Comments on: Why one CSUN student got angry at policemen

By: Cleveland Steamers

Cleveland Steamers — Fri, 11 May 2012 15:30:00 +0000

Ninety-nine speaks for me. And yes, I see Mr. Patel as an attention grabber. And so do 24 other people apparently. Why should Ninety-nine have to explain to you what his solution is? He didn’t create a scene in the quad and harass the police. He didn’t claim to harass the LAPD. He didn’t harass the cops at Santa Monica. It was Mr. Patel that did all that then wrote and opinion about it. Mr. Patel’s solution is apparently to harass the police. How does that bring a solution to the budget and tuition issues? What is your definition of Activist? You call Patel and activist, but Ninety-nine is the activist too. An activist again people creating scenes for their ego. Sorry we disagree but your argument doesn’t hold up.

By: randy Martinez

randy Martinez — Wed, 09 May 2012 17:37:00 +0000

Well said Ninety-nine. This young man had disrupted study sessions at the USU, and being an employee, I was asked to tell him to take his rants and “preaching” elsewhere. He looked at me and screamed, “FREEDOM OF SPEECH!” While I agree he had his right to speak he had no right to disturb the peace of others. In fact he was being a public nuisance which is where we draw the line on freedom of speech. We offered him some locations to move too, but he chose to yell at me instead. I listened to the words you spoke, and they held no meaning. We all suffer from financial struggles which is why we work at it. We don’t yell at innocent people, we speak to those responsible in a respectable manner and if that doesn’t work we don’t resort to barbaric manners of protest. We live in the year 2012. If we really look into how our government works we can implement change without all these police scandals, and wild protests.

By: Pedrin...

Pedrin... — Wed, 09 May 2012 05:46:00 +0000

Dear Ninety-nine. Clearly, there’s something personal going on here. It seems that you don’t like (personally) the way Mr. Patel is acting. He is an activist, yet you claim that he hasn’t accomplished anything? Yet, you find yourself writing an article, quoting from him, stating how he wants attention ( a misreading of the article by the way)… What do you propose as to act against the Budget-Cuts? What is your solution? Work and go to school? Certainly, you do not provide a good argument against Mr. Patel, parhaps raising the tution is causing low education by cutting logic classes, or semantic classes? Please tell us your solution…

By: Ankur Patel

Ankur Patel — Tue, 08 May 2012 19:46:00 +0000

Some of criticisms are more valid than others, I would just like to see some of this directed towards people who are actually making decisions…

By: Michelangelo_L

Michelangelo_L — Mon, 07 May 2012 17:46:00 +0000

Why do it then?

I know that they each have quotas on the number of parking tickets they have to turn in to increase city revenue. LAPD denies said quotas existing, but we all know they exist. I’ve never met anyone happy about the parking tickets. They don’t serve any benefit to society. They’re simply roundabout ways of taxing people.

If they don’t want to do it, and obviously no driver wants to do it. Why do it? Why enforce rules they know are, for lack of better words, crummy.

P.S. Is the comment section working oddly for anyone else?

By: Michelangelo_L

Michelangelo_L — Mon, 07 May 2012 17:43:00 +0000

Ignore this post.

By: Cleveland Steamers

Cleveland Steamers — Mon, 07 May 2012 17:17:00 +0000

This has to be one of the best comments I have ever read. There is no reason for me to comment. You spoke for me with your comment above. Thank You.

By: csuncommonsense

csuncommonsense — Mon, 07 May 2012 16:58:00 +0000

Extraordinary response, Ninety-nine! Well said!

By: csuncommonsense

csuncommonsense — Mon, 07 May 2012 16:46:00 +0000

Michelangelo_L: I have asked a few police officers this very question as to why they write so many parking tickets when there are parking officers. Although they say they cannot answer questions like that due to their university policy, it is very apparent that they would rather be doing something else than writing parking tickets.

By: David the small-L libertarian

David the small-L libertarian — Mon, 07 May 2012 16:19:00 +0000

Ninety-nine: That was spectacular! A truly entertaining and astute take on Mr. Patel! This one deserves a place in the Sundial Comments Hall of Fame.