Comments on: EMS’ Thin Red Line?

By: END GAME

END GAME — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:51:17 +0000

@viper

Although NASCAR, maybe the most capitalistic of all sports, with the sponsors and such.

Although I am vehemently opposed to the free state movement, and the tactics employed by them. I can admire their(activists) tenacity and vigor.

I guess even though some of my words may be terse and mean spirited I do possess an amount of respect for them…….albeit very tiny, miniscule actually

By: Lpviper

Lpviper — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:39:43 +0000

Thats funny because I havent been able to shake my addiction to the most statist sport of them all…NASCAR!

I hate to even watch it sometimes, it's SO God and Country it makes me want to puke. But it's something my dad and I have enjoyed together for a long time, and so it continues…

And maybe that idea reaches toward the center of the conflict between statists and liberty lovers. Everybody has some vestige of statism they can't quite leave go of.

I guess for some of us it's just that's there's more of it.

A lot of what I thought was true I found out different about in the last few years. Certainly some of it was quite unpleasant. I do know that I owe it to myself and my neighbors to learn and practice tolerance and mutual respect.

By: END GAME

END GAME — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:25:39 +0000

@ Viper

Not neccesarily…..My liberty loving friend. Even us statists can set diffrences aside to discuss other topics. I would discuss sports but we all know you free state nuts are against organized athletics(national indoctrination right).

By: Lpviper

Lpviper — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:16:23 +0000

I've heard of that in my travels (I've been to Keene once!) but we Michigan folk don't talk that way. Like how we say somebody is 'ignorant' instead of saying 'asshole' like we mean, or how we call soda 'pop'. I still think that's better than Texas where all pop is 'Coke'.

Shouldn't we be, like, arguing about laws or something…?

By: END GAME

END GAME — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:46:31 +0000

@ viper

We use "Jackoff" here in New England……, or jagoff is used by the bigger city folk

By: Lpviper

Lpviper — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:37:40 +0000

@ EG,

It's slang, might be a Michigan thing

"that guy is a total fucking wack off"

means useless more or less

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:26:36 +0000

That EMT worker absolutely behaved as a thug that day, lashing out in anger and stealing Ian's camera. Some government workers who otherwise seem nice simply cannot handle anything other than unquestioning obedience, and lash out when they don't get it.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:08:31 +0000

Ian you clearly have no idea what you are talking about. So keep amusing us with your BS. Finally "public eye" someone else who can see these fools ruining our society more so than anything. Free keene…ya ok you just create more drama. I find it really sad that you can call an EMT/ Firefighter….a thug. I also love how you PAID so much attention and KNOW so much about Ron…but u happened to not know he was a firefighter…haha so sad.

By: Ian

Ian — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:58:26 +0000

Definition five, in full:

a person who works for or manages an agency.

Followed by agency, definition 3:

a governmental bureau

While your point was correct (I hadn't read the full definition), you're still incorrect on this semantic issue.

Figured the EMS workers were separate – I was wrong. Thanks for the correction. You can choose to believe me or think I'm lying.

You seem to think the activists are liars, and there's obviously nothing I can say to correct you. There were several of us there, and none that I saw interfered in any way with EMS. Also, Leslie was lying about HIPPA, and besides that, Kurt ABSOLUTELY DID request we monitor his treatment. Just ask his wife.

By: Publics Eyes

Publics Eyes — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:55:35 +0000

Ian Perhaps you should read the whole definition before you interpret it to what you want it to say. Definition 6 at dictionary.com: “a person who acts in an official capacity for a government or private agency, as a guard, detective, or spy” I don't believe Captain Leslie takes part in any of those roles so he does NOT qualify as an agent. And you said that you "Didn’t realize he was a fireman too" well if you payed attention that day and watched the video it said Keene Fire Department right on the side of the ambulance and you seemed to know who to call when you wanted the names of the crew you called the Fire Department. so don't tell me you didn't know that he is a Firefighter! I'm not saying what Captain Leslie was right or wrong with his actions and I wouldn't say with out watching the whole version of the video not the your edited version. You say your friend wanted him filmed and claim freedom of the press blah blah blah fine who cares just do Fire Department asks there job is hard enough as it is. Try to put your self in there shoes and try to do their job with a big crowd screaming and yelling at them. Besides he immediately turned your phone over to the Police Officer. His role at that incident is manage it. NOT to take care of the Patient that is the other two Firefighters jobs which they were doing. The Firefighters have to protect the privacy rights of the Patient at all times those are the HIPPA rules they have to obey does meen they like them but to be able to keep doing there job they have to obey those rules. I didn't here your friend at any time say it was ok for him to be filmed in your edited version of the video. And is a very good actor if I may add.