Look - A Cop Who Is NOT Scum!



He still ticketed him for a non-crime, so this makes him not scum, but not terribly bright either.
 
Imagine this scenario:

It's 1823. You're a black man - a slave - living and working on a plantation in Indiana owned by Mr. Reeves. You live in the barracks and work in the fields with 24 other black men. Do your job well and you'll make it through the day without punishment. Do your job poorly - or worse, get caught doing something unbecoming a man of your lowly station - and you'll feel the sting of a whip (or worse!) by sunset.

And so it goes. Day in and day out, this is your life.

One day, a fellow slave named Jacob approaches Mr. Reeves, the plantation owner. He convinces "The Mister" to hire him as his de facto slavemaster. Jacob explains that he'll watch the other slaves for Mr. Reeves. When they get out of line, he'll carry out their punishment. For doing this job, Jacob explains, he requires a daily wage of $1.30 and selected perks.

You're horrified at Jacob's betrayal. It would have been bad enough had Mr. Reeves simply chosen him for the job. But Jacob actually applied for the position and then sought payment for it. You resent him.

A week passes and your resentment is as strong as ever. One day, Jacob approaches you and says, "Charles, you failed to pick through 12 acres today. For that, you shall be whipped. However, because I am a generous man, I will allow you to wear your shirt while I whip you. You are welcome for my act of kindness."

Is Jacob, the betrayer, the jackal, the hired thug who sought a position to wield power over others, deserving of any less disdain?

No.

Cops apply for positions that give them authority over me. And they do so knowing they are paid with monies taken from others under the threat of violence. They may be "good" people, good fathers, good brothers, and good husbands. But if I come across one that is bleeding out, I will keep walking.
 
“It definitely restored my faith in God.”
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It worries me that the cop gets a news story for one little gesture but has probably screwed 100s of people over the years with tickets.
 
JakeStratham said:
Imagine this scenario:

It's 1823. You're a black man - a slave - living and working on a plantation in Indiana owned by Mr. Reeves. You live in the barracks and work in the fields with 24 other black men. Do your job well and you'll make it through the day without punishment. Do your job poorly - or worse, get caught doing something unbecoming a man of your lowly station - and you'll feel the sting of a whip (or worse!) by sunset.

And so it goes. Day in and day out, this is your life.

One day, a fellow slave named Jacob approaches Mr. Reeves, the plantation owner. He convinces "The Mister" to hire him as his de facto slavemaster. Jacob explains that he'll watch the other slaves for Mr. Reeves. When they get out of line, he'll carry out their punishment. For doing this job, Jacob explains, he requires a daily wage of $1.30 and selected perks.

You're horrified at Jacob's betrayal. It would have been bad enough had Mr. Reeves simply chosen him for the job. But Jacob actually applied for the position and then sought payment for it. You resent him.

A week passes and your resentment is as strong as ever. One day, Jacob approaches you and says, "Charles, you failed to pick through 12 acres today. For that, you shall be whipped. However, because I am a generous man, I will allow you to wear your shirt while I whip you. You are welcome for my act of kindness."

Is Jacob, the betrayer, the jackal, the hired thug who sought a position to wield power over others, deserving of any less disdain?

No.
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I disagree. I would much rather a buddy of mine whip me than Superman.
 
AdamC said:
It worries me that the cop gets a news story for one little gesture but has probably screwed 100s of people over the years with tickets.
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I think it's great. It's easy for someone to follow orders and do their job and many people can end up doing things that affect others negatively because of it. It's completely different when someone steps out of the comfort zone of doing their job and performs a generous gesture like this.
 
What sickens me is the prejudice so many of you have towards a group of people based on nothing more than their occupation.

Whether you like them or not, the police perform a lot of good acts in this world, but it's so much more fun to point fingers at the bad.

On a day that's seen enough tragedy, why can't you assholes just accept that one human did another human a kindness and rejoice in that?

Feel free to rationalize why you're being dicks now. Tell me how the police are such dicks and how we should *not* look at the kindness, but focus on all the negative things he's done in his career. Forget about the probable good he's also accomplished, like being a role model for children, helping them stay out of trouble, stay off drugs, etc.

Yes, it's more fun to harp on the negative. Makes you feel like big men behind your keyboards, in the safety of your own homes, never having to deal with reality.

Thank you to all the men and women that wear a uniform whether they're military, police, firemen or coast guard: I appreciate what you do for the rest of us.
 
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JakeStratham said:
Imagine this scenario:

It's 1823. You're a black man - a slave - living and working on a plantation in Indiana owned by Mr. Reeves. You live in the barracks and work in the fields with 24 other black men. Do your job well and you'll make it through the day without punishment. Do your job poorly - or worse, get caught doing something unbecoming a man of your lowly station - and you'll feel the sting of a whip (or worse!) by sunset.

And so it goes. Day in and day out, this is your life.

One day, a fellow slave named Jacob approaches Mr. Reeves, the plantation owner. He convinces "The Mister" to hire him as his de facto slavemaster. Jacob explains that he'll watch the other slaves for Mr. Reeves. When they get out of line, he'll carry out their punishment. For doing this job, Jacob explains, he requires a daily wage of $1.30 and selected perks.

You're horrified at Jacob's betrayal. It would have been bad enough had Mr. Reeves simply chosen him for the job. But Jacob actually applied for the position and then sought payment for it. You resent him.

A week passes and your resentment is as strong as ever. One day, Jacob approaches you and says, "Charles, you failed to pick through 12 acres today. For that, you shall be whipped. However, because I am a generous man, I will allow you to wear your shirt while I whip you. You are welcome for my act of kindness."

Is Jacob, the betrayer, the jackal, the hired thug who sought a position to wield power over others, deserving of any less disdain?

No.

Cops apply for positions that give them authority over me. And they do so knowing they are paid with monies taken from others under the threat of violence. They may be "good" people, good fathers, good brothers, and good husbands. But if I come across one that is bleeding out, I will keep walking.
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