Even from afar, I thought the way people were talking about the police was fairly awful. I missed the whole G20 thing as I was on holiday, but going from what happened in Greece last December when a cop shot and killed a 15 year old boy (and thus sparking months of rioting), I'm appalled, but not surprised by the reaction.
Here people decided that one irresponsible policeman meant they were all *exactly* the same. There is still an (active) group threatening to kill police officers simply for being police officers, they've shot at them, bombed police stations and cars, it's just crazy. And while I understand the reason behind the uproar, I do not agree with the poor excuse it's become to act out and deem the entire police force as filthy scum.
One bad apple does not make the whole orchard rotten.
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Date: 2009-04-19 06:16 pm (UTC)Here people decided that one irresponsible policeman meant they were all *exactly* the same. There is still an (active) group threatening to kill police officers simply for being police officers, they've shot at them, bombed police stations and cars, it's just crazy. And while I understand the reason behind the uproar, I do not agree with the poor excuse it's become to act out and deem the entire police force as filthy scum.
One bad apple does not make the whole orchard rotten.