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To: general_re
By whom?

I thought that was clear from my post.

But I do not feel any sympathy for the kids. You people (not you personally maybe) are naive.

Posting stuff like hoping the city is bankrupted by lawyers and calling cops pigs is not exactly in good FR tradition.

113 posted on 01/28/2003 9:46:45 AM PST by Hacksaw
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To: Hacksaw
I thought that was clear from my post.

Well, sort of. Using the passive voice ("mistakes were made") is the sort of political-speak that people tend to hate - saying it like that is a way of avoiding assigning any responsibility for those mistakes. Not to suggest that you did it on purpose, but that's the practical effect of it - combine that with the fact that the rest of your post was about today's youth in general, and it's pretty clear which side has your sympathies. ;)

But, in fact, the police made mistakes - the mistakes didn't make themselves. And it's not at all difficult to hold the opinion that the officers in question should be held responsible for those mistakes, as it appear they will be, without also casting the local teens as "angels". Hell, they probably aren't angels, but that doesn't absolve the police of the responsibility to obey the law and proper procedure themselves.

And that's more or less the bottom line for me - and, truth be told, I suspect that you probably feel much the same way. They aren't mutually exclusive positions, after all - there's nothing wrong with saying "the kids were acting like a**holes" and saying "the police should be held responsible for their bad acts"...

116 posted on 01/28/2003 9:57:45 AM PST by general_re (A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.)
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