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To: Altariel
“Take it easy, I’m the Police.” **** Note the attitude: “It doesn’t matter that a child is in pain; you shouldn’t be angry at me, I’m a government employee.” Posters who are upset at the father and relative for attacking the officer should consider how they would react if it was their daughter/granddaugthter/niece/female relative bleeding after being struck by a government employee’s vehicle.

The attitude is simple. When an accident occurs, the reaction should not be to physically attack the other party. He was trying to get the father to not attack him. He failed. After taking a spill from a several hundred pound bike at speed, I'm sure he was in no shape to hold off multiple attackers with his bare hands. So he reached for his gun.

25 posted on 06/19/2013 8:51:06 AM PDT by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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To: Zhang Fei

If my objective were to be to *not* be involved in a fight, the last thing I would say to a parent angered at what happened to their child would be “take it easy”.

“Take it easy” is what you say to someone whom you believe to be *unjustifiably* upset or perturbed.


38 posted on 06/19/2013 8:58:10 AM PDT by Altariel ("Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!")
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To: Zhang Fei

[[The attitude is simple. When an accident occurs, the reaction should not be to physically attack the other party.]]

Bingo- as someoen pointed out- our society is deevolvign into a pack of rabid animals, angry at ev eryone- always looking to kick the crap out of someone- years ago the first reaction woudl have been sorrow and cocnern, but hten shortly after the realization woudl be “Dear Lord, You are just, life is short, and I am unworthy for the tiem you have granted me and my family here on earth, and I thank You”- Even unsaved peopel had a sense of destiny and didn’t cosntantly go aroudn blaming others for htweir troubles, even when accidents occured- they accepted fate- EVEN IF a drunk killed a lvoed one- - Grasnted, not everyone was as acceptign of fate- however- a majority were, and their first reactions were NOT to attack and kill or attempt to murder the person who was ALSO a victim of the accident


116 posted on 06/19/2013 9:54:40 AM PDT by CottShop (Scientific belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge)
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