• Skates@feddit.nlEnglish
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        11 months ago

        Yeah, this definitely is one of the more ludicrous things Christians have done. The crusades and the child molestation I was okay with, the inquisition just sounds like an awesome time for everyone, and shoving your religion down the throat of everyone else is just what you do sometimes when you feel you’re right. But making laws against feeding homeless people really makes me wonder if maybe Christians are a bit wrong sometimes.

  • danafest@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    Armed to deter cops actually sounds like a viable plan in Texas after what we saw at Uvalde

    • Rekonok@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      11 months ago

      2019 sounds like so far in the past…

      Texas must have fixed those stupids rules? Maybe they have fixed the houses crisis…

      Please I really could use some hope right now

    • chaogomu@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      Yes I have. It’s called a sword cane. I happen to have some knee damage, and if I play up my limp a bit, no one even looks twice at my cane.

        • chaogomu@lemmy.world
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          11 months ago

          I did, something like 15 years back.

          It’s okay quality, but I did have to fix the rattle of the sheath. Just ripped one of the faces off a piece of cardboard, and then rolled it up and shoved it in the sheath. Now the cane doesn’t rattle at all when you shake it, but it still draws smoothly.

          Honestly, any of my solid canes would make a great weapon, but people never realize it, so the sword cane is mostly for the intimidation option.

          Almost anyone can recognize a sword as a weapon, even if I could ruin your day just as much with a wooden hook cane.

          • LeadersAtWork@lemmy.world
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            11 months ago

            To be fair, the difference between a hook cane and sword cane is one can cause bruising up to a concussion, with a low chance of broken bones. While the other creates a sequel to Highlander. So your day might be ruined by one; the other makes sure there is only one.

    • Fishbone@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      Big dresses and a lotta cleavage means you got no idea who’s got a concealed sword at a ren faire.

        • Fishbone@lemmy.world
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          11 months ago

          lol I’m not describing myself here, I’m just a fish with no meat.

          It’s just been (oddly, I think) a recurring thing that multiple friends have done at ren faires (and costume parties). I know at least 3 people who have done the concealed boob sword thing, and plenty of extras who opted for bottles of hard alcohol instead.

  • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Every single protest should have an armed contingent in America. That is the only way cops will take you seriously, but make sure you dot the i’s and cross the t’s, because your permits better be current.

    • zarkanian@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      11 months ago

      This gives the cops license to start slaughtering protestors. They’re allowed to kill if they have a reason to fear for their safety.

      • madcaesar@lemmy.world
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        11 months ago

        Nope. Cops are bullies and cowards by nature. They love to swing their dicks around unarmed, peaceful protesters.

        Any sign of any possible resistance or discomfort and they’ll suddenly turn into pillars of restraint and caution.

        IE look at all the armed Nazi protests, or uvlade or any other of the myriad of examples.

        • zarkanian@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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          11 months ago

          There’s a reason why cops are polite at the Nazi protests, and it isn’t because the protesters are armed.

  • corsicanguppy@lemmy.caEnglish
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    11 months ago

    ITT: Americans generalizing about all cops, even in countries where they have to be trained properly. It’s a form of ‘False Consensus’

    • zarkanian@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      11 months ago

      There might be an issue with training, but the real problem is accountability. Cops in the USA can get away with a lot, up to and including murder. If police were punished for abusing their power, then it would happen much less often.

    • CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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      11 months ago

      ITT: people who don’t understand that if the article takes place in a specific geographical region, then general comments about said article are also referring to the same geographical region.

    • VelvetStorm@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      It stopped the cops from entering a school while someone slaughtered 19 kids and 2 adults and that was just 1 person with a gun. So I’d say this would.

      • Buddahriffic@lemmy.world
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        11 months ago

        A single armed guy in a Texas school will attract cops at a medium distance but repel them at a short distance.

    • orcrist@lemm.ee
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      11 months ago

      Yes, it deters the cops. You have to understand that many or most cops are paranoid, cowards, and bullies. They aren’t going around enforcing laws because they think that they need to uphold justice. Rather, they’re going around power tripping. And it’s not such a great power trip if you have to worry about getting shot because people think that you’re dirty.

      Of course this is not true for all cops all the time, but it’s certainly true for many cops most of the time.

      • Tattorack@lemmy.world
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        11 months ago

        *American cops.

        Everything you just said would not be true of, for example, Danish cops. Or French cops, for that matter.

          • Tattorack@lemmy.world
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            11 months ago

            My point exactly. If you’re going to do something with weapons on display in France because of the police, the police are only going to take that as a provocation. There’d be a fire fight.

          • lad@programming.devEnglish
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            11 months ago

            Judging by another reply, ey meant that French cops will engage in a fight rather than chicken out. That doesn’t make them the good guys, of course

        • ComradeSharkfucker@lemmy.mlEnglish
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          11 months ago

          The police are an arm of the state formed specifically for the purpose of maintaining a societies class structure because the laws they enforce are dictated by that societies ruling class. French and Danish cops absolutely will do whatever the state tells them because its their job, they are law enforcers not law interpreters. One day shit will go down hill for the French and Danish ruling class and when that happens they will use their law enforcers to maintain their standard of living which is to say their positions of power and wealth. This is very normal and becomes quite clear when you learn the history of labor and civil rights movements all over the world.

    • intensely_human@lemm.ee
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      11 months ago

      The thing is, those guns cause pain and injury by ejecting small pieces of metal so fast they go right through you.

      That pain and injury is a deterrence, yes. Even in Texas.