Militarised Police

[Greoric]

Painting it in the worst light it's still healthy shaming and better than bullying and abuse.

Was it better than committing state authorized battery? Well sure, but it falls pretty flat if you're trying to use that as an instance where the LEOs were doing something to better their reputation.

 

[Cubo de Sangre]

...but it falls pretty flat if you're trying to use that as an instance where the LEOs were doing something to better their reputation.

Maybe for you. But the fact remains the cops were insulted and responded with what's almost always considered an act of kindness. I'm not as focused on the chiding aspect and would bet that the couple walked out of there feeling a little humbled. If you say they walked out feeling insulted and demeaned then you're certainly free to speculate.

 

[Greoric]

Maybe for you. But the fact remains the cops were insulted and responded with what's almost always considered an act of kindness. I'm not as focused on the chiding aspect and would bet that the couple walked out of there feeling a little humbled. If you say they walked out feeling insulted and demeaned then you're certainly free to speculate.

Just like you're free to speculate that action by the cops repairs their reputation?

 

[Cubo de Sangre]

Just like you're free to speculate that action by the cops repairs their reputation?

Aren't betting and speculating similar enough words to have already conveyed that point?

 

[K1levelgrappler]

I don't know how more militarization is getting only 3%. Considering the constant level of pants shitting over terrorism that you get in the WR there should be way more support for it.

 

[Greoric]

Aren't betting and speculating similar enough words to have already conveyed that point?

My response was kind of snotty. We'll just have to disagree that this instance paints the police in a better light.

I have to cringe a little bit that you're confusing an attempted slight for an act of kindness though.

 

[Concrete Whale]

Paying for the meal was patronising and intrusive I would have refused it, you can't buy me like that.

 

[Greoric]

Paying for the meal was patronising and intrusive I would have refused it, you can't buy me like that.

Paying for the meal would have made their case by itself. Throwing it in their faces pretty much neutralized their "act of kindness".

 

[Cubo de Sangre]

My response was kind of snotty. We'll just have to disagree that this instance paints the police in a better light.

I have to cringe a little bit that you're confusing an attempted slight for an act of kindness though.

No worries. I'm always way too blunt myself.

Cringe all you want. To me you're coming off as a hater if this response to something as insulting as refusing to sit near you isn't good enough. Picking up someone's check is an act of kindness and your refusal to acknowledge that doesn't negate it. All you've got is that somehow "Thank you for your support" is offensive. I'd actually consider that taking the high road and commendable.

Here's the receipt. Looks fine to me. I'm done here.

 

[Greoric]

No worries. I'm always way too blunt myself.

Cringe all you want. To me you're coming off as a hater if this response to something as insulting as refusing to sit near you isn't good enough. Picking up someone's check is an act of kindness and your refusal to acknowledge that doesn't negate it. All you've got is that somehow "Thank you for your support" is offensive. I'd actually consider that taking the high road and commendable.

Here's the receipt. Looks fine to me. I'm done here.

I don't know if we're seeing each other's perspectives. Picking up the tab was the act of kindness. Throwing it in their faces on the receipt just turned that otherwise nice humbling gesture into an insult. Wouldn't you say those typically don't change someone's impression for the better?

But agreed. We're kind of going in circles about a trivial matter so I'll just read a response if you have it and leave it at that.

 

[Trotsky]

If you vote for anything but the third option, you're a damn moron.

Glad to see that, given the 65% agreement, there's bipartisan support for this obviously necessary policy change.

 

[Mark Hunts FIST]

Alex Jones has been talking about the militarization of the police the last 15 years. Although most see him as a joke, he was 100% right.

 

[SMEAC]

Not sitting next to someone in a dinner is way more douche than buying someone's meal and leave a smart ass comment

 

[Cubo de Sangre]

I don't know if we're seeing each other's perspectives. Picking up the tab was the act of kindness. Throwing it in their faces on the receipt just turned that otherwise nice humbling gesture into an insult. Wouldn't you say those typically don't change someone's impression for the better?

But agreed. We're kind of going in circles about a trivial matter so I'll just read a response if you have it and leave it at that.

Personally I'd feel somewhat embarrassed if I were "shown up" in such a way by people I'd just insulted. Maybe others would double-down on being a dick to them.

 

[Greoric]

Personally I'd feel somewhat embarrassed if I were "shown up" in such a way by people I'd just insulted. Maybe others would double-down on being a dick to them.

Sure. Would you be more likely to reverse your negative opinion if your insult was returned with a humbling gesture or if it was returned with another insult?

 

[Cubo de Sangre]

Sure. Would you be more likely to reverse your negative opinion if your insult was returned with a humbling gesture or if it was returned with another insult?

The first. That's why I posted this story. Rather than get pissy and adversarial the cops did something nice instead. You just can't seem to get over that in addition to that gesture the poor couple was made aware their actions were perceived as insulting.

So in this exact instance you'd go on being a cop-hater and outwardly dickish to them?

 

[Greoric]

The first. That's why I posted this story. Rather than get pissy and adversarial the cops did something passive aggressive instead. You just can't seem to get over that in addition to that gesture the poor couple was made aware their actions were perceived as insulting.

So in this exact instance you'd go on being a cop-hater and outwardly dickish to them?

Fixed. You're still not understanding that the intent of the cops wasn't to be generous. It was intended as a slight, and very obviously so.

I try to treat people as individuals. But assuming I'm the one that made the initial trespass, I'd be much more likely to be humbled by having my meal paid for than if it was just returned with another insult, passive aggressively or otherwise.

 

[Cubo de Sangre]

You're still not understanding that the intent of the cops wasn't to be generous.

Or you're just fixated on that while I see more to it.

 

[Greoric]

Or you're just fixated on that while I see more to it.

Just to be crystal, you don't think the cop's parting words were passive aggressive?

 

[SouthoftheAndes]

Should be more militarized and thus have a chain of command. We need a national approach to policing and an end to the current system which allows city police departments to be free of any oversight.

I don't mean we actually make the police like military. But they need higher grade technology.