Cops Walk A Mile In Our Shoes...

[MrFun]

Originally posted by Park Avenue
They have got this completely backwards. They should make gays holding hands in public illegal, rather than this joke.

You really are homophobic, aren't you?


Reasonable gay activists demand nothing more than being allowed to behave the same way that heterosexuals behave in public, that is considered to be appropriate behavior for public places.


And thumbs up for this police initative.

[notyoueither]

Originally posted by DinoDoc
Am I the only one that finds this program assinine? If a cop doesn't understand that gays (like everyone else) dislike being harrassed, beaten up, or killed they don't deserve to continue wearing a badge. One day pretending to be something you aren't won't change that.

I think it might be to give recruits an idea of how pervasive and open hostility to gays can be / is. That might have an impact on how seriously they treat people who are having problems.

Police departments in many places underwent other excercises and training not so long ago so that officers would take domestic violence seriously. I don't think that was assinine, nor is this.

If anything, I'm a little disappointed that it would be that easy to arouse open hostility, especially in that area of the city. If anything, that validates the excercise. [Edit]Rereading, it wasn't clear that they did this on Whyte Avenue, but still.[/Edit]

[rev]

DinoDoc: It's not a matter of the police not understanding that homosexuals don't want to be harassed. It's a method of showing them first-hand how such harassment might be carried out.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by notyoueither
[Edit]Rereading, it wasn't clear that they did this on Whyte Avenue, but still.[/Edit]

Whyte Av is ****. I went on a barcrawl along there...

[notyoueither]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse


Whyte Av is ****. I went on a barcrawl along there...

Yes, yes, Kitty. We know you prefer the action of inner city America.

[KrazyHorse]

I prefer home, actually.

Inner city america is even worse because people are afraid to be on the ****ing street at 2am...

[notyoueither]

You're lucky to be from Montreal. It wouldn't be special if everywhere were the same.

[KrazyHorse]

I'm just bugging you about Whyte.

It was interesting. We went from what passes for trendy club in Alberta ( ) to a biker bar to a cowboy-type place with girls slinging Bud from coolers....

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by rev
DinoDoc: It's a method of showing them first-hand how such harassment might be carried out.

Ok, that actually sounds like a good point.

[The Emperor Fabulous]

This would be irrelevant if there were gays on the police force, as there are blacks, hispanics, and Iris...er, alcoholics.

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by The Emperor Fabulous
This would be irrelevant if there were gays on the police force,

What makes you think there aren't any?

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by The Emperor Fabulous
This would be irrelevant if there were gays on the police force, as there are blacks, hispanics, and Iris...er, alcoholics.

There are, they're just closeted because the police force tends to be extremely macho.

[KrazyHorse]

Just like there aren't any in the Navy....

[MrFun]

Originally posted by The Emperor Fabulous
This would be irrelevant if there were gays on the police force, as there are blacks, hispanics, and Iris...er, alcoholics.

Non-heterosexuals are in every occupation you can think of.

[Zylka]

This from racist, homophopic, right wing Alberta. Hopefully the East wakes the **** up to realise we're one of the more progressive & tolerant areas of the nation.

Not kidding. There's plenty of spin available to argue against it (oh no, gay marriages - how important!) - but deep down, Alberta has a lot more to offer than the rest of the nation, considering.