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BlueJazz

(25,348 posts)
1. Let me say these short thoughts on the topic. You Americans sometimes are not very...
Sun Jan 13, 2013, 08:10 PM
Jan 2013

...forgiving regarding your fellow county-people. You tend to forgive law enforcement individuals/Politicians/church Leaders for making mistakes and
even severe errors in judgment. You say things like: He was tired--caught at a weak moment--didn't have all the facts--
---was terrified/scared---"would not have perform the action except under extraordinary circumstance" ..etc.

BUT...if a ordinary citizen happens to be caught at a weak time in their life/week/day/second...it's
"Ah...screw that bastard/bitch...they knew what was going on...lock their asses up!"
"They should have known better"

I won't continue this little diatribe, except to say...Stop being so damn hard on each other.

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