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He didn't say we didn't need police.
by wnoise 10y ago
He didn't say we didn't need police.
- joshmanders 10y agoOh yeah, spray the fire extinguisher at the top of the fire instead of the base, that'll surely put it out!
- TeMPOraL 10y agoNo, just stop "extinguishing" the fire by burning other peoples' houses down. (It's as absurd as it sounds, and yet that's essentially the US strategy for defending from terrorist attacks)
- samatman 10y agoTo be completely literal-minded for a second, what you're describing is called a "firebreak" and is a standard part of the firefighting arsenal.
- joshmanders 10y agoYeah, I had a nice chuckle when he made that comment and didn't realize that is exactly how firefighters contain fires such as forest fires.
- TeMPOraL 10y agoYou can stretch any analogy past its breaking point. The discussion was about household fires. Random applications of overwhelming force too have situations in which they're appropriate. Fighting terrorism is not one of them.
- Tiksi 10y agoGranted, this is basically how wildfires are extinguished, though more trees/brush than houses.
- TeMPOraL 10y agoTrue, but the context was about household fires :).