I did not drag it out and post it here before, but I can tell you from recent personal experience that questioning the legitimacy of ANY police order these days will get you maced, beaten, and and convicted of "Failure to heed the orders of an officer".
The officers will casually commit perjury to justify their actions, and the judge will allow their clearly invented testimony to be treated as fact.
Then you will be lucky to escape with only "Ten days - Suspended, on condition that...."!
The police state is already here, we just dare not say so out loud.
I think the mindset you refers to is very common. in the 90's i had my car illegally searched because i pulled out of a restaurant in the mountains that they told me was ''known for drug activity''. the reason they gave for pulling me over was a 'breaklight that was flickering', lol.
They had been in front of me but then pulled over on the shoulder, let me pass, saw my alleged 'flickering breaklight', then pulled me over.
i actually thought it was a bit funny at the time because i've never done any drugs i my life,; never even smoked cigarettes.
But what i was going to say was, the attitude you refer to is common even in traffic citations. People today seem to assume that they're 'guilty' if a cop issues them a ticket. this couldnt be further from the truth, but people bend over, bow down and ''just pay itt' as well as 3 years of increased insurance, because theyre too damned lazy and ignorant to know the atual traffic law, and fight the corrupt system. aside from that, much of these traffic tickets are about nothing but revenue.
I know first hand because i've had kangaroo courts lick the boots of lying cops and pronounce me 'guilty' of traffic convictions.. which i later had overturned, by a panel of 3 Superior court judges. (it was very easy! ;-) all it takes is a little knowledge, and fire in the belly. (see www.helpigotaticket.com)
but then again, these days people will bow down and say "aww, come on. just do what they say, and pay it." do what your masters say, and slouch down and watch the ball game or american idol or whatever nonsense is on tv., and slurp your beer as your beer belly gets wider by the week.
Yikes!
On a related note i thik you'll like this column- Devvy Kidd: 'Where have all the men gone?'
That's because they see themselves as embattled heroes and generally are of low moral and ethical character.
Did you forget to hold the mayo, or something? Gave em the wrong kind of donut?