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quaint expectations of rights and basic human respect. I would wager that someone who had spent serious time in prison would do much better in these situations.
by drinian 17y ago
quaint expectations of rights and basic human respect. I would wager that someone who had spent serious time in prison would do much better in these situations.
This is America. We shouldn't be expected to act like guilty slaves when interacting with law enforcement. Your attitude isn't constructive at all.
- tc 17y agoOh dear. I had hoped that the satire of the first two grafs was self-evident [1]. Helpfully, wiktionary includes for quaint the definition: "quaint, adj., 3. Highly incongruous, inappropriate, or illogical; naive, unreasonable -- usually used ironically." Edit: While sarcasm in writing is a generally bad idea, the tradition of thoughtfully written irony and satire goes back a ways (c.f. A Modest Proposal). It of course does require the reader to reflect intelligently while reading, but that is what we expect in this forum. Since my final three grafs made my position pretty clear, I was rather unsure until your response below whether you were intentionally trolling. [1] My statements are likely true, paradoxically, but we react strongly to the fact that they shouldn't be.
- drinian 17y agoUpvoted for clarification; remember that sarcasm and the Internet work great together.
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