# You're a fine example of a cop dude. Really. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 2, 2010, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-fine-example-of-a-cop-dude-really/541669 "2010-06-02T17:11:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![MTCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-fine-example-of-a-cop-dude-really/541669/101 "2010-06-07T14:59:09Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > Yes, I’m from Dallas Texas to be exact. > > As far as anybody else drinking; I don’t know, I didn’t take a survey of the entire restaurant. If it helps, Taco Cabana isn’t typically a place where people go to drink. It’s basically a fast food taco joint that happens to serve beer. Mm-hmm. Now, are you gonna call/have you called and reported this dipshit? Because if so, I’m dying to hear what happened. And if you haven’t called yet and aren’t planning to call, then I’d tend to view your OP with a rather more jaundiced eye. ---
**Author:** ![MTCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-fine-example-of-a-cop-dude-really/541669/102 "2010-06-07T15:22:30Z")
> [@Chicagojeff](#): > > I’ll let you in on a secret.. Cops HATE to write.. HATE IT.. As anyone who reads one of your posts can certainly attest. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-fine-example-of-a-cop-dude-really/541669/103 "2010-06-07T15:31:12Z")
> [@Uzi](#): > > it is because he may have scraped one too many dead bodies off the road because some asshole has had just ‘one’ beer before getting into his car. Why do you keep putting ‘one’ in quotes? It is confusing me. Do you think that just one beer under normal circumstances, consumed with food, is going to affect a driver’s ability to control his vehicle? If so, you can drop the quotes. Or is it that you think that there is no such thing as someone having just one beer. In that case, you are wrong. Lots of people have a single beer. ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-fine-example-of-a-cop-dude-really/541669/104 "2010-06-07T16:22:02Z")
> [@Green\_Bean](#): > > Actually, I didn’t know that we didn’t have public intoxication laws. We do. > [@](#): > > Please re-read the articles. The first says that the towns are “enforcing” invalid laws. I read the articles fine the first time. What did I write that you think I got wrong that requires me to re-read? You’re admitting in the above quote that towns are still enforcing public intoxication laws. A man filing a lawsuit used the word “invalid”. Whether or not he’s right is irelevant. The laws exist and they’re being enforced. > [@](#): > > The second says that the ordinances are still on the books in some towns, but they’re invalid because of legislation passed by the state in 1977. Dressel asks in that letter that towns repeal public intoxication laws suspend enforcement of them “until the Courts of the state make a final determination.” Still not seeing what you think I got wrong or what there is to exclaim “Yeehaw!” about if you can still be arrested and/or fined for being drunk in public. ---
**Author:** ![Uzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/91b2a8/32.png) [@Uzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uzi)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-fine-example-of-a-cop-dude-really/541669/105 "2010-06-07T16:38:15Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > Why do you keep putting ‘one’ in quotes? I put it in quotes because many claim to have just one beer when they in fact have many. “Yes, ossifer. I’ve only had \ one beer.” I know most people can probably have a single beer with minimal impact on their ability to drive a vehicle, but many think they drive better than they actually do at the best of times. Why take a chance on making it worse when you don’t need to? If I came off a little strong, it is because I’m tired of the attitude that just because you’re legally allowed to do it, doesn’t mean that you should do it. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-fine-example-of-a-cop-dude-really/541669/106 "2010-06-07T16:47:45Z")
> [@Uzi](#): > > I put it in quotes because many claim to have just one beer when they in fact have many. Thanks for clarifying. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-fine-example-of-a-cop-dude-really/541669/107 "2010-06-07T16:48:02Z")
> [@Uzi](#): > > No, I don’t expect everyone to be as perfect as me (I don’t drink alcohol, coffee, or smoke) Have you ever used a cell phone while driving? Including with a headset. > [@Uzi](#): > > If I came off a little strong, it is because I’m tired of the attitude that just because you’re legally allowed to do it, doesn’t mean that you should do it. No, I’m pretty sure you came off “a little strong” because you’re a self-righteous dickgarage. Go masturabate over how awesome you are while insisting that everyone else follow your personal straightedge code somewhere else. ---
