That’s just heartbreaking, it really is — and unfortunately accurate! *Please, please, torture me instead of executing me!* That’s two cartoons in a row which have made me ill. You’re on fire, Keith!
Hey keith Rob here. I had a bus driver OFFER to Taze me one time “so you know what it feels like.” That shows the perception that it’s some kind of seinice fiction “hell’ wake up in three hours feeling refresh weapon” A quick up close look will tell you that’s bullshit!
Looking back, it seems that every decade some technician comes up with a gadget that is suposed to help the police do their thing without killing people. And sooner or later, the cops find a way to abuse it.
Chemical Mace. Electric cattle prods. The stun gun. Pepper spray. And the Taser.
In each case, it was promised as a humane non-lethal gadget. And in each case, officers would find a way to abuse it, say, by tieing a guy up and stun-gunning him again and again, or by handcuffing the guy and spraying Chemical Mace or pepper spray on him.
I suspect that even if you DID invent a “phasers on stun” gadget that caused the person to simply slump over and wake up feeling refreshed, the cops would find a way to abuse it: “Hey Pilsudski, I know! Let’s make the guy stand on the top of a stepladder and then Phaser him so he falls off the ladder headfirst! That’s be a riot, wouldn’t it?”
um…. not to be rude or anything, but i’ve been reading you for a number of years and i don’t remember you making such a fuss when it happened. is it just that you’re not outraged about the situation until you disagreed with the jury conviction?
Nailed it again, Keef. Keep up the good work!
LOLSOB
Keep in mind that tasers can kill too. But I’d rather be tased than shot!
That’s just heartbreaking, it really is — and unfortunately accurate! *Please, please, torture me instead of executing me!* That’s two cartoons in a row which have made me ill. You’re on fire, Keith!
Hey keith Rob here. I had a bus driver OFFER to Taze me one time “so you know what it feels like.” That shows the perception that it’s some kind of seinice fiction “hell’ wake up in three hours feeling refresh weapon” A quick up close look will tell you that’s bullshit!
Looking back, it seems that every decade some technician comes up with a gadget that is suposed to help the police do their thing without killing people. And sooner or later, the cops find a way to abuse it.
Chemical Mace. Electric cattle prods. The stun gun. Pepper spray. And the Taser.
In each case, it was promised as a humane non-lethal gadget. And in each case, officers would find a way to abuse it, say, by tieing a guy up and stun-gunning him again and again, or by handcuffing the guy and spraying Chemical Mace or pepper spray on him.
I suspect that even if you DID invent a “phasers on stun” gadget that caused the person to simply slump over and wake up feeling refreshed, the cops would find a way to abuse it: “Hey Pilsudski, I know! Let’s make the guy stand on the top of a stepladder and then Phaser him so he falls off the ladder headfirst! That’s be a riot, wouldn’t it?”
Brilliant!!
um…. not to be rude or anything, but i’ve been reading you for a number of years and i don’t remember you making such a fuss when it happened. is it just that you’re not outraged about the situation until you disagreed with the jury conviction?
@what’s the point?
ummmm… That’s a pretty rude assumption for someone not trying to be offensive.