I was raised from the mid ‘50’s....to respect law and order; courts and cops.
Today......I have as much respect for the courts as I do for cops.....which is .......zero. Nada. Zilch.
They brought it upon themselves. To Hell with all of them.
Exactly.With each passing day I have less and less respect for these "institutions".I was always taught that as time passed my respect would *grow*.Thanks a bunch,Bill Ayers & Pals!
Your Post 28 is spot-on.
He yelled at me, "Whats this!!?? What IS this! As he shook the bag in my face.
I said, "I think its tiny lightbulbs."
That made him very angry and he looked like he was having a heart attack. His fat fingers couldn't open the bag properly and he ripped it and about a hundred tiny LED bulbs flew into the air and bounced on the ground in front of his feet.
Guess if he said sorry! Guess if he asked the cost of the bulbs he dumped on the road. Guess if he stooped to even try and pick them up.
I still hope that jerk gets erectile dysfunction.
The second time I had to call a cop was when my father-in-laws closed bike shop got broken into. The responding cop actually helped himself to more inventory than the punk kids stole. Seriously. He said he needed tubes for his kids bike. New tires would be cool too. And wow, those old school grips would match his Mongoose. I guess I should have told him to get bent but.. hes a cop. I was a chick that needed a cop.
And lets not even get started on the disaster that is the LAPD.
Firemen on the other hand ARE awesome. I called them once for fire in a bar. The fire was in the wall where a welder had dropped hot metal (solder?) from some security bars he was putting on the windows. The firemen came in and tarped the jukebox and pool tables before they hosed the place. They ROCKED! The back of the building burned to the ground but everything under the tarp was saved. I know it wasn't anything terribly valuable but they treated it like it was. I still have that jukebox in my studio. Its a killer old Rowe 100C. I'll never forget those sexy firemen!