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Timsup2nothin said:
Care to explain where you got this fixation on me murdering police?
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Timsup2nothin said:
That said, 'sprinting backwards drawing a pistol' is not my style. No gun or badge in my camp. I'm more likely to be the guy with the knife.
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1. You state that your "camp" lacks guns or badges, some of the main identifying features of the police.

2. As linked in my earlier post, the Tueller Drill was designed by police, mainly for police, as they often face knife-wielding suspects. In the drill, it is assumed that the police are the party with the guns. You stated that in this scenario, your camp is not the one with the gun (i.e., the police), but rather, you are "more likely to be the guy with the knife." Meaning the person trying to kill the police.

3. You have a long history of making posts expressing your hatred for the police.

So we've established that you hate the police, and that in the scenario of the Tueller Drill, you are, by your own admission, "more likely to be the guy with the knife" trying to kill the police.

That's where.
 
Phrossack said:
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1. You state that your "camp" lacks guns or badges, some of the main identifying features of the police.

2. As linked in my earlier post, the Tueller Drill was designed by police, mainly for police, as they often face knife-wielding suspects. In the drill, it is assumed that the police are the party with the guns. You stated that in this scenario, your camp is not the one with the gun (i.e., the police), but rather, you are "more likely to be the guy with the knife." Meaning the person trying to kill the police.

3. You have a long history of making posts expressing your hatred for the police.

So we've established that you hate the police, and that in the scenario of the Tueller Drill, you are, by your own admission, "more likely to be the guy with the knife" trying to kill the police.

That's where.
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Oh. If you had identified the situation as a drill involving police to start with that would make a lot of sense. I didn't follow the link, I just responded to what you said.

In any situation where one person has a gun and another has a knife, I would be more likely to be the one with the knife...as I do not own a gun. I also don't normally carry a knife, but that's at least a possibility.

If I were the guy with the knife trying to cover the distance before getting shot it would be because the guy with the gun (cop or not) was a clear threat to shoot me, but the conditions are very unlikely since I generally wouldn't have a knife in my hand. I wouldn't be slowed down by trying to get out a knife, because the priority would be covering the distance as fast as possible.

Rule of thumb; charge a gun, run from a knife.
 
Police are great, they keep the enemy from the gates. I like police. That said, Tims is correct and that is a military teaching. Attack into an ambush...better to take the chance of being shot in the front than in the back and one might just win the fight and survive. As I said this is taught in the military where you might be heading down the road or trail with a bunch of other guys. One can never assume the size of the attacking force so if you have 10 guys ambushing a hundred and depending on fear a resolute counterattack is much better. Better a few of your guys be shot in the front than all of your guys be shot in the back. Also, an ambushing force may be trying to drive your force into a greater threat. Better always to do the unexpected and attack into an ambush. One guy ambushing another is likely not going to last long enough to give it much chance.

If I lived in a totalitarian state my opinion of law enforcement might be different. For instance liking an SS officer for what he does in the Germany of WW2 is a lot different than liking a law officer in a democracy for what he does.

I might shoot the SS guy on principle, and I might lay down my life supporting an American police officer, depending on the situation, on principle as well.
 
TIL the Pittsburgh Pirates got their moniker by acquiring a 2nd baseman from the Philadelphia Athletics in a move that the Athletics called "piratical" in their official complaint to the league / association at the time. The Pittsburgh team took the accusation as a source of pride, it seems, and changed their name to the Pirates.

I also learned today that the United States govt. forced Pittsburgh to drop the "h" from its name for a period of about 20 years starting around the same time. It wasn't until 1912 that Pittsburgh got to reinstate the "h" at the end. Damned federalies :mad:
 
bhsup said:
TIL the Pittsburgh Pirates got their moniker by acquiring a 2nd baseman from the Philadelphia Athletics in a move that the Athletics called "piratical" in their official complaint to the league / association at the time. The Pittsburgh team took the accusation as a source of pride, it seems, and changed their name to the Pirates.

I also learned today that the United States govt. forced Pittsburgh to drop the "h" from its name for a period of about 20 years starting around the same time. It wasn't until 1912 that Pittsburgh got to reinstate the "h" at the end. Damned federalies :mad:
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Kansas Cittah has still not been allowed to put that 'h' at the end of their name...in writing anyway.
 
TIL that this was serious candidate for flag of West Germany in 1948:

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Ah, the off-centre Nordic cross. It gets around, doesn't it?
 
Some Germans seem to be really into that cross. Apart from the imperial war flag and Nazi war flag, this was one of the proposals for the flag of the Weimar Republic:

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And the July 20 plotters wanted to replace the Nazi flag with this:

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I think, in each case, it was intended to function as a compromise between liberals and conservatives by retaining the imperial cross but using republican colours? Presumably it was never taken seriously because each and variation looks like it's made of liquorice.
 
Even some of the Nazis liked a version of the offcenter cross.

This is the German Navy flag.

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Traitorfish said:
And the July 20 plotters wanted to replace the Nazi flag with this:

500px-German_Resistance_Flag_Proposal_1944.svg.png


I think, in each case, it was intended to function as a compromise between liberals and conservatives by retaining the imperial cross but using republican colours? Presumably it was never taken seriously because each and variation looks like it's made of liquorice.
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Yeah the CDU proposal was based on the plotters flag, just with inverted color scheme.
 
The crosses remind me of scandinavia, which, i suppose, shouldnt be too surprising.
 
Was it seen as a Nordic thing by the Germans, or does it have some older, specifically German significance?
 
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Was it seen as a Nordic thing by the Germans, or does it have some older, specifically German significance?
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The Danish embassador to Germany during WW2 is regarded as being crucial in persuading the german command to not level/build a new fortification over 'Dannevirke' (the old Viking fort/earthen raised wall in lower Schlesvig) as a reaction to the imminent ally assault from the west/north. So it seems the Germans did have some view of the norse being 'germanic', and tied to them in some way.
Besides, the term 'germanic' is obviously coined in this context (cultural, for northern Europe) by Germans ;)
 
Kyriakos said:
The Danish embassador to Germany during WW2 is regarded as being crucial in persuading the german command to not level/build a new fortification over 'Dannevirke' (the old Viking fort/earthen raised wall in lower Schlesvig) as a reaction to the imminent ally assault from the west/north. So it seems the Germans did have some view of the norse being 'germanic', and tied to them in some way.
Besides, the term 'germanic' is obviously coined in this context (cultural, for northern Europe) by Germans ;)
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Considering "Deutsch" refers to Theudiskaz, and not Germania, which is where "Germany" comes from...
Blame the Romans.
 
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