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You broke my precious links. ;C My point is that a) militarized SWAT teams are deployed at the drop of a hat and b) they don't **** around and people often die, not necessarily the bad guys (assuming there are bad guys present at all). If you aren't worried about those two factors combined in a school environment... I don't know what to say to you. If there is a shooter situation at your school, the lockdown protocols themselves are more likely to prevent fatalities than a bunch of trigger-happy Delta wannabes dropping by 10-12 minutes later. I have major concerns over swatting and how police are trained to handle these types of situations. I really don't disagree with you, and the way many SWAT teams approach homes is frightening. It is a murky situation where information is limited. I'm less worried about it in a school environment because both the police and the schools train in order to best protect the students. The protocols that went into place after Columbine are pretty much as good as they are going to get.

My neighbor is a sheriff, and his kit for going out into the forests to bust drug farms is pretty cool looking. He still gets poison oak rashes like the rest of us though.

If there is an active shooter situation at my school, I have absolutely no problem with a well-trained SWAT team showing up loaded to bear. We have practice drills to prepare for precisely that. Not quite sure what your links have to do with a school lockdown situation.

Hey, everything is bigger in Texas! I agree with you for the most part, but again, Texas is a bit different. If the incident turns into a manhunt across the desert, then all that gear might be needed. It also explains the desert camo.

Just as an aside, the officer in the picture is clearly in his SWAT or other special task force gear. His equipment is likely because much of Texas is a sprawling desert. It is likely standard response to an officer involved shooting to send in this type of unit. I know that if there is a shooting at my school, the response team will look much the same. But yeah, I don't get the Chris Kyle patch. Maybe the guy served with him?

I think I did it.

I'm sure there would be some pretty serious health code violations if you went around dumping loads of bacon.

Just finished Corellia, and now I think I'm almost done with the Jedi Knight storyline in TOR. It's been a pretty good ride, the story has a bit more going for it than the trooper plotline.

Society already says the art exhibit was tasteless and antagonistic. This is a fringe group. How do you plan on dealing with fringe groups? The idea that everyone is just going to accept something to benefit society as a whole is fairly naive. I expect that stuff out of my 7th graders when we are discussing the 1st and 2nd amendments.

What is your punishment for those that step over that line? Fines? Imprisonment? We police this stuff with public condemnation and mockery already, they don't need to bring in actual laws. Balancing consequences with free speech seems like a good way to slow down societal change tremendously.

You don't seem to really understand how free speech works. Obsidian is free to run their message board however they like. The government is not going to stop in and tell them what they can and cannot say. If swearing is really important to you, you are free to make your own forum. I recommend something from the Swedish Chef.

I'm pretty sure you guys are getting trolled by Bruce. The American Freedom Defense Initiative is super gross. But this is a free country, people are allowed to be stupid. I am thankful that the attack was apparently carried out by extras from the movie The Four Lions.

Decided to try H1Z1 on a whim, seems like a pretty neat little game.

I don't really consider the SWAT games part of the Police Quest adventure series. They are a separate spin-off.

Captain America has strong patriotic undertones?!? *le gasp*

Other than naming all his kids George, I think George Foreman is clean.

I took the whole family to see Avengers 2. I was worried about my 5 year old getting through it, but he absolutely loves the Avengers and I figured it was worth it. He did ask if we could go home about halfway through, but then the action started up and he was happy again. My 8-year old did great. It was fun and was more action-y than violent, which I expected after seeing the first one. I'd call it a pretty safe family movie. James Spader made the film for me. I've been watching a lot of The Blacklist, so it was hard not to picture Reddington a bit, but Ultron is one of the better villains I've seen. Big upgrade from Loki. Although now I really need to see Captain America 2 and Thor 2. I'm way behind.

Nazi's and SJW's also like to label people, and then repeat the same tired mantra's over and over again.

Why u lie volo? Honestly if anyone thinks I am a fan of Hilary or Bruce, they arent paying much attention. But Volo does love his you are with us or a nazi speeches.

They had one, but it did not get funded. It was at the tail end of the Sierra revival push.

Bruce can really kill the momentum of a conversation. Thanks Nonek and KP, it sounds like we are coming from a similar place.

Laying it on a bit thick, don't you think? Any douchebag can be responsible for this. Considering people get swatted for winning online games nowadays, I'd hardly compare this to the civil rights movement. The tactics are the same, you sabotage when you don't want then to speak. And it occurred after the Civil Rights movement(or at least at the tail end). So when Anita Sarkeesian received threats, did you leap to her defense and say she deserves to speak? I'm not being facetious, you may have and I simply don't remember, as it has been a long time. I believe both sides have the right to speak. But I also think both sides are crazy.

I condemn the bomb hoax. Kind of seems like a statement of the obvious, but there you go.

Laying it on a bit thick, don't you think? Any douchebag can be responsible for this. Considering people get swatted for winning online games nowadays, I'd hardly compare this to the civil rights movement.

The speech is from a rather long one at a domestic violence conference in 1998. The use of the word primary is sloppy, and I doubt you will catch her saying something like that in her current campaign.