Divemedic

Just Give Them What They Want

That’s always been the mantra of the left. There is no need to use force to stop a criminal- this is a simple transaction whereby poor people attempt to feed their families, give them what they want, and there will be no problems. That has always been the left’s philosophy.

But what if what the criminal wants is to kill you? The left’s assumption is caused by projection- the left is assuming that a criminal’s motivation is a rational one, brought about by the desperation of poverty. It is a simple idea that ignores the complexities of actual life. Sometimes, people don’t share your values for whatever reason. They aren’t stealing to feed their families, they are just crazy, evil, or simply animals bereft of any shred of simple morality. The obvious and simple notion that some people are simply evil has so-called “experts” in NYC at a loss.

“It makes no sense,” said Chris Herrmann, an assistant professor at John Jay, who once served as a crime statistics expert at the NYPD. “The victim wasn’t threatening, the victim was leaving, it doesn’t make sense when it comes to the victim-offender relationship,” Herrmann said, referencing Moore’s Oct. 6 murder at the 176th Street station in The Bronx, which happened right after the Citi Field worker had exited the train.

So-called crime expert Chris Herrmann, Professor at CUNY/John Jay

That simple ignorance of human nature has resulted in a 42% increase in violent crime in NYC. That’s why you have homeless vagrants stabbing people and committing random murders on the subway. Then there is also the elephant in the room:

My favorite quote is when the reporter on the video found at this link asked the woman “Do you feel safe in New York?” and the woman replies: “Yes, I do. Of course, you have to be aware of your surroundings any place that you work or commute at all times.”

I am sitting in my living room with the windows open and enjoying the fall air. I don’t have to worry about getting stabbed on my way to work. I am hundreds of times safer in my community than the average NYC resident. Why? The citizens in my area are mostly armed and don’t put up with that shit, and neither do the police, nor does my governor.

The experts are claiming that the reduction in people taking the subway is responsible for the increase in violent crime. Dr. Dorothy Schulz, a professor of law and police studies from John Jay College, said the low ridership numbers could be why so much violence is happening underground. 

“Less subway activity by commuters or tourists has contributed to the fact that the percentage of people who are on the subway or streets with mental-health issues is higher,” Schulz told The Post. 

That is demonstrably false. The ridership in 2020 was 53 million per month, in 2021 was 63 million per month, and is now 81 million per month. If the theory that more riders=safety in numbers, the violent crime numbers would be decreasing from a high in 2020, but that isn’t what is happening. Instead, what is happening is 2020 saw a record high in violent crime, with that record being beaten in each of the following years.

My theory? The George Floyd riots has caused many cops to do what has lately been referred to as “quiet quitting.” Combine that with catch and release “no bail” laws and disarmed citizens, and what you get is criminals running the place.

New Yorkers keep voting for the same slick, lefty politicians in election after election. The last Republican Mayor of NYC was that lefty RINO Bloomberg. He was mayor of NYC as a republican 2002-2013, but in 2016, delivered a speech at the Democratic National Convention and called Hillary Clinton “the right choice,” then donated $80 million to democratic candidates in 2018 with the stated goal of flipping control of the House to Democrats. Then he ran for President as a Democrat in 2020.

The same is true for the NY Governor. The only Republican Governor that NY has had since 1974 is George Pataki, and remains the last Republican to be elected to a statewide office in New York.

You have crime because you keep electing socialists. New York is getting the government that it has voted for. It turns out that the entire state is just giving the criminals what they want while hoping they will just take your stuff and leave you with your life. How’s that working for you, New York? Just remember not to vote for the same failed policies when you relocate.

Where are Snake Plissken or Bernard Goetz when you need them?

By Divemedic, ago

Force, Violence, and Coercion

A very long time ago, back in the stone ages of blogging, author Marko Kloos wrote a blog post entitled “Why the gun is civilization.” It was a great piece, and while there were others who later took credit for it, it was and is brilliant. The part of that post that is relevant to our discussion today is the beginning:

Human beings only have two ways to deal with one another: reason and force. If you want me to do something for you, you have a choice of either convincing me via argument, or force me to do your bidding under threat of force. Every human interaction falls into one of those two categories, without exception. Reason or force, that’s it.

