Sig1Hunter Posted December 7, 2014 Posted December 7, 2014 Gfmwanted Starbucks for dessert she had a gift card. The way out amcop opens the door and says hi Im told him I am not sure what he thinks of the protests in Ferguson and elsewhere but I want to thank you for your service, because I know its not easy. His reply was perfect. Thank you, we do our best and wished more others could see how tough the job is sometimes. Awesome, jboyst. A kind word of support goes a long way, sometimes. I'm sure your words of support meant more to that officer than you know or intended.
boyst Posted December 7, 2014 Posted December 7, 2014 Do they really do their best? I truly hope so. Too many people just don't give a sh*t anymore and a lot of lip service is given. I think (hope) everybody realizes how tough and tasking the job is... Thankless too on many occasions as I will explain: That's why it takes the right personality and temperment. It's zero-fail when it comes to stuff like this. I realize how tough it is. You crack, you are in the wrong line of work. Service should come before self in this line of work. Not self first, not family first, SERVICE TO OTHERS first. They are there to SERVE and protect. Cheerful SERVICE too. I think too many forget this. It is this bare minimum of an exacting standard to SERVICE we can expect and should ALWAYS expect... Even w/a daunting, tough, thankless job. I think TYTT brought up the stat about how many "white knight" personalities there are in ranks of the police... It's low, very very low, too low. Then contrast that with too many "bully", type A personalities that fill the ranks. There may be the problem. To change this, we have to get to the very root of our society's current selfish culture. Their job is no different for ours. Maybe he does or doesn't. Maybe he will think next time he is at a work site to be a little bit better or just remember he has responsibilities.
B-Man Posted December 8, 2014 Posted December 8, 2014 (edited) Not a parody Columbia Law School is permitting students claiming to be impaired due to the emotional impact of recent non-indictments in the Michael Brown and Eric Garner matters to postpone taking their final exams. Here is the text of a message from interim dean Robert Scott to the law school community: The grand juries’ determinations to return non-indictments in the Michael Brown and Eric Garner cases have shaken the faith of some in the integrity of the grand jury system and in the law more generally. For some law students, particularly, though not only, students of color, this chain of events is all the more profound as it threatens to undermine a sense that the law is a fundamental pillar of society designed to protect fairness, due process and equality. For these reasons, after consultation with students in the law school and with colleagues on the law faculty and in the administration, I am taking the following steps to assure our responsiveness and involvement in this particular moment: - In recognition of the traumatic effects these events have had on some of the members of our community, Dean Greenberg-Kobrin and Yadira Ramos-Herbert, Director, Academic Counseling, have arranged to have Dr. Shirley Matthews, a trauma specialist, hold sessions next Monday and Wednesday for anyone interested in participating to discuss the trauma that recent events may have caused . - The law school has a policy and set of procedures for students who experience trauma during exam period. In accordance with these procedures and policy, students who feel that their performance on examinations will be sufficiently impaired due to the effects of these recent events may petition Dean Alice Rigas to have an examination rescheduled. - Several members of the faculty have agreed to work with students to develop a reading group, speaker series, and/or longitudinal teach-in next semester in which the group would explore a series of sessions where we educate ourselves and formulate a response to the implications, including racial meanings, of these non-indictments. In an effort to include the larger community in which we live and study, this work may include a collaboration with Columbia’s Center for Justice and with the Schomberg Center. In closing let me just add my hope that through these and other efforts all members of the Columbia Law School community can can come to have a greater sense of mutual support and trust. The key passage, bolded in the original, is the rescheduling of exams for the “sufficiently impaired.” This, I’m told, is the essence of what the black students association asked for. The stuff about counseling, dialogue, re-education, etc. looks like window dressing. What is really behind the request for postponement of exams? I suspect it’s the fact that the students in question would rather protest with their friends and perhaps disrupt New York City than read cases, review lecture notes, or whatever it is that students do these days to prepare for exams. In addition, the students in question presumably want the law school to take their side on what they take to be a political question. In other words, this is, in part, a power play. More at the link: http://www.powerline...ot-a-parody.php . Edited December 8, 2014 by B-Man
ExiledInIllinois Posted December 8, 2014 Posted December 8, 2014 Their job is no different for ours. Maybe he does or doesn't. Maybe he will think next time he is at a work site to be a little bit better or just remember he has responsibilities. The jobs are worlds different. I respectfully disgree with this lowering of the bar. There simply is no place for "maybe he will try a little bit better." He WILL BE better. He WILL remember his responsibilites.
