I find myself often misconstrued. I sincerely like, or am receptive to ALL folks, on a “micro” level, ie one on one. If you caught a comment on a previous thread, I volunteered for army duty in Africa, and I loved it. I spent 18 months in Africa. But I also realize humans relate on a group level, ie “macro”, and therein lies the rub. Not all the groups can coexist peacibly!

David O and I exchanged some stark emails. I am an ass. I like being an ass.

Maybe I can change.

I would have a very, very hard time dealing with someone just like me. Eh?

Give ‘em, Hugh. I bet you can, when other people give you the chance, deal with very difficult people very well.

Happy Friday PM!

I think it was an attempt at humor.

Which that is the point.

Let me restate it in a more neutral way.

Cops should not go into pet shops and beat on the glass of the fish tanks with a night stick. It ain’t funny.

Then, we have the issue of cover up.

Had they NOT punished the officer three months after the even, it pays differently.

I’d rather the response had been, “It was handled immediately by picking up the booklets. That put the officer on proper notice that his humor failed. No further action was needed.”

But, if I read the accounts, and I read at least two, nothing was done until the upper levels became involved.

The point?

Police in Houston have to “deal with these folks on a regular basis.”

Sorry to put you on the skewer. I don’t think I could deal with racists all day long, nor with criminals, nor with alcoholics.

Maybe that is what you’re really trying to say.

“I can’t deal with people not just like me.” Which is normal, human behavior.