Somewhere in a box I still have the document my employer had to issue me that allowed me to cross the lines the Washington State National Guard had set up in the days afterward.  I had the good fortune to have been telecommuting from home on the day the WTO conference opened.

!i!

Quote from: Ian AbsentiaSomewhere in a box I still have the document my employer had to issue me that allowed me to cross the lines the Washington State National Guard had set up in the days afterward.  I had the good fortune to have been telecommuting from home on the day the WTO conference opened.

!i!

Now, lets look at this: Aside from the Seattle PD, you also had the King County Sherrifs office involved and neither side wanted to conceed the other control over the situation in the middle. Yeah, fighting over the lose/lose bone in the middle...

And Ian just added that the National Guard was invovled on the periphary... now you're talking military chains of command and control added to the mess of the two different law enforcement entities fighting for control

the only reason you don't see NG personnel all over the news in this regards is that the officers KNOW their careers are on the line, and they KNOW all about Posse Commitas, and not a single one of them could forget all about Berkley, and how the california Guard is forever remembered for having shot four (?) college students at a riot.  

Never mind the fire and medical services all over the city staging for their inevitable parts.






Now you know why, after the Rodney King riots, the US Gov stepped in and started laying down  centralized command structures for riots and natural disasters and started implementing state plans for common events.  Sadly, Washington was behind the powercurve for the WTO... though in my humble opinion they were screwed anyway.  Its just a matter of degrees.  And sadly, the Washington State law enforcement personnel said 'I'll take 12 inches please, hold the lube' with a smile.

Quote from: Last KnightHMGeneral: If either of these jackasses actually hurt your feelings, you're giving them entirely too much headspace. Take a step back from the computer, a few deep breaths, and maybe a couple of beers; it can be aggravating to feel like you're being targeted, but the simple fact is that neither of them are particularly worth more than a 'meh'. Also, I request that you change your title from "Massive Faggot" - yet another of your infamous lies! - to "Gay Deceiver", which I feel suits the occasion far more aptly.

In conclusion:
*I am not targeting anyone in particular with my IL comment, that's intended as a comment on tBP where people's Ignore Lists are borne like passive-aggressive marks of pride, a way of singing "LalalalaIcan'thearyou!" at everyone who's somehow dared hurt your feelings.
*Jackalope's a twat.
*Chango_Chi's a right twat.
*Hackmastergeneral is a Gay Deceiver.

Any questions?

I was being facetious.  I'm a Newfie - my skin is far thicker than anything these jackasses can say.  I was using it as a way of indicating how fucking childish going "bwak bwak bwak" is.

Quote from: HackmastergeneralI was being facetious.  I'm a Newfie - my skin is far thicker than anything these jackasses can say.  I was using it as a way of indicating how fucking childish going "bwak bwak bwak" is.

Ah, mea culpa.

Quote from: Last KnightAh, mea culpa.

Your avatar is cooler than mine too.

But if you had 'Gay Deceiver' for your title, think how much cooler your avatar would be!

Thats too much coolness.

Quote from: Last KnightBut if you had 'Gay Deceiver' for your title, think how much cooler your avatar would be!

OK, fine, fuck there you go.  Are you fucking happy now?

Quote from: HackmastergeneralOK, fine, fuck there you go.  Are you fucking happy now?

Um, he said "Gay deceiver" and you typed "Gay receiver"

Quote from: Spikethe only reason you don't see NG personnel all over the news in this regards is that the officers KNOW their careers are on the line, and they KNOW all about Posse Commitas, and not a single one of them could forget all about Berkley, and how the california Guard is forever remembered for having shot four (?) college students at a riot.

Alameda County Sheriff's Deputies (under the command of Edwin Meese, then Gov. Ronald Reagan's chief-of-staff) "only" killed one man and permanently blinded another in the Berkeley riots.

The riots in which National Guardsmen fired into a crowd, killing four and wounding nine more, took place about a year later at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio.

  -- Matthew Gabbert

Quote from: Last Knight*Jackalope's a twat.

Any questions?

No, just a quote from Mark Twain and a clarification.

QuoteFreedom of Speech means that every man has the right to make a damn fool of themselves in public.

Its not that I'm against Jackolope's right to give his opinion, I'm taking into account the methodology that is being used. If the man is being a twat, why should we put up with that behavior?

Granted, this is theRPGsite, and there is more latitude here than most places. But where do you draw the line?

Quote from: jeff37923No, just a quote from Mark Twain and a clarification.



Its not that I'm against Jackolope's right to give his opinion, I'm taking into account the methodology that is being used. If the man is being a twat, why should we put up with that behavior?

Granted, this is theRPGsite, and there is more latitude here than most places. But where do you draw the line?

Just because you have the freedom to be a twat, doesn't mean that you have to take it. Something that seems to stymie some new posters here recently. Hell, most of them.

Quote from: Matthew GabbertAlameda Country Sheriff's Deputies (under the command of Edwin Meese, then Gov. Ronald Reagan's chief-of-staff) "only" killed one man and permanently blinded another in the Berkeley riots.

The riots in which National Guardsmen fired into a crowd, killing four and wounding nine more, took place about a year later at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio.

  -- Matthew Gabbert

Christ! Thanks man.  Must be all the loudmouths at Berkley that made me conflate that with Kent State, the one I actually was thinking of.  Nothin's been working right in the brain since I moved to the Left Coast...

Quote from: HackmastergeneralYou, on the other hand, have a pretty big cross-section of this board insulting and belittling you, and have been banned from two websites already, and have comported yourself here in a  manner that, if this weren't a website that doesn't ban people, would likely have worked in a third....

Hold on.  That's not accurate at all.

I've been banned from the following forums:
RPG.net
Wizards of the Coast
Story Games
I Would Knife Fight A Man (and I'm the reason they now have closed membership!)
Comic Book Resources
About 50 Livejournal Communities

Get it right!

Quote from: Acta Est FabulaUm, he said "Gay deceiver" and you typed "Gay receiver"

I felt it much funnier.    I'm laughing right now.