Should you report Cannibis dealing?

Should you report Cannibis dealing/using

  • YES!

    Votes: 4 10.3%

  • NO!

    Votes: 32 82.1%

  • Dealing only

    Votes: 1 2.6%

  • Lemons!

    Votes: 2 5.1%
  • Total voters
    39
Zelig said:
Easier to use smartphone app to report infrastructure problems.

People who don't want to follow rules of society are free to leave.
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Not taking violence by proxy as the solution to problems is a rule of society. Even if there's an app for it.
 
Zelig said:
The only reason I haven't murdered the neighbors in the first place is because of the threat of violence by proxy, they should be grateful for its presence.
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Im not going to pretend to understand this ongoing argument between the two off you but....what?
 
Zelig said:
The only reason I haven't murdered the neighbors in the first place is because of the threat of violence by proxy, they should be grateful for its presence.
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Nahhhhh. Can't see it.
 
Zelig said:
The only reason I haven't murdered the neighbors in the first place is because of the threat of violence by proxy, they should be grateful for its presence.
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I didn't read the whole thread but you want to murder them because they left trash on the sidewalk?
 
Narz said:
I didn't read the whole thread but you want to murder them because they left trash on the sidewalk?
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Not trash. Ice and snow. That certainly calls for action against the lower life forms.
 
Dude, if my neighbors were leaving Snow all around I'd turn Informer on them as well.

A licky boom, boom down.
 
BvBPL said:
Dude, if my neighbors were leaving Snow all around I'd turn Informer on them as well.

A licky boom, boom down.
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Oh my god you paced this post so well. I was just getting to A licky boom boom down in my head as I read it.
 
Triewd said:
Im not going to pretend to understand this ongoing argument between the two off you but....what?
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Berzerker said:
did your moral compass come to rest on an iron deposit?
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Narz said:
I didn't read the whole thread but you want to murder them because they left trash on the sidewalk?
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Yes, it helps if you read the whole thread. I'm showing how useful throwing around "violence by proxy" for any interaction with bylaw enforcement is. (Not very.)
 
Zelig said:
Yes, it helps if you read the whole thread. I'm showing how useful throwing around "proxy by violence" for any interaction with bylaw enforcement is. (Not very.)
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Violence by proxy is a much more useful phrase than proxy by violence, isn't it?

Rather than talk to someone you have an issue with you'd rather call down a fine on them, delivered by authorities who can and will force them to pay it. If you don't think 'violence by proxy' is an apt description for how you intend to get your way, what would you call it? I considered 'hired thuggery' as an alternative.
 
Can't be hired thuggery if he didn't pay the police to do something they wouldn't already do.
 
Timsup2nothin said:
Rather than talk to someone you have an issue with you'd rather call down a fine on them, delivered by authorities who can and will force them to pay it. If you don't think 'violence by proxy' is an apt description for how you intend to get your way, what would you call it? I considered 'hired thuggery' as an alternative.
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I'd say "civic responsibility" is good, as I'm making the streets passable for the elderly and disabled, and safer for everyone. Asides from moving, they can also pay someone to clear their sidewalk, vote for someone who doesn't support clear sidewalk bylaws, or even run for office themselves. What do you suggest I do about those who inevitably refuse my polite requests to clear their sidewalks promptly and competently after every snowfall?
 
My take on it is that you should have talked to them first, then maybe a second time, but after that calling the authorities is fair game, and pretty much what I would do too.

Then again, talking to them would single me out as "the sidewalk inspector", so I might just not do that either. Why should they know who's calling the man on them? Maybe it's for the best if they don't. I mean... my neighbours are pretty decent people, I would probably talk to them first.. but with certain neighbours I wouldn't want to.

Some jerk called the police on me while I was in New Zealand a couple years ago. My place got flooded while I was gone and my roommate called insurance. The cleanup crew was doing their stuff until well after midnight.. which is when someone called the cops because it was too loud.. *facepalm*... .. I have no idea who that idiot was, but according to my dad the cops showed up, looked around, saw the emergency trucks in the driveway, talked to the foreman, and left. Waste of their time. Stupid neighbours.

So definitely do not be that stupid neighbour who does stupid stuff like that. I still don't know who did that.. but one day I'll find out..
 
Zelig said:
I'd say "civic responsibility" is good, as I'm making the streets passable for the elderly and disabled, and safer for everyone. Asides from moving, they can also pay someone to clear their sidewalk, vote for someone who doesn't support clear sidewalk bylaws, or even run for office themselves. What do you suggest I do about those who inevitably refuse my polite requests to clear their sidewalks promptly and competently after every snowfall?
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If the elderly and disabled need a champion, they are probably capable of choosing one from among themselves.
 
Zelig said:
So again, what do you suggest I do about those who inevitably refuse my polite requests to clear their sidewalks promptly and competently after every snowfall?
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Improve your ability regarding the making of polite requests.

I suggest you start by looking at whether your requests are genuinely polite. Another place to look is at whether the whole "champion of the aged and infirm" bit is sincere, because even if you aren't saying anything about that and are just carrying it in your own head as cover for what is actually your own desire to get in their business people will always catch a whiff of insincerity if it's there.

For example, there is no way I could knock on someone's door and complain about the noise they make. I operate on "if I don't like what I'm hearing I just don't listen", so any time I say "you are too loud" it sounds totally forced and I will most likely get blown off. So I always start with "I hate the cops, and I really hate them when they come in my neighborhood." That rings with clear and total sincerity, and that sincerity is immediately recognized. When I then say "Sure as hell someone around here is gonna call them, because your music (or whatever) is really loud three doors down," I am invariably listened to.
 
Zelig said:
Okay, so after I've made the most optimal polite requests, what do you suggest I do about those who still refuse them?
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In other words, you aren't actually interested in improving your effectiveness with polite requests, you just want me to put some stamp of approval on your choice to use force to get your way. Pass.
 
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