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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
On January 25 2018 04:26 Nevuk wrote: That's florida though. It's legal to stalk someone and shoot them there. Not any more. That law got overturned because it requires the prosecution to prove a negative. | ||
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Nevuk
United States16280 Posts
On January 25 2018 04:33 Plansix wrote: Not any more. That law got overturned because it requires the prosecution to prove a negative. That's good. Place is still nuts though. | ||
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Fleetfeet
Canada2851 Posts
In Vancouver... Vancouver is so fucking culturally diverse that it felt like it would be nigh on impossible for the police at large to maintain any overall bias. Calgary feels predominately white with an interspersing of natives. Not anywhere near as familiar with the native population here as I was in Ontario, but I dated a native girl briefly and learned a bunch then. Just from observation it feels like the stereotype of drunk/alcoholic natives is perpetuated, but I honestly haven't seen any unique police interaction one way or the other. One thing I notice is that I get a hell of a lot less information on what reserve or tribe any native person is from. In Ontario it was a badge / thing of pride to share with others, in Calgary nobody seems to give a shit. Which is kinda sad. I digressed, but the whole first nations thing is super interesting to me. | ||
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Nevuk
United States16280 Posts
Honestly, I don't think enough people are appreciating the high comedy of the final sentence of Valve's statement: "In general, everyone should play nice together, and we think the boundaries should be pretty clear." This is so far from the truth - it's actually the heart of the issue. | ||
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Comeh
United States18919 Posts
On January 25 2018 03:56 Howie_Dewitt wrote: I'm talking a class on the police We were given two choices for articles to read on what the police are, and debated it today. One said whites made an alliance to perpetuate racial inequality through the police and that they must be abolished. They also perpetuate poverty across racial lines, and are not necessary to society. The other said the police are the hand of the law, characterized by their ability to use force and respond to any situation that is needed, additionally sometimes dictating how the law works. There were 16 kids in the class. One kid did not read either one. Guess how many kids read the first one. + Show Spoiler + Answer: + Show Spoiler + 14, I was the only person who read the second and had to debate the rest of the class, including an actual sjw What is an "actual sjw", I wonder? | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
On January 25 2018 04:39 Fleetfeet wrote: My experience involving police racism is only from living in small-town Ontario, Calgary, and Vancouver. The way the police interact with natives (first nations?) in those three places in the times I lived there were completely different. In Ontario, it was more-or-less understood that the various peoples were their own peoples, and letting them be them while trying to make sure they don't die. This was largely after a fairly major thing happened actually really close to where I was living , so the swing towards very tentative, very cautious care was more legally motivated than heartfelt. In Vancouver... Vancouver is so fucking culturally diverse that it felt like it would be nigh on impossible for the police at large to maintain any overall bias. Calgary feels predominately white with an interspersing of natives. Not anywhere near as familiar with the native population here as I was in Ontario, but I dated a native girl briefly and learned a bunch then. Just from observation it feels like the stereotype of drunk/alcoholic natives is perpetuated, but I honestly haven't seen any unique police interaction one way or the other. One thing I notice is that I get a hell of a lot less information on what reserve or tribe any native person is from. In Ontario it was a badge / thing of pride to share with others, in Calgary nobody seems to give a shit. Which is kinda sad. I digressed, but the whole first nations thing is super interesting to me. Racism in the US is a unique issue. Unlike many other modern nations, we had to go to war to end slavery. And you can chart the path to that war from our first political conflicts when we founded the country. Like classism in the UK, it is something that is hard to express people from other nations. On top of that, we are huge. | ||
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Comeh
United States18919 Posts
On January 25 2018 04:22 Plansix wrote: It is one of the problems with the narrative around police reform. It isn’t a national problem. But police departments make it into a national issue to shield themselves. The LA PD is not the Boston PD is not the Dallas PD. Chicago’s problem are not Baltimore’s problems. Well some of police funding from federal levels and federal guidelines are issues but otherwise agreed! | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
On January 25 2018 04:43 Nevuk wrote: The esports lawyer guy had a nice point : Also the concept of playing nice in a media space where everyone is just trying to make a living is pretty rich. The heart of the issue is that Valve keeps most of the Esports dollars for themselves and makes everyone scrap for whatever is left, while also making all the super unclear rules. | ||
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andyrau
13015 Posts
On January 25 2018 03:56 Howie_Dewitt wrote: I'm talking a class on the police We were given two choices for articles to read on what the police are, and debated it today. One said whites made an alliance to perpetuate racial inequality through the police and that they must be abolished. They also perpetuate poverty across racial lines, and are not necessary to society. The other said the police are the hand of the law, characterized by their ability to use force and respond to any situation that is needed, additionally sometimes dictating how the law works. There were 16 kids in the class. One kid did not read either one. Guess how many kids read the first one. + Show Spoiler + Answer: + Show Spoiler + 14, I was the only person who read the second and had to debate the rest of the class, including an actual sjw i'm so triggered actually actually triggers me as hard as people misquoting franklin | ||
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Nevuk
United States16280 Posts
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Sn0_Man
Tebellong44238 Posts
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Slomo
Germany7198 Posts
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OmniEulogy
Canada6600 Posts
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Sn0_Man
Tebellong44238 Posts
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Artisreal
Germany9235 Posts
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Sn0_Man
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intotheheart
Canada33091 Posts
Why not just do a freaking talk show, like a normal person? | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
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gaymon
Germany1023 Posts
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TheEmulator
28104 Posts
On January 25 2018 06:49 gaymon wrote: If you want to be entertained you can do whatever you want but if you wanna git gud i wouldnt advise watching a 2k being coached by a 6k Xd TBH I disagree a bit although I guess it depends on what you mean by "git gud". If you want to get on the leaderboards then this isn't the show for you, but it's honestly one of the best starting points for people completely new to the game. I wouldn't say its only benefit is solely entertainment. It's like saying Torte's guides are bad which I also disagree with because they honestly work for a very large percentage of the playerbase. If you want to hit 5k+ then yea you're gonna have to come up with your own item choices on the spot in order to win games, but for most people having that baseline cookie cutter build is gonna be better than YOLOing it. | ||
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