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Giving the finger is a ‘God-given right’, Canadian judge rules

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Re: Giving the finger is a ‘God-given right’, Canadian judge rules

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Post by colpabar »

I know saying "fuck the police" is an overused cliche at this point but how the fuck can anyone have any respect for the police as a whole when this is the shit they do? In canada they arrest you for a hand gesture and in america they arrest you for letting your children walk outside. How could any sane member of society go to a person's house and arrest them for these things? And they still have the nerve to complain that people don't respect them! Do cops in canada have discretion like american cops do?

I am not completely anti-police and I do think that it's a tough job and is ultimately necessary for a society. But I really think we need to completely start over because our current implementation of policing is completely fucked.

Re: Giving the finger is a ‘God-given right’, Canadian judge rules

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Post by akira2501 »

ggambetta wrote: post #4

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> "Osiris bless Egypt",

What is there to "feel?" Is there some reason we shouldn't let our basic human tolerance apply here as well?

> God-given, huh.

Typically, when used by governments, it's meant to mean rights that aren't endowed upon you by the state and thus aren't within the purview of the state to police or remove.

Re: Giving the finger is a ‘God-given right’, Canadian judge rules

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Post by belval »

If you look past the headline, this story is almost "basic sanity". The guy's neighbour didn't want the accused's kids playing in the street (in the suburbs) because they have a yard. To "prove" his point that it was dangerous he drove recklessly around the kids in the street.

The accused flipped him off and (allegedly because he denies it) threatened him.

Now frankly, I don't see why this would be hackernews-worthy, but it's still a basic triumph of common sense. If I had kids and they want to draw in chalk in a slow suburbs street, having a nosy neighbour calling the police after speeding next to them to illustrate his point would likely make my blood boil.

Re: Giving the finger is a ‘God-given right’, Canadian judge rules

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Post by kwhitefoot »

marcellus23 wrote: post #7
ggambetta wrote: post #4

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Not really following. Are you saying you have a problem with the idiom "God-given"?

If @ggambetta believes that there are people with influence in society who take the idiom literally then it would be reasonable for @ggambetta to be concerned and to have a problem with the idiom.

Perhaps the judge could have used a more precise legal formula to avoid just this kind of concern.

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