Anyone having problems in Arizona?
May 24th 2011, 12:25 pm
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Re: Anyone having problems in Arizona?
No, they all aren't, more than most are decent cops...but there are a few who are, and they are massive arseholes in a position to abuse their power, which they do.
May 24th 2011, 1:28 pm
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Re: Anyone having problems in Arizona?
You can't take that stance, because more than most people with those stickers are yanks.
Seriously, they're showing they're English, Scottish, where ever else in the world.
It's only a complete moron who would take offence to it and think that everyone that had a sticker was a foreigner and not a US citizen.
Seriously, they're showing they're English, Scottish, where ever else in the world.
It's only a complete moron who would take offence to it and think that everyone that had a sticker was a foreigner and not a US citizen.
May 24th 2011, 1:46 pm
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Re: Anyone having problems in Arizona?
....and there's the rub, perhaps, because I suspect it was speeding - action.
I think the flag is a diversion to deflect the real issue that the OP got busted for speeding and felt the need for some mitigating circumstance. So I'd ask again, why the flag in the first place?
My position is the antethesis of racism and segregrtion - I'm touting (badly, it would seem) integration - all as one, in one nation (that has a perfectly good flag, if you are so heraldically inclined).
I'm also a little sensitive to indiscriminate slagging of law enforcement. My daughter is a LEO and i have many, many cop friends. They are not all pigs.
I think the flag is a diversion to deflect the real issue that the OP got busted for speeding and felt the need for some mitigating circumstance. So I'd ask again, why the flag in the first place?
My position is the antethesis of racism and segregrtion - I'm touting (badly, it would seem) integration - all as one, in one nation (that has a perfectly good flag, if you are so heraldically inclined).
I'm also a little sensitive to indiscriminate slagging of law enforcement. My daughter is a LEO and i have many, many cop friends. They are not all pigs.
The flag is a show of pride, one which my American friends support, and my family too. I guess you have no pride in the nation that fed you, educated you, and gave you security, this says a lot about you. I feel sorry for you.
May 24th 2011, 1:54 pm
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Re: Anyone having problems in Arizona?
I have a Union Jack sticker on my Dodge Caravan and it seems to incite people to speed past me, pull all kinds of scary traffic tricks and I have 3 kids in my van and I'm a 'typical' (on the outside. Lol) soccer Mom type. My kids beg me to take the flag off, but I'm stubborn and maybe a bit patriotic...
May 24th 2011, 1:56 pm
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Re: Anyone having problems in Arizona?
So I arrived at court this morning, ready to face my accuser. I was told by the court clark that my ticket has been 'vacated', because the DPS had not filed the complaint with the court. No further action will be taken.
So decide for yourself, why didn't the DPS officer file the complaint with the court?
So decide for yourself, why didn't the DPS officer file the complaint with the court?
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May 24th 2011, 6:38 pm
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Re: Anyone having problems in Arizona?
There are plenty of Irish Americans, Italian Americans, Brazilian Americans etc. who were born and raised in the U.S. but still proudly display their heritage with bumper stickers or whatever. Numerous cities have cultural parades of numerous ethnicities. We have China towns, Little Italy's, German town just to name a few of the many many ethnic enclaves of born in America people who are proud of their historic roots and they even have clubs dedicated to those cultures. We are a nation of immigrants and the children of immigrants and it is time to remember it. ...
May 25th 2011, 2:17 am
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Re: Anyone having problems in Arizona?
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Preach tolerance to those of other races but woe betide someone who wants to believe in God. How many actual, real life fundies have you run in to on a daily basis in order to hate Christianity so much? Were you buggered by a vicar, maybe??
Look - I'm not having a jab at you, and I'm agnostic, but I get kind of tired of this 'oh aren't we so enlightened and lets all have a go at the Christians' when in reality it is only a small percentage of them that are nutters.
Your view of that fish is just as bad as what Awesome Wells' American chums are saying about the Puerto Ricans IMO.
May 25th 2011, 2:20 am
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Re: Anyone having problems in Arizona?
Troll... enough said... the OP (me) has just come back from court, and he has not been "busted" for speeding, get over yourself..
The flag is a show of pride, one which my American friends support, and my family too. I guess you have no pride in the nation that fed you, educated you, and gave you security, this says a lot about you. I feel sorry for you.
The flag is a show of pride, one which my American friends support, and my family too. I guess you have no pride in the nation that fed you, educated you, and gave you security, this says a lot about you. I feel sorry for you.
So, the flag is a show of pride - for the nation you walked-out on.
You also seem to be making an assumption that in order to have pride, it must be publicly demonstrated. I disagree with that.
Why anyone would choose to live in a new country and then make it clear to anyone who might give a shit that you are somehow different, foreign (superior maybe?) is objectionable and disrespectful to the hosts, in my view.
I think the phrase, "Attention Whore" may be appropriate in some cases too.
I'm humbled and grateful that you feel sorry for me, your pity will help me struggle through the day. Now, where's my union jack underpants?
May 25th 2011, 2:26 am
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Re: Anyone having problems in Arizona?
Little story for you..back around 1990 the London evening news paper ran a small story about how a police unit had smashed this guys door down with axes to enter
The truth about how a little old lady from next door came out and opened the door with the key never came out ....
the axe story was far more impressive
The truth about how a little old lady from next door came out and opened the door with the key never came out ....
the axe story was far more impressive
May 25th 2011, 3:00 am
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Re: Anyone having problems in Arizona?
So I arrived at court this morning, ready to face my accuser. I was told by the court clark that my ticket has been 'vacated', because the DPS had not filed the complaint with the court. No further action will be taken.
So decide for yourself, why didn't the DPS officer file the complaint with the court?
So decide for yourself, why didn't the DPS officer file the complaint with the court?
May 25th 2011, 3:07 am
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Re: Anyone having problems in Arizona?
Umm:
Have a shufty - hardly a symbol of fundamentalism is it? If you saw a crescent moon on a car would you assume the person inside was a terrorist?
Preach tolerance to those of other races but woe betide someone who wants to believe in God. How many actual, real life fundies have you run in to on a daily basis in order to hate Christianity so much? Were you buggered by a vicar, maybe??
Look - I'm not having a jab at you, and I'm agnostic, but I get kind of tired of this 'oh aren't we so enlightened and lets all have a go at the Christians' when in reality it is only a small percentage of them that are nutters.
Your view of that fish is just as bad as what Awesome Wells' American chums are saying about the Puerto Ricans IMO.
Have a shufty - hardly a symbol of fundamentalism is it? If you saw a crescent moon on a car would you assume the person inside was a terrorist?
Preach tolerance to those of other races but woe betide someone who wants to believe in God. How many actual, real life fundies have you run in to on a daily basis in order to hate Christianity so much? Were you buggered by a vicar, maybe??
Look - I'm not having a jab at you, and I'm agnostic, but I get kind of tired of this 'oh aren't we so enlightened and lets all have a go at the Christians' when in reality it is only a small percentage of them that are nutters.
Your view of that fish is just as bad as what Awesome Wells' American chums are saying about the Puerto Ricans IMO.
May 25th 2011, 3:16 am
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