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From: infante@acpub.duke.edu (Andrew  Infante)
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Subject: Re: Why I wanted police officers to answer my posting
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Date: 23 Apr 93 18:10:31 GMT
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In article <3153@shaman.wv.tek.com> robd@orca.wv.tek.com writes:
>In article <13712@news.duke.edu>, infante@acpub.duke.edu (Andrew 
>Infante) writes:
>> You really expect a cop to answer these honestly?
>> 
>> (First you gotta expect a cop to be honest...that's another
>> story...)
>
>Yeah, everybody knows cops always lie...and the people they deal with day in
>and day out *ALWAYS* tell the truth..."No sir, occifer sir, I wazznut drinking
>tonight, I was just playing around back there..." "No sir, I wasn't speeding,
>I was realy only going xxmph, it was that guy next to me...didn't ya see
>him?"
>
>Come on...stereotyping cops is no better than those that stereo type us. 
>What say we try to show the same open mind to those around us as we would
>ask for ourselves...I know its a stretch...but its worth a try.
>

My reason for saying that was 'cause _I_, if _I_ were a cop
wouldn't go out of my way to tell people how to break the law.

Would you?

The part about honesty was a joke, sorta.

Obviously, people have had bad experiences with cops
lying.  Obviously, nobody's perfect and nobody
_always_ tells the truth about everything.

(Or are you God? 1/4 ;)


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