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Old 04-21-2009, 11:49 AM
 
Location: southern california
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Isn't it good that nobody interfered with this man's second amendment right to go out and shoot people he disagrees with.
40% of homocides are stab wounds. why dont i see this moral outrage when it happens. every mugging every rape every home invasion guns used, and not a word about it, only nut cases. selective moral outrage.

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Old 04-21-2009, 11:49 AM
 
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Photo-Radar Van Driver Shot to Death (http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/photo_radar_van_driver_shot_041909 - broken link)

Seems people are lashing out violently at the nanny state...
The nanny state...hmmm.

It is fascinating what one can find on the information highway.

According to Ohio History Central, the first speeding ticket was written in 1904 when Harry Myers was caught driving at 12 mph on West Third Street in Dayton Ohio.

Now what makes this fascinating in the context of this thread is that the OP seems to justify the cold blooded murder of a civil servant for enforcing laws that have been enforced for more than 100 years.

Thirty percent of all auto fatalites about 13,113 lives are lost due to speeding, yet the OP seems to argue that a man should be murdered for attempting to enforce laws directed at saving that many lives, innocent lives because one need not be in violation of the law to be killed by an irresponsible driver.

Frankly the OP's argument defies rational discription, nor does the TOS allow me to place the OP's opinion in the proper perspective.
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Old 04-21-2009, 11:51 AM
 
Location: um....guess
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The nanny state...hmmm.

It is fascinating what one can find on the information highway.

According to Ohio History Central, the first speeding ticket was written in 1904 when Harry Myers was caught driving at 12 mph on West Third Street in Dayton Ohio.

Now what makes this fascinating in the context of this thread is that the OP seems to justify the cold blooded murder of a civil servant for enforcing laws that have been enforced for more than 100 years.

Thirty percent of all auto fatalites about 13,113 lives are lost due to speeding, yet the OP seems to argue that a man should be murdered for attempting to enforce laws directed at saving that many lives, innocent lives because one need not be in violation of the law to be killed by an irresponsible driver.

Frankly the OP's argument defies rational discription, nor does the TOS allow me to place the OP's opinion in the proper perspective.
I believe the OP has a problem w/the practice of getting your photo taken when speeding...say CHEESE!!!!! But no problem w/getting a photo taken for a drivers license.
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Old 04-21-2009, 11:54 AM
 
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Photo-Radar Van Driver Shot to Death (http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/photo_radar_van_driver_shot_041909 - broken link)

Seems people are lashing out violently at the nanny state...
Hmp... that stupid DHS report notwithstanding...
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Old 04-21-2009, 12:02 PM
 
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I believe the OP has a problem
I don't think any more needs to be said.
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Old 04-21-2009, 12:02 PM
 
Location: Earth
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If not for a lunatic with a gun, this wouldn't have happened.
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Old 04-21-2009, 12:57 PM
 
Location: Washington DC
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40% of homocides are stab wounds. why dont i see this moral outrage when it happens. every mugging every rape every home invasion guns used, and not a word about it, only nut cases. selective moral outrage.
Actually about 13%, but never let facts get in the way of a good rant.
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Old 04-21-2009, 01:06 PM
 
Location: The Woods
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Perhaps some of the posters here should do a bit of research on these radar cameras? Besides the fact of cameras watching people (nanny state/big brother like), they are not terribly accurate and countless people have been hassled with false accusations of speeding.

That said, I don't consider this response to that acceptable, though some people here feel like reading that into my comment...
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Old 04-21-2009, 01:07 PM
 
Location: The Woods
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Lashing out at the low-level employees who implement a state policy really isn't lashing out at "the state," since the state can simply replace those people (sad as that sounds).
Yeah I know that very well. The people who carry out the government's will aren't worth anything to the government. Just cannon fodder.
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Old 04-21-2009, 01:09 PM
 
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Photo-Radar Van Driver Shot to Death (http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/photo_radar_van_driver_shot_041909 - broken link)

Seems people are lashing out violently at the nanny state...
Seems like a man got caught for a murder.
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