If not for your post, I would have completely missed this occurrence. Thanks for posting. The guys that pulled this off are awesome.

The worst part is if the bystander didn't come forward with the video, this cop would have gotten away with murder. He was only charged because video showed his version of the events to be fabricated.

Body cams. Every cop, no exceptions.

My high school algebra book was also very consistent and logically arranged by certain mathematical principles and rules.

It must be holy too!

There is zero chance he gets a fair trial, and let's consider for a moment how fast democrats and republicans alike lined up to crucify him in the immediate aftermath. Snowden leaked documents for the overall good of the nation, to force the government to have the debate over this power it granted itself in the public sphere - which it most certainly was not going to do voluntarily, as it demonstrated itself by keeping it secret.

Compare the rhetoric against Snowden with the treatment of Petraeus, who got a sweetheart plea deal for leaking classified information - not for the good of the nation, but to impress his mistress and for his own glorification (she was writing his biography) - and realize that Snowden is an outsider and that's why the government will try to hang him, while Petraeus - an insider - gets off with a laughable slap on the wrist.

Disgusting.

Petraeus Plea Deal: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/03/03/david-petraeus-paula-broadwell/24312109/

80% "libertarian" vote went to Romney. Lol.

It's not a justification or a defense when people point that out, but a reminder that all religions are the same, in case one religious group is trying to claim moral superiority to pass judgement on other religious groups.

Ah, but you see? You and I might agree we are all world citizens, but we have a different viewpoint. We may identify as humans first, the same as all others. Tribal identity clouds this. People who identify with a tribe create barriers to differentiate themselves with other people. "American" "British" "Russian" "Israeli" "Palestinian" "Arab" "Jew" "Christian" "Muslim"... all of these are classifications someone might identify with first, to differentiate themselves from anyone who is not part of their tribe. Tribal identity allows people to commit terrible acts, because you're not harming people like YOU, they're different or inferior, or any other mental gymnastics you have to do to justify terrible treatment to fellow human beings.

And speaking as an outsider, I can't understand the animosity and centuries worth of tensions that run between these two groups. It's different for me to look at this conflict and say "it looks stupid and why don't they all just stop killing." That's my stance, but it comes from being on the outside.

I'm sure there will be a settlement, there usually is in such instances, and it varies based on the details of every situation. Not that money can make up for losing 28 years of your life.

They were all living some place before they came back and carved Israel out of Palestine. It doesn't have to be where it is now, but it is because they believe their god promised this land to them. Religion is the root cause. They don't want to live anywhere, they want to live on the magic land.

Perhaps I am mistaken, but my understanding was that Israel was "the promised land" that their god promised his "chosen people." That is how they justify the expelling of the Palestinians in 1947. Correct me if I do not have this correct.

I'm playing devil's advocate, and I'm from the US. Just for the record, I'm more sympathetic to the Palestinians than the Israelis, however both sides shoulder so much blame in this conflict it's almost pointless trying to parse it out, but the Israeli's as the dominant military force and who unquestionably keep the Palestinians impoverished, definitely shoulder more of the blame for the current situation. I'll switch to the other thread.

Not the same analogy. If I said, "when I get a gun, I'm gonna kill my neighbors" you'd probably be apprehensive about me acquiring a gun, so you might not allow me to buy one. And when I say "Well then I'm gonna build my own rifle, and also, my neighbor has no right to live," then you'd be right to be nervous about me acquiring a rifle.

I think it's impossible for there to be peace. Both sides claim the land, both sides are willing to kill to have it, and both sides claim their right to the land is from their god. The problem is, there were people living there before Judaism and Islam became prominent, so I don't recognize either of them as having a more legitimate claim to the land over the other, and even less so when their justification is "because my god said so."

By the government? Then there is a law you can provide to prove this? Excuse my skepticism, but there's a lot of BS in this thread, and I'm trying to discern fact from bias.

Because Iran's official policy is that Israel should not exist and has pledged repeatedly to wipe them off the map. That is why people who don't want them to have nuclear weapons don't want them to have them. Again, their official policy is the promised destruction of Israel. Governments that promise to destroy other countries if given the capabilities (e.g. North Korea, Iran) are countries you don't want to actually give the capability to do that.

Not defending, just explaining.

 

You're forbidden to communicate with Muslims? By who? I've never heard of this before.

FTFY

I'm sorry, you're not standing in a Free Speech Zone when you criticize the government, so you have to go to jail now...

This is a far fringe concern. People who want to commit suicide generally don't participate in mass murder in the process, and whatever concern this warrants has already been solved with all the airlines announcing no pilot will ever be in the cockpit alone anymore.