Civil Disobedience Gone Bad

[DinoDoc]

Sorry, I don't feel the need to apoligize.

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by Lorizael


Certainly he was trying to get people's attention, but he attempted to do it in a peaceful manner. He didn't go up there are just start insulting the marine corp. In fact, he only talked to people that talked to him first. If people walked away and didn't want to listen to him, he let them.

I think what he said is important. Really you can only behave very respectfully just as if he had a business there. We don't know what he was saying to people. Or do you?

[Lorizael]

Okay. **** you.

[DinoDoc]

He went to pick a fight and reaped the whirlwind. I'm suprised you expect people to feel sorry for him.

[Lorizael]

Originally posted by Kidicious


I think what he said is important. Really you can only behave very respectfully just as if he had a business there. We don't know what he was saying to people. Or do you?

I wasn't there for all of this, unfortunately. I have what he has told me and I have what my friend has told me about what she saw.

I know that one of the deceptive things they did was to run a contest, the winner of which would get their prize in the mail. This meant that everyone had to give the marines their contact information. And I'm sure you all can figure it out from there. Now, only stupid people would fall for this. But it does mean the marines are targetting stupid people for recruitment.

[Lorizael]

Originally posted by DinoDoc
He went to pick a fight and reaped the whirlwind. I'm suprised you expect people to feel sorry for him.

Did I say I expected that? I think what he did was stupid. Doesn't mean the police should violate his rights.

[JohnT]

I showed my wife the OP. Her response:

The ex-marine was at fault. The police should've behaved better and your brother was purposely acting in an antagonistic way towards the Marines (who, by your account, acted properly by calling security when the situation got out of hand), but the real bad guy in this situation was the ex-marine.

I stand corrected.

[Lorizael]

Uh. Whipped?

[OzzyKP]

Originally posted by DinoDoc
Sorry, I don't feel the need to apoligize.

But you apologize for not apologizing?

[JohnT]

Uh. Whipped?

No. I just have no problem admitting when I'm wrong, especially when someone I know to be more knowledgable about a subject corrects me. It's no big deal - life is for learning. Insisting on our correctness all the time is a sure sign of mental and emotional ossification, don't you agree?

[OzzyKP]

[Lorizael]

I agree. But why is your wife more knowledgeable here? Pretend for a moment that I know nothing about her except the fact that she is married to you and has a child with you.

[Kidlicious]

JohnT,

What does your wife say about the officer's behaviour?

[Whoha]

Mall acted improperly, there were other ways to handle this that would have been better and longer lasting remedies then just beating him up.

[Lorizael]

Oh yes, I forgot to mention. So at one point my brother and I were yelling at the cop, trying to get him to stop abusing our brother. Security guards got in the way and we started to yell at them. One of the security guards didn't like the fact that I was yelling at her, and decided to take revenge.

She found my boss. Brought him down. He was angry. What are you doing here. Can't believe you used a lame excuse like your grandmother dying. I'm disgusted. That sort of thing. So I might have lost my job because of this.

I hate that I yelled at mall security, though. I hate it when I lose my temper. They did the least wrong.