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The Blind Eternities forum
Posted on Feb. 27, 2015, 12:54 p.m. by PreZchoICE1
fresh start. GO
Except that trickle down economics doesn't really work?
I'm joking. I completely see your point. Riling against systematic abuse is legit.
April 24, 2015 3 p.m.
Ohthenoises says... #3
UrbanAnathema That's all well and good but it's because of the people that resist that people get frisked.
In the army we had a saying: "Police your buddies". If I saw a peer doing something wrong I'd get him to stop before authority saw him. The reason for this is in the army we didn't punish the one, we punished the many.
If I screwed up my whole platoon would get in trouble and smoked (forced physical exercise).
Now, I'm not saying that we should run our lives like a army base because that's not a democracy, that's a dictatorship. However, I'm simply saying that if you see Bobby about to resist the police then you tell him to shut his mouth and be polite before he gets you both in the back of a squad car.
I guess that's why I don't understand. After spending years helping to police my peers (as they police me) seeing people doing stupid shit like resisting arrest just is beyond my comprehension.
April 24, 2015 3:04 p.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #4
It's the fact that it shuffles it back in that I want all 4 APPLE01DOJ. Because the re-shuffle means that I have a higher chance of drawing it again, which is what I want. Beyond that it is like resetting my deck, without 4-7 or so lands. So the chances of drawing anything non-land is high.
Admittedly, they don't do anything against abzan or twin etc, but I need something main to try and have some semblance against RDW.
However, Chalice of the Void is a good suggestion, just one that is a little difficult to use against RDW. Trying to put it down for 1 is generally too late to stop the 1 cmc spells, and they can easily just remove then with all the artifact hate they have. Trying to put it down for 2 is too risky, as that takes 4 mana and I would most likely be dead by that time
April 24, 2015 3:07 p.m.
UrbanAnathema says... #5
Ohthenoises I think your understanding of what these communities are experiencing is backward. Here in NYC, stop and frisk has been the policy of law enforcement for decades. This policy essentially means that for ANY REASON that a police officer may think that someone may be carrying a weapon, that they can stop and frisk the suspect.
95% of these stops resulted in no weapons being found. Communities that are high in crime, tend to be poorer communities of color, and this is where these policies are implemented. (No one is stopping and frisking anyone on Wall Street.)
As a result, you have had young men of color being REPEATEDLY stopped and patted down over a period of decades day in and day out, based on nothing but the "feeling" of a police officer, who is usually white, and not even a resident of NYC, much less your neighborhood.
It shouldn't be beyond your comprehension, that this kind of thing would foster resentment and resistance from these communities if sustained over a period of time. Thats what we have seen.
April 24, 2015 3:12 p.m.
UrbanAnathema says... #6
Again, its not like these are people who have been caught committing a crime, and then are being frisked before being arrested. Noone has a problem with that.
What people have a problem with is a policy of stopping people who are committing NO CRIME and repeatedly subjecting them to violating actions designed to make them feel like criminals.
If this kind of thing were happening in affluent neighborhoods, it wouldn't be tolerated for a week, much less 20 years.
April 24, 2015 3:16 p.m.
Ohthenoises says... #7
I think you missed my point about police your buddy but that's fine, I'm not here to change minds, or argue, at all. Just information.
Thanks for thoughts everyone.
April 24, 2015 3:17 p.m.
UrbanAnathema says... #8
Not trying to argue. I think that obviously self-policing for both individuals and communities is a good idea and should be encouraged. I'm merely pointing out that there is just a lot more going on with regard to the state of the relationship between communities of color and law enforcement in this country, than someone "resisting arrest".
From a purely rational standpoint, sure resisting arrest is likely a poor choice. However viewed in the larger historical context, rationality isn't the only prism which this issue should be viewed.
April 24, 2015 3:22 p.m.
bijschjdbcd says... #9
Getting up after 4 hours sleep to attend the Centenary Anzac Celebration, It was bucketing down and I broke my umbrella last night.
Anyone been playing Grixis Delver?
April 24, 2015 4:25 p.m.
elpokitolama says... #15
Because 10 000 message cap. They don't want me to ninja it again. :<
April 24, 2015 5:30 p.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #16
Didgeridooda just wanted to claim the third thread as his, that's why he made it so soon.
April 24, 2015 5:33 p.m.
Didgeridooda says... #17
Last one took a while to get everyone to move over, so I figured one page early would not be too bad.
April 24, 2015 5:51 p.m.
elpokitolama says... #18
Yeah, but we didn't make it yet to the 200th page :<
April 24, 2015 6:02 p.m.
Didgeridooda says... #23
I also thought the previous conversation was going to continue on for a little while.
April 24, 2015 6:29 p.m.
I was thinking, should I write an article on 'Budget-ifying' and post it in the forums?
April 24, 2015 6:37 p.m.
elpokitolama says... #25
That's an article that will get a lot of love from the users. :>
April 24, 2015 7:02 p.m.
Run no interaction. Run no complicated lands. Pray your meta is crap.
April 24, 2015 7:18 p.m.
I don't disapprove. They're generally just 'eh'. Some of the most fun I have is with budget decks but they lose a lot.
April 24, 2015 7:30 p.m.
FAMOUSWATERMELON says... #30
Confirmation. But when they do win, it's very satisfying seeing your opponent's face decompose as you just beat their deck with one a tenth of it's value.
April 24, 2015 7:31 p.m.
Didgeridooda says... #31
Chief loves them. Just guessing that he is being realistic in his expectations.
April 24, 2015 7:34 p.m.
FAMOUSWATERMELON says... #32
Chief, would it be acceptable to s***post just to get to 200? THE SUSPENSE IS KILLING ME XD
April 24, 2015 7:38 p.m.
FAMOUSWATERMELON says... #35
Damn it. Oh well, I guess that got us two extra :)
April 24, 2015 7:40 p.m.
ThisIsBullshit says... #36
Well yes of course they're not top tier but we all can't drop $800 on a deck.
April 24, 2015 7:41 p.m.
elpokitolama says... #37
Sorry my friends, but this is mine!
Once again, I d'like to thank you all for this wonderful achievement that is making it two times in a row being the 10,000th comment on this page. And, at this point, many users might wonder: why am I doing this? Well, I'm doing this not because it is easy, but because it is hard.
It's a combinaison of extreme typing talents, along with patience, and luck (after all, only one post in 10,000 is the 10,000th! Take this, probability!). So, upon this 200th page, I d'like to inaugurate the start of a new era: THE NINJA LLAMA ERA!
April 24, 2015 7:41 p.m.
FAMOUSWATERMELON says... #46
Alright, so guess we officially are going to number three...
April 24, 2015 7:44 p.m.
VampireArmy says... #47
Because you touch yourself at night and jesus is not happy about that
April 24, 2015 7:44 p.m.
elpokitolama says... #48
ThisIsBullshit the symbolic cap? I don't know, some say that they have lag issue... Never had myself, personally.
April 24, 2015 7:45 p.m.
Epochalyptik says... #50
Well, Jesus's dad wasn't too happy about it. Jesus was too busy being a hippie.
UrbanAnathema says... #1
Also consider that from an economic point of view, "broken windows" enforcement is a revenue driver, as it essentially becomes a poverty tax.
April 24, 2015 2:59 p.m.