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He's calling the adventure "The World Needs More Whimsy Grand Tour." Sometimes it's ok to have fun. Nobody drives a big banana thinking they're not going to att
by eagerpace 3mo ago
He's calling the adventure "The World Needs More Whimsy Grand Tour." Sometimes it's ok to have fun. Nobody drives a big banana thinking they're not going to attract attention. It's part of the fun and whimsy.
- nicbou 3mo agoYou have a point, but stopping a car as a police officer is a much less consensual interaction than having a quick chat at a red light. It's a very forceful way to have a friendly conversation.
- lazide 3mo agosquints have you met any police?
- skinfaxi 3mo agoYeah have you? They carry guns and are prone to violence in the US at rates disproportionate to the rest of the population, and that's just against their own loved ones. > Two studies have found that at least 40% of police officer families experience domestic violence, (1, 2) in contrast to 10% of families in the general population.(3) A third study of older and more experienced officers found a rate of 24% (4), indicating that domestic violence is 24 times more common among police families than American families in general. https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2017R1/Downloads/CommitteeMeetingDocument/132808 https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2017R1/Downloads/Comm...
- lazide 3mo agoDuh? Maybe re-read my comment?
- classified 3mo agoIt doesn't say anything, it's literally a question.
- lazide 3mo agoAmazing
- gacgacgac 3mo agoCops pulling someone over is never "fun and whimsy".
- eagerpace 3mo agoNot saying I enjoy it. Not saying that I’d drive a giant banana either. But if I saw a police car, pull over a giant banana, I would think it was hilarious. That’s the definition of whimsy.
- wat10000 3mo agoWhimsy should be consensual and not involve the threat of violence.
- delecti 3mo agoBeing pulled over is a command under threat of violence, by an agent of the state empowered to use deadly force, who is mostly insulated from the consequences of poor judgement or abuses of power. Being pulled over by cops cannot be whimsical.
- hluska 3mo agoThankfully, not everyone thinks like you do. I have zero problems with police and never have. I trust you’ve heard of different opinions?
- delecti 3mo agoWe can hold differing opinions about whether state sanctioned threats of deadly force are whimsical, but that is unarguably what being pulled over is.
- mrguyorama 3mo agoPlease tell me which "differing opinion" excuses rampant theft through Civil Asset Forfeiture which cops don't seem to have a problem with?
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