Thank you Mr Police Sergeant

[Bri w]

Originally Posted by skidmarx

I suppose only you know why you need to be so abusive, but if it helps you feel better at the expense of others, then there's your problem.

Unless I misread it he inter spaced his post with smilies, which suggested tongue in cheek/humour.

In his original c*** post he said "cop was a c***," not the police in general.

YC's original post was an opinion. His response above was at someone having the 'first' personal pop.

So who cast the first stone?

But hey, I'm just a typical foul mouthed Yorkshire man

Oh jesus....way to ruin a thread.

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by skidmarx

but shows very little respect for those you don't really know.

Respect is earned.
Being easily offended does not gain any from me.

Originally Posted by skidmarx

or a misguided sense of humour.

Yeah, I'm quite a depraved sod anyway. Having a bit of a wind up on an internet forum at the expense of people who take things far too seriously is the least of my sins.

[MisterTommyH]

Originally Posted by Paul the 6th

Unfortunately for me, the traffic cops gave me 3 points and £60 fine for crossing the white line, and another £60 fine for failing to display valid tax disc (vehicle was taxed on computer - I was just awaiting the tax disc in the post, which, ironically enough arrived the next morning around 15 hours after I was pulled).

I dealt with them politely, no bad attitude, straightforward answers and explanations etc... but I felt there was no need to dole out the second £60 fine for no tax disc because it WAS taxed on computer.

Quote taken straight from the back of of the V11 I received this morning:

"If you intend to tax your vehicle, do so before your current tax disc or SORN runs out. If you apply on-line or over the phone in the last few days of this month you will not be committing an offence if you do not display a tax disc for the first five working days of the next month. This is a new law, which gives time for the new tax disc to arrive in the post. This new law only applies if you made your application for a new tax disc before the current one or SORN ran out."

If this was recently I'd see if you can get your money back.

I was about to add that the view when an officer lets you off with a warning then "he was a good copper", but if you get a fine or a summons, in general, he is a ****. The trouble with trying to comment on any forum such as this is trying to keep the post short enough yet still accurate enough. My comment on those from Yorkshire was based purely on the generally accepted view of being blunt or "straight talking" - I obviously do not conform to the type of some on the forum (police officers include) who feel it is acceptable to call a police officer a ****. I have nothing personal against YC in particular (or of anyone from Yorkshire) other than his choice of words about an officer doing his job. It IS an open forum and a frank exchange of views and opinions must be encouraged but NOT at the cost of crudity and blatant disrespect.

You'll not get your money back if you've paid the ticket. You might have gotten off with it if you had contested the ticket.

Originally Posted by martin15s

I was about to add that the view when an officer lets you off with a warning then "he was a good copper", but if you get a fine or a summons, in general, he is a ****. The trouble with trying to comment on any forum such as this is trying to keep the post short enough yet still accurate enough. My comment on those from Yorkshire was based purely on the generally accepted view of being blunt or "straight talking" - I obviously do not conform to the type of some on the forum (police officers include) who feel it is acceptable to call a police officer a ****. I have nothing personal against YC in particular (or of anyone from Yorkshire) other than his choice of words about an officer doing his job. It IS an open forum and a frank exchange of views and opinions must be encouraged but NOT at the cost of crudity and blatant disrespect.

Now see, where at any point did I say "It is acceptable for someone to call a police officer s c**t"?

I didn't. YC is a well respected, long standing member of the forum. We all know that whilst he shouts and raves and enjoys causing a row on here, in real life there is NO WAY he would actually be as disrespectful as to call an officer a c**t, for a start, he's not that stupid. The point I was trying to make was that when you are on the forum, you need to take somethings like that with a pinch of salt. YC was not criticising the Police or calling all officers in general a ****, he was just saying that he disagreed with his actions. To be honest, as someone who ACTUALLY does the job, I don't find YC's comment there one bit offensive.

I can assure you, if someone was to actually call me a **** on the street, I would not stand for it, DEPENDING on the context. If it was meant in a mischeivious manner I would probably say "oi, less of that" but if it was meant, then they may be finding themselves in a spot of bother.

However, I do find your tone extremely condescending and confrontational and have done on other threads you have posted in.

It is not often that I will post something like this but I think you need to remember a key point, infact two, 1) it's the internet and 2) you are retired.

All respect to you for doing your 30 years, respect is earned from that however, do not patronise others who are still in the job.

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Respect is earned.
Being easily offended does not gain any from me.



Yeah, I'm quite a depraved sod anyway. Having a bit of a wind up on an internet forum at the expense of people who take things far too seriously is the least of my sins.

'Respect is earned' is the same for most people, myself included, but maybe the difference here is that I don't automatically disrespect because somebody hasn't earned my respect. I would prefer to hold judgement until I have an opinion based on their behaviour over a period of time. Pretty simple really.
A 'bit of a wind up at the expense of people who takes things far too seriously' shows that you are quite happy to conduct yourself with no thought for how another person would feel as you don't know them and therefore it doesn't matter. In my opinion it does.

[MisterTommyH]

Originally Posted by Milky Bar Kid

You'll not get your money back if you've paid the ticket. You might have gotten off with it if you had contested the ticket.

Now if thats not obtaining cash under false pretences I don't know what is (!)

Originally Posted by Milky Bar Kid

Now see, where at any point did I say "It is acceptable for someone to call a police officer s c**t"?

I didn't. YC is a well respected, long standing member of the forum. We all know that whilst he shouts and raves and enjoys causing a row on here, in real life there is NO WAY he would actually be as disrespectful as to call an officer a c**t, for a start, he's not that stupid. The point I was trying to make was that when you are on the forum, you need to take somethings like that with a pinch of salt. YC was not criticising the Police or calling all officers in general a ****, he was just saying that he disagreed with his actions. To be honest, as someone who ACTUALLY does the job, I don't find YC's comment there one bit offensive.

I can assure you, if someone was to actually call me a **** on the street, I would not stand for it, DEPENDING on the context. If it was meant in a mischeivious manner I would probably say "oi, less of that" but if it was meant, then they may be finding themselves in a spot of bother.

However, I do find your tone extremely condescending and confrontational and have done on other threads you have posted in.

It is not often that I will post something like this but I think you need to remember a key point, infact two, 1) it's the internet and 2) you are retired.

All respect to you for doing your 30 years, respect is earned from that however, do not patronise others who are still in the job.

IF I had meant to refer to you directly, then I would have named you - if it comes to being condescending and patronising then you are ACTUALLY doing a fine job yourself.
My comments about the use and acceptance of the word "C***" show just how much standards have dropped both in public and police life. I have no problem with YC or anyone else being a well respected member of the forum - what gives anyone the right on her to publicly denounce a police officer a **** for doing his duty - by all means disagree, but the English language holds many alternatives.