The Glade 4.0

I object to authority on general principle, but not necessarily the people who have it. Everyone is an individual. It would be the worst kind of collectivist thinking to assume that the man with the badge is automatically a pig. The badge itself isn't a reason to respect or disrespect the person who carries it. They are still just people, for better or for worse. They are, however, people with a greater opportunity to inconvenience me than others, due to their authority. Authority magnifies human flaws because those same flaws have a greater opportunity to impact others.

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Well Ali Baba had them forty thieves, Scheherezade had a thousand tales
But master you in luck 'cause up your sleeves you got a brand of magic never fails...
...Mister Aladdin, sir, What will your pleasure be?
Let me take your order, Jot it down -You ain't never had a friend like me
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No, it would be a racial stereotype.

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Buckle your pants or they might fall down.

Policeman isn't a race Coro.

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Holy shitsnacks!

I don't see why it can't be. It we can make **** like your skin color into a race, why not professions?

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Buckle your pants or they might fall down.

Well, we could always start calling you a pinko commie, pink skin.

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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. B. Franklin

"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones

I prefer the pejorative "cracka" personally.

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Holy shitsnacks!

So he's a cracka commie?

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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. B. Franklin

"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones

Works for me. Although, technically he's a Jew. So maybe Kikommie works better

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Holy shitsnacks!

Not at all. If, as an engineer, I could be sued personally if a project I designed failed and killed someone (a levee, a bridge, a dam, etc), you bet your *** I would change professions.

I thought you were legally responsible if you put your engineer's stamp on something.

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Holy shitsnacks!

My company can be sued, the same way a police department can be sued. That's why we pay a **** ton for professional liability. But I'm not personally responsible. I could lose my license, or be prosecuted if I broke the law, same as a cop.

Ah. That makes sense then.

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Holy shitsnacks!

While this might be true (or could very well be untrue) regarding the average condition of human civilization, it ignores the possibility of cyclical behavior within society. To proffer that society has largely clung close to some average quality largely ignores the social dynamics associated with societal development and collapse on a national or regional scale.

Also, the aggregate condition of society largely is dependent on quality of life humans experience. This is affected by the quality of the environment in terms of things such as abundance and access to natural resources and the environment itself. It is also dependent upon population density. To say the aggregate condition of human society is a relative constant throughout human history is to ignore changes to such factors. I would suggest this is a hazardous assumption to make at best.

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"It's real, grew up in trife life, the times of white lines
The hype vice, murderous nighttimes and knife fights invite crimes" - Nasir Jones

"Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers." - Socrates

I'm personally liable, working in finance. I don't see why you shouldn't be.

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Ezekiel 23:19-20 

Maybe it has something to do with the different nature of the work being performed.

Or maybe you should have insurance, and not be personally liable either.

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"Hysterical children shrieking about right-wing anything need to go sit in the corner and be quiet while the adults are talking."

Oh, I do. But my liability doesn't end there.

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Ezekiel 23:19-20 

Neither does that of law enforcement, nor that of engineers. Like Arathain said, he can lose his license and be prosecuted if he broke the law.

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"Hysterical children shrieking about right-wing anything need to go sit in the corner and be quiet while the adults are talking."

If I screw up, I could potentially kill people (same with a cop). Why in the hell would I ever work in a profession where my life could be ruined easily for making a mistake? I will not gamble my life, livelihood and family on the assumption that I will perform an entire career with perfection.