DEFENDTHISHOUSE
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You are conflating the utility of laws with the absence of laws. To me the punishment for murder is punitive. Clearly it’s not much of a deterrent to the determined, 15k people murder someone in this country every year. But the overwhelming majority of our society does not murder. That tells me they don’t need a law to deter them from doing it.Laws are absolutely a deterrent. Do you think they'd be more murders if it wasn't against the law? What about bank robbery? Do you think there would be more robberies is it wasn't against the law? I can't believe we're even having this conversation.
I'm not so sure. I tend to agree laws or the lack of laws may not be as much of a deterrent as with theft, DUI, and other non/less-violent crimes. I do think laws are a deterrent for the most part.You are conflating the utility of laws with the absence of laws. To me the punishment for murder is punitive. Clearly it’s not much of a deterrent to the determined, 15k people murder someone in this country every year. But the overwhelming majority of our society does not murder. That tells me they don’t need a law to deter them from doing it.
More than likely the dog didnt need to be shot. That being said, the lady with the dog should have had him on a leash. I don’t know how many times I’ve been walking my dogs on leashes and some idiot has an unleashed dog that comes running up trying to instigate something. That’s a potential for a fight with the dogs. Idiot owners always assume their dog won’t fight or start a fight with less friendly dogs.
More than likely the dog didnt need to be shot. That being said, the lady with the dog should have had him on a leash. I don’t know how many times I’ve been walking my dogs on leashes and some idiot has an unleashed dog that comes running up trying to instigate something. That’s a potential for a fight with the dogs. Idiot owners always assume their dog won’t fight or start a fight with less friendly dogs.
You know what, you make a good point. People encounter dogs all of the time and you hardly ever hear of civilians reacting in the manner that some of these cops do.Or maybe this supposed trained and skilled “law enforcement officer” stays calm and doesn’t panic in an everyday situation that millions of common people encounter everyday. It’s that “law enforcement officers” are held to a higher standard
Well if you did you’d go to jail.You know what, you make a good point. People encounter dogs all of the time and you hardly ever hear of civilians reacting in the manner that some of these cops do.
Pretty cut and dry... why any need for a suspension? Or is that just how the thin blue line handles everything?I wonder what in the world he was thinking.
https://nypost.com/2019/04/29/cop-arrested-after-fight-over-small-dog-in-brooklyn/
Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross said Lopez will be suspended for 30 days with intent to dismiss, according to the news outlet.
I don’t think DUI laws stop anyone from drinking and driving any more than homicide laws stop murder. There are plenty of stories of people getting their 8th or 10th or 15th DUI. Texting and driving leads to far more accidents and fatalities than DUI, shall we start chucking those people in jail as well?
Ras..i think i was 11 or 12 when NWA dropped SOC...bought that tape 4 or 5 times bc my mom would throw it away every time she found it. Lol...bet i can still spit nearly every song on that album, except 1 song is more cussing than i do in a year as an adult. Isnt that the album for which the "parental discretion is advised" labels came into existence?