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Tue Sep-27-11 10:13 PM
Response to Reply #24 |
| 26. Because they weren't murdered... |
| -Many jobs are more dangerous than being a cop |
ThomCat |
Sep-27-11 09:30 PM |
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Very good points. Things to ponder. |
yardwork |
Sep-27-11 09:31 PM |
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don't know about the list.. |
mitchtv |
Sep-27-11 09:32 PM |
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The police told me, in the mandatory taxi driver class, that taxi driving is the MOST dangerous job |
LooseWilly |
Sep-29-11 03:10 AM |
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I drove for Veteran's in SF |
mitchtv |
Sep-29-11 12:09 PM |
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Metro Yellow in Oakland... |
LooseWilly |
Sep-29-11 02:37 PM |
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Car haulers (of which I am one).... |
A HERETIC I AM |
Sep-27-11 09:34 PM |
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There should be extensive psychological exams required for all police officers. nt |
Modern_Matthew |
Sep-27-11 09:35 PM |
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Some cops are really scary people, like unbalanced, I've met them. n/t |
RKP5637 |
Sep-27-11 09:36 PM |
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Being around other cops makes them worse. |
Logical |
Sep-27-11 09:37 PM |
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Yeah, I noticed that when they took me into the station. They fed on each |
RKP5637 |
Sep-27-11 09:39 PM |
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I knew friends who went to the academy as nice guys who left being assholes. |
Logical |
Sep-27-11 09:44 PM |
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It's infectious today. Particularly where it seems now to be in style to be an asshole. |
RKP5637 |
Sep-27-11 09:48 PM |
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They get trained to join an "us" vs "all of them" mentality. |
ThomCat |
Sep-27-11 09:58 PM |
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My best friend wants to be a detective. I really hope he doesn't for the reason you mentioned. |
white_wolf |
Sep-27-11 10:02 PM |
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they are required. |
provis99 |
Sep-27-11 09:48 PM |
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I absolutely agree. |
ThomCat |
Sep-27-11 09:50 PM |
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Wow... amazingly true in my life experience. Just wow! All 3. /nt |
October |
Sep-27-11 11:04 PM |
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I'd like to see a link about that since I don't see nurses as bullies. |
uppityperson |
Sep-28-11 04:45 PM |
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Take a look at this for one relevent comment about it. |
ThomCat |
Sep-28-11 10:04 PM |
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I've seen this article before, has some interesting and some silly stuff |
uppityperson |
Sep-28-11 10:30 PM |
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I Work in a Hospital |
RobinA |
Sep-29-11 03:09 PM |
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They are a back stabbing bunch. One of the reasons I got out of the field. |
TwilightGardener |
Sep-30-11 02:01 AM |
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Awesome |
ProudToBeBlueInRhody |
Sep-30-11 07:47 PM |
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They give them IQ tests |
Major Nikon |
Sep-27-11 11:22 PM |
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I applied to an academy once. |
MedicalAdmin |
Sep-28-11 04:57 PM |
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And sometimes, some of them pass them, too. |
Major Hogwash |
Sep-29-11 06:54 AM |
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There are. |
Iggo |
Sep-29-11 07:56 AM |
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I had to take one |
Supply Side Jesus |
Sep-30-11 01:08 AM |
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K&R!!! n/t |
RKP5637 |
Sep-27-11 09:35 PM |
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K&R...n/t |
Oceansaway |
Sep-27-11 09:37 PM |
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K&R |
Jamastiene |
Sep-27-11 09:37 PM |
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K & R for headline. |
lonestarnot |
Sep-27-11 09:37 PM |
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We would be better off if all police departments were eliminated and we |
virgogal |
Sep-27-11 09:39 PM |
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Why can't we expect cops to obey the law too? |
Zanzoobar |
Sep-27-11 09:40 PM |
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Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? (Roughly translated: "Who |
coalition_unwilling |
Sep-29-11 11:00 PM |
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big K/R |
ixion |
Sep-27-11 09:43 PM |
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How about Active Service Duty US Soldiers? |
NYC_SKP |
Sep-27-11 09:48 PM |
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That is very true. |
ThomCat |
Sep-27-11 09:54 PM |
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I already knew this as a small farmer |
riderinthestorm |
Sep-27-11 09:53 PM |
