




I. Show Some ID, Bud








II. Justice for Some, But Not All




Officer blocking camera




Sources: YouTube, Photography is Not a Crime

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RE: all part of a pattern
By KFZ on 11/27/2012 1:52:42 PM , Rating: 2
I'll cite some examples of this "war" on whistle-blowing/demonstrating (Bradley Manning and Occupy Wall Street, respectively), and let's at least make sure we're not in a reverse-witch hunt. It would be highly dubious to simply state the above were within their respective civil rights.

Manning stole military data he was trusted with and put it into foreign hands (an Australian man if I remember correctly), which turned into a political propaganda video that was little more than a biased, uninformed attack on the war and cast U.S. soldiers as civilian murderers (actual study of the video showed armed insurgents). Now call Manning what you'd like to, but he should not be exonerated for "good intentions" of data theft and leaking. Replace his identity with that of a real foreign spy and the only difference is motive. Crime, meet punishment.

Do we even need to break down the utter mess that was Occupy Wall Street? The bio-hazard tent city washed in filth that harbored crime within its shanty town and wouldn't leave for weeks? The occupying and blocking of entrances to business and commerce and general disruption of peace? I believe the civil thing to do is peacefully assemble, not eat all the cake, piss on everything and set the world on fire.

I'm 100% behind being able to watch the watchers, report crimes anonymously and peaceful assembly, but people are way, way too narcissistic and naive today that the message is lost in a sea of black and gray morality. Ethics and responsibility and decency are long gone, and that is what a lot of civil people are against. We're supposed to fight for freedom, but not like lawless animals, yet some will go to their deaths believing "by any means necessary".

RE: all part of a pattern




