GoneOffShore
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Tue Oct-23-07 09:14 PM
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 Vigilantism is alive and well in Amerika. But that has always been the case. All these folks with the radar guns probably are the same ones campaigning against cell phone towers because they cause "electrosmog".
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| - Cops giving out radar guns and encouraging citizens to tattle on neighbors |
shance |
Oct-23-07 08:13 PM |
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here come the brownshirts. |
soothsayer |
Oct-23-07 08:14 PM |
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Oh, Please. |
stirlingsliver |
Oct-23-07 08:16 PM |
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I agree with you |
merh |
Oct-23-07 08:24 PM |
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Pfft. This does NOTHING to assist the cops in enforcing the Law. |
dicksteele |
Oct-23-07 08:25 PM |
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Pfft. Pfft. Says You. |
stirlingsliver |
Oct-23-07 08:28 PM |
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No, says the NEWS STORY. Says the LAW. And says COMMON SENSE. |
dicksteele |
Oct-23-07 09:01 PM |
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Wrong. (At least in my area.) |
mvccd1000 |
Oct-24-07 03:00 AM |
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Why not create a neighborhood council and do a petition drive for speed bumps? |
shance |
Oct-23-07 09:07 PM |
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Because speed bumps don't thrill the bullying hearts of apple-polishing neighborhood busybodies? |
dicksteele |
Oct-23-07 09:40 PM |
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We petitioned for speed bunps but were turned down |
Fran Kubelik |
Oct-24-07 09:32 AM |
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Speed bumps don't slow traffic speeds and vastly increase fuel use and pollution |
benEzra |
Oct-25-07 10:23 AM |
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Speed Bumps Do Not Always Work. |
stirlingsliver |
Oct-25-07 10:56 AM |
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FUCK THE POLICE! |
jaredh |
Oct-25-07 10:53 AM |
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Every move you make monitored? |
sandnsea |
Oct-25-07 11:01 AM |
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I say we take the radars and use them on the police, who drive like maniacs everywhere I've been. |
Forkboy |
Oct-23-07 08:17 PM |
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I recall hearing a car come roaring up our residential street and |
rzemanfl |
Oct-23-07 08:29 PM |
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A couple of years ago |
IDemo |
Oct-23-07 09:19 PM |
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About 20 years ago where i live a cop flipped on his flashers to go through a red light... |
Forkboy |
Oct-24-07 11:05 AM |
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I'd like to see them try wining that in Court... Geez.. n/t |
LakeSamish706 |
Oct-23-07 08:17 PM |
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Are those all Repuke strongholds? |
rurallib |
Oct-23-07 08:19 PM |
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Loveland is in the SW Ohio... |
rexcat |
Oct-23-07 09:40 PM |
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Wonder what you could get for it |
jimshoes |
Oct-23-07 08:23 PM |
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Around here we just throw rocks at them. |
Xithras |
Oct-23-07 08:25 PM |
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Throwing Rocks At Cars Could Get You Arrested |
stirlingsliver |
Oct-23-07 08:29 PM |
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We've never actually hit one. |
Xithras |
Oct-23-07 08:46 PM |
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Or you might just get you ass severely beaten. |
EnviroBat |
Oct-24-07 10:33 AM |
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Lol! I thought you meant at the neighbors with the radar guns! |
soothsayer |
Oct-23-07 08:51 PM |
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Throwing rocks at cars is supposed to make me feel safer? |
Book Lover |
Oct-23-07 08:55 PM |
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We actually had a guy stop once. |
Xithras |
Oct-23-07 09:07 PM |
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YOU, my friend, are the ones in danger, unless you are bullet-proof. |
WinkyDink |
Oct-24-07 09:55 AM |
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Couldn't they accomplish pretty much the same thing by |
rzemanfl |
Oct-23-07 08:27 PM |
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I live on a county road that never gets patrolled |
tularetom |
Oct-23-07 08:30 PM |
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Three incidents in a generation and that's enough to get you hot for a radar gun? |
Book Lover |
Oct-23-07 09:46 PM |
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Agree, snitching is no way for responsible, concerned citizens to help keep their neighborhoods safe |
jody |
Oct-23-07 08:44 PM |
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I want spike strips and a cell phone jammer too |
slackmaster |
Oct-23-07 08:52 PM |
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Ahh, a cell phone jammer would be heaven |
tammywammy |
Oct-23-07 08:54 PM |
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$48.21 delivered |
Indy Lurker |
Oct-24-07 10:03 AM |
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del |
Lilyhoney |
Oct-23-07 08:56 PM |
