Okay, since I was the clown responsible for the picture, which depicted me wearing a Ren & Stimpy fan club shirt, I'll jump in the middle of this, because I haven't been in a fight in...days and because it adds to my argument that I probably should've been naked when I snapped the picture. Well, actually I was naked for an earlier picture, but that's none of yer goddamned business now, is it?
StrangeBrew wrote:
Any of you seen the episode where Ren and Stimpy run into the stupid police in some old west town? Watch this episode carfully. It describes the vast majority of cops and their mentality...and then
Dal wrote:
Have you ever been in busy central city police station? Ever picked up the remains of a child...(police duties snipped for brevity)
Now kiddos, ya know this is all supposed to be in good fun, or so I allege here and now. I think both sides have made valid points that parallel almost any group of humans or otherwise. An old adage comes to mind, the one about a few bad apples spoiling the remainer of the bunch.
Personally, I think a lot of people do take police officers' jobs for granted. When there is NOBODY ELSE who'll do a particular job, such as mop up an accident victim or separate a violent domestic dispute, what do ya do? Call the police. They don't decide whether they'll respond to a call, they have to. This I respect about cops, because they have a lot of balls to do what they do, most of the time without any other thanks than a paycheck.
On the other hand, I don't like individuals who bark useless orders at me and physically strike me for no reason other than I was in the wrong place at the wrong time and happened to be drinking waaaay too much of the wrong kind of beer and was holding a stolen billyclub, or whatever. Granted, I'm not a murderer (yet) and I think I'm a relatively civil individual most of the time, but when I do get wild, I don't think that I'm exhibiting the type of behavior that would warrant my being handcuffed and then shoved to the ground and roughed up. No comments from the New Jersey crew, please!
Not all police officers do that...perhaps almost none do. But the ones who were fucking with me did. My crime? Public intoxication. That's a $25 misdemeanor citation in New York, but evidently someone else decided that it wasn't enough. Classic case of a *few* police officers acting like PIGS.
But I don't carry grudges for more than fifty years. Hell, I like most police officers I meet, if for no other reason than to hear their stories. But I have no use for the bullies who gain satisfaction from beating people who are not resisting and who are hurting nobody at all.
Okay, I'll get off my soapbox and get back to the Bud. I don't think I've changed anyone's opinion here, but I feel better for having said my mind. Naw, that's bullshit. I feel better because I found a six-pack under the table.
Ahh, life at the Tardfarm, where the beer's warm and my brain's on ice.
JOEL
aka Riot Trrrd
who is now a free man, after having paid off his final warrant...for a while. Special
thanks to Sondra for her generous donation to
the "Keep Joel Outta Jail" Fund!!!
my ass is free, Oso.
(now I can stop changing my hair color every month!)