The Wow I Can't Believe That News Story Thread

[Deaa]

Sorry can't hear you over the boots being slobbered on.

[Lisnaholic]

Originally Posted by OccultHawk

Not gonna lie. If I need help I’m hitting 911. When you need the police you ain’t never been so damn glad to see someone roll up. If we don’t want to be policed we need to act right so we don’t need to be policed.

^ Good point !

When I saw the video, one of the first things I thought was, How would I feel if that happened to me while I was doing my job? TBH, I'd feel a lot more aggrieved than those cops looked. Then, because DMcC's job is well-known here, I tried to imagine DMcC having buckets of water thrown over him at work and decided that it's more of an outrage for any other professional apart from policemen - as if they are somehow a legit target. That's weird imo.

[Lisnaholic]

As people are mentioning, there are thieves, cut throats and dick behaviour in all jobs. I once had a particularly acrimonious argument with an unbending bank manager and am wondering now if I should have gone the bucket of water route...

[Deaa]

Slurp slurp boot

[Frownland]

^how to devalue your own stance 101

Originally Posted by Lisnaholic

^ Good point !

When I saw the video, one of the first things I thought was, How would I feel if that happened to me while I was doing my job? TBH, I'd feel a lot more aggrieved than those cops looked. Then, because DMcC's job is well-known here, I tried to imagine DMcC having buckets of water thrown over him at work and decided that it's more of an outrage for any other professional apart from policemen - as if they are somehow a legit target. That's weird imo.

What would you consider to be good reasoning for treating policemen differently from regular civilians? Many Americans despise police officers because a lot of laws that they're enforcing are unethical, plus it's far from uncommon for police stations and academies to train officers to enforce the law unequally.

[Deaa]

Originally Posted by Frownland

^how to devalue your own stance 101

But why

[jwb]

Originally Posted by elphenor

particularly the cop profession attracts *******s

and then the way the job works reinforces dick behavior

also got to question why we send so many of them into communities that are like "no thanks fam"

most of the cut throats aren't cops though

If there's no law there's nothing to disincentivize anyone from just killing you and taking your ****.

Personally I think the real answer is anarchowahhabism. That's the spontaneous and decentralized adherence of all people to Sharia law.

[Frownland]

Originally Posted by Deaa

But why

Just trust me on this one.

[Lisnaholic]

Originally Posted by Frownland

What would you consider to be good reasoning for treating policemen differently from regular civilians?

Are you asking me that question, Frownland? I'm puzzled because I'm suggesting they should be treated similarly to other regular professions.

Many Americans despise police officers because a lot of laws that they're enforcing are unethical, plus it's far from uncommon for police stations and academies to train officers to enforce the law unequally.

^ Bold bit #1: strictly speaking, the police shouldn't be blamed for unethical laws as they are not the ones writing the laws. They can be blamed though, for over-zealous application of unethical laws, and of that, I'm sure they are frequently guilty.

Bold bit #2: I suspect that official training is to enforce laws equally. What happens in the informal work culture of a local police station may be very different of course. Probably lots of racism and corruption if American cop dramas on tv are any guide.

[Deaa]

The notion that norms and incentives against things like murder can only exist w/in the context of the modern legal apparatus/policing is pretty anthropologically illiterate.