tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post7539822315506328486..comments2024-02-21T14:18:09.212-08:00Comments on R World: Mob or Majority?Ron Davisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11972794876337195698noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post-43972293915836233192007-10-05T15:39:00.000-07:002007-10-05T15:39:00.000-07:00LH,I'm so glad you said this. Not because I agree ...LH,<BR/>I'm so glad you said this. Not because I agree but because I very much disagree (and am so relieved that we finally have a difference of opinion). <BR/>If you watch the video of the guy getting tasered, it would take a very active imagination to think that he wanted to be tasered.Ron Davisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11972794876337195698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post-89795425520024926672007-10-05T14:27:00.000-07:002007-10-05T14:27:00.000-07:00I have very mixed emotions about this tasering. I...I have very mixed emotions about this tasering. I believe in the first amendment but also in "fair play".<BR/><BR/>If the guy knew the rules about how much time you get to ask questions, and he exceeded them,and he got escorted off, and he resisted the escort and continued to make a scene, then OK, he gets his prize - tasering.<BR/><BR/>"Free speech" means you can say what you want to say in a public place (gratuitous obscenities excluded). When the place is not "public", but in fact a place where special rules are placed on speech by the owners of the place, then one is obligated to abide by those rules. A courtroom is one such place, but I would argue that the place where Kerry was speaking also fits the criteria.<BR/><BR/>It may be that the guy's objective was to get attention to his cause by getting tasered. If so, he accomplished his objective and bully for him. He felt the pain of the taser was a good trade for making his point. OK. Both sides did what they needed to do. <BR/><BR/>What's the big problem?Life Hikerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00183254858386081439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post-44620202683054650612007-10-04T16:25:00.000-07:002007-10-04T16:25:00.000-07:00I don't think I've ever seen a poll that I've like...I don't think I've ever seen a poll that I've liked. They never have the answer that I'd give. Maybe more properly, the question has too many not set out facts which result in A or B or... not be the answer, unless the facts are...<BR/><BR/>Don't trust a poll.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04411527807049220749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post-1765580524037581332007-10-04T14:13:00.000-07:002007-10-04T14:13:00.000-07:00"As a guy whose ability to fit in has always been ..."As a guy whose ability to fit in has always been spotty (at best), this tendency of groups frightens me"<BR/><BR/>i knew there was a reason why we blicked. (blog clicked)<BR/><BR/>and CCE, if i may take a crack at answering your question...<BR/>i am guessing we can raise our children to do the right thing by in fact, doing the right thing ourselves.<BR/>after all, values are not taught--they are caught.<BR/><BR/>(this is very exhausting btw)exskindiverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09116951497970094346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post-75696206855710090022007-10-04T11:24:00.000-07:002007-10-04T11:24:00.000-07:00Odd; I would think that O'Reilly viewers should ha...Odd; I would think that O'Reilly viewers should have a high tolerance for the annoying.<BR/><BR/>-I also thought the reaction to the tasering incident was surprising and disturbing. The actions of the people in charge at the Univeristy can be comfortably assigned to just a handful of individuals.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post-44454379843727169112007-10-04T07:25:00.000-07:002007-10-04T07:25:00.000-07:00I think back to grade school and feel shame that w...I think back to grade school and feel shame that while some children were instigators, teasing the different or torturing the handicapped, the rest of us were willing accomplices to their cruelty. If mob mentality is human nature, how does one raise a child to rise above the fray and "do the right thing" so to speak?ccehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05867069792357056649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post-65962192507114934762007-10-04T04:32:00.000-07:002007-10-04T04:32:00.000-07:00Thomas,You've quickly honed in on a glaring bit of...Thomas,<BR/>You've quickly honed in on a glaring bit of ignorance on my part - given that I had no sound, I don't know whether this was 75% of Americans or 75% of O'Reilly's listeners. I'd like to think it was the latter.Ron Davisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11972794876337195698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post-88445943770677628492007-10-04T03:34:00.000-07:002007-10-04T03:34:00.000-07:00Was this a scientific poll or a phone-in poll? It...Was this a scientific poll or a phone-in poll? It might not have been 75% of Americans, it might have been 75% of those who watch Bill O'Reilly and cared strongly enough to call in. (Although I do think a lot of Americans will rubber-stamp anything a man in uniform does- that's what John Kerry did.)<BR/><BR/>If it <B>is</B> okay to taser people who are annoying, then it's Bill O'Reilly who should be the most concerned!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com