Even taking into account everything you get from the news and your personal accounts, you are still talking about a very small percentage of police officers.
Eric, its pretty much the same as your feelings about homeschooling. You are judging a large group of people based on the words and actions of a few people in that group (and no, it is not more than a few - even though you keep trying to say it is). That is wrong and unfair. Period. On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 6:21 PM, Eric Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > > It's also from my personal experience, which I have stated several times but > you continue to chose to ignore. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Stroz [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 2:06 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: US Man refuses to answer Immigration questions.Apparently, he > was right. > > > So, you watch the news and see a few story about a 'bad' police > officer and automatically assume they are all 'bad'? That is anecdotal > evidence at best. > > A police officers are like network administrators in that if they are > doing their job correctly, you never hear about it, but if something > bad happens, the shit hits the fan. > > You have to be one of the most judgmental people I know. And I know a > lot of Bible thumpers. > > On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 1:50 PM, Eric Roberts > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Again...unfortunately, it's not just a few. One just has to watch the > news >> and read the newspaper or just live life to see that. >> >> Eric >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Scott Stroz [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 1:44 PM >> To: cf-community >> Subject: Re: US Man refuses to answer Immigration questions.Apparently, he >> was right. >> >> >> 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:327591 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
