The Conscience of Abe’s Turn - Comments

Re: thx for spreading paranoid bullshit to the mindless masses

PMN — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:33:46 -0700

You said mindless masses twice. Plus, If you were confined to your home illegally you may be a bit paranoid as well.

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John — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:15:57 -0700

To those saying that this is just fear mongering or that the people voted so it’s okay to violate their constitutional rights, or that you wish they would do this in your neighborhood:
1) On waiving our constitutional rights, Ben Franklin said it best, “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.”
2) Being that it is ILLEGAL to enforce a curfew except in time of war (on HOME soil) or a Natural Disaster/Emergency (i.e. Katrina), the mayor and police should have SUGGESTED that innocent civilians stay in their homes past a certain time in the interest of personal safety, without forcing them into an unconstitutional curfew.
3) I live in New Orleans, I don’t care how dangerous or crime ridden your city is, New Orleans has almost certainly got you beat. If you’re smart, you know there are places you DO NOT GO when the sun goes down. If you’re so damn scared of where you are, move; or choose to give yourself a curfew.

I’ll actually be moving to Memphis soon due to a new job. If I ever live in a city where a curfew is enforced, I will break curfew and sue the city for violating the U.S. Constitution. We seem to forget that the constitution doesn’t necessarily tell US what we CAN do; it tells the government what it CAN’T do.

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julia — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:54:32 -0700

It is unfortunate that unparented, unsupervised youth has gotten so out of control that the police (who are trying to PROTECT) must enforce this. Good on the mayor. I wish they would do this in my neighborhood. Damned thugs and wild children run the streets all hours of the night. When the majority behaves as wild animals it becomes necessary to treat them as wild animals.
You want the curfew lifted? Get the animals under control. Force them out of your neighborhood. Turn them into the police. Seriously. But stop your pussified whining about your right to come and go as you please. What about the rights of people to live free of criminal behavior in their neighborhoods? Something has to be done. This sounds like a good option if it is working. Instead of whining….help. Now, there’s a novel idea, right?

thanks for spreading paranoid bullshit to the mindless masses

Anonymous — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:22:19 -0700

you are a fucking idiot. do you know what a police state is? thanks for spreading paranoid bullshit to the mindless masses thanks for spreading paranoid bullshit to the mindless masses

Doesn't matter if it was voted in

Carl — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:06:44 -0700

The *town council* voted on it, but even if the whole town by referendum voted in favor of the “curfew”, it would still be blatantly unconstitutional. The “Supreme Law of the Land” is widely ignored by legistative bodies everywhere.

Did you happen to read the

Anonymous — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:29:45 -0700

Did you happen to read the part where the town voted on it. This is what they asked for. This is democracy! wake up man…

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Pilgrim — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:18:19 -0700

Thank you for this fine post. I’d like to mention it in my blog on myspace, and include a link to it. Hope you don’t mind.
I’ve also subscribed to your blog, and will look forward to reading it in the future.

Curfew

Bucky — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:21:50 -0700

they gotta go inside at a certain time or is it 24 hour lock-down? if i lived there i’d have a huge BBQ in my yard, not in the house, and i’d invite the whole ’hood over. i’d harass the cops to go get my food for me, “serve and protect” right? SERVE beatings to citizens and PROTECT the elite. “harass & inspect” without prejudice, beatings served with severe prejudices. we should citizens arrest the police for obstruction of true justice.

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Spaghetti Soup — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 06:24:31 -0700

Jesus, above poster, what are you on about? Majority? Hahaha, when did you ever conduct a poll of crime statistics?

Either way, gang mentality isn‘t a ‘black‘ thing, just come over to Glasgow, Scotland any day of the week, you‘ll see a gang problem as bad as anywhere, and (almost) all of them are caucasian.

Look at thre root cause of gang culture, it will always come back to the same thing, parenting. Every time.

Just my 0.01 GBP.

Cheers.

what is our real reality?

Jeret — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:04:26 -0700

Hmmmm has anyone seen the HBO documentary about Little Rock?The gang situation is a little bit bad in AR,but I say Let “them kill themselves”.You may say its racist,but look at who is the majority of the crime? You act like monkey’s you will be treated like one.
I feel for the “real” citizens that don,t really help anyone.AAAAHHHH screw it nevermind

Re: Hmm?

Anonymous — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:24:03 -0700

WTF? This country is screwed up from the floor up!

America is dead

Scy — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:21:13 -0700

America is dead. It will just roll over when martial law comes … and it IS coming.

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TimK — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:57:27 -0700

> Little Rock is in AR, not AK
Hi, Coralie. Oy vey! Let me fix that. Thanks for the correction.

I honestly don’t know what I would do. Probably sneak out of town as soon as I could, then move out permanently as soon as I could thereafter. Maybe I could get out Mission-Impossible-style, by calling an ambulance or something. Does that make me a coward? Maybe I would act differently, though, if I didn’t have a family.

-TimK

If this happened in my town,

Anonymous — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:26:51 -0700

If this happened in my town, I would defiantly walk down the street, shouting for others to come out of their homes and stand up for their rights. And whether or not anyone followed me, I would probably be harassed by the police and possibly arrested.

However, I would consider it my DUTY to perform an act of civil disobedience in response to a local government’s unjust and unconstitutional trampling of my freedom.

Scary

Coralie — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:29:44 -0700

TY for the info. Just one comment—Little Rock is in AR, not AK (Alaska)

The Conscience of Abe’s Turn - Comments

Re: thx for spreading paranoid bullshit to the mindless masses

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Re: If You Thought It Couldn't Happen Here: A Real-life Police S

thanks for spreading paranoid bullshit to the mindless masses

Doesn't matter if it was *voted in*

Did you happen to read the

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Curfew

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what is our real reality?

Re: Hmm?

America is dead

Re: Scary

If this happened in my town,

Scary

Doesn't matter if it was voted in