tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1138570918413841323.post2008063021449996773..comments2024-02-23T03:29:54.261-05:00Comments on The Unreligious Right: More on Shooting the RiotersUNRRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17093711439992855042noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1138570918413841323.post-42092834343485091582011-08-11T00:57:18.954-04:002011-08-11T00:57:18.954-04:00"Yeah, I just happen to oppose firing live am..."Yeah, I just happen to oppose firing live ammunition into a crowd..."<br /><br />My argument was that people throwing firebombs should be targeted and shot, not that police should fire indiscriminately into crowds. In any event, neither response to a riot has anything in particular to do with fascism. <br /><br />"Crisis is not the time when rights can be stomped on, it is the moment rights were created for. "<br /><br />People in the act of rioting have no more rights than any other criminal in the act of committing a crime. Force can & should be used to stop their crimes and protect the public. Their rights don't even apply until they are in custody.<br /><br />Whether or not live ammunition, plastic bullets, water cannon, batons, or any other method of riot control should be used is a question of appropriate force, not of rights.UNRRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17093711439992855042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1138570918413841323.post-76092098097066840632011-08-11T00:15:38.988-04:002011-08-11T00:15:38.988-04:00that you happen to disagree with
Yeah, I just hap...<i>that you happen to disagree with</i><br /><br />Yeah, I just happen to oppose firing live ammunition into a crowd...<br /><br />Crisis is not the time when rights can be stomped on, it is the moment rights were created for.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02504734487692109101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1138570918413841323.post-48550277002472461182011-08-10T10:32:45.373-04:002011-08-10T10:32:45.373-04:00I seriously doubt you have any idea what the word ...I seriously doubt you have any idea what the word fascism even means. Here's a hint, it doesn't mean actions by the government in a crisis situation that you happen to disagree with.<br /><br />And if you aren't frightened by massive riots you are either someone who is rioting, or a moron.UNRRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17093711439992855042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1138570918413841323.post-62295434624178452752011-08-10T01:56:09.574-04:002011-08-10T01:56:09.574-04:00Ah, fascism... the last refuge of the frightened a...Ah, fascism... the last refuge of the frightened authoritarian.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02504734487692109101noreply@blogger.com