Paul Padilla
Supporting Actor
- Joined
- Jan 15, 2002
- Messages
- 767
Not "everyone" Mark. I'm a far cry from being a goody two shoes, but when I get busted for speeding, I pull over and quietly and take my medicine. I know it isn't the officer's fault, but my own. I would think that most people who get angry in those circumstances are angry at themselves for getting caught or not leaving earlier which led to the speeding in the first place. They may vent it in the direction of the police officer, but it's just frustration.
I do know people, however, who insist that they have the right to drive as fast as they want and truly feel that a police officer is harrassing them by stopping them and issuing a citation. The cliche "Don't you have real crimes to pursue." really does happen. Then there are weasels who feel that it's only wrong if they get caught. I know one individual who wrote his thesis on that premise using speeding and software piracy as examples of, "Everyone does it, so at what point is it truly illegal?"
I think that this attitude of getting away with as much as one can is a form of evil. (of which I have been guilty)
I do know people, however, who insist that they have the right to drive as fast as they want and truly feel that a police officer is harrassing them by stopping them and issuing a citation. The cliche "Don't you have real crimes to pursue." really does happen. Then there are weasels who feel that it's only wrong if they get caught. I know one individual who wrote his thesis on that premise using speeding and software piracy as examples of, "Everyone does it, so at what point is it truly illegal?"
I think that this attitude of getting away with as much as one can is a form of evil. (of which I have been guilty)