[bvw]

There is a whole bunch of females ahanging on these threads, playing a female type role ... that of the aggreived victim and wanting any sort of relief no matter what the cost. Men as hang with this cadre of victim groupies take too much their part, and too readily throw off the role manhood dictates -- that off dealing with panicky and risky situations standing up in manhood's best way.

It's not for a man to accept a presumption of guilt -- even from a lawman in such times as this. That is no man should well-tolerate with a welcoming face and words and nor any thankfulness being stopped on account of driving a white van. In dealing with stupidity and a chinese-fire-drill on the part of police, however, it never pays to get overly rankled or in any way threaten them in the performance of their duties. However a man should make clear that he doesn't appreciate being stopped, and holds such a stop to be an unnecessary abridgement of his freedom -- fundamentally and in this particular case because it is such a poor way to react and a burden in expense and misdirection to us all. However, man to man -- man to the officer(s) making such a stop, a man explains that he understands why the officer is doing it, as his duty, yet one the man being stopped takes polite and considered exception with.

[takenoprisoner]

The officer in this case presumably does his duty. But what about the Mercedes?