Marko Kloos, Why the gun is civilization

The reason that it’s relevant today is this new trend being practiced by the left: denial. By that term, I mean the occupation by force of some venue, location, or service which by its nature deprives others of that item being occupied. The location could be gluing themselves to the floor of a basketball game, to a busy highway, to government office buildings, or even to a Picasso in Australia, a Van Gough and other pieces in the UK, and even to commuter trains. These protesters block highways, they even block ambulances and others from accessing emergency care at hospitals.

What these people are doing is using force, not persuasion, to deny others access to things like art, cultural events, travel, and even necessary medical care. They are stealing it and refusing to return it. The only response to someone taking something by force, is respond with the same level of force.

Stop letting the minority force their temper tantrums upon all of us by allowing them to steal things from us all because they cannot persuade others to do what they want us to do.

By Divemedic, ago

Say What?

The vice principal of a Cleveland high school let three ski mask wearing, armed gunmen into the locked school with students inside, because he saw that police were chasing them and was afraid the police would shoot them.

A school security officer called 911 while watching teens with masks and guns. They had pulled up in three stolen cars and walked up to the school. The school went into lockdown. The police pursued the three, and one of them was able to escape.

The vice principal made a statement to police: “I confirmed the interior doors were locked and instructed the four suspects to come to the vestibule because it was unsafe to be outside because I saw police officers.”

The school district defended them by saying that the principal made sure that the doors to classrooms were locked, so the gunmen were not able to threaten students. Here is the official statement from the school district:

As one of the witness statements indicates, the males entered a controlled, secured area that is specifically designed to prevent access to the rest of the building. Cleveland police had already arrived on the scene and were able to make arrests. The staff member made a split-second decision that the individual thought was the best way to keep students and staff safe.

At the very least, the two vice principals are guilty of aiding a fugitive, or perhaps accessory after the fact. After all, he made an official statement that his purpose was in helping three masked gunmen avoid the police.

The police union had the best quote:

administrators at Garrett Morgan HS allowed MASKED GUNMEN to enter the school in order to protect the gunmen from wait for it police officers outside. They risked the lives of CHILDREN to show how woke they are. Can’t make it up.

Parents need to be down there at the next school board meeting and demanding some answers.

By Divemedic, ago

CISG

Larry Correia introduced us to the common Internet Shit Gibbon. I will allow his description to speak for itself.

You ever post something on social media, and then have some random stranger blunder in screaming at you for wrongthink? You might have attracted a Common Internet Shit Gibbon. You can tell when you are dealing with a Common Internet Shit Gibbon by the following clues:

– They start out by being total dicks to everyone, attack, attack, attack, but when responded to in kind, demand civility and whine about “tone”.

– They just make shit up and throw it at the wall to see what sticks.– They are really pathetic, but oblivious to it. In fact, they think they’re brilliant, even while being super dumb.

– When you waste you time refuting any of their bullshit, they immediately create new bullshit. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat.

Their bullshit is endless. Your time is not. So when you discover that you’ve got a CISG infestation, the best bet is to just mock them until you get bored, and then block them.

Last night, I had to drive to Miami. While there, the wife and I had date night. When I returned to the hotel, I found a list of comments, some taking me to task, demanding that I post his comments, and all of them calling me names.

Apparently, Cassandra missed the part where this blog is my property. It’s also apparent that I have a CISG infestation. I was looking forward to a discussion of the merits of my hypothesis on the issue that so offended him, but I just don’t think he is capable. He has become tiresome, I have wasted enough time with his nonsense, and frankly he has pissed me off. So I will drop the fifth ban in this blog’s history on his ass.

So Cassandra, just go away. My property, my rules. You apparently have no argument and are deliberately trying to appear picked on so you can claim the cachet of being the victim. So begone, asshole, and in case you were wondering, THAT is an insult NOT an ad hominem. An ad hominem is a personal insult used to discredit an idea. I don’t give a shit about your ideas, I just want to insult you.

