tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post6662813362382112716..comments2023-11-03T11:32:01.540+00:00Comments on Thought Experiments : The Blog: Good CopsBryan Appleyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-88891555986542439552008-11-29T13:24:00.000+00:002008-11-29T13:24:00.000+00:00Back in those days Malty, fellow Cancerian and Ogd...Back in those days Malty, fellow Cancerian and Ogdon fan, the coppers were the size they should have stayed (6 foot +), not the midgets we now see, and I remember they commanded respect more by their attitude and bearing, and their willingness to listen, not preach. I didn't feel they were bastards either. In the 50 years that have passed since those times, how the collective face of copperdom mahlermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14469854614938507153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-37352353978932254002008-11-28T12:39:00.000+00:002008-11-28T12:39:00.000+00:00is it possible that, like all groups, police can't...is it possible that, like all groups, police can't be treated or categorised as a single entity, but in fact are individuals among whom there exists huge differences in attitude and values?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-80542402991143302892008-11-27T18:48:00.000+00:002008-11-27T18:48:00.000+00:00I was taught to drive by a family friend,a police ...I was taught to drive by a family friend,a police patrol car driver (1950s) in my mums morris minor, the tuition consisted of a quick blast down the A1 to the Cock of the North, two or three pints of Newcastle Exhibition then a quick blast home. The examiner new who had taught me and...guess.<BR/>Unlike everyone else then, I didn't think all coppers were bastards.maltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-55900041907701768272008-11-27T15:47:00.000+00:002008-11-27T15:47:00.000+00:00Who is the one who is barred from All Bar One?Who is the one who is barred from All Bar One?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-69408446895366106892008-11-27T11:06:00.000+00:002008-11-27T11:06:00.000+00:00Despite looking like a Hizbollah suicide bomber, i...Despite looking like a Hizbollah suicide bomber, i generally get on with cops. i think they sense my vaguely fascistic sympathies for brutality, uniforms, and gay 70s moustaches. i expect nothing at all from them but they are often very helpful and go out of their way to avoid arresting me for, e.g. carrying an expandable baton, inflicting beatings on ne'er-do-wells, or looking like my name is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-39913015467667400192008-11-27T11:01:00.000+00:002008-11-27T11:01:00.000+00:00The Woolies comparison became unfortunate yesterda...The Woolies comparison became unfortunate yesterday ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-8983294631854734852008-11-27T10:58:00.000+00:002008-11-27T10:58:00.000+00:00Unlike the NHS, that doesn't deserve half the oppr...Unlike the NHS, that doesn't deserve half the opprobrium heaped upon it, the filth seem pathologically unwilling to serve us adequately, particularly when we need them Brit.<BR/>A few weeks ago my car was rammed outside my house, parked at the kerb. Normally in SE this would happen in the middle of the night (and I would simply turn over), or when I was tramping the streets of our pulsating mahlermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14469854614938507153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-79785543214496649412008-11-27T10:08:00.000+00:002008-11-27T10:08:00.000+00:00Not up here it ain't.Not up here it ain't.maltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-89932400069995867582008-11-27T09:58:00.000+00:002008-11-27T09:58:00.000+00:00The traditional British distrust of the police is ...The traditional British distrust of the police is in some ways a healthy thing...but largely unfair on the coppers themselves.<BR/><BR/>Also, nearly everyone slates the pigs until they need them.<BR/><BR/>(And blimey, Malty, you must be remote. We even have an All Bar One or two in Bristol. It's a national chain, you know - like Woolworths)Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-29157340928684723102008-11-27T09:43:00.000+00:002008-11-27T09:43:00.000+00:00I note with interest that the naming of restaurant...I note with interest that the naming of restaurants in the big city hasn't improved over the years.<BR/>Plod, civilized, efficient, hmmm.<BR/>It's a miracle that they didn't arrest your wife.<BR/><BR/>Wot I want to know is, does Omar get his in the end?<BR/>Don't you dare, it would be like the death of Bambi's mother.maltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-82141699047423847342008-11-27T09:29:00.000+00:002008-11-27T09:29:00.000+00:00but did they get Mr. Big?! - that's what I'd want ...but did they get Mr. Big?! - that's what I'd want to know.Ian russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11106519805045337505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-53687405610550472222008-11-27T08:27:00.000+00:002008-11-27T08:27:00.000+00:00Uplifting tale from W11 and, sharing your lifelong...Uplifting tale from W11 and, sharing your lifelong distain of the filth (recently endorsed yet again), the service you and your wife enjoyed is almost unbelievable; was it a pearl in the cow-pat or is there a sea change afoot? <BR/>Although it is great that they caught the 'bastards', it doesn't strike me as the most interesting point. The fact that they did the small things well, as the Koban mahlermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14469854614938507153noreply@blogger.com