LaTigresse
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ORIGINAL: Arpig Sorry, but if you can't see why its dumb, then there's no point trying to explain it...what the fuck does having a tattoo or a gold tooth have to do with being a good cop? Seriously? You don't see why people who carry guns and are in charge of upholding the laws and protecting us need to be professionals AND look the part of professionals? In almost any scenario of a cop's daily duties, his appearance plays a role. A woman has just been raped by gold-toothed gangbangers. Another one in a blue shirt shows up. Yeah, that's healthy for her. A man is pulled over on the side of the highway by a police car. He digs through his glove box, turns around to see the lizard man at his door. Surprised, and in fight or flight mode, he hits the gas and causes a 10 car pile-up, killing several people. Or how about the fact that since private companies get to decide what corporate image they wish to project, police departments should have the same latitude? Or that piercings can get snagged and cause harm to the officer in the course of their duties? I dislike the items, the whole tattooed, gold teeth, gangsta look that has become so popular. To ME, it is physically unattractive. Similarly, multiple piercings. I do however, make a concentrated effort to look beyond what I find esthetically unattractive, to see the human being and their worth (or not) rather than what I find ugly in appearance. I have a huge predjudice against stupidity and zero feelings of shame for it. The tragic part of this is how very many people from the state of Texas fit into my very predjudiced category of narrow mindedly stupid. Even if they haven't a single tattoo or a spare penny for even a brass and cubic zirconia grille.
< Message edited by LaTigresse -- 1/29/2011 8:53:49 AM >
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My twisted, self deprecating, sense of humour, finds alot to laugh about, in your lack of one! Just because you are well educated, articulate, and can use big, fancy words, properly........does not mean you are right!
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