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Originally Posted by Jel
I dunno mate, but that just sounds a bit like the excuse they give out for the 'war on terrorism'. Are there 'xyz people' yes. Is everyone one? no. Are the majority one? no. Is it 50/50? no. Is it a minority? yes. But let's brainwash people into thinking we need to do 'insert policy here', 'because.....'.
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That's not true at all and it has nothing to do with 9/11 or anything in recent history. It's always been like this here and all of my life, i've been aware of the very different attitudes that Europeans (western) and Americans have towards authority and police. It's not something new here to know you absolutely do not argue with a police officer. People expect you to comply with the police officer. It's always been like that. Everyone knows exactly what happens when you don't... its always been like that. It's not about abuse of power as much as it is that everyone knows perfectly well that you don't argue with police here (or in most other countries in the world)... .you comply, you say "yes sir", "no sir" and ultimately end up going about your day. Thats why people don't rush to defend the guy.
These conversations are usually nothing more than arguing "i don't like authority figures" and have little to do with the facts. But as you can see, most people here think that someone told to stop, should stop. Thats what we want as a society. Thats what people expect. Thats what the law requires. As a whole, we don't want people arguing with cops. We want people respecting the law and the rules.