Stupid Is As Stupid Does

[Fragony]

And Frag, you might say that those speeding tickets can save lives, you'll probably find more deaths due to car accidents than due to murder happening every year in the Netherlands. If people would just drive as fast as the speed limit allows, you wouldn't find as many officers controlling speed limits, it's quite easy actually. But it's always the fault of the other guy for preventing you(in a general sense) from breaking laws and rules, isn't it?

Nobody ever got killed eating a croissant in the train, or throwing a paper bag in the bin after feeding the ducks or replacing a tire, people did get fined for it though. Why you ask? because they can, there is always a rule lying around somewhere. If they can give a fine, they will, no matter how unreasonable it is. On the other hand, if you are slowly tortured to death, they just stand around not having a clue what to do, their brains aren't adjusted to that kind of stuff.

oh, my favorite, got a fine for mobbing up, we were just sheltering from the rain. Useless gits, fine fine fine but run away screaming from 12 year old boys.

[Husar]

On the other hand, if you are slowly tortured to death, they just stand around not having a clue what to do, their brains aren't adjusted to that kind of stuff.

Yes, I'm not saying there isn't any room for improvement, I'm just saying that some of the laws actually make sense and it's ususlly not the police making them, they're just there to enforce them.

oh, my favorite, got a fine for mobbing up, we were just sheltering from the rain. Useless gits, fine fine fine but run away screaming from 12 year old boys.

That reminds me, I usually greet them, to show them my appreciation about their presence(for example when I went to the loveparade), you might want to try that.

Makes me wonder whether they'd think I'm scum for doing that in some countries.

[Fragony]

That reminds me, I usually greet them, to show them my appreciation about their presence(for example when I went to the loveparade), you might want to try that.

HA thanks for the tip but it would probably come of as a bit unsincere. Most likely they will fine me for sexual harassment. It's a moneymaking-machine so let's just treat it as such.

by the way, did I ever tell you that the dutch police is completily useless?

[Whacker]

Bah. I don't like cops, never have and never will. I've never been arrested, handcuffed, or anything like that but I still don't like cops. I've met quite a few in my life, both when in and out of uniform (hell I'm related to one), and they have all, bar none, been egotistical, controlling holes with chips on their shoulders and a sense of self-righteousness and divine authority. OK, maybe I'm exaggerating a bit, but not much honestly. As to the comments that I always hear from people about "there are mostly good police, and a few bad ones", my response is always that I seem to have the misfortune to run into the bad ones.

[CrossLOPER]

He got fired? Is America out of Medals?

[Fragony]

Is the world out of other problems?

[drone]

I heard about this a few weeks ago. The kid has his car wired up for audio/video, and seems to be expecting to be harassed. I don't know if he started this after his first encounter with the drunk off-duty cop, but he seems to think that they have his number (and apparently, they do). Even paranoids have enemies.

This whole series of events doesn't really surprise me. He got a cop in trouble (the drunk one), and the mentality seems to be to get him back. The fact that they keep giving him problems and keep getting busted for it leads me to believe they are both vindictive and fairly incompetent. The kid knows his rights, and resists the police when they try to infringe on those rights, which just pisses them off. Kudos to him for trying, but I have a feeling this will end badly. He should be buying Christmas presents for the local press guys, they are his best chance of survival.