And a cyclist gets as annoyed as I would with the Police and takes great pains to make a video illustrating his point.
At which point he discovers that the crime he was ticketed for wasn't, in fact, a crime. And he should have contested the ticket. Mind you, we all should contest our tickets, if only as a matter of principal....
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Now the girl - admittedly and by all witness reports - was behaving badly, but watch the heroic officer's take down.
Link: http://www.digtriad.com/video/default.aspx?bctid=933270444001&odyssey=mod|tvideo|article
Look at the size of the officer. Look at the girl. Look at the officer. Look at the girl. Who's keeping you safe?
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Now an article about the morality of walking away from a mound of debt leveraged against worthless property.
Link: http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-0522-strategic-defaults--20110522,0,3910292.story
Which raises a few questions - Why is the impetus or obligation put on the consumer to be moral when there's not the slightest incentive to the banks to be moral? Was it not the bank's own sketchy lending practices that helped them purchase, arguably forced them to purchase a house for several times what it was worth, was it not the banks own greed that in the end saw consumers going bankrupt and ended by deflating the prices of properties across the USA? If all consumers were as amoral as the banks we'd soon find ourselves living in a kinder, gentler world where the impetus for organizations was not the quick and easy buck but building confidence and loyalty amongst consumers through transparent and credible dealings with their clients.
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On the off chance you thought the police were there to serve and protect you, here's a video of one that's clearly just having a good time.
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcN2YqQ8YhM
If you don't find that discouraging enough, try following the "related" links down the right hand side of the browser.
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