How so? All I was asking for was some consistency. If I made disparaging remarks about any other group of people based on the words and actions of a few, I would get crucified on this list for it. Why is it OK when when you are referring to law enforcement officers?
On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 1:12 PM, Eric Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > > Now you are just being stupid Scott... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Stroz [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 10:25 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: US Man refuses to answer Immigration questions.Apparently, he > was right. > > > Oh...so, its OK to pre-judge people as long as there is a chance that > if they are 'bad' their actions may vastly effect your life. > > After all the terrorist attacks perpetrated by Muslims, it would be > OK, based on your explanation, for me to assume all Muslims are > terrorists until proven otherwise? A terrorist can physically harm or > kill me. With the stakes that high it only makes sense to use every > shield against Muslim terrorists that we have. It's not about being > disrespectful to them. It's about protecting myself. > > > On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 10:17 AM, Sisk, Kris <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Let's put it to you this way: What are the potential consequences of >> running into a bad cashier? You get short changed a little, right? Small >> beans, but I still double check that I got the change I was supposed to >> when I go to the store. A bad mechanic and you'll have to take your car >> to another one. Expensive maybe, but not exactly life altering. A bad >> programmer and you get bugs that don't get fixed. You're out the cost of >> the software, but 90% of the time you can just switch programs. >> >> Now with a bad police officer, you might end up in jail or you might >> have a ticket on your record that shouldn't be there and double your >> insurance rate for the next 5 years. With the stakes that high it only >> makes sense to use every shield against bad cops that we have. It's not >> about being disrespectful to them. It's about protecting myself. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Scott Stroz [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 9:08 AM >> To: cf-community >> Subject: Re: US Man refuses to answer Immigration questions.Apparently, >> he was right. >> >> >> On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 9:58 AM, Sisk, Kris <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> There are enough bad cops that there are at least one or two in every >>> police department in the country (which is just about like any other >> job >>> really). >> >> So, based on this statement, is it safe to assume that you pre-judge >> everyone and assume they are one of 'the bad ones'? Or is it just law >> enforcement? >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:327557 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
