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If people see a lot of cops in a neighborhood, they start to suspect there is a lot of crime. Seems like a variation of this. "If this community really needs a
by api 5y ago
If people see a lot of cops in a neighborhood, they start to suspect there is a lot of crime.
Seems like a variation of this. "If this community really needs a CoC, maybe it's actually full of bigots and assholes."
- pelasaco 5y agoThe variation of your example would be: "If this community introduces a CoC, all participants start to suspect there were some incidents involving bigots and assholes in the community"
- eitland 5y agoSame with the sign on a certain airport I visited a number of times as a service engineer: There was a hand full of cash with a stop sign over, obviously it meant "we do not accept bribes". But for me it meant "this place have or have recently had a serious problems with bribery". Same with: "We do not spit on the floor in this building".
- y_tho 5y agoReceiving bribes, soliciting bribes or declining bribes?
- Anthony-G 5y agoI don’t know why you’re being downvoted. When I was younger, seeing a bouncer guarding the entrance to a pub was a pretty decent proxy for that pub not being the kind of place I’d like to have a drink in.