**Author:** ![Uzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/91b2a8/32.png) [@Uzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uzi)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-fine-example-of-a-cop-dude-really/541669/108 "2010-06-07T17:24:51Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Have you ever used a cell phone while driving? Including with a headset. I pull over and call them back. I have eaten a doughnut while driving, so if you want to criticize me for undue care and attention for that, then by all means do so. I was young and foolish and a risk taker at the time before I’ve seen the results of bad driving. Seeing the after affects of someone torn in half when they were thrown from their vehicle because they didn’t wear their seatbelt tends to focus your attention somewhat. Which is why I’d tend to give the cop a pass as most come across such stupidity at times. People don’t take driving seriously enough. If you want to defend that it isn’t me who has the issues. > [@](#): > > dickgarage. Hey, that’s pretty good! ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-fine-example-of-a-cop-dude-really/541669/109 "2010-06-07T17:55:01Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > masturabate Even better! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-fine-example-of-a-cop-dude-really/541669/110 "2010-06-07T18:15:26Z")
> [@Uzi](#): > > Yes, I know most cars have cup holders and it is difficult for many to not put a bottle of whiskey in there instead of a Big Gulp, but it is nice to know that it is only because of a legal requirement most don’t do so rather than being the right thing to do. Which is in effect the argument that the OP is putting forth. “I’m under the legal limit, so it is okay”…If I give cops any slack, and I don’t give them much because most of them are ignorant fucktards who’d butt rape you with a stick if they thought they could get away with it, it is because he may have scraped one too many dead bodies off the road because some asshole has had just ‘one’ beer before getting into his car. Hyperbolic much? I’d rather be on the road with a collection of drivers all of whom have had a drink or two rather than someone as clearly full of anger and righteous indignation as you portray yourself as being. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Uzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/91b2a8/32.png) [@Uzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uzi)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-fine-example-of-a-cop-dude-really/541669/111 "2010-06-07T18:42:26Z")
Hello, Pot. Meet Kettle. Actually, I’m not particularly angry, either. You should figure out why you are adding dimensions to what I’m saying that aren’t there. Sensitive much? Don’t like people saying the obvious that you shouldn’t drink and drive and to stop whining when someone calls you on it? ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-fine-example-of-a-cop-dude-really/541669/112 "2010-06-07T21:04:23Z")
> [@Uzi](#): > > Seeing the after affects of someone torn in half when they were thrown from their vehicle because they didn’t wear their seatbelt tends to focus your attention somewhat. Which has what to do with anything we’re talking about here? > [@](#): > > Hey, that’s pretty good! Thanks, it’s my new favorite! > [@NinetyWt](#): > > Even better! Masturabate: To abate your feelings of being a superior asshole by jacking off like a motherfuck. > [@Uzi](#): > > Don’t like people saying the obvious that you shouldn’t drink and drive and to stop whining when someone calls you on it? There is nothing with with drinking and driving, per se. The problem is driving while intoxicated or otherwise unable to give a safe level of attention to what you’re trying to do. \*\*\*You \*\*\*clearly have some kind of personal issues with alcohol, and we’ll thank you kindly not to turn everyone who has \*a single fucking beer \*into an alcoholic just 'cause \*you \*don’t like booze. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-fine-example-of-a-cop-dude-really/541669/113 "2010-06-07T21:48:19Z")
> [@Uzi](#): > > Hello, Pot. Meet Kettle. > > Actually, I’m not particularly angry, either. You should figure out why you are adding dimensions to what I’m saying that aren’t there. Sensitive much? Don’t like people saying the obvious that you shouldn’t drink and drive and to stop whining when someone calls you on it? That’s one big bag of irrational piss-offed-right there. You are clearly not able to engage in a rational level on a discussion about what constitutes impairment in the operation of a motor vehicle, and are convinced that your absolutionist stance is the only point of view, so I’m just going to back away and let you froth in your own corner. