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From: [email protected] (Andrew Infante)
Subject: Re: Why I wanted police officers to answer my posting
Organization: Duke University; Durham, N.C.
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In article <[email protected]> [email protected] writes:
>In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] (Andrew
>Infante) writes:
>> You really expect a cop to answer these honestly?
>>
>> (First you gotta expect a cop to be honest...that's another
>> story...)
>
>Yeah, everybody knows cops always lie...and the people they deal with day in
>and day out *ALWAYS* tell the truth..."No sir, occifer sir, I wazznut drinking
>tonight, I was just playing around back there..." "No sir, I wasn't speeding,
>I was realy only going xxmph, it was that guy next to me...didn't ya see
>him?"
>
>Come on...stereotyping cops is no better than those that stereo type us.
>What say we try to show the same open mind to those around us as we would
>ask for ourselves...I know its a stretch...but its worth a try.
>
My reason for saying that was 'cause _I_, if _I_ were a cop
wouldn't go out of my way to tell people how to break the law.
Would you?
The part about honesty was a joke, sorta.
Obviously, people have had bad experiences with cops
lying. Obviously, nobody's perfect and nobody
_always_ tells the truth about everything.
(Or are you God? 1/4 ;)
--
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