Vladimir Horowitz said:
So your contention is that police officers are using the tasers, finding a way to "hack" the chip inside, delete the information, and nobody wonders why there is no record of a tasing incident when the device is examined? :crazy: ?
You didn´t get my point. The important questions is - where are we heading to? What will be in 10 years time? Basic changes in society come in little steps, and every little step by itself might even be seen as reasonable or useful from a conservative perspective. Important is the big picture, the long time perspective.
And the big picture when talking about tasers is - we now DO have cheap and accessible remote controls for people, an distance "off switch" for some time. And first rate instruments of torment. Now let´s see what that will turn into..
Vladimir Horowitz said:
Well, you are in no position to make a judgment call about the CIA unless you are are a current or ex-operative so we don't need to worry about that.
Well that´s cutting those guys a lot more slack than they deserve, don´t you think..?
I put you in the 18-20 y.o. range not to dis you. It just is a fact that most kids that age still have pretty b/w views of what is going on in the world and often are rigidly pro system, pro military and pro police. They simply are still not old enough to worry about civil rights and think about the - often neurotic and vile - dynamics that governmental systems develop on their own. In every country, everywhere.
Talking about russia... The status quo is not good, but better than 3-5 years ago and way better than say 10-15. In the US it is vice versa. Russia is going up, the US are heading down. That btw has a tremendous psychological influence on people. Russian folks still see lots of shyt, but they see that things are moving, that there are real chances that things will get better.
Cop dumps paralyzed man out of his wheel chair - after traffic violation!!
