Boston Police are idiots

Heavyfreight wrote: OpethGuitarist wrote: It's become a sort of culture in America, to never admit failure on your own part and always pass the blame on to someone else.   Not just in America.  The UK Labour party seem to have gone well up this road in the last few years.

You stole my thunder, I was going to say something similar to this!  It's not just the British government mind you.


Edited by Geck0 - February 04 2007 at 11:14

zappaholic wrote: This is just further proof that the terrorists have won.

You know what we need to fight back terrorism? More cowbell!

Geck0 wrote: Heavyfreight wrote: OpethGuitarist wrote: It's become a sort of culture in America, to never admit failure on your own part and always pass the blame on to someone else.   Not just in America.  The UK Labour party seem to have gone well up this road in the last few years. You stole my thunder, I was going to say something similar to this!  It's not just the British government mind you.

Damn you both - I was going to say that, too

Forgotten Son wrote: Easy Livin wrote: With my admin hat on, please also bear in mind that some of our members will be in the police. They are entitled to the same respect as the rest of our members in these parts. That wasn't meant as a slight, though I can definately see why it  could be taken that way. During my time as a criminology student, looking at police culture, however, it's fairly clear that, although generally well intentioned, they can be heavy handed and discriminatory, whether they're nice people or not. My comments, probably weren't put very well, however I felt the need to challenge your argument that they do a tough job and thus we should be lenient in our judgment. Such a view can be incredibly dangerous, so I don't think we should ignore blatant mistakes and overreaction on the part of people in places of authority and responsibility. Imagine, for instance, if the person had rung up an told them about a person that they thought was looking suspicious and then they went and forcefully arrested them. Would cutting the police some slack be acceptable then? Jim, Generalisation? Hardly. I was careful to say "often". How you interpret "often" is up to you.

Sean Trane wrote: [ I think that Bob's biggest annoyment is the thread title, and from an Admin POV, I can see where his point is very valid.

Oh, in that case I agree fully.

Thanks for your thoughts James. I agree with a lot of it, especially the public calling it a hoax when that is obviously not the case.

Towards others that would like to see the title changed. I am a bit surprised. Threads calling out and attacking other prominent officials, often with much more derogatory remarks, (see any political thread here) are rarely if ever commented on. While here, there seems to be a big fuss over my thread title. I assume that is because police can often be seen as citizens as well, and are much more likely of a position to hold than being a government official - they are seen as "normal" folks just trying to make a living.

Regardless, I think it's being a bit over the top to ask me to change it. I PM'd Bob about it to get a clearer understanding and I think I know where he was coming from. It seems my views about use of ideas, and the freedom to express them, clash with some of the other, and it seems senior and more important members here. If so, maybe this is not the right place for me. I have come to the point where I don't enjoy posting as much as I used to (even though I never posted a lot) but given the situation, maybe I should just stick to reviewing. I don't plan on leaving the site, but maybe the forums are not for me.

Regards,

Joey - OG

Sorry Bob, wasn't meant to imply it was just you directly, as there also have been comments from Sean Trane and Jim Garten, among others. 

OpethGuitarist wrote: Sorry Bob, wasn't meant to imply it was just you directly, as there also have been comments from Sean Trane and Jim Garten, among others.

Guilty as charged, too.

I still consider the thread title to be inappropriate, but as Admin have decided to allow the title to stay unchanged, I bow to their decision.

No offense meant OG - just saying what I feel; incidentally, I'm not from Boston... or a policeman

Only in a generalised way...