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I'll post a bit on the Ching Ter Temple/The Nature Loving festival in another post (When I'm less hungry and sleepy) - but I was rather impressed with the group and the temple (they are also currently doing a round robin with a few other Buddhist Temples and groups around Columbus to visit and see & understand each others basic teachings and practices).
But I really want to say this since I've had to say this a number of times:
In grabbing, interrogating, and holding me at close gunpoint with the safeties off, the members of the US Marshals team did nothing wrong and it was NOT excessive force.
First let me say that my great uncle was an officer who was shot and killed with his own gun responding to a bar fight and my father works for a police department so I have a bit more understanding of the Police side of the equation than a lot of people.
The team who came in the house had to be ready for anything as they knew nothing except the suspect was possibly inside the house. When I opened the door and was standing there I was a potential hostile who needed to be neutralized as quickly as possible. They didn't know me - I was in the same house as the suspect and could have potentially ether attacked them or alerted the suspect if allowed to go free (I would never do that, but they did not know that). Interrogating me at gun point was necessary as again I was the first person they came across, a potential hostile, and I possessed extremely useful information for the team (Such as number of people in the house, types of people in the house, location of the suspect's room, information about weapons in the house, exits, etc.). The safeties came off after they saw that there were weapons in the open in the house (a sword on display to be exact) when there are weapons visibly they have to be ready to defend themselves at a moment's notice as there are probably more weapons around that they do not know about. Nate busting out of his room required a quick response and he had to be secured as his busting out was seen as a threatening action. The US Marshal Teams' jobs are run into a location they know little about and extract the target swiftly and safely. Surprise and force was necessary to catch the target off guard and make resistance less likely. They did their jobs well and professionally (although arguably the one guy cracking jokes about the place after they had secured things could have possibly been seen as unprofessional but still not that bad).
Also a surprise early morning raid was used since the warrant being executed was for a serious and violent felony and they did not want to risk the suspect taking flight or mounting resistance.
In conclusion the US Marshals did everything as they should - if I was on the other side I probably would have acted the same way. Tags: random, rants
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You Are An INFP
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The Idealist
You are a creative person with a great imagination. You enjoy living in your own inner world.
Open minded and accepting, you strive for harmony in your important relationships.
It takes a long time for people to get to know you. You are hesitant to let people get close to you.
But once you care for someone, you do everything you can to help them grow and develop.
In love, you tend to have high (and often unrealistic) standards.
You are very sensitive. You tend to have intense feelings.
At work, you need to do something that expresses your personal values.
You would make an excellent writer, psychologist, or artist.
How you see yourself: Unselfish, empathetic, and spiritual
When other people don't get you, they see you as: Unrealistic, naive, and weak
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( Which Star Trek Ship Class Should You Command? )-=- While out I picked up a used copy of Rebirth: The Tibetan Game of Liberation with the game board still with it. It's kind of like Snakes and Ladders in that you go around a board to get to the stupa at the top symbolizing nirvana ( Snakes and ladders is probably a good analogy since it was based on a Hindu game called Vaikuntapaali or Paramapada Sopanam - the ladder to salvation where the goal was to move around the board to advance to Moksha (Liberation)) - all moves are dependent on dice rolls from each square which represents ether a life in one of the various realms in Buddhist Cosmology or spiritual state toward the goal of nirvana. An on-line version of Rebirth. also speaking of similar games Similar Sufi Game, Online Jain Game, a bit about a Hindu game. -=- Also this is rather interesting: The Book of Jer3miahCreated as a class project at BYU by Theater and Media Arts associate professor Jeff Parkin, and produced by Parkin, Jared Cardon and more than 30 students, the series is highly interactive. Not only can fans uncover puzzles and conspiracy information on sites The Davenport Papers (hub of the companion ARG) and Zooby News, but physical clues have been hidden around the BYU campus for students to discover and share. A discussion on the Davenport Papers forum will lead to the discovery that a clue refers to a particular classroom, which leads to various students snooping around and reporting back until one finds a hidden flash drive and uploads its contents for everyone to see. It’s a pretty big leap forward in terms of university-sponsored transmedia content, and yet, the online collaboration between fans is so fervent that you don’t have to be anywhere near the campus to be part of the action.The Book of Jer3miah: Not Just for Mormons AnymoreThe series itself is rather interesting conspiracy story involving a missing symbolist and a lot of Mormon folklore. Would be interesting to see other universities do something like this. -=- via thedogisdeadAnyone can Ask Me 5 Questions.
Anything goes, you can ask anything about anything, as personal as you want and I will answer.Tags: buddhism, links, memes, mormonism, quizzorts, religion
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