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Finglonga
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PostPosted: 19:38 - 16 Nov 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
I always filter or even overtake a police car/bike if its legal to do so. Can't see any reason why not?


Might just me being an old Fecker but...

Why are they "PIGS" when they are not helping you yet if someone needs help they are called the "Police".

There are Police officers on this forum so calling them "PIGS" is not too clever especially if you may need his/her help one day. Lets try to show some respect to fellow BCF members. Wink
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PostPosted: 09:07 - 17 Nov 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
Finglonga wrote:


Why are they "PIGS" when they are not helping you yet if someone needs help they are called the "Police".

There are Police officers on this forum so calling them "PIGS" is not too clever especially if you may need his/her help one day. Lets try to show some respect to fellow BCF members. Wink

Fairly standard term for cops really as far as I'm concerned. If anyone takes offence to that, then they need to take a good long hard look at themselves, I'm sure pigs (or cops) have to deal with much more severe situations than being called a pig on a daily basis.

Oh and for the record, my elder sister's boyfriend is a pig, and I call him that to his face - he doesn't give a shit Wink
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PostPosted: 10:28 - 17 Nov 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
KidKoala wrote:

Fairly standard term for cops really as far as I'm concerned. If anyone takes offence to that, then they need to take a good long hard look at themselves, I'm sure pigs (or cops) have to deal with much more severe situations than being called a pig on a daily basis.


So because you deal with worse situations, you should have to put up with what is blatantly an offensive term for you? I think not - it would make more sense for people getting a giggle out of calling the police 'pigs' and 'filth' to take a good, long hard look at themselves.

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Oh and for the record, my elder sister's boyfriend is a pig, and I call him that to his face - he doesn't give a shit Wink


Bully for him.

A joke amongst friends is fine, I do it myself with work colleagues - doesn't mean I'd tolerate it from detainees or members of the public.
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PostPosted: 10:29 - 17 Nov 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
Mister James wrote:



So because you deal with worse situations, you should have to put up with what is blatantly an offensive term for you? I think not - it would make more sense for people getting a giggle out of calling the police 'pigs' and 'filth' to take a good, long hard look at themselves.

I don't get a giggle out of it, it's a derogatory term init
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PostPosted: 10:32 - 17 Nov 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
KidKoala wrote:

I don't get a giggle out of it, it's a derogatory term init


...thus proving my point.
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PostPosted: 10:50 - 17 Nov 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
If you say so.
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PostPosted: 10:51 - 17 Nov 2006    Post subject: interseting Reply with quote
Very interesting reading to say the least , i quite enjoyed this thread.
Dont quite understand why someone had to throw in the pig comment Crying or Very sad .
I have 2 teenage daughters and i hear them say pigs when refering to the police , it may be me being a prude but i see this as a total disrespect for authority especially with all the look at me im untouchable hoodies and thier shitty attitudes , and i attempt to right the comment they have made , Come back good old days when coppers were coppers give you a slap round the back of the head and send you on your way , take you home to mum and dad and then have a laugh about what youd done , but todays society doesnt allow that anymore does it ???/.

Wow sorry guys and girls just a little deep there Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing
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PostPosted: 10:54 - 17 Nov 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
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PostPosted: 11:05 - 17 Nov 2006    Post subject: lol Reply with quote
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Mister James
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PostPosted: 11:25 - 17 Nov 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
Don't apologise Richard, you are quite right.
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PostPosted: 11:48 - 17 Nov 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
Mister James wrote:
Don't apologise Richard, you are quite right.


Yeah, he is, police should do what they used to do….work hard for the kudos.

Red tape or not, where’s the rouge ones?

And yeah, last bit was light hearted comment Jim Jams
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PostPosted: 13:15 - 17 Nov 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
It was 'ME' flaming the post where the thread starter refers to the POLICE as 'PIGS'..............!
I stand by the flaming as i deem it to be 'JUSTIFIED' as 'I' feel it was abusive Evil or Very Mad
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PostPosted: 13:47 - 17 Nov 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
Bishbash wrote:

What do you think he was doing....End of shift, playing or just could not be arsed to pull me over. He was not on an emergency or anything... Just a bit strange

It was probably Johnny GSX-R or Mister James going for a mad blat to release their anger, having just read about some asshole reffering to coppers as pigs on an internet forum, and taken it all to heart. Behavior not dissimilar from that of a teenager Wink
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PostPosted: 14:04 - 17 Nov 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
The whole pig thing is a bit silly really.

After all, Harley Davidsons are only called 'hogs' because one prominent bike gang had a pig for a mascot back in the thirties.

I'm not what you might call a chav, however I am well aware of the interchangeability of the terms 'pig' and 'police'.