boyst Posted December 8, 2014 Posted December 8, 2014 The jobs are worlds different. I respectfully disgree with this lowering of the bar. There simply is no place for "maybe he will try a little bit better." He WILL BE better. He WILL remember his responsibilites. Where did I ever say we have to lower the bar? If you added up every municipality, township, village, county, parish, fortress, starship, post stop, one horse town and every little spot in between them that employs civil servants to police those very same places, serving and protecting its citizens - well, you'd have a huge industry. With millions of employees. A thousand bad employees in 1 million? I'm not a math wizz or hand model, but that is a lot difference between the big number to the little one. That means the ratio ain't all that high.
ExiledInIllinois Posted December 8, 2014 Posted December 8, 2014 (edited) Where did I ever say we have to lower the bar? You never said we "have to lower the bar." Your thoughts on it already do: "Maybe he does or doesn't. Maybe he will think next time he is at a work site to be a little bit better or just remember he has responsibilities." "If you added up every municipality, township, village, county, parish, fortress, starship, post stop, one horse town and every little spot in between them that employs civil servants to police those very same places, serving and protecting its citizens - well, you'd have a huge industry. With millions of employees. A thousand bad employees in 1 million? I'm not a math wizz or hand model, but that is a lot difference between the big number to the little one. That means the ratio ain't all that high." Edited December 8, 2014 by ExiledInIllinois
boyst Posted December 8, 2014 Posted December 8, 2014 You never said we "have to lower the bar." Your thoughts on it already do: "Maybe he does or doesn't. Maybe he will think next time he is at a work site to be a little bit better or just remember he has responsibilities." "If you added up every municipality, township, village, county, parish, fortress, starship, post stop, one horse town and every little spot in between them that employs civil servants to police those very same places, serving and protecting its citizens - well, you'd have a huge industry. With millions of employees. A thousand bad employees in 1 million? I'm not a math wizz or hand model, but that is a lot difference between the big number to the little one. That means the ratio ain't all that high." Alright so going with whatever you said and believing as you do with what I said: Thanking an officer for his or her job is not much different then thanking a wine maker or baker. They don't have to be the best they just have to be better then you. They're better then me.
ExiledInIllinois Posted December 8, 2014 Posted December 8, 2014 http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/11993093/reggie-bush-detroit-lions-wears-breathe-shirt-game "...It's just a terrible situation, you know what I mean," Bush said. "It's just unfortunate that this is still happening and that it is still going on and it affects everybody. It doesn't just affect me, it affects everybody and we're all in this together. "I just wanted to wear that on my shirt." This hits even closer to Bush because he said his mother has been a police officer for almost 20 years. Bush said he hasn't spoken with his mother in depth about the situations in New York or Ferguson, Missouri or his own protest, but that he believes she will support him with whatever he says...."
ExiledInIllinois Posted December 8, 2014 Posted December 8, 2014 Alright so going with whatever you said and believing as you do with what I said: Thanking an officer for his or her job is not much different then thanking a wine maker or baker. They don't have to be the best they just have to be better then you. They're better then me. I have no problem with the thanking part, I am way past that. I was commenting on: "...we do our best and wished more others could see how tough the job is sometimes." Many see, if not all, how tough the job is sometimes. "We do are best" to me is a pretty finite statement. Obviously the best work is not done on Staten Island or in MO. Now, "trying our best" seems more appropriate. One can always be better and try harder no matter how difficult the job @ hand is. Sorry to argue with you, what you did was great. I know I am splitting apart his reply, I hope there is room for improvement. Carry on.
boyst Posted December 8, 2014 Posted December 8, 2014 I have no problem with the thanking part, I am way past that. I was commenting on: "...we do our best and wished more others could see how tough the job is sometimes." Many see, if not all, how tough the job is sometimes. "We do are best" to me is a pretty finite statement. Obviously the best work is not done on Staten Island or in MO. Now, "trying our best" seems more appropriate. One can always be better and try harder no matter how difficult the job @ hand is. Sorry to argue with you, what you did was great. I know I am splitting apart his reply, I hope there is room for improvement. Carry on. Well, after you misquote me and make it so egregious then I really do not want to reply. But, you're entirely wrong. The justice system did agree with how the job was done. It's just like on election day, you don't always get what you want but you get what is right. They're doing their job to protect are houses. Our we so much different then them? No. We our people just like they our.