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Uzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/91b2a8/32.png) [@Uzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uzi)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-fine-example-of-a-cop-dude-really/541669/114 "2010-06-07T22:12:54Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Which has what to do with anything we’re talking about here? As a large portion of collisions are a result of driving while intoxicated, to use your terms, it has everything to do with it. > [@](#): > > \*\*\*You \*\*\*clearly have some kind of personal issues with alcohol, and we’ll thank you kindly not to turn everyone who has \*a single fucking beer \*into an alcoholic just 'cause \*you \*don’t like booze. So, only alcoholics are the ones who drive drunk? Or, are only alcoholics the type of people who become intoxicated? I should ask what the hell you are talking about here. Yeah, I do have a problem with people drinking and then getting into a car to drive afterwords. You should, too. If more people did we’d have far fewer people killing each other on the roads for these reasons just because you can’t drink a fucking coke instead of a beer at lunch. Yeah, one beer may not make you intoxicated today, but tomorrow you’re taking your prescription and a beer and what was safe previously now isn’t. I don’t like booze because of what I’ve seen it do to people and the results of what happens when people don’t use it responsibly. So, I do have a problem with a guy doing shit like this so cavalierly. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-fine-example-of-a-cop-dude-really/541669/115 "2010-06-07T23:14:37Z")
And I and I suspect a lot of people have problems with people that can only see the world in anything but black and white. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-fine-example-of-a-cop-dude-really/541669/116 "2010-06-08T00:08:29Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > Hyperbolic much? I’d rather be on the road with a collection of drivers all of whom have had a drink or two rather than someone as clearly full of anger and righteous indignation as you portray yourself as being. > > Stranger You think THATS bad? I heard of case recently where someone had a beer, had smoked a joint, was on prozac, had anger management issues, thought the speed limit was a suggestion, didnt know how to park, was texting, had the radio too loud, had a baby with a dirty diaper ridding shot gun, had just left a dinner without tipping, and on top of it all was an illegal alien that couldnt speak english (and he was carrying too!). I heard he killed 1.6 million God fearing Americans before the drive was over… ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-fine-example-of-a-cop-dude-really/541669/117 "2010-06-08T00:59:25Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > You think THATS bad? > > I heard of case recently where someone had a beer, had smoked a joint, was on prozac, had anger management issues, thought the speed limit was a suggestion, didnt know how to park, was texting, had the radio too loud, had a baby with a dirty diaper ridding shot gun, had just left a dinner without tipping, and on top of it all was an illegal alien that couldnt speak english (and he was carrying too!). > > I heard he killed 1.6 million God fearing Americans before the drive was over… The important question is “is he employed?” because my company’s definitely got an opening for a SuperStar. ---
**Author:** ![Uzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/91b2a8/32.png) [@Uzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uzi)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-fine-example-of-a-cop-dude-really/541669/118 "2010-06-08T01:33:53Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > And I and I suspect a lot of people have problems with people that can only see the world in anything but black and white. You mean like people who think as long as they are under .08 that they are fine to drive? ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-fine-example-of-a-cop-dude-really/541669/119 "2010-06-08T01:45:17Z")
No, I mean people that think that anyone that has one beer with lunch impairs them too much to drive. You have shown yourself to be completely unreasonable. As my cousin says “Never try to teach a pig to sing, it just wastes your time and annoys the pig”. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-fine-example-of-a-cop-dude-really/541669/120 "2010-06-08T02:17:40Z")
> [@descamisado](#): > > The important question is “is he employed?” because my company’s definitely got an opening for a SuperStar. Yes he is employed. But its all been “off the books” if you know what I mean. Is the open position for a tax avoidance, oops, I mean tax minimization manager by any chance? Oh, it is on his permanent record that he is a pedophile…cause, once when he was 23 some horny 16 year old tart fooled him, he had some hot sex without being careful enough and the rest is history…so, is that a problem or is he still in the running for the position? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-fine-example-of-a-cop-dude-really/541669.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-fine-example-of-a-cop-dude-really/541669.md?page=7)