Personally I just see it as a sign of the lack of trust between the further seperated and isolated police force, and the public who see them as arrogant speed enforcers who don't ever get out of their vehicles unless its to pull someone over. Now this may be an erroneous assumption, but it has been determined in other threads on this subject that the police don't do a lot to break this misconception.

It really is to do with the lack of the bobby on the beat IMO.

Oh, and Mister James isn't a police officer, and therefore I would not consider 'pig' to be a valid term.

Maybe because I still trust the prison service...
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PostPosted: 14:19 - 17 Nov 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
Mister James wrote:

A joke amongst friends is fine, I do it myself with work colleagues - doesn't mean I'd tolerate it from detainees or members of the public.

This is why I thought "Mister James" is a copper/pig/filth/fuzz/officer Wink
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PostPosted: 14:35 - 17 Nov 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
MarJay wrote:
After all, Harley Davidsons are only called 'hogs' because one prominent bike gang had a pig for a mascot back in the thirties.


Erm, nothing to do with the Harley Owners Group then? Confused
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PostPosted: 14:40 - 17 Nov 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
KidKoala wrote:
Mister James wrote:

A joke amongst friends is fine, I do it myself with work colleagues - doesn't mean I'd tolerate it from detainees or members of the public.

This is why I thought "Mister James" is a copper/pig/filth/fuzz/officer Wink


You become a quivering pant-pissing wreck whining "yessirnosirdon'ttellmymumsir" when actually in the presence of the police, don't you?
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PostPosted: 14:45 - 17 Nov 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
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You become a quivering pant-pissing wreck whining "yessirnosirdon'ttellmymumsir" when actually in the presence of the police, don't you?

Yeah, sometimes I even drop my cacks and let them rim me. Thumbs Up
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Mister James
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PostPosted: 14:46 - 17 Nov 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
KidKoala wrote:
Mister James wrote:

A joke amongst friends is fine, I do it myself with work colleagues - doesn't mean I'd tolerate it from detainees or members of the public.

This is why I thought "Mister James" is a copper/pig/filth/fuzz/officer Wink


Hey! Guess what!? The Police aren't the only uniformed people to face casual abuse in the performance of their duties!
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PostPosted: 14:51 - 17 Nov 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
TheShaggyDA wrote:

You become a quivering pant-pissing wreck whining "yessirnosirdon'ttellmymumsir" when actually in the presence of the police, don't you?

Maybe the fact that people feel they need to act like that is one of the reasons people give them what could be considered derogatory names?
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PostPosted: 14:57 - 17 Nov 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
So because KidKoala and his ilk harbour horrific feelings of inadequacy, the police should be referred to as The Pigs?

In my experience, people who call the police pigs usually indulge in criminal activity, or like to pretend they do. Neither are desirable personal attributes, neither is the petty-mindedness of the insult.
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PostPosted: 15:27 - 17 Nov 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
Mister James,
I'm pulling out of this one.. If the narrow minded scum on here want to continue with the terminology they use then fine. I hope they contract a nasty genital disease and their knob drops off.

KidKoala is clearly an 'arse' of vast magnitude, more than likely wet the bed until late teens and and was ridiculed by girls for having a gay haircut.
His real name is 'Rupert' and he wears 'Gola' trainers bought second hand from e-bay, he has bum fluff on his face and spends many hours masturbating to animal porn found on google.
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PostPosted: 15:32 - 17 Nov 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
Johnny GSX-R wrote:
KidKoala is clearly an 'arse' of vast magnitude, more than likely wet the bed until late teens and and was ridiculed by girls for having a gay haircut.
His real name is 'Rupert' and he wears 'Gola' trainers bought second hand from e-bay, he has bum fluff on his face and spends many hours masturbating to animal porn found on google.

Actually I wear Hi Tek trainers, and I got them from a carboot sale, not eBay. Wouldn't be the first time a copper got their facts horribly wrong, in my experience. Middle Finger
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PostPosted: 15:37 - 17 Nov 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
MarJay wrote:
The whole pig thing is a bit silly really.

After all, Harley Davidsons are only called 'hogs' because one prominent bike gang had a pig for a mascot back in the thirties.

I'm not what you might call a chav, however I am well aware of the interchangeability of the terms 'pig' and 'police'.

Personally I just see it as a sign of the lack of trust between the further seperated and isolated police force, and the public who see them as arrogant speed enforcers who don't ever get out of their vehicles unless its to pull someone over.


Marjay - You are a complete shit talking PLEBIAN.

Harley's are called HOGS because !!

Harley
Owners
Group

H O G

I agree that the pigs shouldn't be called pigs all of the time.

Sometimes 'filth' is much more fitting.

'Separated' has two As and two Es.

SEP AR AT E

Try to remember that it is spelt 'PAR' in the middle and has two As and two Es.

Separate - if you just look at the vowels it becomes E A A E.

Try that it might help you to spell it correctly next time.

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