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He waited two weeks to make his allegations. randome Feb 2013 #1
I doubt many people would agree that Dorner acted in an intelligent sensible way, however. DrewFlorida Feb 2013 #2
Major under statement: "Because Dorner did not use a good method for exposing the LAPD" Yavin4 Feb 2013 #5
Killing people destroys your (Dorner's) credibility, not the credibility of the message. DrewFlorida Feb 2013 #44
well said. robinlynne Feb 2013 #53
People don't work that way. randome Feb 2013 #54
Agree. And not just w/insane people. Anybody who screws up once is forever branded gateley Feb 2013 #76
k&r Dreamer Tatum Feb 2013 #3
Dorner is not different from any other disgruntled ex employ that goes in and shoots up his former Agnosticsherbet Feb 2013 #4
+1 BainsBane Feb 2013 #50
Is there a goddamn straw man FACTORY in town? nt sibelian Feb 2013 #6
Because you cannot form a logical rebuttal to my post... Yavin4 Feb 2013 #7
"an informal fallacy based on misrepresentation of an opponent's position" sibelian Feb 2013 #73
I Didn't Misreprsent The Dorner Supporters' Position Yavin4 Feb 2013 #74
He only wanted to make a name for himself KingFlorez Feb 2013 #8
Oh, his name will be remembered all right. randome Feb 2013 #55
How many people has LAPD killed? Downwinder Feb 2013 #9
He Was a LAPD cop for 3 Years Yavin4 Feb 2013 #10
Obviously. Downwinder Feb 2013 #11
Maybe he was the product of Navy culture. bayareamike Feb 2013 #29
That could well be. Downwinder Feb 2013 #30
Or, it could just be that this was a guy bayareamike Feb 2013 #31
Dr. Frist? HangOnKids Feb 2013 #32
At least mine is speculation bayareamike Feb 2013 #33
Just spewed coffee on the monitor HangOnKids Feb 2013 #36
So, do you want to actually discuss anything bayareamike Feb 2013 #38
Careful Mikey HangOnKids Feb 2013 #39
LOL. Mikey? Nothing like being condescending. We're done here. nt bayareamike Feb 2013 #40
Good. Bye Bye HangOnKids Feb 2013 #41
No welcome to ignore? BainsBane Feb 2013 #52
LAPD's hiring process should have filtered that out. Downwinder Feb 2013 #35
Agreed. nt bayareamike Feb 2013 #37
and look at the army's current hiring practices..... robinlynne Feb 2013 #57
I think Dorner was the product of a lot of other cultures before he got to LAPD. haele Feb 2013 #14
agreed onenote Feb 2013 #49
I don't know how many people the LAPD has killed onenote Feb 2013 #16
I don't know, but when they shoot up newspaper ladies Downwinder Feb 2013 #21
Well, the LAPD has 10,000 police officers and you don't know how many have ever shot anyone onenote Feb 2013 #22
That is why I asked. Downwinder Feb 2013 #23
There's some numbers here: bhikkhu Feb 2013 #75
Thanks. I'll have to study this a bit. Downwinder Feb 2013 #77
if you live in LA you hear about LAPD shootings pretty regularly. It is not at all uncommon. robinlynne Feb 2013 #59
It happens on a pretty regular basis here. robinlynne Feb 2013 #58
Well, the national conversation now includes LAPD corruption Fumesucker Feb 2013 #12
how does that effect LAPD behavior? BainsBane Feb 2013 #62
LAPD is only the tip of the iceberg, police nationwide are becoming more and more militarized Fumesucker Feb 2013 #67
no kidding BainsBane Feb 2013 #68
No corrupt organization is going to enjoy that national spotlight being shined on it Fumesucker Feb 2013 #69
because of a mass murderer BainsBane Feb 2013 #70
Oderint dum metuant, let them hate so long as they fear Fumesucker Feb 2013 #72
You know there are two other officers nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #13
I don't think so. I think that he just wanted to do both at the same time MrScorpio Feb 2013 #15
You're supposed to love Dorner for murdering US citizens here for no reasons and DevonRex Feb 2013 #17
Yeah, wonder where the right gets their propaganda spin to convince the middle that CAG Feb 2013 #56
who loves Dorner? robinlynne Feb 2013 #60
Nobody has said that it was the only means to expose the LAPD mokawanis Feb 2013 #18
Why? It's as good as a straw-man as any. AnotherMcIntosh Feb 2013 #46
He killed because he went off the deep end, morally and psychologically. geek tragedy Feb 2013 #19
Yet another Dr. Frist HangOnKids Feb 2013 #34
No sane person would shoot someone's kid thinking it would advance a cause for justice. nt geek tragedy Feb 2013 #42
You'd think that is the first thing people would realize. dkf Feb 2013 #65
I wonder if I posted that Baruch Goldstein was lynched what the reaction would be. nt geek tragedy Feb 2013 #66
Dorner didn't expose ANYTHING that people in Southern California didn't already know. cherokeeprogressive Feb 2013 #20
People in NoCal know LAPD is crooked and dangerous REP Feb 2013 #24
I should have said everyone in California who's paid attention in the last 21 years knows... n/t cherokeeprogressive Feb 2013 #26
Yep. There was even a very popular TV show about on LAPD corruption Yavin4 Feb 2013 #28
Or, So, Dorner's Only Means to Expose LAPD Corruption Was To Get Killed? Coyotl Feb 2013 #25
His methods were unsound slackmaster Feb 2013 #27
Do you have to be a Dorner fanboy to be allowed to criticize the LAPD? n/t backscatter712 Feb 2013 #43
According to DU's new nannies, yes. I, OTOH, think he was a dangerous person who kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #45
Yep. How dare we show nuance instead of picking sides! backscatter712 Feb 2013 #47
you gotta break a few eggs to make an omelette datasuspect Feb 2013 #48
who says he did it to expose the LAPD? Dorner didn't say that. He said "I didn't lie." robinlynne Feb 2013 #51
If anyone thinks his manifesto is the thinking of some one sane.... Historic NY Feb 2013 #61
Dorner is much worse than Allen West. geek tragedy Feb 2013 #63
There was a book written about why the nazis did what they did. robinlynne Feb 2013 #64
No - it wasn't Taverner Feb 2013 #71
Who said it was? Dorner is dead, you'll have to call a soothsayer to have this out with him TheKentuckian Feb 2013 #78
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