I assume you have proof? Links? Or is this just opinion pawned off as fact like how you feel about homeschooling?
On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 1:14 PM, Eric Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > > Except that it is not just a few... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Stroz [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 10:53 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: US Man refuses to answer Immigration questions.Apparently, he > was right. > > > Kris, slice it any way you want, justify it any way you want. you are > still judging an entire group of people based on the words and actions > of a few. If its wrong to do that for one group, its wrong to do it > for all groups. > > I will try one more example. I recently had a discussion about those > who 'cheat' the system, in terms of welfare, medicaid, etc. > > I think it is safe to assume that there are as many people in each > town who 'cheat the system' as their are 'bad cops'. Would it be fair > to automatically assume that all people on welfare are cheating the > system until proven otherwise? No, it wouldn't. > > On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 10:42 AM, Sisk, Kris <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> You're comparing apples to oranges. But let's run with that. >> >> Let's say that 5% of police officers are bad or corrupt (I suspect the >> number would be closer to 10% or 20%, but for the sake of this, we'll be >> conservative). They are spread out pretty evenly through the US, so no >> matter where you live there's a good chance you've got one in your town. >> >> Now let's give the same 5% figure to Muslims who are terrorists (I have >> no idea what the actual number here is and I would be pretty leary of >> anyone who claimed to have the exact figure. 5% is probably high, but >> since we're guessing we may as well match the guess above). Unlike the >> bad or corrupt US police officers, they're concentrated in the Middle >> East. The odds of running into an Islamic terrorist inside the United >> States at this point are slim to none. I'm not foolish enough to believe >> DHS has kept them all out (that would be a monumentally huge task) but I >> would be truly shocked if there were more than a few dozen in the entire >> nation. >> >> Compare that to the thousands of officers out there who'd put you in >> cuffs with the slightest excuse. It doesn't even need to be a bad >> officer. A good officer in a bad mood can be almost as dangerous at >> times. >> >> But here, how about we have the view of a police officer on the matter. >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08fZQWjDVKE >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Scott Stroz [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 9:25 AM >> To: cf-community >> Subject: Re: US Man refuses to answer Immigration questions.Apparently, >> he was right. >> >> >> Oh...so, its OK to pre-judge people as long as there is a chance that >> if they are 'bad' their actions may vastly effect your life. >> >> After all the terrorist attacks perpetrated by Muslims, it would be >> OK, based on your explanation, for me to assume all Muslims are >> terrorists until proven otherwise? A terrorist can physically harm or >> kill me. With the stakes that high it only makes sense to use every >> shield against Muslim terrorists that we have. It's not about being >> disrespectful to them. It's about protecting myself. >> >> >> On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 10:17 AM, Sisk, Kris <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> Let's put it to you this way: What are the potential consequences of >>> running into a bad cashier? You get short changed a little, right? >> Small >>> beans, but I still double check that I got the change I was supposed >> to >>> when I go to the store. A bad mechanic and you'll have to take your >> car >>> to another one. Expensive maybe, but not exactly life altering. A bad >>> programmer and you get bugs that don't get fixed. You're out the cost >> of >>> the software, but 90% of the time you can just switch programs. >>> >>> Now with a bad police officer, you might end up in jail or you might >>> have a ticket on your record that shouldn't be there and double your >>> insurance rate for the next 5 years. With the stakes that high it only >>> makes sense to use every shield against bad cops that we have. It's >> not >>> about being disrespectful to them. It's about protecting myself. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Scott Stroz [mailto:[email protected]] >>> Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 9:08 AM >>> To: cf-community >>> Subject: Re: US Man refuses to answer Immigration >> questions.Apparently, >>> he was right. >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 9:58 AM, Sisk, Kris <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> There are enough bad cops that there are at least one or two in every >>>> police department in the country (which is just about like any other >>> job >>>> really). >>> >>> So, based on this statement, is it safe to assume that you pre-judge >>> everyone and assume they are one of 'the bad ones'? Or is it just law >>> enforcement? >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:327558 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
