Funny cop memes.

[Obadiah]

And as far as cops writing tickets because they have to keep us safe, etc. If you must strip a hard working man of his income when he's only trying to feed his family on a tight budget just because in his human nature he was unaware that his speedometer was reading 10mph above the posted limit, all for the sake of keeping the roads safe and to save lives, then so be it...

Uh, yeah, that's pretty much it. Safety and saving lives. Safety and saving lives is the entire reason we have traffic laws. Even if that's not important to you, it's important to those around you while you are driving. Even if you are not concerned for yourself, people like the small child that was killed as a result of the illegally parked car had a right to live that superseded the car driver's perceived right to be able to ignore the law so he could park closer to his destination. To talk about a speedometer that reads 10MPH faster than the posted speed law is minimizing the situation. There is no law against a speedometer that reads 10 MPH over the speed limit (I.E., it's malfunctioning) and no one gets pulled over for this. The problem is the deadly 2000+ pound projectile traveling 10 MPH above what trained experts have determined is the maximum safe speed, being controlled by someone who is failing to pay attention. That's what is against the law.

 

[Kathi]

I think our police have a very dangerous job now.Just look at our world.Look at the news.We have to give them a hand.

 

[TOG]

I'm curious, what kind of irresponsible parent would let their 7 year old kid walk a busy street alone??? When I was that age, my mom didn't even let me walk past the drive way, let alone cross any street by myself. If that were my kid, hell would freeze over before I ever allowed him to walk alone in any neighborhood. If my wife were to allow it, I'd have a mouth full and then some to say to her about it. Just sayin

Who said it was busy? There's hardly any traffic there at all. There just happened to be a car there at the wrong time. As for walking alone in the neighborhood, I live in a very safe city.

The TOG​

 

[jahjahwarrior]

Uh, yeah, that's pretty much it. Safety and saving lives. Safety and saving lives is the entire reason we have traffic laws. Even if that's not important to you, it's important to those around you while you are driving. Even if you are not concerned for yourself, people like the small child that was killed as a result of the illegally parked car had a right to live that superseded the car driver's perceived right to be able to ignore the law so he could park closer to his destination. To talk about a speedometer that reads 10MPH faster than the posted speed law is minimizing the situation. There is no law against a speedometer that reads 10 MPH over the speed limit (I.E., it's malfunctioning) and no one gets pulled over for this. The problem is the deadly 2000+ pound projectile traveling 10 MPH above what trained experts have determined is the maximum safe speed, being controlled by someone who is failing to pay attention.

Ok, but how do you justify the egos of cops who abuse authority or the cops who intentionally break the traffic laws (which violates the safety you're so concerned about) knowing they can get away with it because they're cops?

 

[jahjahwarrior]

I think our police have a very dangerous job now.Just look at our world.Look at the news.We have to give them a hand.

No problem. Next time someone breaks into my home late at night, instead of calling 911, I'll just shoot the intruder, then all the cops have to do is carry away his corpse in a body bag.

 

[jahjahwarrior]

Who said it was busy? There's hardly any traffic there at all. There just happened to be a car there at the wrong time. As for walking alone in the neighborhood, I live in a very safe city.

The TOG​

Busy or not, why would any parent in the right mind let their 7 year old child cross the street alone??? I guess I'm just one of those weirdos who believe parents need to be responsible for their kids. *rolls eyes*

 

[TOG]

No parent can keep his eyes on a 7 year old kid 24 hours a day. Unless you chain him up, you can't completely prevent a kid from doing something you don't want him to. The responsibility for this is on the guy that parked illegally, nobody else.

The TOG​

 

[Obadiah]

Ok, but how do you justify the egos of cops who abuse authority or the cops who intentionally break the traffic laws (which violates the safety you're so concerned about) knowing they can get away with it because they're cops?

I never justified this, nor did I say it was ok. But it's not right to paint an entire profession along with the laws they enforce with the same broad brush as you are doing and have done in the past. Just like you, those cops sometimes get away with it, and sometimes get tickets for it too. It's a false assumption that cops never get tickets. That was probably more true 20 or 30 years ago, but not so much today. But understand one thing when you do see this happening, if they are on duty there are situations where the traffic laws are suspended for them and you have no way of righteously judging whether you are watching one of those situations or not. Keep in mind also that when they are speeding, running red lights, or whatever that they have also gone through extensive training to learn special techniques of how to do this with minimal danger to those around them. You and the average driver on the road have probably not had anything close to the type of driver training the cop you are judging has had.

You've made it obvious that safety for those around you is not a high priority for you but at least consider this: For a Christian (and your profile says you are a Christian) don't you think we have an example to follow in how Jesus did things? He told us to be like him, afterall. Did Jesus go around criticizing and spewing hate toward the Roman government and it's soldiers (the "police" of the time) who tortured and killed him? Were they doing the proper thing when they tortured and killed Jesus? Obviously not. Even Pilot said he found no fault with Jesus! But yet even when Jesus was arrested by the soldiers, what was His response to the disciples that tried to protect him from what was obviously a false arrest? Did He even so much as say a bad word against those soldiers or others in authority then or after? Are we supposed to try to follow Jesus' example or not?

 

[Obadiah]

No problem. Next time someone breaks into my home late at night, instead of calling 911, I'll just shoot the intruder, then all the cops have to do is carry away his corpse in a body bag.

