Nothing is wrong with me. You've just probably never been beaten half to death or shot at unprovoked.
I have.
I hate feeling that sentiment, but having experienced thing things I have in the US, and having lived in other countries and felt safer than ever. I truly wish we didn't have the problems we have today in the US, but we do.
30 seconds doesn't sound like much, but it only takes a few seconds to lose your life. Cops likely aren't going to be there fast enough to save you if something actually goes wrong.
I don't really have much else to say. I have personal experiences to back up my reasoning for self defense.
ITT is "in this thread"
I didn't read the article so I can't speak on point B lol.
I do this. I'm slowly transitioning from Gmail to my own domain. I use tutanota for my email host, which was relatively easy to setup and is not prohibitively expensive.
It's probably a demand/cost offset. The demand for it probably doesn't outweigh the increased cost of adding that component. Simply not worth it for them in the long run.
At the end of the day they are still a business and there to make money.
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Edit: maybe I should have noted that I agreed with "Maybe "something" = "at high risk of getting stick?"" But just thought it was funny that he had to point that out.
I agree with your first point on how laws change. Why should we justify blocking traffic though?
The protest is about corporations giving people peanuts while the investors and C level employees take in millions. Not the ability to stand in the way of oncoming traffic. Those are two very different things.
The driver is absolutely responsible for his actions, but a group of people intentionally placing themselves in a road, be it entry/exit or just a main road are also partly responsible for their actions that led to their injuries. They know and understand what they are doing.
Hundreds or thousands of people walking out of these factories effectively stopping production speaks volumes, and definitely has an effect. Why tarnish that effect by acting irrationally and taking yourself out of the fight because you want to stand in the road?
This isn't a single person with less control of a situation. This is a group of organized protesters trying to send a message, and knowingly obstructing traffic when the walk out itself is more effective.
I 100% support the UAW but I can't openly justify either party doing what they did, the driver who is absolutely more responsible nor the protesters that were knowingly putting themselves in a position to get physically hurt. It does nothing aside from potentially hurt your message when you do that.
We are not going through a civil war, we are not at the point of people fighting with their lives (yet) over the necessity of basic survival. Both parties were wrong in this situation.