Why did a police officer draw a gun on a test drive passenger?

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Poop-Loops said:
Watching a violent movie, playing a violent sport, or attacking someone on the street are the equivalents of watching porn, having sex, or raping someone. Are you going to tell me I can't have sex or watch porn because it looks the same as rape?
Wow, did no-one ever tell you that things happening on a television screen in a staged environment are not the same as things happening on the streets in the real world?

I mean, we do teach our kids about sex in school. So maybe we should teach them about violence?
What are you going to tell them? There's a purpose to sex; a fundamental reason that kids should be told about. This doesn't exist with violence. You analogies are extremely weak, at best.
 
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The school system translates "violence" to "aggression". If a child is abnormally aggressive... they are actually saying, he is violent! Not to mention they are telling the parent in a subtle way... get your child some help before he kills somebody!

They try to teach children about handling and controlling aggression. But it's a band-aid at best.
 
I don't buy the premise that our society has become more or less violent. It's a matter of what we know(or are told about). When I was a child (as a Kindergarten student) I was hauled into the principal's office because a 2nd grader had pushed me down and punched me, and I climbed him like a monkey, choked him, and slammed his head into a rock. The principal took one look at him and me and gave me a pass.

In my neighborhood, fully 1/2 of the guys of the guys in my neighborhood have have done time in the Maine State Prison, and the older guys treated me like a pit bull. They would tell some new kid that I was gunning for them, etc, and provoke a fight to see who would come out on top. I never topped 125# even through high school, but I could run 10-15 miles easily. I never wanted to hurt anybody (having been a victim of domestic violence), but I wouldn't stand for getting my ass kicked, either.
 
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I call people like you, "Scrappers!".

Those are the best! And after I spend 20 minutes chasing your ass around a car in the parking lot... we go inside and have beers together!
 
P4PPY said:
I LOVE it! Wait... I think we should teach them about real sex in school first...

No way, that'd just mess it up...

The famous Monty Python's Sex Education:

 
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