Comments by "Jack Haveman" (@JackHaveman52) on "CP24"
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@davidluong8370
You may not believe it but I'm not talking about you and those who go after specialised trades or careers. I'm talking about those who go to the top schools and study the humanities, social arts and some of the other specialities, like women's studies, philosophy or social work. They are jobs that have no future and either have little to no demand or command very little pay. They take on the same debt that you did and make a lot less money than what I do.
My statements weren't overall generalities, but you can get degrees in nursing, engineering or computer sciences and do quite well for yourself with little debt.
Also, my entire point isn't about what you spend on education but more about understanding value for your buck. I will lay odds that you're not the one complaining that you'll never be able to pay back your student loans because you're not making much more being a social worker than minimum wage. Why would you go to a prestigious university, spend all that money on a Bachelor's degree, when you could have spend WAY less on a diploma, in the same field, and worked right alongside the person from the fancy university. That's the common sense way of looking at it.
I understand that if you want to be a doctor or lawyer or even a top notch engineering degree, that it'll cost, but they have high potential. Gender studies isn't something that's in high demand.
One other thing, I don't care about how much money you have or what anyone else has. What gets me is that they feel entitled to that big degree in activism and then want me to pay for it. Then when I suggest that there are other ways to get to where you want, people get all defensive and act like I'm showing them up or something.
Also, not everyone can be a lawyer or doctor. You don't want to be like Cuba where there are so many doctors that there are doctors driving cab or growing vegetables to make a living. There's such a thing as realistic goals and finding the best and most efficient ways to get there.
Getting rich isn't the goal. It's more about feeling good about what you do and how it affects the things that matter most....your family for one thing.
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If you fight back, you just might end up dead, just like Tyre Nichols did. What you do, is go along with the police and if they do something that's excessively violent, you turtle and protect yourself as best you can. Then, when it's all over and you know that you're safe, you call a lawyer and start both a lawsuit and a criminal investigation. Don't EVER fight back against the police because if you do, you're risking your very life.
And YES....I have been in that situation. 2 cops had me bent over the hood of a car. One of them had a pistol to my temple and was pushing down on it as hard as he could. The other kept kicking me in the ankles, telling me to spread my feet apart, even though I couldn't. I still complied, didn't fight back, and they quit. Had I fought back, I don't have any idea what they would have done. I got off lucky, with bruises to my temple and ankles but, to this day, I know it was because I didn't fight back.
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@Hobbitfeetpics
Another trope. "Stop victim blaming" I'm NOT blaming the victim. He's in a situation that's OBVIOUSLY dangerous to him. Every sign of resistance that he makes, he's giving those bad cops another reason to go at him even harder. Maybe you find some comfort in those cops being charged but I don't. Do you know why? It's because we have a dead victim and I don't want people to make the same mistakes that he made and also end up in a morgue and on the news.
Also, I HAVE been in his position. One cop pressed his pistol into my temple, as hard as he could, while I was bent over the hood of the police car. The other cop kicked my ankles repeatedly, telling me to spread my legs apart further, even though it was impossible. My crime? I was on a country road, at around 9 in the morning, just outside of Daytona, when I had to urinate. I went into the bushes, they pulled up and told me to come out. I didn't know it was the police as I couldn't see them through the leaves. So, I told them to wait a minute while I pulled up my zipper. That's what I did that was so horrible. There's wasn't even a house in sight.
I didn't fight back. I didn't say much except to answer the questions asked of me. I ended up with a nasty bruise on my temple and scrapes and bruises around my ankles....but I was alive. I don't know if Nichols would still be alive if he's complied but I do know that it would have increased his chances. Being right isn't a big comfort when you're dead.
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