Hi, Mark, see remarks, interspersed with your text:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I think this thread has gotten way out of hand. > > For the record, 100% of the Police / Sheriff's Officers / Highway Patrolmen > that I have dealt with have been kind, courteous, and professional. > > -> Without exception. <- > > 100%. > > That isn't to say that there aren't less than ideal people involved in Law > enforcement. Of course, the same can be said for every profession/career. > > > I looks like Mike made some, acknowledged, bad decisions in this situation. > It's always a good idea to liberally use "Yes, Sir." or "No, Sir." with anyone in > a uniform. ( Even if you are in the process of disagreeing with them. ) Excellent advice, in my experience. I have found that using "please" and "thanks", with liberal sprinklings of "sir/ma'am" works wonders with those in authority - call it sucking up, but works in an amazing number of cases! > It also > appears that the officers here strayed onto legally gray turf. ( Easy to do in > our fractious world. ) Again, quite true. I forgot to mention in my last post, that police are often in extremely stressful situations, and are only human. Like everyone, they too can snap. And given the types of situations that they have to deal with on a regular basis, who can blame them? -frank -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
