"Spiegel - •• - Hopes to post on oppos!" (spiegel)
10/02/2013 at 13:13 • Filed to: None
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"Spiegel - •• - Hopes to post on oppos!" (spiegel)
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That cop story is really giving me a headache.
For Sweden
> Spiegel - •• - Hopes to post on oppos!
10/02/2013 at 13:14 |
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You know what fixes a headache? A martini lunch.
TheOnelectronic
> Spiegel - •• - Hopes to post on oppos!
10/02/2013 at 13:25 |
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Cop hate is one of my greatest annoyances.
I have some friends who can justify it somewhat because they grew up being harassed and even tormented by asshole cops, but from most people it just smacks of "The police suck because they don't let me do whatever I want."
The "All cops are corrupt, power-hungry assholes" argument is often just the person rationalizing their dislike.
Casper
> TheOnelectronic
10/02/2013 at 14:00 |
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What everyone forgets, especially protectionists (no time to go into that), is that the Police are still just people. People are assholes, people have bad days, people can be corrupted by power. To assume they are all bad is idiotic, but to assume they are all good is equally idiotic.
I treat them all as being a crazy man with a gun and the legal right to shoot me until proven otherwise. I talk calmly, I comply with orders, and I make mental notes of everything while saying as little as possible.
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TheOnelectronic
> Casper
10/02/2013 at 14:30 |
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No, I agree. I didn't mean to imply cops were a shining beacon of light and truth, just that, well, exactly like you said: They're people.
They're just people who have a legitimate reason to wonder if you're going to stab them in the throat when they get close, so I try to be as non-surprising as possible.