That also isn’t hypocrisy, because the ‘no personal attacks’ rule is for comments, not for me. See, I own the place and can do as I please.

Now piss off.

By Divemedic, ago

A Fisking

So I REALLY don’t want this to be a page that slams on the black race. I wasn’t going to post anything about black crime for awhile, but Cassandra came into comments and decided to show his ass.

In no particular order, I will address his claims. First, his claim that I am a hypocrite for prohibiting ad hominem attacks while engaging in them. Since he apparently doesn’t know what ad hominem means, we can start with a definition:

Ad hominem is a Latin word that means “against the man.” As the name suggests, it is a literary term that involves commenting on or against an opponent, to undermine him instead of his arguments.

Literarydevices.net, retrieved 10/14/2022

So now that we know what an ad hominem is, let’s look at what I said and see if it was an ad hominem. What I said was this:

But hey, Cassandra, these two just happen to be two more of what you call “a small subset of violent black males that disproportionately commit violent crimes.”

Cassandra in comments claims that this is a small subset of blacks, yet has not yet provided one shred of evidence to support that claim. I wouldn’t call one third being a “small subset.” He might as well claim that there is one black male committing every crime, for all of the evidence he has provided. That man’s name is Sum Dood.

Nope. Neither one of those quotes were attacking you, they were attacking your claims that most black men don’t commit crimes and pointing out that you were making unsupported claims. Had I been engaging in ad hominem attacks, I would have said that you are an ignorant little troll with delusions of adequacy, but I didn’t do that. I hope you can see the difference.

You also accused me of editing the title of my post, but not the content. You apparently missed the part where the post said:

Because of an attack in comments, I am adding the following:

I have never, not once, altered the content of a post on this site without making the changes transparent.

Now that we have passed the attacks on my character and integrity, let’s get to your weak argument. You spent the first part of your comment claiming that my sources weren’t sufficient to your exacting standards, so let’s look at what the US Department of Justice has to say. I will quote directly from their study on the topic: Lifetime Likelihood of Going to State or Federal Prison (Retrieved 10/14/2022) (pdf alert)

Blacks in the U.S. resident population (16.2%), regardless of their sex, are nearly twice as likely as Hispanics (9.4%) and 6 times more likely than whites (2.5%) to be admitted to prison during their lives.
Among men, more than 1 in 4 blacks and 1 in 6 Hispanics, compared to 1 in 23 whites, will enter prison at least once if current incarceration rates do not change. An estimated 28.5% of black men, 16.0% of Hispanic men, and 4.4% of white men are expected to serve a State or Federal prison sentence.

You do quote the Washington Post in claiming that the 1 in 3 chance of black men being incarcerated is a ‘stale statistic’ which is actually a pretty good argument, the only one you actually made. Sadly, it is incorrect, doesn’t attack the original premise (see below) and completely overshadowed by your juvenile attempts at character assassination.

Then you spend the rest of your comment setting up a strawman argument that you then tear down- attacking a statement that I never made.

Accounting for the 37% decrease in imprisonment rate for black men, and that about half are jailed for violent crimes, the lifetime likelihood for black men to be jailed for violent crimes is much closer to 10% than the 1/3 you incorrectly claimed. Yes, that’s still too high, and far higher than the rate for white men, but it refutes your 1 in 3 claim conclusively. I guess “Sum Dood” hasn’t been as busy as you thought he was.

Nowhere did I make the claim that one in three blacks were in prison for being violent. The claim that I made, one that you still have not addressed, still stands:

Isn’t it time that we admit that blacks are largely a race of criminals who have a pathological inability to live in civilized society? It’s well documented that more than half of all homicides and nearly half of all violent crimes, are committed by blacks.

The one in three statement that you latched onto was this:

The Sentencing Project estimated in 2001 that the likelihood of a Black man spending time behind bars in their lifetime was 1 in 3.

