tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406088964942152547.post2501648898122408863..comments2024-03-28T16:16:48.699-04:00Comments on The Abode of McThag: So CommonAngus McThaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09295013525738248801noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406088964942152547.post-298887706700683662015-10-04T21:36:07.277-04:002015-10-04T21:36:07.277-04:00He was complaining just before his death that now ...He was complaining just before his death that now the cops _knew_ he had money, they were targeting him. Melissa thinks that one contributing factor to his death was how upset he'd let himself become over a ticket for doing a "California stop" at some unGhodly hour of the morning. He never did take well to authority and authority figures, while I'm more laid-back about them. Both times I got ticketed with him in the car, I was all "Oh, well, no biggie" and he was acting like I was the Unknown Political Prisoner.Technomadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10438978139389104455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406088964942152547.post-77605502964092007752015-10-03T14:45:09.969-04:002015-10-03T14:45:09.969-04:00Gerb was popular with the cops too?Gerb was popular with the cops too?Angus McThaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09295013525738248801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406088964942152547.post-37614774500615985562015-10-03T13:31:49.192-04:002015-10-03T13:31:49.192-04:00I do know what you mean about "some libertari...I do know what you mean about "some libertarians." Every group I've ever been around has that element. Gun people have our share of M-rc R-d-n--rs, SF fans have the fat, sweaty, basement-dwelling acne-farms wearing obviously-phony Spock ears, gamers have the people who talk your ear off about their 27th-level triple-classed ninja/paladin/wizard and his +5 Hackmaster sword, and so on. You can tell just how popular a group is with the mainstreamed media by how eagerly they push aside nice, normal people who're in these groups to focus in on the whackjobs.<br /><br />That said, "policing for profit" does give rather a wrong impression. I would phrase it as "policing for prey." <br /><br />And after what I found out about <i>why</i> you left Ames, I may just owe Bill a posthumous apology.Technomadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10438978139389104455noreply@blogger.com