In my experience if one understands human behavior and acknowledges reality taking such into public conversation in all honesty will solicit ad hominem responses from conservatives accusing one of being a communist and from liberals of one being a reactionary. Both happened to me on the same day around fifty years ago, which was the most tragically and hilariously ironic day in my life.
Tomorrow I am buying steak and sushi dinner for us and my wife’s sister and brother-in-law, staunch Republicans and Trumpists, but not anti-vaxers at least. They target shoot handguns for fun. Conversation is my preferred form of administering torture.
BTW, I have nothing against target shooting for practice, but am bemused by pleasure shooting. I also have nothing against revolvers and nothing for semiautomatic weapons for private use, albeit Michael Smith made a good point about feral pigs. Live traps is my preferred method of animal control. Further disposition is a matter of taste.
I would have said DHs for Repubs. Hey, “Did you like Pinal County Sheriff (Mark Lamb) pulling people over for being in the Left Lane (Jiffy Lube guy changing oil)? White Cowboy hat, boots, 501s, flak jacket, clips of ammo on jacket, radio, camera, etc. Ready for war.
You know those people were going about 75mph in the left lane and people caught up with them. Do you think Left Lane driving should be a priority or speeding? The people catching up were doing 80 or more mph. You have a 30% higher probability of dying when you are speeding that much. The speed limit is 65 mph and the road is a piece of crap.
That was a political stunt as he is up for election again.
we have a highway cming into town, with a double left turn lane with about a quarter mile reserve space for cars stopped at the light. Hard to stay in the right lane if you are going to be turning left. stupid to go charging into the left turn lane with a bunch of cars stopped waiting for the light to change. so when i was pulled over for going too slow in the left lane i said to the cop “That’s so bogus!” Fortunately for me he was a decent person. He sat in his car for a long time thinking things over. Came back over to me and shook my hand and said have a nice day.
I am not sure what the difference was between this outcome and being beat up for disrespecting a cop.
Thing is, many, many years ago, in Los Angeles there is a left hand on ramp onto the freeway leading into a fairly steep uphill section. Me and my old Mercedes could not keep up with the traffic (not too much..maybe 5m/h less), nor could we change lanes because no one would let us in. Got pulled over for going too slow. got a ticket. paid the fine. Judges are almost as hard to explain things to as cops are.
In my experience if one understands human behavior and acknowledges reality taking such into public conversation in all honesty will solicit ad hominem responses from conservatives accusing one of being a communist and from liberals of one being a reactionary. Both happened to me on the same day around fifty years ago, which was the most tragically and hilariously ironic day in my life.
Tomorrow I am buying steak and sushi dinner for us and my wife’s sister and brother-in-law, staunch Republicans and Trumpists, but not anti-vaxers at least. They target shoot handguns for fun. Conversation is my preferred form of administering torture.
BTW, I have nothing against target shooting for practice, but am bemused by pleasure shooting. I also have nothing against revolvers and nothing for semiautomatic weapons for private use, albeit Michael Smith made a good point about feral pigs. Live traps is my preferred method of animal control. Further disposition is a matter of taste.
I would have said DHs for Repubs. Hey, “Did you like Pinal County Sheriff (Mark Lamb) pulling people over for being in the Left Lane (Jiffy Lube guy changing oil)? White Cowboy hat, boots, 501s, flak jacket, clips of ammo on jacket, radio, camera, etc. Ready for war.
You know those people were going about 75mph in the left lane and people caught up with them. Do you think Left Lane driving should be a priority or speeding? The people catching up were doing 80 or more mph. You have a 30% higher probability of dying when you are speeding that much. The speed limit is 65 mph and the road is a piece of crap.
That was a political stunt as he is up for election again.
we have a highway cming into town, with a double left turn lane with about a quarter mile reserve space for cars stopped at the light. Hard to stay in the right lane if you are going to be turning left. stupid to go charging into the left turn lane with a bunch of cars stopped waiting for the light to change. so when i was pulled over for going too slow in the left lane i said to the cop “That’s so bogus!” Fortunately for me he was a decent person. He sat in his car for a long time thinking things over. Came back over to me and shook my hand and said have a nice day.
I am not sure what the difference was between this outcome and being beat up for disrespecting a cop.
Thing is, many, many years ago, in Los Angeles there is a left hand on ramp onto the freeway leading into a fairly steep uphill section. Me and my old Mercedes could not keep up with the traffic (not too much..maybe 5m/h less), nor could we change lanes because no one would let us in. Got pulled over for going too slow. got a ticket. paid the fine. Judges are almost as hard to explain things to as cops are.