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tegator80 · 01-30-2013, 12:34 PM

If you have spent any time around police in a casual environment you would understand that police officers, at least at the lower levels, have some personality traits that motivate them to be officers. Unfortunately when we are want to shoot them because we have undermined authority in society, these people are going to go off in tangents that are not good. But realistically what are the options? Every person for themselves? No one to call? Not likely.

That is why if I am stopped, I do EXACTLY what they ask of me. They don't know who to trust anymore. But once they know you are on the up and up (at least in your demeanor) then things usually become civil and professional. But I live in Virginia and there seems to be a good hierarchy of management so that the crackpots are weeded out before they can affect things out in the community. JMHO

The_Ultimate_Gator · 01-30-2013, 02:29 PM

More cops behaving badly:

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013...gh-school?lite

MichaelJoeWilliamson · 01-30-2013, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by rivergator

If the military has equipment it doesn't need anymore, isn't giving it to police a valid thing to do with it?

To what end?

MichaelJoeWilliamson · 01-30-2013, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by The_Ultimate_Gator

Well, yeah, it's all of the above. It's turning the police into a quasi-military force. Radley Balko at Reason has been very good at documenting the excesses of the War on Drugs. Here's a good summary, from 2009.

He has a great blog too.

The Agitator

MichaelJoeWilliamson · 01-30-2013, 03:37 PM

Which professions have the most psychopaths? The fewest?

First off, psychopath doesn't just mean someone who cuts you up with a chainsaw. Though the majority of people who do things like that are psychopaths. What's the definition?

Psychopathy is a personality disorder that has been variously described as characterized by shallow emotions (in particular reduced fear), stress tolerance, lacking empathy, coldheartedness, lacking guilt, egocentricity, superficial character, manipulativeness, irresponsibility, impulsivity and antisocial behaviors such as parasitic lifestyle and criminality.

And the next thing that comes to mind is: Why?

Most of the professions on the right require human connection, dealing with feelings and most of them don't offer much power. Psychopaths, by their very nature, would not be drawn to or very good at these things.

On the other hand, most of the roles on the left do offer power and many require an ability to make objective, clinical decisions divorced from feelings. Psychopaths would be drawn to these roles and thrive there.

That said… Chef? Really? I guess it pays to tread lightly around anyone who has a set of knives bearing their initials