sometimes i completely agree with beta's idea on police 'ignorance'. there are times when cops have bigger ***** than they really do and they wanna display them.
i have been in several situations involving the police and they are all jerks.
however, when i attempt to rationalize they average 'cop' mentality...(which is kinda like a cop-out for me), i understand that they are in a different situation than i am.
what i mean is, they have to ride the line, make quick decisions and react without much thought.
toy guns sometime DO look real, especially in the dark. i will admit that i have no idea where you guys heard of this happening. (being away from a television DOES have its downfalls).
i try to look at it like this:
society today is wanting to go for REAL. we all know this. the gun situation...well, they got what they deserved.
toy gun or no...if you are pointing a weapon at someone who you KNOW has a weapon (and is trained to use it)...it serves you right.

i will admit that i am 'one of those' americans who do not own a gun nor will i ever own one. when i lived in georgia, we had guns laying all over the place...and i became very familiar with gun usage. it also helps to know that my father was a cop for about 15 years. (he was one of those jerk cops i mentioned earlier).
i remember playing cops and robbers and cowboys and indians as a child. but i just had those cheesy silver cap guns.
oh well...
if someone got killed because of a toy gun, i can only be cynical about it. sorry.
its just one less personl on the earth.

as for the (lighter) EITheR issue, EITheR is my artist name, my signature for poems, drawings and paintings i have done. the lower case 'he' in the center came out of another pertinent topic on this thread...
the subserviant(?) female roles...
ooops, perhaps i have said too much already.
he he he

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