I'm not sure what you are talking about. Folks that have factors like breathing issues are urged to get vaccinated because it can save their lives. If they die from the shot it would be for some other unforeseen factor than that.
In this case, whether the factors are known or unknown you are not supposed to use the hold once the suspect is subdued because there can be just such an outcome. The Chief made it clear, the doctors they are talking about here also made it clear, so forth. Contributing factors do not exonerate Chauvin, they are the reason his action caused the death when it may not for another.
Either way, this idea that he's going to "get off" because some doctor noted underlying causes is absurd. If he "gets off" it won't be because Floyd had these factors that made this hold dangerous to him.
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
- -- Aristotle
Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.
- -- The Buddha
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
- -- Aristotle
Once in a while you get shown the light, in the strangest of places if you look at it right.
Guno צְבִי (04-13-2021)
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I hope that my use of 'hillbilly' hasn't confused either you or the other dimlibs here.
I lived for two years in a smalltown backwood ozark mountain town and learned hillbilly quite well. It seems to me that the thinskinned folks here are spring-loaded to jump on ANY bandwagon they even THINK that could possibly be racist and ride that pony into the ground.
I hope you are not one of them ... but you are thinskinned. One of my very first posts on this board was a question in a topic that you yourself started ... about yourself. I asked the very simple question ... "Who's legion?" Funny thing ... that post disappeared ... but not before I got my first two likes.
Yep, when you look at the ratings for this board on google ... one fellow talked about how on HIS first day the "rational" (?) folks here jumped on him and one of the comments was that he was "a cum gargler". Now I gotta admit, the nasty stuff thrown my way so far hasn't been quite that ugly ... but I've only been here a week.
If my use of 'hillbilly' is going to offend the soft, cuddly momma's people here ... then I suggest you ban me now. "hillbilly" is NOT racist ... but your reply seems to indicate that it is.
The ball is back in your court and the powers that be.
BTW ... I reject your reply ... it doesn't even deserve a groan.
I know that you are some sort of administrator with bunches of power ... but I have question for you ...
The last few posts in our intercourse should have been about this ...
"Quote Originally Posted by Damocles View Post
The contributing factors do not exonerate"
But magically that portion of your post has disappeared.
Yeah, you can do as you please on this board ... but where is YOUR personal honor, honesty and integrity when it comes to covering up one of YOUR errors?
Yep ... ya cleaned up YOUR post ... but left the quote in mine.
So now ... let us get back to the issue at hand ... we both have different opinions about saint floyd's demise ... but I return to the statement you made as I have posted above ...
Do you NOT see the hypocrisy in blowing off "contributing factors" as it applies across the board?
No. Your premise is inane. That I responded at all is amazing, because I don't like to hold conversations with stupid people. Contributing factors do not exonerate Chauvin because he was acting outside of approved protocol. Can you tell me which person who has given a vaccination was acting outside of approved protocol? If you can find an instance where somebody held another person down and forced them to get a vaccination while they begged not to because they were allergic to one part of the shot ("I can't breathe") so you can tell they have an underlying issue and then they died because of it then we can begin to think that there might be a similarity.
Until then I will likely ignore you until you can add substance to the conversation.
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
- -- Aristotle
Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.
- -- The Buddha
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
- -- Aristotle
Why do "freedom loving" trumpanzees worship at the altar of criminally violent cops?
Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. Samuel Johnson, 1775
Religion....is the opiate of the people. Karl Marx, 1848
Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose. Kris Kristofferson, 1969
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
- -- Aristotle
Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.
- -- The Buddha
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
- -- Aristotle
I guess a very poor excuse is better than none ... which is what I expected. BTW ... isn't there a notification that automatically comes up when a post is edited? Yeah I saw the rules ... but what happened is that you got caught with your hand in the cookie jar and would have us all believe that you were just counting them.
O well
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
- -- Aristotle
Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.
- -- The Buddha
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
- -- Aristotle
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