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Maybe they can start enforcing the law when it comes to blatant offenders that terrorize large cities. Illegal blocking of sidewalk selling fake handbags, selli

by bko 2mo ago

Maybe they can start enforcing the law when it comes to blatant offenders that terrorize large cities. Illegal blocking of sidewalk selling fake handbags, selling untaxed marijuana on street corners, violating traffic laws on e-bikes. A lot of wood to chop before they get to my jay walking so I think I’m safe for the time being. But I welcome more enforcement

daun_gee 2mo ago
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contagiousflow 2mo ago
> terrorize large cities Oh I wonder what kind of terror he's talking about > Illegal blocking of sidewalk selling fake handbags Jesus Christ. If this is what brings you to a surveillance state with open arms maybe you should talk to people outside of your bubble.
- bko 2mo ago
  It doesn't have to be like this. Why do you accept it? Serious question. You don't need a surveillance state. How many indignities do you stomach for what exactly? Some false sense of freedom? Freedom to buy illegal unlicensed untaxed weed? Freedom to get run over by a delivery ebike?
  - natebc 2mo ago
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  - Windchaser 2mo ago
    > How many indignities do you stomach for what exactly? People selling handbags neither threatens my dignity nor makes me indignant. When I think of "terrorize", I think of things like.. y'know, people strapped with explosives, blowing up buses full of civilians. Or something like the Rape of Nanking, where Japanese army killed and raped their way across the city. The Japanese terrorized the city, literally instilling a nightmarish-level of fear. I can't place "they're terrorizing me by selling handbags" anywhere in the same universe. If you're genuinely frightened by this, I would like to gently suggest you talk this through with a therapist.
  - contagiousflow 2mo ago
    > Why do you accept it? I don't. I work every day to help my community and I hope you do the same. > You don't need a surveillance state Then don't call for one. If you'd like to change your community, again, I'd recommend you to stop being scared and just start talking to more people around you.
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  - joquarky 2mo ago
    You seem to think everyone should conform to one homogenous way of life. This was tried in Europe a little under a century ago and it did not turn out well.
smallybigs 2mo ago
Brother, you want mass surveillance because of bikes, handbags, and weed. I guarantee there is _some_ group that finds some aspect of you, your life, or that of some of your loved ones at least as annoying as you find those things.
- bko 2mo ago
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  - Windchaser 2mo ago
    > "filth and crime" checks, it's "people selling untaxed marijuana" Yeahhhh, we have radically different ideas about what constitutes "they're terrorizing my city". Casual use of heavy-handed law enforcement makes things much, much worse, not better.
    - bko 2mo ago
      Heavy handed? How about light handed. You're not allowed to sell illegal drugs on the street? Why do we allow this? Do you just not believe that there should be no laws that prevent people from posting up convenience stores on street corners? Or that police should look the other way bc it's too heavy handed to just detain the few dozen ppl that do this until they stop. This wasn't a thing 10 years ago and we weren't in a police state
      - OGWhales 2mo ago
        > This wasn't a thing 10 years ago and we weren't in a police state Curious then that you are arguing in favor of a police state with mass surveillance to solve these issues...
      - dpoloncsak 2mo ago
        Selling untaxed Marijuana in a legal state is not selling 'illegal drugs', just saying.
Hugsbox 2mo ago
This comment is satire, correct?
- john_strinlai 2mo ago
  take a quick scroll through their substack, there's even funnier stuff than fake handbag outrage
- queenkjuul 2mo ago
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jst1fthsdys 2mo ago
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- bko 2mo ago
  Why is this a reality? Tokyo is not like this. There was a lot less of this petty criminality 10 years ago.
  - jst1fthsdys 2mo ago
    Go move to Tokyo then. I'm sure their safe and open society will welcome you. >There was a lot less of this petty criminality 10 years ago. No there wasn't. Or are you saying that because material reality is now encroaching on your bubble?
    - bko 2mo ago
      That's cute, the whole "if you don't like it leave" argument. But I am not Japanese. I have no ties in Tokyo and they have a sensible immigration policy that doesn't allow just anyone to come. I'm American and want to make America a safer and better place for the 95% of people that want to live in an orderly society. Of course there was less crime in NYC 10 years ago. Don't gas light me. Bootleg handbag sales were Chinatown only, there wasn't weed sales on every corner in midtown. Fentanyl zombies weren't a thing. Things weren't perfect, we still had subway dancers and pushy CD scammers, but it wasn't nearly as bad
      - joquarky 2mo ago
        > to live in an orderly society. See Demolition Man (1993) for an example of this.
  - pavel_lishin 2mo ago
    If you read about the Japanese legal & policing system, you'll understand why - and the trade-offs that are made.
  - cthalupa 2mo ago
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queenkjuul 2mo ago
Ah yes, the sheer terror of someone selling handbags. If you consider that terrorizing, you need help.
nout 2mo ago
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by bko 2mo ago

daun_gee 2mo ago

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contagiousflow 2mo ago

> terrorize large cities Oh I wonder what kind of terror he's talking about > Illegal blocking of sidewalk selling fake handbags Jesus Christ. If this is what brings you to a surveillance state with open arms maybe you should talk to people outside of your bubble.

