Post by SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman on Feb 15, 2013 4:33:07 GMT -5
Feb 14, 2013 21:39:45 GMT -5 @nichotine said:
Yeah, they're going to need to explain some of the comments on the scanner before I believe they didn't intentionally burn it down.
Just so no one gets the wrong idea, I'm not defending nor supporting Dorner. I don't want anyone to think because of how critical I've been of the LAPD in this thread that I somehow think he's some kind of folk here. He isn't. He's a sociopathic murderer with a homicidal grudge who killed people who weren't even involved with the police. I just think the police need to be held responsible and be completely honest with the public. Especially now since they're under more public scrutiny than any other time since the Rodney King incident/L.A. riots.
I'm really baffled by the Dorner apologists who don't recognize that he's just as heinous in this as the cops have been. I really get a kick out of some people I've read presenting that story of Dorner taking that dudes car without violence and letting him take his dog as a story of "well golly gee I guess he's not such a bad guy after all, see?". Yes, this brought to light that certain people under the LAPD are absolute scum, and will probably skate even though there are glaring issues that need to be addressed, but just because they're bad guys doesn't make Dorner a good guy. It's a s***ty story about a handful of s***ty people.
Yeah, people seem to forget that at the end of the day here's what happened:
Dorner: murdered several innocent people on a quest for a petty vengeance because he may or may not have been wrongfully fired, as well as some people who had nothing to do with his firing. Heck, if anything the fact that he did this would suggest that the LAPD showed some hindsight and rightfully sacked a guy who had no business carrying weaponry as part of his job.
LAPD: was incredibly unprofessional and put civilians in mortal danger on a whim, but eventually killed a spree killer who would probably have committed suicide anyway, which is pretty much how these things always end. And they didn't actually kill any innocent.
I'm no saying there isn't corruption in the LAPD and there isn't a strong need to put changes in motion, but trying to paint Dorner as a hero who "did what he had to do" is a disgusting and obvious plea for attention from people who absolutely want to be part of "something special".
Again, heroes don't intentionally murder unarmed people in cold blood for their insane crusade, terrorists do.
Ah, those conspiracy theorists. Quite amazing how they manage to expose carefully crafted state if not country-wide cover-ups in minutes and never get into any trouble despite them claiming that the conspirators will do everything in their power to kill you the instant you say anything about it.
Oh, most definitely. And (and I did not come up with this, this was another poster a while back - I can't remember who, though) these are often the same people that believe Governments and the powers that be are not smart enough to take care of important things, but on the same hand they're able to meticulously craft these huge conspiracies with absolute ease.
But, my God, are they fun to read. ;D
Did you check that site that claims that pretty much all people with any kind of power in the World are really actors playing different roles? They have tons of side-by-side comparisons that supposedly prove their point but only show that the people in question look nothing alike. One of the greatest bits of unintentional comedy I ever saw. I won't link to it as it contains political and religious material, and I forgot the address, but they recently gained a bit of fame by claiming that grieving parents at Sandy Hook were really "crisis actors".
And yes, their entire "proof" of their conspiracy seriously is "well, these people kind of look-alike, therefore they obviously are the same people".