Hoo, boy, is this right on! :>)
George
CANTABENE@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
> In a message dated 05/08/1999 12:27:03 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> infoanim@xxxxxx writes:
>
> >
> > I think they do this partly on a random basis (how?) and partly they
> > see something "suspicious" or "contrary" and then they poke & prod to
> > see how you react, confirming or denying their suspicions or punishing
> > your contrariness.
>
> I've long suspected that among the people who hold minor jobs that imbue them
> with great power are those who simply love being able to lord it over their
> fellow humans.It's probable that many at every level of law enforcement,
> customs, including the people who sit behind a desk at city hall and tell
> you what you can and can't do and are able control your life even
> briefly--are in the job for the power it confers upon them--not for the
> relatively small salaries such jobs usually pay. Where else can a person who
> is otherwise without importance or significance in his private life feed his
> ego by being able to persecute others at random and with impunity? It's the
> dream of every schoolyard bully.
>
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