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Originally Posted by Strange Famous
you call it weakness, I would say excessive pride is weakness.
If something is worth fighting for, a sensible man fights.
If its for the sake of asking nicely for your gun back rather than whipping out a video camara and asking them coppers why they are violating your rights on tape, or wiping your picture and saying sorry -a sensible man turns the other cheek. Whether the cop has the right to tell you take a picture or not doesnt matter. An adult simply follows the course of least resistance and most favourable result; and adolescent kind of attitude is the one which cant except standing down when you feel youre in the right, even though doing it hurts you.
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um, not even no, but hell no. I cannot agree with this mindset at all. My rights are mine. You will not infringe upon them, for they are mine. Just as I will not infringe upon yours, because they are yours. You say it's sensible to let others with badges order you around as you decide whether it's 'worth it' to stand up for yourself, but I beg to differ. I see it as letting anyone with any sort of power rule over you. I simply cannot understand that mindset.
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Originally Posted by Strange Famous
And if I want a pictue of the train station, I simply take one when the police arent around, not under his nose to wind the copper up.
Back to the original post - I wonder if this gun fanatic is glad of the way he behaved now that he is facing two cases. Bet he wished he smiled at the copper and just asked nicely if he could have his piece back or when he could collect it. Then he woulnt be facing a case would he? Simply saying a few words and not being ruled by his pride and he would have an easy life rather than a hard one.
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I'm guessing that once he's awarded money in the tens of thousands, plus his legal fees being paid for, he'll be quite happy.