[ExI] the law

[William Flynn Wallace]

I would have not objected to getting a ticket, but you sidestepped the
issue:  how much leeway should cops on the job have?  In my case, a
possibility was 'no harm, no foul', just like refs in basketball when
someone runs over an opposition player and no foul is called because it did
not affect the play and hurt no one.   bill

On Mon, Aug 16, 2021 at 3:45 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> *From:* extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> *On Behalf
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> >…Result:  I got a warning.  (A friend ten minutes behind me, got a
> ticket.  He was furious when he found out that I didn't.  Upon relating our
> stories it was clear that he verbally abused the patrolman whereas I said
> 'Sir' frequently and never contradicted him (maybe this made a difference
> to him because he was Black, but we don't know that.))  But which side do
> you come down on:  ticket or no ticket?  Another way of phrasing this,
> which I think is equivalent:  how much latitude, if any, do you give the
> police?  bill w
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> For you and me, getting pulled over is embarrassing, expensive, possibly
> dangerous.  For cops, pulling people over is another day at the office.
> Think of it this way: in what other daily transaction do you ever abuse
> anyone?  Never.  Regardless of whether you are satisfied with their
> performance, you are a gentleman and act accordingly.  No one deserves to
> be abused at the office, no one deserves to have their lives at risk, for
> they too have families and responsibilities.  Cops are people, with a job
> to do.  So… extend them the same courtesy and respect you would anyone else
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> If it gets you out of a ticket, well good for you.  If it doesn’t, eh,
> treat it as a tax, pay it, move on.
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