Jefe,

Of course, use it all you want.

HT,

B-) On a side note, I called the CHP today to file my complaint. Spoke to the duty seargent. He said the 2 guys were rookies, just a year or two out of the Sacto academy. Figures. Also said they have clean records - no prior complaints. He's supposed to speak to them for their side of the story, then call me back later next week with a response.

He called the incident a "pissing match", which he at least was willing to admit (at least to me) is inappropriate behavior for them to engage in when there was clearly no good reason to be bothering us.

Unfortunately I couldn't get him to understand that, for my part, the verbal abuse which I was so liberally dishing out amounts to the only form of self-defense these bastards have left us with, when cops cross the line between serving society and attacking it with dishonorable motives.

Pull your own gun, or a knife, or even a short stick and they'll shoot you dead. Throw a punch, and you'll get the express train to the state dungeons for "assaulting an officer". Run, and they'll eagerly chase you down.

We have been put at the mercy of these uniformed thugs, and they take advantage of that to abuse certain types of people whenever they feel so inclined. The system, from the local seargent on up to the supreme court, refuses to punish them in 99% of these cases. We're left defenseless, and we're expected to live with it.

Although I know these incidents just make me their favorite target for personal retribution, my hope remains that some day when they're feeling bored and looking to harrass some harmless guy minding his own business, they'll decide they'd rather be lazy and go get a doughnut than another half-hour in-their-face lecture.

They cause us pain to discourage us from taking certain courses of action. Why shouldnt that work both ways? Im not attacking them, I'm "administering negative re-inforcement therapy in the interest of their rehabilitation so that they may better interact with society". B-)

-Van