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To: USMCVet

My chinese is a little rusty but I tried to make it is clear as I could for you being the Chinese conservative that I am. But if you need help understanding what I said, Google translator could explain it a lot better. :)


637 posted on 11/23/2007 12:24:43 PM PST by dmw (Aren't you glad you use common sense? Don't you wish everybody did?)
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To: dmw
I did use the Google translator and thank you.

I do believe in personal responsibility for our actions but I also believe in the equal value of all citizens. The young man apparently believed that the cop would respond to him in a rational way but the cop was not going to discuss things with him.

Way too quickly, it escalated to using coercive force when it could have been solved better with a little patience from the officer.

I think that the biggest division among the responses and responders for this thread is how we view our freedom. One group believes that authority is absolute and if you impede authority, you deserve all you get. The other group believes in the individual stature of the American citizen and that no citizen is more important than another citizen.

I tend to side with the latter group.

645 posted on 11/23/2007 12:48:59 PM PST by USMCVet
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