Lewis Hamilton
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It pretty clear from these posts you guys arguing don't have the first idea of how the Police in the USA are structured.
It's not like in the UK, in the USA each town or district has their own force with its own funding via the local town, they elect their town sheriff.
To try and apply the USA "defund the police" to a UK context is moronic, just stop it.
It's not like in the UK, in the USA each town or district has their own force with its own funding via the local town, they elect their town sheriff.
To try and apply the USA "defund the police" to a UK context is moronic, just stop it.
jimPH said:
rscott said:
faa77 said:
jsf said:
It pretty clear from these posts you guys arguing don't have the first idea of how the Police in the USA are structured.
It's not like in the UK, in the USA each town or district has their own force with its own funding via the local town, they elect their town sheriff.
To try and apply the USA "defund the police" to a UK context is moronic, just stop it.
I've spent the last 4 hours with someone arguing "defund" doesn't mean to take money away from the police.......It's not like in the UK, in the USA each town or district has their own force with its own funding via the local town, they elect their town sheriff.
To try and apply the USA "defund the police" to a UK context is moronic, just stop it.
...... to then admit it means taking money away from the police.
In the UK the police aren't the problem.........
One of the most obvious examples is mental health - US police are the only response teams in many states, but often have zero training in it. Studies have shown that a person with an untreated mental illness are 16 times more likely to be shot by US police ( https://www.treatmentadvocacycenter.org/key-issues... ) . It's thought that between 25 and 50% of all fatal shootings by police are of individuals with mental heath issues - that suggests the police are ill-equipped to deal with those individuals.
Or the fact that 34 of the 50 states had little or no conflict de-escalation training (as of 2017). That's a prime example where the police can often be the wrong organisation to try to deal with a situation, but because they are the only ones receiving funding, there's no one else to do it.
It amazes me how people are taken in by organisations like BLM. I've watched a few of their really speeches and it's clear their good intentions are distorted by hatred, much like any Marxist organisation and the reason they ultimately fail.
He really is a bit of a berk with his use of SM based on this.
Retracts his post then drops a b
k again.
https://www.gptoday.net/en/news/f1/256856/hamilton...
Retracts his post then drops a b
k again.https://www.gptoday.net/en/news/f1/256856/hamilton...
TheDeuce said:
But I wonder if this is yet another example of Lewis searching for things to keep his mind occupied in order to improve his race composure. He's done that from day one pretty much, gone out there to find distractions, so that he's always doing something. His latest things seems to be campaigning in a no holds barred kind of way - about pretty much anything/everything. Or at least just focus on one campaign at a time for the sake of not diluting his own
He's turning into your average bored wealthy celeb who lives in a bubble.Hard not to for someone in his position.
WickerBill said:
I think Lewis appreciates his responsibilities rather well, hence taking on board the fight for a better world whether through his work for Unicef, the WWF, other charity work, his fight for equality, a sustainable future etc....but we are all prone to mistakes from time to time. The important thing is to accept when we are wrong, and redress it.
Yet he is quite happy to not pay millions in tax that could be used to help improve the lives of those living in the slums of stevenage.His comment about his home town cant have helped improve inward investment in the area either.
He comes across as a confused young man, fantastic driver and a nice bloke with his heart in the right place, but tying himself in knots.
paulguitar said:
Why would you type that?
I dont recall those drivers using their platform to push their agenda.I don't have a problem with anyone living wherever they like to reduce their tax burden, just dont damage your old home with your comments to make you apear more deprived than you were. That's not cool, his old town were pretty unhappy about that and rightly so.
What other drivers do or did is not relevant, we are discussing Lewis and the confused messages he sends out to the world.
HustleRussell said:
I'm not a vegan. I don't have the willpower. However the benefits to health and environment (if done well) are so understood these days that advocating a vegan diet is a solid standpoint.
However others like me who can't, resent being told by somebody who can.
If someone wants me to try a vegan meal, I've got no beef with that. However others like me who can't, resent being told by somebody who can.
Munka01 said:
If you had over $100m in the bank I very much doubt you would still be flying in economy on Ryanair to Benidorm for your holiday's. If you are earning that sort of money you are clearly not going to living a 'normal' life.
I know guys with 10 x that amount who fly economy around Europe. If you didn't know them you wouldn't have a clue they were worth billions.The ones with proper wealth tend to spend money building new wings at their old university and establishing mentoring programmes, doing something really positive for their old town.
He really would benefit from a better PR manager based on the reactions he generates with his regular screw ups, like the recent antivax post.
He is undoubtedly the best racing driver of his generation and is great to watch work.
He hasn't worked out fully the win friends and influence people thing yet. It's going to be interesting to see how he takes that forward when he retires from driving. Will he disappear or will he do something really interesting and beneficial? Only time will tell.
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