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Go back and read the post to which I was responding where the author stated that in his mind he thought that officers signed up for a dangerous job knowingly be
by crusso 11y ago
Go back and read the post to which I was responding where the author stated that in his mind he thought that officers signed up for a dangerous job knowingly because they're heroic and self sacrificing.
I'm saying it's a job, in many ways similar to your job and my job where putting all this heroic self-sacrificing burden on them isn't fair.
Interesting how you criticized me for creating hypotheticals which are almost direct quotes from everyday stories on HN and then tried to prove your point by referring to a South Park episode - a cartoon that features fictional characters doing outrageous things for the sake of comedy.
- themartorana 11y agoI read it, and I disagree with your evaluation of the situation. There is risk with all jobs, and for cops, firefighters, etc., that risk can be great. You referenced Eric Gardner, which really sat poorly with me. It's pretty universally accepted that he was murdered by cops with no care for the public or their constant overuse of force. It was a terrible example. South Park is not just a cartoon - as with many shows like it, it's pretty heavy with political commentary - which this is.
- crusso 11y agoIt's pretty universally accepted that he was murdered by cops Do you have some polling data on that? That's not at all the impression I get from the wide variety of news sites that I peruse. Regarding South Park, yeah, I know all that. I love SP. But you were the one criticizing hypotheticals.