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<p>[QUOTE="mikenoodle, post: 636355, member: 307"]some people don't get it ... and probably never will</p><p><br /></p><p>I am not the one that's being intimidated, but others are. If you can't see the forest thru the trees, then that's your shortcoming. </p><p><br /></p><p>I disagree that it's the single most important reason, because many here have been fair, equal and just, they just didn't get asked by Peter. Many qualified people have volunteered. In the end, cops are cops, and cops are necessary, but cops are people too, and sometimes in order for the general public to see them as people and not authority figures, people need to see them out of uniform. </p><p><br /></p><p>I think that at times people can be overbearing, and the image that they present gives them credibility and authority. Doug, people would respect you and listen just as much if you were a "regular poster" like the rest of us, but your inability to see this from the user's point of view lends a perceived air of aristocracy to the staff here, and affects the users, whether you believe it or not.</p><p><br /></p><p>that's all I am going to say on it... I have already let it consume too much of my time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mikenoodle, post: 636355, member: 307"]some people don't get it ... and probably never will I am not the one that's being intimidated, but others are. If you can't see the forest thru the trees, then that's your shortcoming. I disagree that it's the single most important reason, because many here have been fair, equal and just, they just didn't get asked by Peter. Many qualified people have volunteered. In the end, cops are cops, and cops are necessary, but cops are people too, and sometimes in order for the general public to see them as people and not authority figures, people need to see them out of uniform. I think that at times people can be overbearing, and the image that they present gives them credibility and authority. Doug, people would respect you and listen just as much if you were a "regular poster" like the rest of us, but your inability to see this from the user's point of view lends a perceived air of aristocracy to the staff here, and affects the users, whether you believe it or not. that's all I am going to say on it... I have already let it consume too much of my time.[/QUOTE]
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