roachboy

look, folks, if you read my posts above you'll find that i said pretty clearly where the line is for me between what i would report and what i would not.

the relevant sentences are those that begin with community norms being violated. i said i would report a burglary or other violations, particularly of persons. i indicated that i might be ambivalent about it as well. so i made another post that explained why i might be ambivalent.

here's a summary of that one:

i was burglarized in philadelphia and i lost a computer and backup that cost me two fucking years worth of work.
two fucking years. a nearly complete book. something that could have had a significant impact on my professional life. something i devoted an ENORMOUS amount of time and effort to doing (this last bit i didnt put in).
gone.
gone because i went to dinner at the wrong time.

furthermore i said that the cops, which i called, did nothing.
fuck all.
and THAT explains the ambivalence.

[[btw: i dont talk about this much. apparently i still get angry about it.]]

the other side of the line--and i made this quite clear as well if you read the post----is the police in their explicitly political functions. in that area, i would never turn in anyone to the cops.
now within this, there are obviously separations that i would make, but i didnt talk about them.

so if you want to debate with me, try again.

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