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Bad Cop, Bad Cop, Whatcha gonna do?

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Priceless said:
Cool. I don't even have to respond since it's already done for me!

I would say that they don't wear these during games, only during warmups. The same as the NBA players...did you really think LeBron wore this instead of his Cavaliers uniform?
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Priceless said:
You asked me a question and I answered it...and *I* am changing the subject? :confused:

A "youth" game probably isn't the best place for dissent. I would argue a high school tournament isn't "youth" sports however.
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Please show me where in the first post you answered the question.
 
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Let me give you this example, priceless.

True story: went to a TB Rays season opener against Baltimore a couple years ago. I had a shirt from the previous playoffs that read "Buck sucks and Baltimore Blows."

Guess what? They wouldn't let me in the stadium with it. Too obscene, they said.

Sure, I argued how either Sucks or Blows is obscene, but I went back to my car and got another buddies extra jersey to wear over it.

Why, you ask? Because it's their (TB Rays) house, and their rules. I didn't stomp my feet, scream and yell "Freedom of Speech though!!!!11one!1!"
 
hockeyplayer1015 said:
Let me give you this example, priceless.

True story: went to a TB Rays season opener against Baltimore a couple years ago. I had a shirt from the previous playoffs that read "Buck sucks and Baltimore Blows."

Guess what? They wouldn't let me in the stadium with it. Too obscene, they said.

Sure, I argued how either Sucks or Blows is obscene, but I went back to my car and got another buddies extra jersey to wear over it.

Why, you ask? Because it's their (TB Rays) house, and their rules. I didn't stomp my feet, scream and yell "Freedom of Speech though!!!!11one!1!"
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They're not claiming the shirts are offensive.
 
Priceless said:
They're not claiming the shirts are offensive.
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By being told that it was too obscene, they are obviously inferring that Johnny Jocksniffer might get offended.

Oh, and here is their policy on it for you. Oh look! Obscene and offensive listed right next to each other! Go down to "Guest code of conduct" to learn.

http://tampabay.rays.mlb.com/tb/ballpark/information/index.jsp?content=ballpark_guide

Next rebuttal?
 
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hockeyplayer1015 said:
By being told that it was too obscene, they are obviously inferring that Johnny Jocksniffer might get offended.

Next rebuttal?
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No, no...the school is not claiming they are banning the shirts because they are obscene. Obscenity is a whole separate argument in the Supreme Court.

They are claiming "security" which is specious at best. You can claim anything if you yell "Security!" loud enough. For example, someone could decide that - entirely in the name of security - wearing a cross is banned because of anti-Catholic sentiment in the community, and the crowd is so unruly that they would attack the Christians on sight. Not religious bigotry, mind you, but security concerns.
 
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Political speech gets deemed "controversial" based on the political correctness standards of the community. Wearing a "these colors don't run" or "gun control is using both hands" or other knuckledragger malarkey message is fine because that's blessed by the shibboleths of the community. But wear something that challenges the power structure and now that's "dangerous" or "provocative" or at best "bad manners." That's the ordinary double standard that conservatives will always benefit from.
 
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The school is just keeping these kids from being used, and thrust into the middle of something they most likely have no desire to be in. People with a political agenda felt it would further the agenda to convince these kids to become walking billboards for their message. The result, if permitted, would be to put these kids into the middle of a fight between supporters of the message, and those like cops or other people who don't agree with the message.

It's a high school athletic event. If we're going to be putting any messages on the students, it had better be for the purpose of advertising athletic gear, and nothing else.
 
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Kepler said:
On their knees in an alley. I'd call it prescient.
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Yeah, but there's the conflicting No Parking Any Time sign in background, pointed right at the one girl's head. Or maybe they just mean that there shouldn't be any ear play. :confused:
 
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Kepler said:
Political speech gets deemed "controversial" based on the political correctness standards of the community. Wearing a "these colors don't run" or "gun control is using both hands" or other knuckledragger malarkey message is fine because that's blessed by the shibboleths of the community. But wear something that challenges the power structure and now that's "dangerous" or "provocative" or at best "bad manners." That's the ordinary double standard that conservatives will always benefit from.
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Yeah, it's not like kids get suspended for wearing NRA shirts or anything. Schools are just way too conservative these days...
 
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MinnesotaNorthStar said:
Yeah, it's not like kids get suspended for wearing NRA shirts or anything. Schools are just way too conservative these days...
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Forgive me for not being aware of what must have been the Fox poutrage of the day some time ago... :rolleyes:

The NRA gets a woody just thinking about any sort of "oppression" they can winge about. Talk about a license to vacuum a few more millions out of the pockets of their clientele.
 
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More fun with the boys in blue.

It's only a matter of time before filming cops is made illegal. You know, for national security.
 
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In all, the report found that 126 federal, local, tribal and territorial officers were killed in the line of duty in 2014. That’s a 24 percent jump from last year’s 102 on-duty deaths.

... included 15 ambush assaults, ...
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Source: National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund
 
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The Sicatoka said:
Source: National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund
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126 out of ~800,000 sworn officers nationwide. That's about .015%. While even 1 is too many, that actually doesn't seem like all that high of a rate for a "dangerous" profession.

How many people were killed by cops?

Oh wait, we can't know, because for some reason police aren't required to track that sort of thing.
 
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