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Re:I Was Arrested for Learning a Foreign Language. Today, I ... by sarciszewski on Sunday January 25, 2015 @05:14PM (#8944467)
I don't even know why that one got downvoted to oblivion.
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Re:I Was Arrested for Learning a Foreign Language. Today, I ... by iwouldwager on Sunday January 25, 2015 @05:59PM (#8944605)
I would wager that it was this bit:

"it's the sort of cynicism that leads to [...] making sure your rights are respected"

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Re:I Was Arrested for Learning a Foreign Language. Today, I ... by sarciszewski on Sunday January 25, 2015 @06:09PM (#8944640)
Er, okay, what's wrong with that statement?
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Re:I Was Arrested for Learning a Foreign Language. Today, I ... by iwouldwager on Sunday January 25, 2015 @08:39PM (#8945137)
What you describe is doing everything you can in order to try to avoid a situation in which you might be required to flex your rights. How can you describe it as a strategy for "making sure your rights are respected"? It is on its face an attempt to make the question of whether you have rights or not a no-impact detail.
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Re:I Was Arrested for Learning a Foreign Language. Today, I ... by sarciszewski on Sunday January 25, 2015 @11:37PM (#8945538)
> What you describe is doing everything you can in order to try to avoid a situation in which you might be required to flex your rights.

I like to think of it as maintaining a preemptive strategy. I don't like this, but the world we live in is unfair and full of assholes who don't play by their own rules.

> How can you describe it as a strategy for "making sure your rights are respected"?

A man who faces no wars carries no battle scars.

> It is on its face an attempt to make the question of whether you have rights or not a no-impact detail.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWiBt-pqp0E#t=256

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