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The week's question
In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: Dope1   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: War ravaged Portland
Date: 09/30/25 3:06 PM
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Why?

Because it was hilarious: Where? They can't go onto the ICE property to put in a barrier, and if they seal the ICE property off from the public roads and sidewalks, then how would ICE folks get in and out to do their jobs?

I realize it's Portland and all, which has been a dump for the 25 years I've lived in the Pacific Northwest but even they must have things called...traffic cones...that would provide a simple barrier allowing the ICE vehicles to ingress and egree the area. And then be able to put folks on that line and tell goons not to cross it.

Nah. We don't have orange cone thingies down there.

If you 10x the number of people at the protests, then that's more likely to happen. But if you let the people who aren't breaking into the ICE building or physically assaulting agents just hang out and do their protesting, rather than try to suppress the protests, you'll have far fewer people.

Oh, I see. We can't enforce the law and protect federal officers who are merely executing the law because we might make some other angry bunch show up and *really* trash the place.
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