"Maniac has responded with a scornful remark!"

lol

didnt get mad, got bored

stop wasting my time

Awful lot of hospitals named after saints, as well as a large number of schools. Religion teaches empathy for other people, it teaches right behavior, it teaches the ten commandments, it teaches the golden rule.

Just because people fail to follow those ideas wholly you condemn everyone who believes in any of it.

To replace it you bring in some philosophical sophistry that has nothing to back it up unless it is to say that there is a spark of Godliness behind it all.

It is good that we can agree that people have an innate sense toward empathy but it's an empty box.

All you have to say is that psychotics are restrained by religion, ipso facto, anyone who believes in God is a psychotic.

I don't know too many psychotics who open hospitals, care for the sick/infirm/dying, educate the masses.

Proving atheists believe in nothing, therefore they will believe anything. How does one atheist convince another atheist of their believe system? Wouldn't that take a lot of faith? And if it's science, wouldn't that take faith in science, which has proven to be incomplete since day one?

But i'll sit down, since the atheists are talking. Popcorn, please.

keep trying, atheists! lol

I think I just did get visited by the Krampus.

I guess a person can go through life blaming cops for everything. Nothing I can do about it. Kind of pathetic, though.

When you have reviewed all of the evidence, get back to me.

So you have reviewed all of the evidence in this case?

That's a long jump to conclusion to say that he flubbed it intentionally. That's just what you want to believe.

Mordhaus, we are on the same page.

A lot of what I write is intended for those who just read but don't comment. I am trying to reach those who would like an insight. Many here have come to their own immovable attitude.

Enoch, I agree with you 100%.

In my defense, I am not defending bad behavior or bad cops. They make the rest of us (the majority) look bad.

All I'm trying to do is bring some light to the subject. I have inside knowledge of how things are. There is another side to every story, which is one of the first thing a cop learns.

But there are a lot of rabid cop-haters out there (or gathered together in a cave and surfing videosift) who will never accept anything I say or try to see it from another perspective.

Bad cops are the exception, not the rule, which is my focus in these discussions.

When I say that courts have ruled that cops can lie, it doesn't mean cops go around lying to everyone. It means that during an investigation or investigative stop, you can bluff someone to reveal criminal behavior. The courts will certainly let you know that lying in court will result in your termination, the loss of your pension, your whole career.

I agree with you that cops should be held to a higher standard. I don't like fat cops, rude cops, aggressive cops. My favorite co-workers are those with a good sense of humor, self-deprecation and a common-sense perspective.

But whenever I make a comment on here, people just weave these incredible fabrications of corruption and accusation...eventually I think, fuck it, what a waste of time.

Then I take a break and I try it again. What a fool I am!

here, let me join you...FUCK THE POLICE!!!


happy?

You guys have a chip on your shoulder against authority and nothing I can say will change that.

Your cup is full.

meanwhile, I'll be over here doing my job.

The courts have ruled that police officers can bluff. You can call it lying. Ever play poker?

Damn those courts again, right?