Re: [Mpls] Warmer, fuzzier police (was guit complaining)

2002-01-15 Thread Rosalind Nelson
I think nurses are an analogous profession. When I was young, people who had been in the hospital often complained that the nurses would leave the door open, allowing vistors in the hall a view of the naked patient. Because the nurses were required, in the course of their jobs, to view the pati

Re: [Mpls] Warmer, fuzzier police (was guit complaining)

2002-01-15 Thread Michael Atherton
Rosalind Nelson wrote: > I think that it would be better for everyone, even the officers themselves, > if police could learn to observe ordinary social conventions (especially > those regarding violence) when dealing with most of us. I certainly agree that it would be nice if police officers cou

[Mpls] Warmer, fuzzier police (was guit complaining)

2002-01-15 Thread Rosalind Nelson
Mark Wilde wrote: > to all the people who want the police to be nicer and > friendly and more huggable, i suggest you talk instead > to the crackheads and rapists. enforcing the law is > dangerous and dirty. I think it was Peter Dodge who wanted a police force that could be "kindly and human" w