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When workers in the occupations listed die on the job they don't make the headlines like cops. |
Better Believe It |
Sep-27-11 10:02 PM |
#24 |
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Because they weren't murdered... |
GKirk |
Sep-27-11 10:13 PM |
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Watch for stories about taxi drivers... |
LooseWilly |
Sep-29-11 03:21 PM |
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You know those are high risk jobs... but they aren't as hard |
MrMickeysMom |
Sep-27-11 10:10 PM |
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Really? Have you ever done any farming? |
ThomCat |
Sep-27-11 10:16 PM |
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On the contrary... |
MrMickeysMom |
Sep-27-11 10:22 PM |
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Yes, actually. |
ThomCat |
Sep-27-11 11:23 PM |
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Copping harder than roofing? 100% bullshit |
tkmorris |
Sep-29-11 04:13 AM |
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Said the roofer ... |
MrMickeysMom |
Sep-29-11 05:09 AM |
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BZZZTT I'm not even remotely a roofer. |
tkmorris |
Sep-29-11 04:22 PM |
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Well, good for you! |
MrMickeysMom |
Sep-29-11 09:32 PM |
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Open minded? I certainly do try to be, yes |
tkmorris |
Sep-29-11 10:05 PM |
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Vastly more cops die in traffic accidents than by violent means. |
ellisonz |
Sep-28-11 06:24 AM |
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It Doesn't Matter |
RobinA |
Sep-29-11 03:19 PM |
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Yeah, come work with me for even an hour and tell me my farming job isn't as "hard" |
riderinthestorm |
Sep-27-11 10:19 PM |
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No one was "diminishing" farming... |
MrMickeysMom |
Sep-27-11 10:26 PM |
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Have you ever galloped 1000 lbs of animal for a mile? |
riderinthestorm |
Sep-27-11 10:45 PM |
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Because I advocate mental stress in a career, you create this myth... |
MrMickeysMom |
Sep-28-11 06:09 AM |
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Nice. You have marginalized farming occupations,not me. |
riderinthestorm |
Sep-29-11 08:47 PM |
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Read for meaning.... |
MrMickeysMom |
Sep-29-11 09:30 PM |
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Nope, you appear blind to whats plainly writ. |
riderinthestorm |
Sep-29-11 10:07 PM |
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My best friend, as a child, lived on a dairy |
blueamy66 |
Sep-29-11 08:18 AM |
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I dreaded harvest time most with the ambulance. |
polly7 |
Sep-29-11 05:21 PM |
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I got thrown off a horse into a concrete irrigation ditch |
blueamy66 |
Sep-30-11 03:47 AM |
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I would say so! I'm glad you're ok. nt. |
polly7 |
Sep-30-11 10:04 AM |
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I got thrown off a horse into a concrete irrigation ditch |
blueamy66 |
Sep-30-11 03:47 AM |
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I got thrown off a horse into a concrete irrigation ditch |
blueamy66 |
Sep-30-11 03:47 AM |
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Thank you! |
sammytko |
Sep-27-11 10:42 PM |
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Tell that to the miners who knew about the levels of |
ThomCat |
Sep-27-11 11:36 PM |
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Cops don't do that either. |
tkmorris |
Sep-29-11 04:20 AM |
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Nurses are on the front lines dealing with this population everyday... |
midnight |
Sep-28-11 12:00 AM |
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true, but if you screwed around or didn't follow orders on those jobs you can get your ass kicked. |
aikoaiko |
Sep-27-11 10:22 PM |
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All accidents and injuries vs fatal accidents |
treestar |
Sep-27-11 10:38 PM |
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The lists address FATALITIES. |
ThomCat |
Sep-27-11 10:41 PM |
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I didn't say they could break the law, did I? |
treestar |
Sep-28-11 06:29 AM |
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It pisses me off that someone is saying they're not at least |
ThomCat |
Sep-28-11 04:28 PM |
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I don't see it as an excuse and I don't think "danger" is cited as the |
buddysmellgood |
Sep-27-11 11:01 PM |
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The difference is that a truck driver doesn't intentionally drive into a wall. |
MrSlayer |
Sep-27-11 11:05 PM |
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How many times a month, or a week, or a day |
MindPilot |
Sep-27-11 11:46 PM |
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I was number 9 on the list and yes I intentionally put myself into danger every time I went to work |
NNN0LHI |
