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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #6762 on: August 25, 2020, 09:11:02 PM »
Quote from: SFBadger96 on August 25, 2020, 09:07:28 PM
One other comment while I'm at it: running from the police is as American as apple pie. Half our pop culture heroes are criminals (not really half, but a lot). Billy the Kid, Bonnie and Clyde, Bo and Luke Duke, Smokey and the Bandit--these were all from years past. American culture has always loved a rebel.
Every time I hear the song "Convoy" anymore, I wonder what we would have thought had it been done by a gangsta rapper.
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #6763 on: August 25, 2020, 09:11:40 PM »
Quote from: bayareabadger on August 25, 2020, 08:06:25 PM
Interesting. I find myself of two minds about it.

On the one hand, running from the cops was certianly more profitable historically. You could get away with things much more easily when things weren't so interconnected. We have a major sport whose roots are deeply tied to running from the cops and a popular TV show that has some place in the historical memory was built on the same. Car chases feel like they were part of media history in the 80s and 90s, but that could just be because channels air them less at the behest of law enforcement.

On the other hand, the chance of an extralegal assault was probably higher historically (though it's probably not low now). Even less attention probably gave the law more leeway to push and break the law.

I'm unsure how standard it is. But it is nature to assume now is always worse than then.
What's the major sport, BAB?
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #6764 on: August 25, 2020, 09:13:03 PM »
Quote from: FearlessF on August 25, 2020, 09:08:24 PM
people that burn police stations and car lots are certainly part of the definition
not all of it, but they have a part of it

it's not helping the original cause, but no one is stopping them from being a part of it
Lots of people work really hard to prevent it (anyone who's been to protests has seen people working hard at containing them), but group think is a thing, and large gatherings turning to riots (regardless the cause) is as common as cars burning after a city wins a sports championship. That's no reason to stop protesting, nor is it justification for the shitty acts people commit.
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #6765 on: August 25, 2020, 09:13:29 PM »
I'd be selling and moving out of any blue cities

no joke
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #6766 on: August 25, 2020, 09:20:42 PM »
Quote from: SFBadger96 on August 25, 2020, 09:13:03 PM
Lots of people work really hard to prevent it (anyone who's been to protests has seen people working hard at containing them), but group think is a thing, and large gatherings turning to riots (regardless the cause) is as common as cars burning after a city wins a sports championship. That's no reason to stop protesting, nor is it justification for the shitty acts people commit.
the mayors of Portland, Seattle, Chicago didn't seem to want to prevent or contain anything

leaders in the black community haven't had a strong voice to prevent anything

Badge's favorite Governor doesn't seem to be helping

The folks that run the movement "BLM" haven't come out condemning  riots and looting.

Did anyone at Biden's DNC party condemn burning and looting? (I don't know, don't watch political blathering) 
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #6767 on: August 25, 2020, 09:22:04 PM »
Quote from: FearlessF on August 25, 2020, 09:13:29 PM
I'd be selling and moving out of any blue cities

no joke
meanwhile Houston is hiring


https://nypost.com/2020/08/23/houston-police-chief-recruits-from-defunded-police-departments/

who said we Texans aint equal opportunity folks
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #6768 on: August 25, 2020, 09:24:40 PM »
I was interested in moving to Texas because of the mild winters, now I have another reason

although, Iowa and Nebraska aren't blue, especially in rural areas
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #6769 on: August 25, 2020, 09:26:12 PM »
Quote from: FearlessF on August 25, 2020, 09:13:29 PM
I'd be selling and moving out of any blue cities

no joke
My parents have finally decided to make the move out of Austin...

Quote from: longhorn320 on August 25, 2020, 09:22:04 PM
meanwhile Houston is hiring


https://nypost.com/2020/08/23/houston-police-chief-recruits-from-defunded-police-departments/

who said we Texans aint equal opportunity folks

...partly because of the recent Austin city council decision to begin defunding the police.
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #6770 on: August 25, 2020, 09:26:47 PM »
Quote from: FearlessF on August 25, 2020, 09:24:40 PM
I was interested in moving to Texas because of the mild winters, now I have another reason

although, Iowa and Nebraska aren't blue, especially in rural areas

Austin's blue, you definitely don't want to move there if that's your concern...
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #6771 on: August 25, 2020, 09:28:00 PM »
Quote from: utee94 on August 25, 2020, 09:26:12 PM
My parents have finally decided to make the move out of Austin...

...partly because of the recent Austin city council decision to begin defunding the police.
I think if you give it a little time the citizens will veto that

Just ask Minneapolis
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #6772 on: August 25, 2020, 09:30:56 PM »
brother is in Colleyville, TX now

don't have to go that far south
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #6773 on: August 25, 2020, 09:55:44 PM »
Quote from: CWSooner on August 25, 2020, 08:28:30 PM
People on this board rooting against the cops in favor of the looters and burners?  I don't see it, HB.
I see that some posters would like to see fewer bad shootings by cops.  I hope everyone would be in favor of that.
I think everyone is in favor of that. But I definitely see people on this board that are pro violence and anti-cop and it’s not even Thinly veiled. 

I try very hard to be tolerant of other opinions but that’s just one I can’t respect.  Pro violence. 
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #6774 on: August 25, 2020, 10:02:35 PM »
Quote from: CWSooner on August 25, 2020, 09:11:40 PM
What's the major sport, BAB?
NASCAR. Early days had some roots in moonshine running. Build that fast car to outrun someone. 

I think Junior Johnson, one of the sports stars way back when even did a little time making a run for his family. 
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #6775 on: August 25, 2020, 10:05:05 PM »
Quote from: utee94 on August 25, 2020, 09:26:47 PM
Austin's blue, you definitely don't want to move there if that's your concern...
Haven't property values skyrocketed? 

I was on a plane next to a couple Austin guys and they were talking about it like it was the Bay Area, with many of the issues of living in a place prospering in a tech-heavy way. 
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