If you act like all officers are corrupt then even a good cop could become unpleasant. Try starting with all ____ are good and work on weeding out the bad when you get to them.
It'll do us all better. On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 11:45 AM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think that you may be not understanding the context in which Kris > was stating this. What he's trying to say (at least how I take it) is > equivalent to the recommended practice for handling guns: always > assume that a gun is loaded and could kill you. That's not saying that > guns are bad, its saying that the smart thing to do is to start with > the assumption that the situation could be dangerous and then proceed > with proper caution and respect. > > The same is true with police officers. You could be dealing with the > nicest, most ethical, caring police officer in the world, in which > case everything is going to be fine. Or you could be dealing with an > officer who has a chip on his/her shoulder, who is pretty much cracked > due to traumatic stress and workload, who is racist, etc. in which > case things can go very wrong very quickly. You have no way of knowing > what sort of person is carrying the gun, baton, cuffs and taser in > front of you. It is a potentially dangerous situation and common sense > dictates that you treat it accordingly. > > Cheers, > Judah > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:327520 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
