COPS Cancelled

~~Leo656~~ · 06-12-2020, 07:12 AM

Not to mention that a big reason why so many cops are ill-behaved and prone to corruption in the first place - aside from the whole "No person who would ever seek to wield power is ever fit to do so" thing - is that cops notoriously make sh*t money. Even people who get into it to "Do the right thing" generally find out that "The Right Thing" matters very little on thirty grand a year. So why bother with morals or ethics? When the money sucks, "Getting paid to be a bully" becomes, like, the entire point of the job. With ANY job, if it ain't about the money than it's about getting kicks. Makes sense to me. It's also why so many EMTs are heroin addicts. "Saving lives" and seeing horrific sh*t constantly really wears you down, but even more when it sinks in that the guy working the fryer at Wendy's probably makes more than you.

Someone should ask any of the people shouting to "Defund The Police" if taking money away from people who are already not doing great made the people in their own neighborhood any more or less well-behaved. Since "poverty" is generally their preferred excuse for why they behave in a criminal fashion. They argue that poverty breeds bad behavior. Well, cops make sh*t money, so it just stands to reason that the same applies to them as well as anyone else.

I can't see how slashing police budgets when those budgets are already stretched thin is going to do anything except breed even more angry, disgruntled police officers.

06-12-2020, 07:12 AM	#12
~~Leo656~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,703	Not to mention that a big reason why so many cops are ill-behaved and prone to corruption in the first place - aside from the whole "No person who would ever seek to wield power is ever fit to do so" thing - is that cops notoriously make sht money. Even people who get into it to "Do the right thing" generally find out that "The Right Thing" matters very little on thirty grand a year. So why bother with morals or ethics? When the money sucks, "Getting paid to be a bully" becomes, like, the entire point of the job. With ANY job, if it ain't about the money than it's about getting kicks. Makes sense to me. It's also why so many EMTs are heroin addicts. "Saving lives" and seeing horrific sht constantly really wears you down, but even more when it sinks in that the guy working the fryer at Wendy's probably makes more than you. Someone should ask any of the people shouting to "Defund The Police" if taking money away from people who are already not doing great made the people in their own neighborhood any more or less well-behaved. Since "poverty" is generally their preferred excuse for why they behave in a criminal fashion. They argue that poverty breeds bad behavior. Well, cops make sh*t money, so it just stands to reason that the same applies to them as well as anyone else. I can't see how slashing police budgets when those budgets are already stretched thin is going to do anything except breed even more angry, disgruntled police officers.