My #1 son writes for The Times so I might get unreasonable about that
instead? :-)
Journalists are required to seek dramatic confrontation in a story,
even when none exists. That's what we require of them - or we stop
buying the paper. News implies novelty and most of us prefer
infotainment to real and intelligent input. Fox and CNN are never
going to go broke by underestimating the hunger of the public for
movement and colour and bright, shiny things.
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 30/01/2010, at 8:47 PM, Chris Barker wrote:
> That must be the most reasonable post you have made for a while,
> Andrew :-)
>
> But it is serious, I realise, and I doubt that I would be properly
> equipped (qualified, yes, but equipped?) to be a police officer.
> There are so many to*8ers to deal with.
>
> But then I trust the papers less and less to tell the story honestly.
>
> Chris
>
> On 30 Jan 2010, at 02:55, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>
>> Quite right. After 3 months of road patrol my son realized how much
>> easier it was to be a cop from the pilot's seat of a helicopter
>> although, in the end, that turned out to be much more dangerous.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>> Andrew Fildes wrote:
>>> That's becoming the norm here. It says 'high school grad.' but in
>>> reality, entry is so competitive that you'd need to be exceptional
>>> or
> snip
>>> Grim work creates a grim outlook.
>>> I can laugh at the nose-blowing incident but I can see where it's
>>> coming from. Older, less well educated officer feeling left behind,
>>> marginalised, seeks amusement or self-righteous justification by
>>> becoming officious in the extreme - 'dress'd in a little, brief
>>> authority.' Wasn't it the UK recently that an officer was punished
>>> for
>>> making 'judgement calls' and deciding to let people off with
>>> warnings?
>>> Perhaps he had that in mind? It's a fine balance between exercising
>>> the law and applying common sense - not all officers are up to the
>>> task so simply falling back on the absolute letter of the law is far
>>> safer.
>>> Andrew Fildes
>
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