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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: marco100   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: I can't wait...
Date: 01/18/26 6:41 PM
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Wow Rev. Zambaloney,

You really are way out of your depth, aren't you?

If a cop stops a diplomat that doesn't mean the cop can't enforce the vehicle and traffic regulations.

It just means the diplomat has a possible defense to prosecution, which can be waived by the diplomat's country.

If it's a driving infraction, the diplomat would surely be given a ticket and summons to a court date.

If the diplomat was drunk and unable to drive, or behaving in a reckless manner, or some other more serious infraction, he would be apprehended and his vehicle towed.

That's for public safety.

It would be up to a judge to decide the limits of diplomatic immunity, and if it applied at all in the particular circumstance.

Or do you actually think if a diplomat started firing off rounds in the middle of the street, or driving his SUV at an ICE officer while his lesbian friend screamed at him to DRIVE BABY DRIVE, the police would be powerless to stop him?

It's clear you come up with the stuff you spew here without a single moment of reflective thought.

But then that's why actual judges, on the Supreme Court, have to decide issues like birthright citizenship.

I never said they would rule against it, I simply said it had never been addressed in this particular factual scenario by the Supreme Court, and was a case of first impression.

But you know everything, so yeah, if you think diplomats can just do anything they want and the cops are powerless to prevent them from doing those things, even if illegal or grossly reckless or dangerous, then it's obvious you don't think at all.
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