No physical threat, an acknowledgement of a reality. When a large group of armed, aggressive and unaccountable people engage in separating a select few armed individuals from the security of witnesses with what appears to be no other intent than to force them into submission.....there could be problems. I can't afford to be anything other than realistic about that.[/QUO
What kind of problems? Hmmm, you are being very vague. Is it on purpose? I think so and it is obvious what you are trying to say. I would be sure of yourself before making such a statements based on "what appears to be".
To the contrary. I am very direct, and it is that directness that you don't care for. I am more than adequately articulate, and equally deliberate. I said what I meant and meant what I said. Attempting to change the context of my statements is disingenuous at the least. There is nothing ambiguous in my posts. They can be taken at face value. Or they can be taken out of context.
What the officer has displayed here is a logical fallacy, an accusation / question with a false presupposition. [you are being very vague. Is it on purpose? I think so and it is obvious what you are trying to say. I would be sure of yourself before making such a statements based on "what appears to be".] It's a loaded question, one of the "gotchas" used by police. It's a common ploy, used daily by sales people to close sales. "Will you be using cash or credit"....will cut to the chase and confirm a sale is taking place and closing, or more needs to be done to compel a decision and overcome objections to the sale. It has some shame based origins, like if a police officer were to walk into a room of people and loudly say "are you molesting that child?" with two intentions: One, to discredit the person they addressed and trusting instinct will put the accused on the defense. And two, the accuser manipulates any unwanted attention from themselves, and escapes answering hard to answer questions.
