response 108 of 116:

Sep 5 20:04 UTC 2003

/makes a pouty boo-boo face

response 110 of 116:

Sep 6 02:26 UTC 2003

while it is true that a police officer has power to ause you trouble, most
will not do it unless you are suspected of criminal activity or decide you
want to be an ass.

If you want to treat him as something less than an honest person, he can
probably make your life less than enjoyable for a period of time.

response 112 of 116:

Sep 6 05:04 UTC 2003

Re #99:
>You went from calling cops brutes to murderers to criminals.

I said some of them are (the generalization to "all" is yours).  I
specifically said "too many", which in this context is any number
greater than zero.  You can't argue that these bad apples don't
give them all a bad name, because they do.

>Do you have reason to believe that cops go to work on a daily
>basis with the intent of brutalizing civilians for fun?

Fun, profit, other motives probably figure in some cases.
Published reports give me reason to believe this, and that some
police departments find it either impolitic or inconvenient to
remove or reassign officers who are clearly not acting within
the law.  Then there's the "blue code of silence".

Aren't there a couple of Detroit officers who have shot multiple
unarmed persons (some fatally) and are still on the payroll?

response 114 of 116:

Sep 6 20:55 UTC 2003

Probably. Odd that a deity who was against unauthorized sex and same-gender
sex wouldn't zap 'em with lightning bolts or something.

However, priests do have more physical limitations on what they're capable
of doing to people, as well as a bit less legal clout.

response 116 of 116:

Sep 6 22:52 UTC 2003

        On occasion, the priest get by with a serious amount of COmmunity
standing and social clout. you can't stick that in your wallet, but it DOES
in fact travel well.

        From stories I've heard that doesn't only apply to Catholic priests,
or even just christians. Yah pays your money, and yah takes your choice.