I think I'm gonna stop here before I get plastered with hate mail. To clear
one thing up, I can't put ideas down on e-mail to well, I never said I hate
cops. They are essential to our way of life. I have friends who are cops.
It's simply that the ways things are and are done sometimes are really
shitty. And it's not necessarily our job to sacrifice and make theirs
easier. I'm a computer technician, and I don't tell people they have to use
this software or that software and none else, to make my job easier. That's
not the way it works, I get paid to fix/work on/improve whatever they pay me
to do, on their terms, and the way they want it. If one guy trashes his
computer because he wanted to run windows NT and I go and tell all my
customers they can't run NT, I'm out of a job. I guess I just don't believe
in punishing the good for the actions of a few bad. Yes people may have died
from tinted window ordeals, but don't punish me for it-- find some other way
to get around it and handle it.
----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Howe <robbii@pacbell.net>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 1999 2:14 AM
Subject: Re: DML: WAS: Not My Day NOW: TINT
> I think we all respect the police, I've been watching this debate with
> intrest, and like you, I was going to avoid it.
>
> I have my share of fix it tickets and speeding tickets, some I felt a
little
> ripped off and picked on, but do look at his side. I've heard of so many
> horror stories from simple speeding stops that make me want to kiss the
feet
> of every officer I ever see. I don't know many officers, but I know they
> have more courage than anyone I know. and they are here to protect us. I
> agree with some of the tinting laws, and disagree with others. But they
are
> there for your safety and others safety. Respect them, and change them if
> you feel so inclined. We know that we here on the list aren't overly
> dangerous, but the guys that stop you don't.
>
> Respect our officers, give them the benifit of the doubt sometimes, and
> don't take it too personally. They do a difficult job every day, that many
> of us couldn't handle. They deserve our help in making the routine stuff
> easier on them.
>
> Robert Howe
> '95 V6 4x4 5-Spd
> Bone Stock. :(
> -----Original Message-----
> From: superskunk@mindspring.com <superskunk@mindspring.com>
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
> Date: Wednesday, May 26, 1999 11:55 PM
> Subject: Re: DML: WAS: Not My Day NOW: TINT
>
>
> > I told myself that I wasn't going to get in a "cop vs. everybody
else"
> or a
> >"us vs. them" discussion on here when I joined. I am on here to see what
> other
> >DAK owners are doing to their trucks and to learn new tricks and to also
> learn
> >from their mistakes as well.
> > I try to keep an open mind and not spend my time on here taking up
for
> all
> >the cops in the world. I am not ashamed of what I do for a living. I
was
> once
> >your age and had the same attitude towards cops. But after doing this
for
> 10
> >years, and seeing the stuff I have seen on the streets, all I can tell
you
> is
> >that until you spend a day in my shoes, putting up with the crap that we
> do,
> >don't belittle us.
> > Police do alot more than writing tickets and harassing the motoring
> >public. If the 4 armed robbers had had limo tint on their car the other
> night
> >when we caught them, after invading a couples home and beating them with
a
> >shotgun, one of us would not be here today. Atleast we could see in the
> car,
> >I.D. the suspects, and arrest them without incident.(That looks like
> serving and
> >protecting to me)
> > And even though I haven't wrote tickets in the last 7 years, I do
> remember a
> >saying........"Driving is a privilage, not a right". No where in all the
> laws
> >you so dearly hate does it say that you have the right to drive.
> > It's mentalities and attitudes like yours, i.e.see below and calling
us
> >"idiots", that assures me that I will always have job security.
> >
> > P.S. That's all I have to say about this. I guess we can both
replace
> our
> >keyboards now.
> >
> >Mel
> >
> >> Aaron said,
> >>
> >> P.S. I have mine windows tinted "illegally" and I'll keep it that way
no
> >> matter how many times I get pulled over. Think about it, we are
criminals
> >> and have to pay fines because somebody can't see into our vehicle. IF I
> >> WANTED YOU TO SEE WHAT I WAS DOING ALL THE TIME I WOULD HAVE BOUGHT A
> GLASS
> >> TRUCK!!!
> >>
> >
>
>
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