Yup. Many people will stand by others in their tribe when they've committed crime.

( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Fri 6 May 2011, 14:56, 1 reply)

Which makes it perfectly ok when those who are paid a generous salary to uphold the law break it for their mates

( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Fri 6 May 2011, 15:40, closed)

Not at all.
It's not OK for anyone to break the law. That's the idea. But holding the pigs/filth/scum up to a higher standard than others because they get paid to enforce the law is ridiculous.

Just like the rest of people, as pointed out above, some coppers are nice, but maybe as a group you think they're cunts.

Personally, I appreciate the job they - and most people in the public services - are doing - whether or not there are some bad apples.

They're the first people I'd call if my girlfriend was raped, for example, or my flat broken into, or if I was beaten up. I'm glad to see them arrive when there's a roving gang of youths about looking like trouble.

Mind, I grew out of the fashionable crying about being repressed pretty well immediately on entering the working world, mind.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Fri 6 May 2011, 15:50, closed)

How is expecting a cop to give an honest witness statement, if they see an assault or killing, holding them up to a higher standard than anyone else?

( Ring Of Fire A petty, drooling belming butthurt retard., Fri 6 May 2011, 16:26, closed)

It's not.
But likewise one expects family members to give honest statements against other family members, or friends against friends, etc. Ever heard the term "Wall Of Silence" used?
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Fri 6 May 2011, 16:33, closed)

Yeah, it's used by the mafia and other criminal organisations.

( Ring Of Fire A petty, drooling belming butthurt retard., Fri 6 May 2011, 17:06, closed)

Yes. And by families on estates all over the country.
Like I said, the human race as a whole is basically a bunch of cunts. Pointing at anyone in particular for being so is a bit pointless.

Next up, doctors are all alcoholics, nurses slags, bin men stupid.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Sat 7 May 2011, 10:10, closed)

Thankfully my girlfriend's never been raped
but on those occasions when my flat has been broken into, or I've been beaten up, mugged, or there's been a gang of youths outside (having just broken our windows and thrown fireworks through them) the police have been about as much use as a minge in a gay bar. These days I wouldn't even bother lifting the phone.

And yes, I think it's perfectly acceptable to hold those paid to uphold the law to a higher standard than the rest of us. It's like me turning in sub-par websites and claiming that it's ridiculous to expect me, a professional web developer, to have a higher standard of coding than the average Joe.
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Fri 6 May 2011, 16:34, closed)

Not really.
The police are employed to uphold the law, not be above it. They have particular clauses in their contracts regarding the stress of their employment which takes into account the environment in which they work. Just like soldiers in that respect.

Sure there are some bad apples. Sure there are some nice ones. Sure as a group you think they're cunts, and from first hand don't like them because of bad experiences. The same can be applied to the whole of the human race.

I suppose I just don't get all the fashionable hardmanning of ACAB etc - it seems rather pretentious to me, considering the stability and liberty of our society. They're only humans. Many of them did actually join to try and help.

But each to their own.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Fri 6 May 2011, 16:46, closed)

"The same can be applied to the entire human race"
Not really. Else I could say "nursery nurses, what a bunch of cunts", or "bartenders, what absolute wankers". Neither is the case. Police, on the other hand, whether through self-selection or perhaps through the pressure of the job, really are just a bunch of cunts.
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Fri 6 May 2011, 16:51, closed)

You could indeed say "nursery nurses, what a bunch of cunts" or "bartenders, what absolute wankers"
and it would be equally facile and consequently ridiculous. I've been a bartender and for sure I'm an absolute wanker, and I'm sure you've been a nursery nurse.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Sat 7 May 2011, 10:08, closed)

To be fair, if you really are as much of a victim as you claim it's your fault for living in such a shit area.
You shouldn't blame others for the results of your own irresponsibility.
( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Fri 6 May 2011, 21:08, closed)

Self-fulfilling apathy
"These days I wouldn't even bother lifting the phone."

Hey presto - falling crime figures!
(The Jannie, Sat 7 May 2011, 17:43, closed)