http://thesecretsofvancouver.com/wordpress/nj-officers-could-have-acted-stupidly/activists “Where Just Being 'Right' Is Wrong" Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:39:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://thesecretsofvancouver.com/wordpress/nj-officers-could-have-acted-stupidly/activists/comment-page-1#comment-4187 Frances Sun, 16 Aug 2009 01:52:24 +0000 http://thesecretsofvancouver.com/wordpress/?p=6245#comment-4187 And just how did their conduct differ in essence from that of that poor Yale (or Harvard, I forget the nuance) officer to who was called to a possble break-in? Not much, except that Mr Drlan is man enough to realise that 1) his conduct could be considered to be suspicious; and 2) that basic good manners - as opposed to a 'do you know who I am' or a simple 'racist' epithet - would go a long way to defusing the situation. Did the eminent Professor ever thank his neighbour for having been concerned enough about the safety of his property to call 911? Let alone the obvious fact that said eminent professor was not known by sight to his next-door neighbour. And just how did their conduct differ in essence from that of that poor Yale (or Harvard, I forget the nuance) officer to who was called to a possble break-in? Not much, except that Mr Drlan is man enough to realise that 1) his conduct could be considered to be suspicious; and 2) that basic good manners – as opposed to a ‘do you know who I am’ or a simple ‘racist’ epithet – would go a long way to defusing the situation. Did the eminent Professor ever thank his neighbour for having been concerned enough about the safety of his property to call 911? Let alone the obvious fact that said eminent professor was not known by sight to his next-door neighbour.

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