XavierBreath
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Tell you what Frank, why don't I go for a year's worth of ride alongs in the worst part of Chicago. You go to Iraq and train the Iraqi Police Force for just six months. I'm sure we can all benefit.
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FrankDrebin
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No way, you can't get the full experience unless you do 35 years. But I can get the full typical Iraq experience from just one tour of duty. Besides, a buddy of mine recently returned from training the Iraqi police force, and from what he told me, it was a very big waste of American time and resources,a nd he didn't once mention the US constitution. But I HAVE considered doing the Dyncorp thing...
Rich Lucibella
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Frank-
Stop. We're expected to understand that all of your decisions need to be made in a world of grays, while ours need to be made in black and white. You admit to judgment calls about who you will and won't stop; how to write "reports" to justify that stop; when you'll just let it go in order to make it to the BIG 20; yet, for us, if we haven't picked up a rifle in insurrection, we're not "walking the walk".
Many of us (most, from what I've seen) feel that seat belt laws are an unnecessary invasion of our privacy; they serve as one more excuse for over-zealous cops to sniff around our belongings and family. The majority of the cops I've met are simply not that over-zealous; they have better things to do for a paycheck.
We wear seat belts. We consider those who don't to have made personally bad decisions that affect us not in the least. We consider certain stoopidity to be Darwinism in action.
You had to hose occupants out of a vehicle?
I'm sorry for you; but you're the one who signed on for the job. Don't ask me to give up my privacy rights to "Papers Please" Roadblocks because you don't like the job you signed on to. (Besides, since when are cops required to remove the dismembered parts of dead bodies from vehicles?.....I sense a bit of dramatic license there.)
Crappy Pension? Lousy Job?
Sounds like you made some bad decisions in life yourself. You weren't drafted. Not a single person here asked you to make those choices. Nobody's gonna cry for your dissatisfaction with your job. And most of us don't enjoy the benefits of ANY pension. Get over it.
Rich
Stop. We're expected to understand that all of your decisions need to be made in a world of grays, while ours need to be made in black and white. You admit to judgment calls about who you will and won't stop; how to write "reports" to justify that stop; when you'll just let it go in order to make it to the BIG 20; yet, for us, if we haven't picked up a rifle in insurrection, we're not "walking the walk".
Many of us (most, from what I've seen) feel that seat belt laws are an unnecessary invasion of our privacy; they serve as one more excuse for over-zealous cops to sniff around our belongings and family. The majority of the cops I've met are simply not that over-zealous; they have better things to do for a paycheck.
We wear seat belts. We consider those who don't to have made personally bad decisions that affect us not in the least. We consider certain stoopidity to be Darwinism in action.
You had to hose occupants out of a vehicle?
I'm sorry for you; but you're the one who signed on for the job. Don't ask me to give up my privacy rights to "Papers Please" Roadblocks because you don't like the job you signed on to. (Besides, since when are cops required to remove the dismembered parts of dead bodies from vehicles?.....I sense a bit of dramatic license there.)
Crappy Pension? Lousy Job?
Sounds like you made some bad decisions in life yourself. You weren't drafted. Not a single person here asked you to make those choices. Nobody's gonna cry for your dissatisfaction with your job. And most of us don't enjoy the benefits of ANY pension. Get over it.
Rich
The wars in America are wars in name only. Lawlessness is a much better term.
You know, that is really like saying that I am not qualified to talk about gun laws, unless I am a victum of violent crime
As far as I am concerned, this has turned into a pissing match. Haven't seen a thread this ridculious since Lucky's sniper story. Frank is of the opinion that he is the one that should be able to determine how you should live your life (in cars at least) so that you don't hurt yourself. Everyone else, is trying to convice him that the gov't has no place in keeping them from doing something that may hurt themselves.
No one is going to change the other's mind. No progress is being made. Frank is pretty much reminding everyone why there is an anti-police bias.
You know, that is really like saying that I am not qualified to talk about gun laws, unless I am a victum of violent crime
As far as I am concerned, this has turned into a pissing match. Haven't seen a thread this ridculious since Lucky's sniper story. Frank is of the opinion that he is the one that should be able to determine how you should live your life (in cars at least) so that you don't hurt yourself. Everyone else, is trying to convice him that the gov't has no place in keeping them from doing something that may hurt themselves.
No one is going to change the other's mind. No progress is being made. Frank is pretty much reminding everyone why there is an anti-police bias.
Rich Lucibella
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Well said and I thank you for the observation. I think we can all agree this thread has run its course.
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