ExiledInIllinois Posted December 8, 2014 Posted December 8, 2014 Well, after you misquote me and make it so egregious then I really do not want to reply. But, you're entirely wrong. The justice system did agree with how the job was done. It's just like on election day, you don't always get what you want but you get what is right. They're doing their job to protect are houses. Our we so much different then them? No. We our people just like they our. The justice system is stacked in police enforcement's favor. USC cases in the past have validated it. It is what it is. They are also doing their jobs to line the pockets of their departments... Like in my small village. Over-policing is job security.
boyst Posted December 8, 2014 Posted December 8, 2014 The justice system is stacked in police enforcement's favor. USC cases in the past have validated it. It is what it is. They are also doing their jobs to line the pockets of their departments... Like in my small village. Over-policing is job security. So the ticket you got for going 3 over in a 45 was over policing? Answers to choose from: 1). I got a warning #whiteprivelege 2). I got a ticket and fought it in court, #justiceservedlegallyforyou 3). You got tazed #donttazemebro 4). I was doing something illegal and just holding a grudge #truth.
ExiledInIllinois Posted December 8, 2014 Posted December 8, 2014 So the ticket you got for going 3 over in a 45 was over policing? Answers to choose from: 1). I got a warning #whiteprivelege 2). I got a ticket and fought it in court, #justiceservedlegallyforyou 3). You got tazed #donttazemebro 4). I was doing something illegal and just holding a grudge #truth. 5. None of the above.
Jauronimo Posted December 8, 2014 Posted December 8, 2014 (edited) Edited December 8, 2014 by Jauronimo
Deranged Rhino Posted December 8, 2014 Posted December 8, 2014 Are those little people or children? Either way, where can I put money on this? Is there a sports book available?
boyst Posted December 8, 2014 Posted December 8, 2014 Are those little people or children? Either way, where can I put money on this? Is there a sports book available? The one in red is actually Gugny, while the one in blue is Gatorman.
TakeYouToTasker Posted December 8, 2014 Posted December 8, 2014 The one in red is actually Gugny, while the one in blue is Gatorman.
boyst Posted December 9, 2014 Posted December 9, 2014 (edited) LeBron James again demonstrates social conscience with 'I Can't Breathe' shirt http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/2014/12/09/lebron-james-i-cant-breathe-shirt/20128799/ ..."If it feels important to me, then I respond. If it doesn't, I don't," he said Monday. "There's a lot of issues that I haven't talked about. For me, it's about knowledge. It's a gut feeling. If it hits home for you, if you feel it, then go about it. If not, then don't worry about it."James has demonstrated that it's admirable to have a social conscience and not worry about backlash from corporate sponsors. You can be serious and have fun, too. Take James' Monday. He wore an "I Can't Breathe" T-shirt before the Cavs played the Nets, and after Cleveland's victory, he met with Prince William and Princess Kate... I just love how all of this gets spun and how it gets turned in to some pop culture social movement revolving around an ignorant premise that was proven false. Edited December 9, 2014 by jboyst62
Deranged Rhino Posted December 9, 2014 Posted December 9, 2014 LeBron James again demonstrates social conscience with 'I Can't Breathe' shirt http://www.usatoday....shirt/20128799/ I just love how all of this gets spun and how it gets turned in to some pop culture social movement revolving around an ignorant premise that was proven false. Jordan was asked to take social stands all the time when he played. He never did. Why? Because, "Republicans buy sneakers too." People kill athletes for not speaking out and kill them for taking a buck. They can't win, so might as well do whatever moves them. But the real Lebron story is this one: http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2014/12/09/lebron-james-learns-royal-protocol-dont-them/20134729/
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