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Now we're cookin....

Never you mind the fact that you should be glad you've never had to walk a mile in their shoes, or make the decisions they have to make life or death, in milliseconds.

And never mind the fact that you paint all police for what a few may have done.....

If I posted a link, you'd accuse me of cherry-picking. Look 'em up.

Isn't that an art form for you ?

Is your argument that folks with difficult jobs should be allowed to kill people?

Because my job can be pretty darned difficult at times, and it's the very rare cop who would be able to do it.


The thing about cops is that unless you're personally acquainted with the cop in question--and probably sometimes not even then--you have no idea whether the cop in front of you is a decent cop or a dirty cop.

Would you accept a gun from somebody you didn't know, who claimed the chamber was empty, put it to your head, and pull the trigger? Of course not: that could get you killed.

So can dealing in good faith with cops you don't know.

Hence my philosophy, articulated earlier in this thread. There's no telling what a cop will do, so it's best to maintain maximum control over what the cop can do. Part of that is never consenting to a search; part of it is not talking to a cop; part of it is stopping at a place of your choosing rather than a place of the cop's choosing; part of it is never letting a cop see inside your house; and there are other parts that would be really stupid to post on a public message board.

Nothing personal is intended. Not all cops are dirty cops; but enough of them are that there's a definite possibility you'll meet one at least once in your life. It's a lot easier to come back from an encounter with a dirty government teacher than it is to come back from one with a dirty cop. So hey, I'm sorry if I make your job more difficult; but it's just your job. It's my life. If only one of us can go home to his wife at the end of the evening, it should be fairly easy to predict where my preferences lie.

If you had a really hot wife, would you trust your close friends (assuming you have any that aren't incarcerated) to be around her while away on a business trip, or would you rather total strangers be in her company.

I bet you can't read all those articles three times tonight. While your reading them think of all the mean things the police are going to do in the future.

Oh and don't your meds in the morning. It will be better that way.

Dink

I've got to admit, I really enjoy thinking about the absolute torture and terror barak goes through just living every minute of his life.

I remember when he almost sounded lucid years ago. He hasn't made an intelligent argument/point in quite some time now.

She has a gun and knows how to use it; I wouldn't be concerned about her in almost anybody's company.

Didn't ask about trusting her

A Money Buggy?

That's a classic right there. Let's get some Amish machine guns and take that [bleep] down!

I'm in.

Don't worry: I expect the likes of you to take the issue of cops killing innocents lightly. I'm a little surprised that you didn't make a crude joke about it.

Sometimes I wish that people like you had enough imagination to be able to see what's eventually going to start happening if the current course continues. Other times I think it'll probably work out better, all told, if you're surprised by it.

All those mean things posted and I only ask you to read a few articles so you could enlighten us.....

I think there will be a surprise but it won't be the one you wasted your whole life dreaming about.

Dink

"Escape From the Hutterites Colony" staring Kurt Russell.

It's a multi-million movie that I'm laying claim to.

Rattlesnake Plissken ... it's got a ring to it!

Okay, I wouldn't be concerned about anybody else in her company either. Either they'd behave themselves, in which case everything would be as it should, or she'd make them wish they had, in which case everything would be as it should.

She's a classy lady, but she has a reputation for definite limits. Her coworkers told me once about how she ran a drunk out of a restaurant bar when he started giving the bartender lip for cutting him off. I wasn't there, but it sounded pretty impressive, and she didn't need the gun for that one.

"Barak's Women Escapes from ... " ... Co-starring Kurt Russell.


It's another classic in the making.

You trust her. I understood that three posts ago. Maybe you should get some rest.

You could get Gary Busey (post accident) to play Barak..

Maybe I missed your point. Can you try it again?