# Starving Artist: Totally Insane? Or Just Almost?

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [October 13, 2008, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starving-artist-totally-insane-or-just-almost/467678 "2008-10-13T05:04:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starving-artist-totally-insane-or-just-almost/467678/348 "2008-10-19T18:15:19Z")

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> [@Starving\_Artist](#):
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> Once more into the breech, then I’m out of here. Yeah, he ripped me a new one all right.
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> **SA:** Libs oppose laws banning the Crips and Bloods.
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> **Lib poster response:** The LAPD deals with it.
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> **SA:** I was talking about laws, not police policy.
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> **Svin:** (in superior and haughty high dudgeon): Clever the way you move the goal posts there, **SA**.

Correct me if i’m wrong, but it seems like one of \*\*S&I’s \*\*links does suggest the police are using methods which _involve_ the law. Can’t use gang injunctions if there’s no legal system behind them.

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