Protestors 0, MonkeySlap 2

[MonkeySlap Too]

Hmm, old lady in distress, no one helping. I'll just stand and watch, because thats what a compassionate liberal should do. Grow up, serpent.

[BeiKongHui]

If a cop was looking on and doing nothing then I doubt that the "evil protestors" were much of a threat. Congratulations on your vigilantism though. In Stalinist Russia they used similar "peer pressure" tactics to keep the opposition quiet.



"Compassionate Liberal"=The new code word for any one not willing to sell their soul to the Bush Junta. Wear it like a badge of Honor.

[red5angel]

I think this story is BS. Things don't add up monkeyslap. In reality I can't imagine a cop sitting by and watching some old lady get roughed up by some thugs, and then sit by some more while you slap them around.
I think more likely you don't like cops, want to sound like a tough guy and a hero at the same time who could care less abotu the consequences as long as you were doing good.

[logic]

MS-2
Don't let Serpent get to you.
According to him/her I'm an idiot because I believe in something I saw on the Discovery channel.

[Chang Style Novice]

Could you please answer the question of how the old lady was in distress? What were these two doing to threaten her? Yelling? Rocking her car? Pounding on the window? Trying to open the door?

Your response may have been totally appropriate or a gross overreaction, depending.

You stated she was in a car and they were on bicycles. That sounds to me like she was well insulated from any assault they may have been able to mount, and able to get away much faster than they could follow. Tell me if I'm wrong, and how, please.

[red5angel]

heres my advice monkey slap. Next time you want to sound like a hero on the kungfu forum, mention things like ninjas, or make sure th cop was afraid because all he knew was bjj and you came to save the day with CMA. Also, to be a real tough guy instead of "sleep" I would say something like "killed". Then when you starte getting questions about what the cop was doing say something like you slap him with his own gun when he tried to draw it on you, or he went to handcuff you but you used some really cool chin na to get the cuffs on him as he was trying to put them on you.
Also, knives always sounds good, say the guys had knives. The old lady thing was good though, an oldie but a goodie I guess.

[logic]

Red5angel

Yeah, it does sound a little far fetched

But I still think they should play by the rules while we are on high alert. The police have enough on their hands tring to protect us.

[red5angel]

"But I still think they should play by the rules while we are on high alert. The police have enough on their hands."


absolutely brother, there is enough tension to go around.

[MonkeySlap Too]

Sure CSN - they were banging on her car and reaching in at her. As traffic was blocked, unless she was willing to hurt and possibly kill, she had nowhere to go.

My choice to escalate only came when one of the two I grabbed onto tried to get physical with me. I had simply planned a stern lecture.

You should have seen the cops face. He just did not care.

FYI - I am not interested in tough guy status, and have no beef with the police. But dangit man, you should have seen that womans face and her crying. You'd have to be a completely cowardly, craven, self-centered SOB not to do something.

[red5angel]

here try this one out:

I was walking to work one morning when I passed these three guys about 20'ish, who were pointing behind them in the direction I was walking. As I passed I saw one guy hand the other guy his walkman and he fell in behind me. Thats when I noticed the guy sleeping on the bench down the sidewalk. The song on my own headphones had stopped and I heard something behind me about "get his wallet" and "hit him before he wakes up" So I kept walking took my backpack off and sat down next to the guy who was sleeping while pretending to rummage through my bag. The guy behind me cursed at me shook his head turned and walked away. I thought for sure him and his freinds would come back for me but they kept walking.

real or fake? you tell me

[Serpent]

Originally posted by logic
MS-2
Don't let Serpent get to you.
According to him/her I'm an idiot because I believe in something I saw on the Discovery channel.

Actually, that was JoeDoe.

But I do think you're an idiot.

[Serpent]

Originally posted by BeiKongHui
If a cop was looking on and doing nothing then I doubt that the "evil protestors" were much of a threat. Congratulations on your vigilantism though. In Stalinist Russia they used similar "peer pressure" tactics to keep the opposition quiet.



"Compassionate Liberal"=The new code word for any one not willing to sell their soul to the Bush Junta. Wear it like a badge of Honor.

Amen to that!

[Serpent]

Originally posted by MonkeySlap Too
Sure CSN - they were banging on her car and reaching in at her. As traffic was blocked, unless she was willing to hurt and possibly kill, she had nowhere to go.

My choice to escalate only came when one of the two I grabbed onto tried to get physical with me. I had simply planned a stern lecture.

You should have seen the cops face. He just did not care.

All right, this is a bit different now. They were reaching in at her apparently, so that actually makes it an assault, not simply harrassment.

In which case, why was the cop doing nothing? Doesn't add up, man.

[Chang Style Novice]

Thanks for the clarification. Much as I oppose how this war has come about and will be waged, I find myself irritated at the overly-simplistic viewpoints of many protestors the same as I am with many of the hawkish wing. And of course pr!ck b@stards come in all political stripes.

[Serpent]

Sure. Those protesters do sound like a-holes. But I still wonder why MSToo slapped them down and the cop paid no attention to their initial assault and MSToo's subsequent assault on them.