I think that's a good idea if your life is in danger. the cops will never get there in time to save you, especially if they follow your desire for them not to disregard any traffic laws. But you should still call 911 after you shoot him because if you don't, they won't come out to haul him away. If they don't haul him away, your house is going to smell bad in a few days.

 

[Obadiah]

Busy or not, why would any parent in the right mind let their 7 year old child cross the street alone??? I guess I'm just one of those weirdos who believe parents need to be responsible for their kids. *rolls eyes*

So the child deserved to die because of the parent's lack of supervision just so the driver who parked illegally didn't have to walk too far from where he parked?

 

[jahjahwarrior]

So the child deserved to die because his parent's lack of supervision just so the driver who parked illegally didn't have to walk too far from where he parked?

I never said the child deserved to die. I only said that parents need to take responsibility for their kids.

 

[jahjahwarrior]

No parent can keep his eyes on a 7 year old kid 24 hours a day. Unless you chain him up, you can't completely prevent a kid from doing something you don't want him to. The responsibility for this is on the guy that parked illegally, nobody else.

The TOG​

I'm not saying that your kids need to be chained up 24/7, but if you can't keep a 7 year old from wondering around in the streets unsupervised, I can't help but to question your parenting ethics

 

[Kathi]

No problem. Next time someone breaks into my home late at night, instead of calling 911, I'll just shoot the intruder, then all the cops have to do is carry away his corpse in a body bag.

:erm Wrong.....

 

[jahjahwarrior]

:erm Wrong.....

What's wrong? Exercising my second amendment right?

 

[Kathi]

What would have to be the circumstances that you would kill someone in cold blood?Would you take this into your hands before you would call 911?

 

[TOG]

I'm not saying that your kids need to be chained up 24/7, but if you can't keep a 7 year old from wondering around in the streets unsupervised, I can't help but to question your parenting ethics

So, suppose a parent tells his child he can walk to his friends house, which is just a couple of houses away, and he doesn't have to cross a street to get there. On the way, the child sees a puppy on the other side of the road and goes to pet it, in spite of having been told many times never to cross the street alone. While crossing the street, the kid gets run over by a car. You call that "bad parenting ethics"? Face it, short of chaining them up or locking them in the house, there's no we a parent can prevent things like this from happening.

The TOG​

 

[TOG]

What's wrong? Exercising my second amendment right?

(Emphasis by TOG)

That's something I've never quite understood. Why is killing someone a constitutionally protected right, but getting basic health care is a luxury that not everyone can afford. Where I live, killing someone is a crime and basic health care is a constitutionally guaranteed human right. That's always made more sense to me.

The TOG​

 

[Obadiah]

(Emphasis by TOG)

That's something I've never quite understood. Why is killing someone a constitutionally protected right, but getting basic health care is a luxury that not everyone can afford. Where I live, killing someone is a crime and basic health care is a constitutionally guaranteed human right. That's always made more sense to me.

The TOG​

Interesting. Do you live in one of the countries where guns are illegal? Here in the United States killing someone in self defense is legal (and I believe it should be) but it needs to be a last resort to save your own life or save someone else's life (you have to have a reasonable belief that life is in danger) and you need to be able to articulate why this was so. There is case law that has determined a criminal breaking into your house while you are home (technically called a "hot prowl burglary") is a reasonable cause to believe your life is in danger.

 

[jay55]

If you are going over the speed limit..... you are going over the speed limit.You are breaking the law.You have to pay the conseqences.When you get behind the wheel of your car you need to make a choice.Break the laws of the road and it comes out of your pocket.Rather the police are hiding down that corner street or patroling the streets.

Ya sure, they have every right to give me a ticket if I'm going over the speed limit. But, the fact remains that they aren't doing their jobs very effectively or serving the public well if they don't prioritize their activities (especially when they don't have the resources to do everything - which is something they always remind us of).

 

[TOG]

Interesting. Do you live in one of the countries where guns are illegal? Here in the United States killing someone in self defense is legal (and I believe it should be) but it needs to be a last resort to save your own life or save someone else's life (you have to have a reasonable belief that life is in danger) and you need to be able to articulate why this was so. There is case law that has determined a criminal breaking into your house while you are home (technically called a "hot prowl burglary") is a reasonable cause to believe your life is in danger.

No, guns are not illegal here, but they are not nearly as common as in the US. To own a gun, you have to get a gun permit, and to get one of those, you have to show that a) you know how to use a gun and are familiar with the gun safety laws and b) explain why you want to buy a gun. Most people who have guns have shotguns for hunting. very few own handguns.

As for I'm not sure we would define it in the same way. I once heard about a Japanese businessman who went to the US. He was not world famous, so most Americans didn't know who he was, but he was a well known businessman in Japan. He was staying with a colleague and went out one evening to a night club for some entertainment. He was told the door would be unlocked when he came back. After having a bit too much to drink, he went home and walked in, or so he thought. It turned out to be a different house where the door was also unlocked. As he was staggering around trying to figure out why his room wasn't where it was supposed to be, the man who lived there heard him and took his gun and shot him. The Japanese were furious and of course they pressed charges against the man. The court came to the conclusion that, although the businessman presented no threat and was obviously just a drunk who had wandered into the wrong house, the man still had a right to kill him, simply because he was in his house without having been invited in. The fact that the door was unlocked was apparently of no relevance. That wasn't self defense. Nobody was in danger. Yet, it was the mans right to kill a drunk that had wandered into his unlocked home. That just doesn't make sense to me. And even if he had been a burglar, what kind of possessions did this man have that were worth a mans life?

The TOG​