You still are not providing any evidence to support your own position. You are merely attempting to attack me by calling me a hypocrite, and are attacking selected strawman arguments where you have taken a statement that I have made, twisted into something else, and then attacked that. Your attempts at discussion are sadly poor, and lacking in any real substance. I have given failing grades to better papers than yours, and seen better arguments from 14 year old children.

I have spent enough of my limited time on your childish attempts to argue a position without a bit of evidence.

And before you engage in any more accusations of me being a hypocrite, let me spell out the rule of this blog:

This is my blog. It is a website paid for by me, on a server leased and paid for by me. I invite argument and disagreement, and actually welcome healthy debate. What I am not going to do is permit ad hominem attacks against the person who pays the bills here, namely me. It’s the same as being in my house- you can disagree with me while you are a guest within my walls, and we can have a healthy discussion. What I won’t allow or tolerate is for a guest on my property to insult or attack me personally. I also don’t allow people on here to attack each other. You have been repeatedly told this. This is your last warning. If you don’t like that, you are free to use your own funds and start your own blog. Heck, I will even rent you the server space with which to do it. The rate is $25 per month.

Until then, I decide. One more personal attack, and I will drop the ban hammer on your ass. In the nearly two years this blog has been here, I have banned only four people. Don’t become the fifth.

By Divemedic, ago

Real Goal of the Alex Jones Judgement

Alex Jones has to pay $1 billion. He says he will fight, delay, and appeal for years. In any case, he is likely done. Still, the reason for what was done to him is apparent to anyone paying attention. Just look at this article from the Guardian: Only proper online regulation can stop poisonous conspiracists like Alex Jones and by Alex Jones, they mean anyone on the right, including and especially Donald Trump. I quote:

Jones, like QAnon, Donald Trump and others, can navigate fake news sites and social media to reach millions…No one seriously believes free speech is an absolute right. The British government is now making desperate attempts to define such concepts as “causing offence” and “legal but harmful”. More ruthless efforts at control are emerging from authoritarian regimes in Russia, China, Iran and Saudi Arabia. The EU, too, is pondering regulation. But this realm of government is patently in its infancy.

The freedom of speech which to John Milton was “above all liberties” is not that simple today.

You get that? They consider censorship like Russia, China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, the EU, and the UK are preferable to the freedom to say what you think. That is the lesson of Alex Jones: shut up, peasant. Silencing the opposition, it’s what every communist revolution needs to do.

By Divemedic, ago

My Thoughts on the Parkland Shooter

In the interest of full disclosure, I will start this post by saying that I am opposed to the death penalty. Not in principle, mind you. After all, there is only one way that is 100% certain to make sure that a killer doesn’t repeat his crime. No, I am opposed to the death penalty because I don’t trust the government officials in charge of the criminal “justice” system. Ask the Duke Lacrosse players, or any of the thousands of people exonerated by the Innocence Project. To put even one person to death who didn’t deserve it is a travesty of justice that makes all of us culpable in that innocent death.

Now that we have that out of the way, I will also say that if there ever was anyone who deserves the death penalty is the guy who carried out that shooting. He was upset because no girl wanted a piece of him, so he admitted that he planned the shooting for Valentine’s Day so none of the students would ever celebrate that holiday again. He admitted to planning out his attack for five years. He simply waited until he was old enough to buy guns with which to carry out his massacre. He is an evil son of a bitch who deserves to fry in Florida’s chair, but the jury decided that they will give him life in prison, instead.

Sharing in his guilt are all of the people along the way who knew that this monster was unhinged, yet failed to take action. The FBI, who received numerous calls to their “see something, say something, we do nothing” line. The school counselors who failed to report his statements and behavior. His foster parents who were scared enough to lock up his guns, but not call the cops.

Most of all? The voters of Broward county. They reliably vote for this shit, they vote Democrat, the reelect coward public officials, they tolerate this. They are getting the government that they vote for. It’s just too bad that their mental issues have an effect on the rest of us in this state.

By Divemedic, ago