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can i have a taser in case the speeders get unruly? |
mark414 |
Oct-23-07 08:56 PM |
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LOL!!! You guys are on a roll tonight..... |
shance |
Oct-23-07 09:09 PM |
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I want one! I want one!!!!! |
Breeze54 |
Oct-23-07 09:02 PM |
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Here you go darlin and when you sign up now, you get a GE deluxe ginsu taser gun!! |
shance |
Oct-23-07 09:23 PM |
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Naw, I don't want to inflict physical pain; just monetary! |
Breeze54 |
Oct-23-07 09:55 PM |
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EVERYONE WITH A BUSH BUMPER STICKER GETS A TICKET!!! |
Swamp Rat |
Oct-23-07 09:06 PM |
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I like the way you think Swamp. But I think we all know who are gonna |
shance |
Oct-23-07 09:11 PM |
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I will get me a radar and I will make them PAY! |
Swamp Rat |
Oct-23-07 09:16 PM |
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What we really need in this country are speed cameras. |
Xithras |
Oct-23-07 09:09 PM |
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You know, I just don't think technology is a great way to govern and police people. |
shance |
Oct-23-07 09:20 PM |
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The other bad thing is that they don't stop you from speeding dangerously |
soothsayer |
Oct-23-07 09:24 PM |
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We have them here in DC. |
soothsayer |
Oct-23-07 09:22 PM |
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No thanks... |
benEzra |
Oct-25-07 10:17 AM |
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Oh wonderful! |
GoneOffShore |
Oct-23-07 09:14 PM |
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Let's turn people in for having books, too. |
Sabriel |
Oct-23-07 10:08 PM |
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Books run people over? |
Breeze54 |
Oct-23-07 10:09 PM |
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It was a commentary on government encouraging neighbor informing. n/t |
Sabriel |
Oct-23-07 10:13 PM |
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Yeah, I got it but the police have been cut severly since 2001 |
Breeze54 |
Oct-23-07 11:26 PM |
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How do the snitches PROVE someone was speeding? |
tuckessee |
Oct-23-07 10:16 PM |
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Those "proof" and "safeguard" notions of yours are SOOO "pre 9/11". |
dicksteele |
Oct-23-07 10:56 PM |
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Another reason to hate Naperville, IL |
MrScorpio |
Oct-24-07 03:02 AM |
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I have mixed feelings about this |
Roon |
Oct-24-07 06:52 AM |
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We used to put a doll that looked like a baby crawling toward the street from behind a shrub |
RGBolen |
Oct-24-07 06:59 AM |
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Lol, did you kill anyone? |
soothsayer |
Oct-24-07 09:14 AM |
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How old were you when you did that? |
Kingshakabobo |
Oct-24-07 09:28 AM |
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Late 20's early 30's. I'd do it today if people were speeding on my street |
RGBolen |
Oct-24-07 09:29 AM |
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So, what happens when someone swerves in to..... |
Kingshakabobo |
Oct-24-07 09:36 AM |
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Where I did it the speed limit was 20 MPH, there would be no problem |
RGBolen |
Oct-24-07 09:51 AM |
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"anyone obeying the law " |
Kingshakabobo |
Oct-24-07 10:21 AM |
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Well, that never happened. Just a group of us found a way to make people slow down on a residential |
RGBolen |
Oct-24-07 01:46 PM |
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We must be cheap. We just put in speed bumps. - n/t |
porphyrian |
Oct-24-07 09:32 AM |
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How are those working out for you? |
Kingshakabobo |
Oct-24-07 09:39 AM |
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They seem to work pretty well. |
porphyrian |
Oct-24-07 10:13 AM |
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What is the PROOF? Do these Speed Guns record license plates, or is that up to Mr. PlayCop? |
WinkyDink |
Oct-24-07 09:54 AM |
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And how does this differ from the neighborhood watch groups. |
madinmaryland |
Oct-24-07 10:49 AM |
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Right. Nobody should report crimes in their neighborhoods. |
MathGuy |
Oct-24-07 02:07 PM |
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Well, on the streets surrounding our neighborhood, there are... |
Zookeeper |
Oct-24-07 02:50 PM |
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A speeding driver who's alert and not distracted is safer than... |
CRF450 |
Oct-24-07 04:02 PM |
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Mow your lawn at 7AM; have your neighbor report you for speeding as revenge. |
Elspeth |
Oct-25-07 11:02 AM |
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I'd probably use it to test my fastball.... |
PeterU |
Oct-25-07 11:24 AM |
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