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    Tasers Are Safer Than Fists and Batons, Less Safe Than Not Beating People Up

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    Image of P3nnst8r P3nnst8r
    11/17/09

    In reply to Tasers Are Safer Than Fists and Batons, Less Safe Than Not Beating People Up
    DON'T TASE ME.... Oh, really? Well, go ahead then, bro. #tasers
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    11/17/09

    In reply to Tasers Are Safer Than Fists and Batons, Less Safe Than Not Beating People Up
    I'm shocked by the results of this study.
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    Image of jacobestes jacobestes
    11/17/09

    @Coolmodo: This doesn't make any sense...beating the shit out of somebody with a baton is more dangerous than using a taser? What about when they used guns? Wait a second. What if they are handcuffed and the officers take turns hitting them? Jeez I really don't get this. #tasers
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/17/09

    @jacobestes: It's barbaric and stunning that the punnery was lost upon you. #tasers
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    11/18/09

    @Nathan Obbards: ...I was making jokey joke?
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    11/17/09

    In reply to Tasers Are Safer Than Fists and Batons, Less Safe Than Not Beating People Up
    Since we're talking about this, is there a study on the relative dangers of candle wax, whipping and voluntary asphyxiation? You never know when you might... uh, run into unexpected situations. #tasers
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    11/17/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: oh lawdy #tasers
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    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    11/17/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: I just started dating this super-hot goth girl, so I will have an exhaustedly researched study in a few weeks when I get tired of her and move on to something new. #tasers
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    11/17/09

    @badhatharry: Pics or it didn't happen <3 #tasers
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    11/17/09


    @00000000: Here. #tasers
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/17/09

    @badhatharry: That's what Guillermo Del Toro will look like if he goes to hell. #tasers
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    11/17/09

    @badhatharry: Love the hair! <3 #tasers
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    11/17/09

    In reply to Tasers Are Safer Than Fists and Batons, Less Safe Than Not Beating People Up
    on star trek, it's "don't phase me, bro!"

    in colleges, it's "don't haze me, bro!"

    for native americans, it's "don't maize me, bro!"

    you could threaten a snot rocket: "don't nase me, bro!"

    or try to shave them against their will:
    "don't raze me, bro!"

    in an art museum: "don't vase me, bro!"

    when dealing with an unaccepting orphan:
    "don't raise me, bro!"
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    11/17/09

    If you're an indentured servant is it: Don't enslave me bro? #tasers
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    Image of HeroOfTomorrow HeroOfTomorrow
    11/17/09

    @nutbastard: While being insane, it's "don't craze me, bro!"

    While being hit in the face, it's "don't daze me, bro!"

    While being Steve Jobs, it's "turtlenecks ARE TOO 2009!" #tasers
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/17/09

    @nutbastard: And if a streetwalker gets the tazer it's: ''Don't taze me, ho!'' #tasers
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    11/17/09

    In reply to Tasers Are Safer Than Fists and Batons, Less Safe Than Not Beating People Up
    "Taser use reduced the overall risk of injury by 65 per cent."

    so what, they miss 65% of the time? because as far as i can tell, getting tased has a 100% chance of causing injury.
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/17/09

    @nutbastard: No broken bones, bruises, head trauma, internal injuries, etc. When you have to violently subdue someone vs. tazing them, you run the risk of inflicting damage on them. While some cops do get taze happy and taze too much, I can guarantee you that if a cop has to use physical force, there will be much more force than is needed to take you down. I have no intention of being tazed, but I would much rather be tazed than have my ass handed to me. #tasers
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    11/17/09

    @Nathan Obbards:

    true true. cops and football players have a tendency to give 110%. #tasers
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/17/09

    @nutbastard: I think it has to do with adrenaline mixed with anger more than anything. Cops do not like to have to resort to physical confrontations as they are dangerous to them. If they do have to, that adrenaline mixed with anger at the end is likely to result in some cheap shots. Is it right? By no means, but at the same time, it is incredibly hard to control at any level of training. #tasers
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    11/17/09

    @Nathan Obbards:

    i agree. it's impossible to dial in the right amount of force, and when it's your ass on the line, you tend to err on the side of excess, since the alternative could get you killed. #tasers
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    Image of phool phool
    11/17/09

    @Nathan Obbards: I don't know, everything else I've ever have handed to me hasn't been so bad.

    "'Scuse me, sir? I think you dropped this."

    Oh, my. Thank you. It would have been a very long flight. #tasers
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    11/17/09

    @Nathan Obbards: I'm not so sure about how I feel about the "... at any level of training." I've always felt like humanity should in general be better at controlling emotion and response, but more than that anyone with the right training I think should be expected to avoid "cheap shots." Those are for you and me in a bar, not for people with "potentially violent confrontation" in their job description. #tasers
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/17/09

    @phool: I agree that they should be able to harness their emotions better, but it can be hard. Honestly, my stance is that if we actually started treating cops with more respect, it would be reciprocated, but if you are treated like shit day in day out by people, it can be hard not to let it get to you. There are some truly great cops out there and there are some people who should be behind bars, not putting people behind bars. I do stand by that claim though, that in the heat of the moment, no matter how well you are trained, it can be hard to know when to stop. I also think that, though understandable, cops who take cheap shots should be reprimanded, and not in the ''take a paid week off'' kind of way. #tasers
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    11/17/09

    In reply to Tasers Are Safer Than Fists and Batons, Less Safe Than Not Beating People Up
    I know my girlfriend's super pissed at me when she looks at me like I'm a total ass and says, "Use your words". #tasers
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    11/17/09

    In reply to Tasers Are Safer Than Fists and Batons, Less Safe Than Not Beating People Up
    There are... Four lights!, bro. #tasers
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    11/17/09

    In reply to Tasers Are Safer Than Fists and Batons, Less Safe Than Not Beating People Up
    It's all fun and games until someone pokes an eye out. Then it's fun and lawsuits. #tasers
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    11/17/09

    In reply to Tasers Are Safer Than Fists and Batons, Less Safe Than Not Beating People Up
    Don't taze me bro! #tasers
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    11/17/09

    In reply to Tasers Are Safer Than Fists and Batons, Less Safe Than Not Beating People Up
    The expression on his face is pure, "Don't fist me bro!" #tasers
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/17/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: But before that, he was looking all stabby, shooty, killy. #tasers
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    11/17/09

    @Nathan Obbards: And then its "Please taze me bro" #tasers
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