones that Britain and the colonies were bound only by the person of the monarch, from who all political authority flowed, and not through the institution of parliament. It was his scrupulous constitutionalism, his consistent affirmation of parliament's right in the colonies, that lead to the reformers' break with the Crown.
Hush, you! That narrative doesn't sound as patriotic as declaring our independence from a man who did blah blah blah on his own!
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Errrrrmmmm....the blah blah blah in the article linked sounds very much like the narrative TF supplied there Bhsup. Lot's of 'parliament this' and parliament that'...not much commentary on the king at all.
There's danger there. If it became common knowledge that the revolution wasn't against a king, but against an unresponsive and irresponsible legislature, a lot of people may well say "hey, we have one of those right here and right now!"
You must have missed almost every line that begins with "He has..." Regardless of parliament being the real issue or not, Ol' Tommy Boy was brilliant in building it all up around a single man our horribly oppressed ancestors could rally against.
(disclaimer: Had I been born in the 1740s or so with the same mentality as I have now, I say with almost certainty that I'd have been a loyalist. Thank The Maker I was born in the 1960s so I could grow up into a well-rounded Reaganite!)
(disclaimer: Had I been born in the 1740s or so with the same mentality as I have now, I say with almost certainty that I'd have been a loyalist. Thank The Maker I was born in the 1960s so I could grow up into a well-rounded Reaganite!)
Hygro
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It's amazing how much the lessons of history change when actual history is taught.
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Ol' Tommy and the rest were paving the way for their own future as the new legislature.
Hygro
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Jesus, an 8 reasons/10 reasons article that can't decide if it's 8 or 10 reasons. Am I supposed to think it worth reading?
Lol, I was mad about that too. The Aids thing and tax cuts are what kill Reagan for me. That article is kinda sloppy.
Hygro
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Reagan was part of a thing that started with Carter's appointment of Volcker that permanently blunted economic mobility.
Carter appointer Volcker. Volcker caused a massive artificial recession by causing a huge shortage in money. Reagan then brought back the money by cutting taxes on the wealthy (and giving preference to military contractors). Viola, in three short years you have a permanent underclass built into the system, and a a populace relying on the patronage of the rich to maintain employment.
The HIV/AIDS thing was bad too. So were many other things. What Reagan had going for him is that if you listened to him he made you feel good to be an American. Naturally a president affirming your desired identity as his strongest trait would be something we'd find in the 1980s.
Carter appointer Volcker. Volcker caused a massive artificial recession by causing a huge shortage in money. Reagan then brought back the money by cutting taxes on the wealthy (and giving preference to military contractors). Viola, in three short years you have a permanent underclass built into the system, and a a populace relying on the patronage of the rich to maintain employment.
The HIV/AIDS thing was bad too. So were many other things. What Reagan had going for him is that if you listened to him he made you feel good to be an American. Naturally a president affirming your desired identity as his strongest trait would be something we'd find in the 1980s.
