Just before this topic (like so many before it on ksrc-au) turns into an exploration of everyone's voyeuristic fascination with gay sex, can I throw in my two cents worth on an earlier post.
aardvark wrote:Forgive me for laughing, but when I go to work each day and do a job that you get no thanks for, where everyone out on the road thinks your a cunt, and everyone is out to get you, sometimes I am left with no choice but to laugh... I guess I'm just getting a little cynical with age.
Well, let me just take this opportunity to say that most of my recent dealing with the police has been through my local police station (Footscray), whether it was reporting a burglary, a lost dog, a found dog, buggers parking across my driveway, or witnessing signatures on stuff like loan applications. The people there are genuinely great guys and girls, they are always helpful, always friendly, they have done a great job of reducing burglaries and other crime in our area and really reach out to the local community, and anyone who says they're cunts is a cunt. (Apologies for the c word).
I've also got to say that the various times I've been pulled over (in some cases for doing the wrong thing) the Victorian police have always been professional and polite. So just to clarify, the dickhead copper on the Hume who was doing 200ish with no lights or sirens is very much the exception to the rule. I guess it's one of those things, you don't talk about how great Telstra is for the 99.9% of the time that your phone works great, but you'll tell anyone who cares about the 0.1% of the time it didn't.
I'm sure you're no less cynical for reading this, and I don't blame you with all the shit I'm sure you guys have to put up with for that $1300 a fortnight...