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Have "government-agents" bust down your door?

Have "government-agents" bust down your door?

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Ethereal said:
And!? What would that prove, besides the fact that nobody at DP has any direct experience with such?
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Well let's see here :

- We have former drug addicts.
- We have former marines.
- We have people with really rare medical conditions
- We have Nazis.
- We have racists.
- We have black people.
- We even have libertarians.

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We have all these groups who are 'minorities' from the American landscape but not a single person in this entire forum has ever had any 'government agent' bust down their door. It's mostly a fact finding mission to see if this happens as often as people throw it out. You know. The government is coming to take your guns. Pay taxes or the government will come after you. However, I've never even so much as seen one of these government agents who are just ready to come get average Joe for whatever small reason. It's pretty interesting.
 
Hatuey said:
Pay taxes or the government will come after you.
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If we have people around here who are tax cheats, I hope the government does kick in their doors. Tax cheats piss me off.
 
Hatuey said:
However, I've never even so much as seen one of these government agents who are just ready to come get average Joe for whatever small reason.
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Have you ever seen an Electron ?
 
I find it highly unlikely that almost 20% of DP have had their door busted down by government agents.
 
the makeout hobo said:
No, but its existence has been scientifically proven. And I can observe the effects of an electron.
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Ahhh so what you are saying is that things that you have not personally seen, may still exist ?

Lets get Hatuey in here and bring him up to speed :)
 
Voidwar said:
Ahhh so what you are saying is that things that you have not personally seen, may still exist ?

Lets get Hatuey in here and bring him up to speed :)
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You are missing the point. What he's saying is that while the government might bust down people's doors, it happens far more rarely than people make it seem like. No one is denying that federal raids happen.
 
the makeout hobo said:
What he's saying is that while the government might bust down people's doors, it happens far more rarely than people make it seem like.
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Can you provide a quote from Hatuey that resembles that then ?
 
voidwar said:
can you provide a quote from hatuey that resembles that then ?
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i don't know anyone who's ever had their door busted down by "government-agents" and those that do are usually on tv. You know : Drug dealers, crazy christian sects, people running illegal slave shops out of hangers, russian mob bosses in movies, crazy cuban people kidnapping little kids.
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I disagree that what you have posted there, is saying the same thing as this :

the makeout hobo said:
while the government might bust down people's doors, it happens far more rarely than people make it seem like. No one is denying that federal raids happen.
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It is not.
 
the makeout hobo said:
I interpreted them to mean the same thing. That while doors do get busted down, it's a very rare occurrence.
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I think what Hatuey originally said on the subject , , ,

I don't know ANYONE who's ever had their door busted down by "government-agents" and those that do are usually on TV.
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has a very different tenor from your after the fact softsell repackaging attempts.
 
Voidwar said:
I think what Hatuey originally said on the subject , , ,



has a very different tenor from your after the fact softsell repackaging attempts.
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I think your confusion lies here: He meant that he didn't know anyone personally, vs. not knowing of anyone (which is how your read it)
 
the makeout hobo said:
Tell me in your own words what he saying.
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I wouldn't try to make up something in my own words and then claim someone else was saying it.

I will let HIS words speak for HIM.
 
Voidwar said:
I wouldn't try to make up something in my own words and then claim someone else was saying it.

I will let HIS words speak for HIM.
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Well I say they mean one thing and you say another.
 
That is not the quote I requested.
 
Hatuey said:
Well let's see here :

- We have former drug addicts.
- We have former marines.
- We have people with really rare medical conditions
- We have Nazis.
- We have racists.
- We have black people.
- We even have libertarians.

---------------------------------------------------

We have all these groups who are 'minorities' from the American landscape but not a single person in this entire forum has ever had any 'government agent' bust down their door. It's mostly a fact finding mission to see if this happens as often as people throw it out. You know. The government is coming to take your guns. Pay taxes or the government will come after you. However, I've never even so much as seen one of these government agents who are just ready to come get average Joe for whatever small reason. It's pretty interesting.
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1. One person said they had a government agent break down their door. You made the irrational and perplexing request that they prove it. How do they do that, exactly? Please, I'd love to hear this one...

2. Assuming the participants in your poll could corroborate their story without divulging their personal information to you or the forum, what would this anecdotal data prove? The answer is nothing.

So, what's the point of this poll again?
 
the makeout hobo said:
You are missing the point. What he's saying is that while the government might bust down people's doors, it happens far more rarely than people make it seem like. No one is denying that federal raids happen.
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It doesn't matter what Hateuy says, or what this poll seemingly indicates since the former is a mere opinion whereas the latter is worthless anecdotal crap.

My opinion is that a significant number of people have had their doors busted down by government agents since the government has several agencies which were created specifically for that purpose. What's the point of having a SWAT team or an ATF interdiction unit, I wonder? I’m not saying it happens “a lot” but it is certainly something that occurs and is not negligible.

Either way, you, nor Hatuey, can make any worthwhile claims regarding the frequency of such events because you lack the relevant data.
 
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