If I just got home from the airport, having gone through Logan, and find my house had been broken into while I was gone, was tired, suffering from the flu, and a cop appeared on my porch accusing me of breaking in to my own house, I might not have handled it well.
Regardless of race. I might say "thank you for investigating officer", or I might say "where the h were you when I was robbed?" Or I might say "what, for being black in America"? Not that I even think that the policeman was BEING racist, just that that thought was in my head, and I was pissed. Like calling your ex girlfriend a bad name during a fight. Throw out the most hurtful phrase, without a whole lot of forethought. I can see that happening. Easy. I've done stupid things like that repeatedly, and I would bet that most of us have, too. The question is - why does this story continue to grow, and not fade? On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 12:35 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > And, truthfully, I cannot necessarily fault Gates for being all irate. I > > probably would be too. > > > > Why would you be irate? The police officer is trying to do his job. A > crime was reported, he was investigating. > > I have asked this question like 4 times and no one has answered. > > If it was your house and the cop just walked away after you said 'Oh, > I live here' when someone reported a possible break-in, you'd be OK > with that? > > That would be shoddy police work. > > > -- > Scott Stroz > --------------- > The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who > are willing to work and give to those who would not. - Thomas > Jefferson > > http://xkcd.com/386/ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:300913 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
