Its also pretty stupid to judge an entire group of people based on the words and actions of a few members of that group, but you seem to have no issue with that.
On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 1:25 PM, Eric Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > > Comparing cops to muslims is pretty stupid. You are arguing apples and > rocks. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Stroz [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 1:19 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: US Man refuses to answer Immigration questions.Apparently, he > was right. > > > 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:327569 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
