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 It was all to get us ready, desensitized to the idea of lawlessness, two-tiered justice systems and other garbage. To not be so outraged at these violations of freedom. I don’t believe it’s a coincidence that this all came after 9/11. 
 I think you're right and it's something that should be talked about more often.

I was thinking about this stuff yesterday while driving. 
 It’s like with any other subject: How do you begin discussing such an anomalous idea? How do you help others listen to what is essentially ‘Like slavery, MK-Ultra never ended and only expanded wholesale?’ 
 Now do sex and the city

tldr gay jew made a series about a group of middle aged whores whoring out 24/7, talking about sex 24/7 (including in front of their kids) and comforting each other 24/7 about how no one should shame you for being a whore 
 BUT IT'S FUNNY HA HA HA HA THAT MAKES IT OKAY 
 Boy am I so glad STD rates are skyrocketing. It’s about time this poisonous plant bears its fruit. I love seeing all the stuff like this.

https://i.poastcdn.org/31665ebe5a2840becbff9ffa1bd277b8874bf4834267eb6f05fdcbe06be5df82.mp4 
 Well, melanin, so, you know.

That reminds me I need to start collecting humanure. 
 Go to any South Chicago block at 4AM, you’ll find it. 
 I don't want AIDS in my pasture 
 Did you buy those pigs yet? 
 Might borrow my neighbor's once he's done with them. They're big though. Almost too big to move. 
 True, we do have John Deere. 
 So her conclusion is that Victoria's secret gave her the clap? But how though? They just have diseased panties? 
 It's cruel we have to put up with such retarded niggers. 
 Another thing these crime shows inculcate is two very important beliefs: that cameras are everywhere and necessary for catching criminals (made less Big Brother-ish by being so standard as to be banal); and that any shred of evidence is enough to tell mountains of information, so there is no escape from the law (flagrantly false given how infrequently crimes are actually solved). Columbo makes the latter work through sharp reasoning, but most modern shows rely heavily on a tech-based dragnet, and impossible forensics that bypass any need for reasoning like Columbo's.

Bonus for frequently getting info in interrogations, where shutting up would immediately de-rail everything. Flipping and provoking people is commonly relied upon. 
 

and that any shred of evidence is enough to tell mountains of information, so there is no escape from the law 

If only people realized just how fallible this machine we’re in really is. And re: shutting up:

Absolutely. 
 The machine we are actually in is perfect. The laws of physics enforce themselves. The machine they want you to think you're in is about as well planned and built as the OceanGate submersible. 
 That’s very true. Seriously. Talking to law enforcement. Let’s all remember the magic words.

https://i.poastcdn.org/92ef68fd18b47e51e9b48edcce74c56ca5420dd391c1d8cf2c2ef1c3adbd9362.mp4 
 Unless you've encountered the plant that's taken LSD in the middle of the music festival. 

Wew that was a trip. 
 Columbo and the like generally relied on your cop working out who did it via some logical but unprovable means and then setting things up so they confess or otherwise fuck up and drop themselves in the shit.  The forensics/legal variety tend to be just the system chugging away until they hit a threshold for conviction.
Chess or poker vs. a seaside coin pusher with similar entertainment values. 
 Columbo's greatest weapon is how harmless and incompetent he looks and acts. 
 The anvil of incompetence and the hammer of being really fucking annoying. 
 >  I don’t believe it’s a coincidence that this all came after 9/11.

Oh sweet summer zoom zoom, although I’ll agree they started pumping and it melees amount out and puns then. 
 Can't help when we are born, old man.

Hope you're well nigger 
 I just remember having to suffer through law and order marathons where someone is going to get raped with an inanimate object 98% of the time.