1) I'd bet the clothes on my back that,apart from Freepers who've served in combat,I've see more death...more VIOLENT death...than anyone on FR.Having worked for 20 years in the ER of a major hospital located in a major city makes me willing to make that claim.I've seen more murder victims than most Freepers have had hot dinners.I've even seen a couple of murdered cops.When dealing with potentially violent situations I'm willing to give cops the same "benefit of the doubt" that I'm willing to give one of our soldiers,sailors,airmen and Marines while serving in combat.Just as surely as there are US servicemen who are "bad apples",so too there are some cops who are bad apples.
Although I never served in combat..or anywhere near it..I firmly believe that Oliver Stone was full of bleep when he clearly implied in Platoon that it was SOP for our guys in Vietnam to rape and murder innocent civilians just for laughs.And more recently we had the senior Senator from Chappaquiddick making the same accusations regarding our guys in Iraq and Afghanistan.He,too,was a lying sack of ****.And I'm equally convinced that the many Freepers who believe that it's SOP for cops to murder dogs...and people...just for thrills are full of bleep.
Although you avoided responding to the main assertion “that many police are currently acting in a more belligerent and militaristic fashion...............Freepers don’t ‘hate’ police”, I appreciate your response, including what you didn’t say.
That was really disjointed and evasive.
None of that had zip to do with what the man said in #9
I learned long ago, be very aware and very suspect of wordy answers and responses to very basic questions and comments.
What you did or how much blood saw working in some hospital doesn’t mean zip, and has nothing to do with what happens down on the ground or in the streets.
“And I’m equally convinced that the many Freepers who believe that it’s SOP for cops to murder dogs...and people...just for thrills are full of bleep”
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What a refreshing change from the “jackbooted thugs” comments and jokes They are so tiring.
(Go Bruins!!!!!!!!!!):-)
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