bko 2mo ago
It doesn't have to be like this. Why do you accept it? Serious question. You don't need a surveillance state. How many indignities do you stomach for what exactly? Some false sense of freedom? Freedom to buy illegal unlicensed untaxed weed? Freedom to get run over by a delivery ebike?
- natebc 2mo ago
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- Windchaser 2mo ago
  > How many indignities do you stomach for what exactly? People selling handbags neither threatens my dignity nor makes me indignant. When I think of "terrorize", I think of things like.. y'know, people strapped with explosives, blowing up buses full of civilians. Or something like the Rape of Nanking, where Japanese army killed and raped their way across the city. The Japanese terrorized the city, literally instilling a nightmarish-level of fear. I can't place "they're terrorizing me by selling handbags" anywhere in the same universe. If you're genuinely frightened by this, I would like to gently suggest you talk this through with a therapist.
- contagiousflow 2mo ago
  > Why do you accept it? I don't. I work every day to help my community and I hope you do the same. > You don't need a surveillance state Then don't call for one. If you'd like to change your community, again, I'd recommend you to stop being scared and just start talking to more people around you.
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- joquarky 2mo ago
  You seem to think everyone should conform to one homogenous way of life. This was tried in Europe a little under a century ago and it did not turn out well.

smallybigs 2mo ago

Brother, you want mass surveillance because of bikes, handbags, and weed. I guarantee there is _some_ group that finds some aspect of you, your life, or that of some of your loved ones at least as annoying as you find those things.

bko 2mo ago
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- daun_gee 2mo ago
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- Windchaser 2mo ago
  > "filth and crime" checks, it's "people selling untaxed marijuana" Yeahhhh, we have radically different ideas about what constitutes "they're terrorizing my city". Casual use of heavy-handed law enforcement makes things much, much worse, not better.
  - bko 2mo ago
    Heavy handed? How about light handed. You're not allowed to sell illegal drugs on the street? Why do we allow this? Do you just not believe that there should be no laws that prevent people from posting up convenience stores on street corners? Or that police should look the other way bc it's too heavy handed to just detain the few dozen ppl that do this until they stop. This wasn't a thing 10 years ago and we weren't in a police state
    - OGWhales 2mo ago
      > This wasn't a thing 10 years ago and we weren't in a police state Curious then that you are arguing in favor of a police state with mass surveillance to solve these issues...
    - dpoloncsak 2mo ago
      Selling untaxed Marijuana in a legal state is not selling 'illegal drugs', just saying.

Hugsbox 2mo ago

This comment is satire, correct?

john_strinlai 2mo ago
take a quick scroll through their substack, there's even funnier stuff than fake handbag outrage
queenkjuul 2mo ago
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jst1fthsdys 2mo ago

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bko 2mo ago
Why is this a reality? Tokyo is not like this. There was a lot less of this petty criminality 10 years ago.
- jst1fthsdys 2mo ago
  Go move to Tokyo then. I'm sure their safe and open society will welcome you. >There was a lot less of this petty criminality 10 years ago. No there wasn't. Or are you saying that because material reality is now encroaching on your bubble?
  - bko 2mo ago
    That's cute, the whole "if you don't like it leave" argument. But I am not Japanese. I have no ties in Tokyo and they have a sensible immigration policy that doesn't allow just anyone to come. I'm American and want to make America a safer and better place for the 95% of people that want to live in an orderly society. Of course there was less crime in NYC 10 years ago. Don't gas light me. Bootleg handbag sales were Chinatown only, there wasn't weed sales on every corner in midtown. Fentanyl zombies weren't a thing. Things weren't perfect, we still had subway dancers and pushy CD scammers, but it wasn't nearly as bad
    - joquarky 2mo ago
      > to live in an orderly society. See Demolition Man (1993) for an example of this.
- pavel_lishin 2mo ago
  If you read about the Japanese legal & policing system, you'll understand why - and the trade-offs that are made.
- cthalupa 2mo ago

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queenkjuul 2mo ago

Ah yes, the sheer terror of someone selling handbags. If you consider that terrorizing, you need help.

nout 2mo ago

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