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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
Roach, I found it difficult to take in the point(s) you might have been trying to make because of the length of your post and, what I considered, the rambling nature of it. That may simply be because I've been up too long, who knows.
Regardless, the point I'M trying to make is that innocent people are being killed by a war on drugs that is given a high priority and needs less probable cause because it's considered a 'war'.
How many more victims do we need?
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I believe this post is the summing point of both your acceptance of contrary viewpoints and method of argument. Let me give you a feel for how this argument reads to somebody else:
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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
Roach, I found it difficult to take in the point(s) you might have been trying to make because of the length of your post and, what I considered, the rambling nature of it. That may simply be because I've been up too long, who knows.
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I couldn't be bothered to read a three-page response in spite of throwing up articles (some seeming rants) that I expect to be read as evidence. Furthermore, I don't like the way you expressed your arguments, so I just kind of passed over it. I'm going to add a small qualifier here in case anybody calls me on it.
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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
Regardless, the point I'M trying to make is that innocent people are being killed by a war on drugs that is given a high priority and needs less probable cause because it's considered a 'war'.
How many more victims do we need?
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Regardless. Literally without regard to the contrary argument. I'm now going to move on to MY point, having disposed of yours, mine being more important anyway.
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Clearly, I'm paraphrasing and exaggerating... but not as much as I should be. Your view on these subjects
seems to stem from a general distrust of authority figures, especially ones that have the ability to enforce. I don't know for sure because I'm not in your head, but your posts point in that direction.
As was said before, fhq isn't a member of a SWAT team and every officer is different so it isn't fair to lump them all into one category. However, he is giving field information: Knowledge gained by experience. Your facts, to which I'm loosely refering to them based on the amount of bias and spin, are largely, if not entirely, third-party accounts by desk-workers who're neither police nor wronged victims themselves.