Around that time in the U.S.—roughly the decade following 9/11—was this huge budget going to virtually all law enforcement, a response to the terrorist attacks. From the Feds to the State Police, municipal level city cops to sheriffs, deputies and county jails… they all got to spend a bunch of freshly allocated, Clinton-administration, Federal-budget-surplus on S.W.A.T. gear, K-9 units, flash grenades, and task force shit. And what do these frat boy jocks wanna do once they have all this shit? Well, they wanna play with their new toys, of course. A lot of us were arrested during that spell, self included, and so your hunch about court-imposed retirement is, unfortunately, probably pretty astute in most cases. Hopefully not with your buddy though
For one, there is emphasis through repetition. For two, don't take it so personally. I've already told you in the past that I admire your intellect and I appreciate all the effort you've put into these threads. But I'll repeat myself again here for emphasis and remind you of this
See? It is not meant as an insult.
Further, when I say "as long as you understand… " I should've clarified I didn't mean
you,
per se, but rather the individual taking up that point of view in this discussion. A lot of times I write things on here for the benefit of future readers and generations not just the person to whom I'm replying. For serious, please don't take offense. None was intended, I assure you. I think it's important to word things carefully to avoid confusion. If things are worded poorly, ppl take the wrong message and spread bad intel. Sorry if it was annoying. And yes, I realize the hypocrisy and irony that I myself likely poorly communicated these points before…
Ok, that's fine that you feel that way, but that doesn't make it so, no offense. This applies to me, as well, to be fair. For example, I think there should be term limits for members of U.S. Congress. Doesn't make it true, but I feel like it should be that way.
It's probably helpful for us all to be on the same page, definition-wise. From
wikipedia (
bold mine):
To be fair, we could distinguish between impurities that are synthetic side-products and those that are deliberately added diluents, but Idk it would do much good, though I suspect this is ultimately what you're driving at with this, no? And again: forgive me if this at all seems pedantic, or as though I have anything but respect for you,
@indigoaura. I want to be clear about that. It is not my goal to offend or disrespect people. Thanks for hearing me out
Oh yeah, btw, did you guys see any news about the website,
https://drugchecking.berlin/ ? Lotta demand for it, and they're reporting pretty shitty things, evidently…
https://djmag.com/almost-50-tested-drugs-berlin-given-warning-status-new-programme