tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046693734392810795.post5023334912859957495..comments2023-08-03T07:50:51.707-05:00Comments on Attitude and Pepper Spray: A Different Face?JustRexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00389126268262607714noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046693734392810795.post-11095091260099203192011-08-20T00:48:20.570-05:002011-08-20T00:48:20.570-05:00FlyinMonkey- Unfortunately, you are right. We are...FlyinMonkey- Unfortunately, you are right. We are just as institutionalized as they are. And we get a longer sentence, most of the time.<br /><br />Shirley- It hasn't turned me black yet. And hopefully it never does. My wife would whack me with a stick if I started getting nasty at home. She keeps me in line.JustRexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00389126268262607714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046693734392810795.post-32398528795157755182011-08-19T09:35:40.492-05:002011-08-19T09:35:40.492-05:00If I'd been in Walmart and heard you yell at t...If I'd been in Walmart and heard you yell at that kid to pull his pants up, I'd have clapped and given you thumbs up. And having been married to a police officer, I feel so sorry for the email writter. My ex was like him -- so damaged by what he saw and dealt with at work, that he slipped over into the dark side and was unable to turn the job off. At home, he was paranoid, suspicious, distrusting, interrogating, and a whole lot of other adjectives, until it became unsafe and I had to leave -- and hide myself and my children from him for ten years. Before I left, I watched a lot of other cop marriages fall apart for the same reason. Sad commentary on life.Shirleyhttp://bootsandbraids.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046693734392810795.post-37745972162012810132011-08-18T00:46:28.073-05:002011-08-18T00:46:28.073-05:00I know exactly what you mean and after two deploym...I know exactly what you mean and after two deployments to Iraq, I think it has made me worse. I have things from combat and things from th prison that get my gears turning and looking for the threats and the exits. I, like Ghost, wish I could fear things again. There is no pause when it comes to a threat. There was a fight the other day on A yard right in front of the house and I didn't even think about what could happen, I just reacted. To some that would seem awesome but to me it was odd. I didn't think of the danger, the "what if", just a reaction. Just like the inmates, we get institutionalized.T.J. Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06310580991646719653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046693734392810795.post-21290969831623182042011-08-17T23:23:10.804-05:002011-08-17T23:23:10.804-05:00Vincent- I am becoming less and less able to toler...Vincent- I am becoming less and less able to tolerate rudeness of any sort. I can imagine one of these days it's going to get me thumped. I actually saw Fight Club for the first time last week. And I think I could actually enjoy something like that. I end up with alot of pent up aggressions at the end of the day. The inmates too, have few outlets for their emotions and sometimes it gets the best of them. Then I get to let mine out, too!<br /><br />Vincent2- Luckily you and Bryan are continents apart. Maybe a spirited video chat on Skype instead?<br /><br />Bryan- I got sentenced 20 to retirement with very little chance of parole. **sigh**<br /><br />Miz Dorothy- If I ever make it back home again my friends and family will probably think I have gotten really strange.<br /><br />Drew- Only 2? It seems like you have been here forever already! Hell, you are one of the old heads.<br />**sigh** Eight down. Sixteen to go!JustRexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00389126268262607714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046693734392810795.post-89711751094567936952011-08-17T22:29:14.811-05:002011-08-17T22:29:14.811-05:00Bryan-- In prison, we're all of us doing time....Bryan-- In prison, we're all of us doing time. We're all playing the same game, just on different teams. <br /><br />Revvy-- Different is a good word for us. You're right, I can't be around strange people, situations, or crowds without watching my back and keeping a close eye on everyone. It changes us, from our twisted humor to how we stand in a room. Oh, and here's one to make you feel old; happy birthday to me, 2 down - 29 to go!Drewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046693734392810795.post-7478747563099182542011-08-17T17:06:43.440-05:002011-08-17T17:06:43.440-05:00I have not worked in there in almost two years and...I have not worked in there in almost two years and I still do these things. It does changes a person. <br />~Mrs. DorothyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046693734392810795.post-5087141288769633462011-08-17T14:45:10.903-05:002011-08-17T14:45:10.903-05:00Whew, that email is a bit chilling.
Unfortunately...Whew, that email is a bit chilling.<br /><br />Unfortunately, I guess you probably can't work in a place like that without it rubbing off on you.<br /><br />You know, every time time I see a movie about a prison the same weird thought slips through my mind. I wonder if the people working in the prison ever feel like <i>they're</i> in prison. Sure you're not locked in a cell, you get to go home at the end of the day, and you get paid for your trouble, but you also don't have a limit on you "sentence." <br /><br />This probably isn't cheering you up. Sorry.Bryan Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01607046468663026271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046693734392810795.post-74072627562567338422011-08-17T02:50:46.876-05:002011-08-17T02:50:46.876-05:00I'd like to devote my day to peacefully contem...I'd like to devote my day to peacefully contemplating the meaning of "is". But I'll probably come to blows on the topic, with Bryan M White.<br /><br />Nothing is safe in this world.Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297306807695767580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046693734392810795.post-8217960677100715352011-08-17T02:47:13.067-05:002011-08-17T02:47:13.067-05:00This got me thinking, especially when you told the...This got me thinking, especially when you told the punk teenager off. I'd like to do more of that but consideration for my own safety intervenes quite naturally. We have a small children's playground behind the house, where there are signs to say no dogs allowed. From my study window I see dog owners let their dogs loose in this park precisely for the purpose for which they are excluded - to use as toilets. I only challenged one dog owner. He was slightly crippled, so that if he got aggressive I could have got out of the way. In the same way, when cyclists weave through the narrow sidewalk endangering pedestrians (which police seem to tolerate for the safety of the cyclists, though it remains illegal) I never rebuke them unless they are smallish polite-looking kids.<br /><br />Though I cannot imagine doing your job even for an hour, the self-preservation instinct is the same for both of us.<br /><br />Seems to me that 90% of the aggression in the world is defensive. Personally I cannot understand the fights depicted in the movies <i>Fight Club</i> & <i>Bar Fly</i>, for instance, in which grown men get seriously bloodied, with loss of teeth and worse, as a recreational activity. Yet those sheep of whom you are the shepherd seem to be prone to this?Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297306807695767580noreply@blogger.com