I recieved this today:
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>It used to be when two kids on bikes drove by a cop, one would yell, "What are pennies made of?" to which the 2nd would reply: "Copper". If the first were brave, he'd then yell, "what kind of copper?" And the reply would be "dirty copper."
Played that game 100s of time as a kid. Never really meant anything by it. There wasn't any animosity, really. It was just something kids did, like playing "padiddle", when you saw a car with a burnt out headlight. (Padinkies were for tail lights.)
Can you imagine how a cop would respond to being a butt of that joke today? Even their dad's, the one's who used to play copper, wouldn't dare call a cop anything but sir, when stopped for a mere traffic violation. Today's arrogant cop would take it personally and find a way to "teach" the perps a lesson, and you know what? I know there's a lot of people reading this that think the same way.
The state of Oregon agrees with you. They're passing a bill SB70 to exempt insulting of govt officials from the 1st amendment. Penalty: 5 yrs & fines up to $100K. (Talk about arrogance.) Don't tell me that this country is based on the Constitution any longer. We left it in the dust decades ago.
Cruel & unusual is not part of their lexicon. The existing govt draws it's legitimacy on it's power and our fears, instead of the consent of the people. Just like in Kosovo,
might makes right. Ask any cop.
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Is there anyone in Oregon that can confirm this?
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John/az
"Just because something is popular, does not make it right."
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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>It used to be when two kids on bikes drove by a cop, one would yell, "What are pennies made of?" to which the 2nd would reply: "Copper". If the first were brave, he'd then yell, "what kind of copper?" And the reply would be "dirty copper."
Played that game 100s of time as a kid. Never really meant anything by it. There wasn't any animosity, really. It was just something kids did, like playing "padiddle", when you saw a car with a burnt out headlight. (Padinkies were for tail lights.)
Can you imagine how a cop would respond to being a butt of that joke today? Even their dad's, the one's who used to play copper, wouldn't dare call a cop anything but sir, when stopped for a mere traffic violation. Today's arrogant cop would take it personally and find a way to "teach" the perps a lesson, and you know what? I know there's a lot of people reading this that think the same way.
The state of Oregon agrees with you. They're passing a bill SB70 to exempt insulting of govt officials from the 1st amendment. Penalty: 5 yrs & fines up to $100K. (Talk about arrogance.) Don't tell me that this country is based on the Constitution any longer. We left it in the dust decades ago.
Cruel & unusual is not part of their lexicon. The existing govt draws it's legitimacy on it's power and our fears, instead of the consent of the people. Just like in Kosovo,
might makes right. Ask any cop.
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Is there anyone in Oregon that can confirm this?
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John/az
"Just because something is popular, does not make it right."
www.countdown9199.com