Well yes. It has been a complete waste of time since you have been proven to be incapable of having an honest conversation when you are clearly wrong.
LMFAO !!...what ...Yup, can't believe he had the audacity to claim some sort of victory....pathetic, yet predictable.
Sorry Hoop, certainly not your fault and it was not my intent to turn it into a shit storm...and I wouldn't blame you one bit if you asked the Mod/s to remove it.
Thats how it goes around here. He wants everyone to listen to him but he refuses to check out links or listen to others and dismisses them quicker than a man with a hooker who just got caught by his wife. see how quickly a response came back regarding links with info. No chance he. He checked out the links and info provided first before he dismissed it. ridiculously one sided. Thats why some political discussions with some people, i treat as nothing more than entertainment. He doesn't want a real answer he just wants everyone to agree his answers are right, without any rebuttal.
^^^Spot on, BB.....and that's exactly what happened with this thread...and I noticed the same thing in the "from my cold dead hands" thread...it's like trying to have a convo with Sheldon Cooper.
Sometimes we need threads like this to remind ourselves of how one sided some people are. Its all good. These discussions are needed to solve the problem. Regardless of what some people think who think they have all the answers and everyone should agree. Its a hot topic no doubt. If only some could discuss without shoving agendas sown others’ throats.
Absolutely. I'm not sure where the "one size fits all" narrative came from, but I don't think anybody in this thread has suggested anything of the sort as a solution. I don't think anybody has proposed a policy in which high level crimes would go unpunished either. I've seen no evidence of these kinds of things happening in any of the proposed solutions.
Yeah, Ive never been a one size fits all or centralized way of doing things advocate. Im pro decentralized, better service and local relationship versus someone/gov making one size fits all policy and/or laws. Each State and City should be able to better serve their citizens, imo.
Soooo deeply sad right now. Just found out a good friend died on May 13th, due to this shit. Became friends with Mike Swanda when I started my current employment and we hung out often outside of work. He moved on about 6 years ago. I had invited him to a shin dig this weekend to find out from his mother he had passed away. He was one of the funniest laid back guys I've ever met. Even roommated with one of the jackass guy for a few years in his 20's and almost made the firs movie. Fuck leniency on drugs. https://www.portlandoregon.gov/police/news/read.cfm?id=492879 Fuck! Fuc,! Fuck!
Sorry for your loss. ... But... the only way the decriminalization of drugs is to blame is if he had never used drugs until after they were decriminalized. Fentanyl is a huge problem all over the country, not just in places that decriminalized drugs.
Not saying anything is to blame but rather its an issue i believe should be rising to the top of the priority list for Portland to solve.. if possible.
Sorry for your loss BB. I lost two friends in 2022 because of fentynal OD and it does just leave you asking "why"? ‘It’s crazy out there’: The reasons behind Oregon’s deepening drug crisis
