http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090313/ap_on_re_us/national_park_shootingOriginal headline:
Man Dressed Like The Joker slain by police in park
True Headline:
Violent, armed, and unyielding soldier put down in park after dangerous car chase
for stabbing peer soldier and prepairing to open fire at officers with a loaded shotgun.Notice how the
red ink describes the antagonist as a non-threat in the original headline. Reading the article, the
purple ink is a much more accurate description of the soldier and what took place.
Also notice the relevance of the
blue ink to the events in the article. If he were dressed normally, the police would have done the same as they did for the actions described in
green ink.
That is all I have to say about the article. As for the current discussion...
Peace Officers have the same rough average mental capacity as any other career field in our society.
Please do not look at a career title as an object, but see the man/woman behind that title. This is not to say certain career fields have more or less responsibility for their actions, merely that the human condition is thus:
Everyone has flaws as well as virtues; career holders decisions and behaviors can be boiled down to their upraising and personal experiences in which they either improved upon or ignored.
With this in mind, personal experience has taught me that career fields don't singularly require brain power or technical skill. It is character, wit, and personal feel that are the elements to handle situations in the best manner to achieve success.
The worst thing any person could do when discussing or reflecting on this topic of career labels would be to pick a singular view to measure all individuals within said career field. This happens frequently because of specific current events that are chosen to become news items over the overwhelming majority of acts that occur many times a day that are not seen to be an issue or of interest.
Not one person should find it acceptable to see career fields in such a limited manner. The ironic fact is that the limited mind betrays its own logic when a simple skit occurs...
Replace the career field of the conversation with the career field in which the ignorant resides, apply the comment to that field, and question the validity of the comment to their own place in their field.
The skit also reveals the definition of a stereotype; statements containing partial truths and convenient lies to mask ones shortcomings or to gain recognition to oneself.
In conclusion, look around you at those who are on the clock, those off the clock, in uniform, out of uniform, friends, and family.
They are one and the same.
Your words touch those far and in between.
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4M4Life.