Honestly, I'd like to joke about this and make fun of that *squee!* cop, but I'm starting to depress myself. I'm almost five thousand dollars in debt right now because of this mess, and there's still the possibility that I could go to prison for a crime I didn't commit.
I'm sorry, I know it must be hard. Although sometimes laughing about a bad situation can be the best thing to do.
All these bad cops are starting to bite all cops in the rear these days; usually not the bad ones, as far as I know, unfortunately. You'd think humans being human would make them smart, and target cops who'd actually done wrong, but just any ol' cop will do. Requires the same kind of "logic" as racism. Humans are the dumbest species on the planet.
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You're implying that not all cops are bad. If that were true, why don't the good cops do something about the bad cops?
Why don't good people do something about bad people in general? Unfortunately the world's not that simple.
Perhaps it should be. Perhaps, if people could just learn to open their eyes and PAY ATTENTION, it could be.
It's not seeing the problem, it's what people would have to be willing to sacrifice to solve it. The thing about properly rotten people is they fight dirty; they're willing to do things to protect themselves and those like them that regular people wouldn't be willing to do, and would go to great lengths to avoid having happen to them.
Proper handshake etiquette is important! Without proper training, you might accidentally punch someone in the face!
... hand shakes don't work like that on earth. Who's been teaching Venusian Handshakes to humans? You're supposed to shake you fist and gently rub it across their left cheek. Not the right, rubbing it against their right cheek is a marriage proposal. Venusian all look like woman, so get it right or who knows what you'll wind up marrying. Venusian rarely turn down proposals.
For your TL;DR pleasure. That's a part of it, yeah. One of the problems that can come with being a good person is that the limitations of your actions are self-made, in some way or another. For instance, if one is against violence, when it comes to a time when there's a need for a strong, capable fighter, they might have to be suicidal in order to take action, depending on the circumstances. And there are outside obstacles, too, of course. Unfortunately, with the way employment is right now, and with money pulling its muscle in places and degrees it shouldn't, acting with good intention -- or making the intent of it known -- can have negative ramifications. The problem with being a good person is that they tend to think of others, not just themselves, so they can be reined in from doing the right thing if doing said right thing jeopardizes those they care about. Just for the record, Ridley, I had a bad experience with cops, too. He was our landlord. He never truly fixed the hot water heater, but it wasn't until later that we learned it was less a lack of competence and resources than his desire to check up on us. Eventually, he planted "evidence" of drug possession, and used that for blackmail and extortion. To make a long story short, though, there was one thing about the whole mess where he was evidently lying, and it would have made his wrongdoing obvious, but the other cops on the scene were on his side. The only reason why he even got so much as a slap on the wrist when all was said and done, was for blatantly lying to the power company about the electricity meter throwing out sparks, after his failed attempt (we actually chased him off) to sabotage it. Despite the electricity meter being fine, though, the power people still turned it off even though there was obviously something wrong about the situation. We didn't have electricity (or water) for a month, in the middle of Summer. So, yeah. Been there, done that. I don't think all cops are bad, of course, but I think the current climate and environment is just too ripe for producing and attracting them.
All wildspace is bounded by crystal shells or crystal spheres. Inside the crystal sphere is the vacuum of wildspace, the planets, and stars. Outside the crystal sphere is the rainbow ocean of phlogiston and more crystal spheres. The size of a crystal sphere is determined by the size of the planetary system inside. Usually a sphere has a radius at least twice as big as the orbital radius of the outermost celestial body in the system. Because of their great size, the outside of a crystal sphere appears perfectly flat. The curvature is so gradual that it is completely undetectable to anyone who is close enough to see the crystal sphere through the obscuring phlogiston.
The spheres consist of an unbreakable, dark, ceramic material of unknown origin. Some legends state (and various theologians agree) that the smooth-surfaced shells were created and positioned by the gods themselves to protect their worlds from the ravages of the phlogiston, which is held to be the prime matter of the universe. Less charitable philosophers maintain that such shells were placed by an even higher authority to keep gods and men in and confine their activities. Whatever their origin, the crystal shells are uniform throughout space. All appear as great, dark, featureless sphere of unidentifiable matter.
