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[labellementeuse]

True Story. A religion teacher assigned her class an essay on what makes a good Christian. One student wrote about praying nightly, say no to abortion, banning gay marriage, and donating money. The other student wrote about talking to God and allowing people to enjoy their lives, and supporting gay marriage. The day the teacher was to hand the papers back, she called up the second student and told him she would pray for him when he went to hell. The student asked why would he be going to hell, and why he got an F on his paper. The teacher told him that Catholicism is against gay marriage. The student looked at her for a minute, then said aloud, "I'm gay." The teacher kicked him out of class as if he had said fuck or worshiped Satan. A girl in the back of class who had a boyfriend and was obviously straight got up and left too.

If you would leave the classroom, repost this. It doesn't matter if you're straight, bi, or gay. It doesn't matter if you're catholic or not. Everyone is a human being and deserves happiness.

Speaking of true stories: megaffe told me that a friend of a former teacher of mine had a friend who was travelling in American with her husband and was extremely pregnant. Anyway, she went into labour so of course they hooned off to the hospital, as you do- I believe police are generally fairly sympathetic about this kind of thing. But they were pulled over and the policeman asked the husband for ID. So the husband reaches into his jacket for his wallet, the policeman thinks he's going for a gun, and shoots him dead in front of his pregnant wife.

Um. Believe it or not? ;)

Comments

[nzlemming.livejournal.com]

It would be dangerous to assume that any given police offier is not armed while on duty. Especially plainclothes officers. Patrol cars do carry guns and officers are authorised to use the firearms if confronted with an appropriate situation (say, a nutter with a shotgun). Once upon a time, having to get permission to carry a gun was a big deal but it happens a lot more now. Armed police are a reality in New Zealand - not every copper on the street, it's true, and they prefer not to show weapons if they can manage it, but they're there.

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

Like I said- in the car. And I know they're authorised to do them- but pulling over a car is not, I think, generally considered the appropriate situation, am I right?

[nzlemming.livejournal.com]

You miss my point. Perhaps I can be clearer. There is a 90% probability that any given police car will contain firearms in the boot. The probability is lower but still well above zero that individual officers will be carrying guns on their person as well, especially if they are plainclothes detectives.

When I was much younger, I was part of a KAOS group (Killing As Organised Sport - http://www.kaos.org.nz/ (http://www.kaos.org.nz/)) and I wanted a shoulder holster for my water pistol. There was a leather shop up the top of Cuba St where they made stuff to order. I went in and described what I wanted, thinking it would be a special deal and they'd have to design it from scratch. He pulled one out of a drawer and said "Is this what you mean? We make them for the D's". I couldn't afford it, and I went away having lost a little of my innocence about the Police. I had always thought they were totally unarmed as well. Then again, I never thought they'd pack rape anyone.

On your second point, the appropriateness of a situation depends on a lot of things - for example, why are they pulling the car over? Does the driver match a description of a known felon who uses violence? Has the car been reported stolen? These days, they have to be ready for anything. Two officers killed in the line of duty in the last few years come to mind - the one in Napier, killed on the side of the road, and the one in Palmerston North, killed by a teenager who had abducted his girlfriend and her mother. What's "routine", anymore?

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

Then again, I never thought they'd pack rape anyone.

Uh, yeah. That was a big shock to most of us. ;)