Civility may be used to "win" when one's opponent is civil as well, leading to gentlemanly discourse and eventual dissolution of disagreement.
What we have currently is not a disagreement, to be settled in a court of law.
No.
It is the foisting of a most disagreeable existence and a dismantling of the foundation of this very republic, by forces that want total and absolute control over our very lives, and the destruction of this very country as the leader and the torch of freedom for the entire world.
Absolute exercise of power and corruption are difficult in a free society. The US Constitution paved the way.
This is why it is under continual attack, from all angles, for it must be destroyed for the aforementioned evil to prevail.
And yet, we place our hopes on black robed "scholars" (many of which are in fact part of that evil) to interpret the words forged 200 years ago, hoping and betting that they will see the light and finally get it right.
Okay, more coffee!
Well Done hot. Well Done.
I’ve warned for a long time that police at every level require the good will of the population. When a police force gets heavy handed or otherwise half-assed then the population just might make things right. This Ferguson PD did such a pathetic job after the initial incident that it wouldn’t surprise me if one of the shop owners whose place got burned down took it personally. The cops, the mayor, even the National Guard , were concerned with guarding their own buttz rather than protecting the city property.
This goes all the way back to Ruby Ridge and went thru Bundy, until Ferguson. The Police got heavy handed and find themselves surrounded. If police at every level don’t get their heads screwed on right it won’t be long before a bunch of them get surrounded after an act of stupidity and a get hurt.
The shooter in this case, regardless of who it is, might very well gather some sympathy. Only now have the halfassed Ferguson leaders started resigning and they oughta be prosecuted for allowing so much damage to happen to their own town. Remember they were armed but the protesters weren’t.