Sep-28-11 06:35 AM |
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I do the same. |
MrSlayer |
Sep-28-11 04:37 PM |
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Listen, I have nothing against police generally |
NNN0LHI |
Sep-28-11 07:47 PM |
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I eat fish with much more reverence these days |
MindPilot |
Sep-27-11 11:33 PM |
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President of the United States is statistically one of the most dangerous jobs in the world |
slackmaster |
Sep-28-11 06:13 AM |
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You forgot nurses. |
Ilsa |
Sep-28-11 06:53 AM |
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Try mental health. |
xmas74 |
Sep-28-11 11:41 PM |
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Yeah, I saw that sort of thing, not quite as bad, just in nursing |
Ilsa |
Sep-29-11 06:38 AM |
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Nope. |
xmas74 |
Sep-29-11 09:13 PM |
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I had a girlfriend who was an experienced psych nurse |
slackmaster |
Sep-29-11 04:24 PM |
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The first thing I learned was to pull my hair up. |
xmas74 |
Sep-29-11 09:15 PM |
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My sister's the director of mental health in a major CA county. MS in psych nursing |
riderinthestorm |
Sep-29-11 09:27 PM |
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Med carts! |
xmas74 |
Sep-29-11 10:03 PM |
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oh boy, the stories she told! Hideous every one. |
riderinthestorm |
Sep-29-11 10:22 PM |
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Some might still use them |
xmas74 |
Sep-29-11 10:50 PM |
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I would guess the ratio of assholes to "good guys/gals" |
Mudoria |
Sep-28-11 06:57 AM |
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A lot of cops are self-selected authoritarian |
hifiguy |
Sep-28-11 04:49 PM |
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I didn't know people shot at the list of people you put up |
lunatica |
Sep-28-11 04:58 PM |
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Very few cops ever actually get shot at. |
ThomCat |
Sep-29-11 02:09 AM |
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ya, but that is not in there job description |
Supply Side Jesus |
Sep-30-11 01:56 AM |
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And none of those give you the slightest permission |
ThomCat |
Sep-30-11 02:49 PM |
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Poor ThomCat, he thinks he is in charge of ever thing! |
Major Hogwash |
Sep-30-11 03:17 PM |
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k/r for facts |
Dawson Leery |
Sep-28-11 11:23 PM |
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If this were true, then why does everyone go fishing when they go on vacation. |
Major Hogwash |
Sep-29-11 06:52 AM |
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No, its not a "stupid thread". What you have given us is a stupid response. |
ThomWV |
Sep-29-11 07:53 AM |
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If you place 100 chimpanzees in a room with typewriters, how long before Shakespeare is produced? |
lumberjack_jeff |
Sep-29-11 03:14 PM |
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..... |
Dawson Leery |
Sep-29-11 05:09 PM |
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Wow . . . he's got problems. |
Major Hogwash |
Sep-29-11 07:43 PM |
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He tells the truth. |
Dawson Leery |
Sep-29-11 10:52 PM |
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Ha ha ha ha |
Major Hogwash |
Sep-29-11 11:27 PM |
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The FOP should be broken up. |
Dawson Leery |
Sep-30-11 12:57 AM |
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He cracked me up, that's for damned sure. |
Major Hogwash |
Sep-30-11 02:37 AM |
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Those who wear uniforms and carry guns do NOT |
Dawson Leery |
Sep-30-11 01:17 PM |
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Why don't you just change your name to No Unions and get it over with? |
Major Hogwash |
Sep-30-11 03:14 PM |
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. |
Dawson Leery |
Sep-30-11 07:29 PM |
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I support unions for teachers, firefighters, public workers, as |
Dawson Leery |
Sep-30-11 07:29 PM |
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Horse hockey! How do good cops protect themselves from corrupt politicians, especially in tiny towns |
Major Hogwash |
Sep-30-11 07:44 PM |
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A coworker originally from Chile had her brother missing at sea for 3 months. |
Swede |
Sep-29-11 03:25 PM |
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Who says that they should get a free pass? |
minavasht |
Sep-29-11 10:12 PM |
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Live in a rural area and you'll change your mind about the farmer. |
xmas74 |
Sep-29-11 10:55 PM |
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No one |
Supply Side Jesus |
Sep-30-11 01:58 AM |
#105 |
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