I'm shutting down Google+ for the night and quite possibly for the weekend. Why? This stupid #gifwars thing people are so proud of. This Adam Black guy said he doesn't like gifs and now everyone is mass trolling him. Having been mass trolled like this I can relate to him easily enough. Have an opinion and the collective might of Google+'s lower class denizens jump on a bandwagon. I just saw a post where someone wanted to jump on board and had to get clarification she was tagging the proper Adam Black. She wasn't even connected to him ! Nor was she a part of the original discussion. She just wanted to follow the herd. When I called her out of it she claimed, "one gif doesn't make a troll." Perhaps not, but she's contributing to a larger troll effort. One straw doesn't break the camel's back, but thousands will. So, tonight, Google+ disgusts me. It probably will tomorrow as well. And possibly Sunday. I gave up Google+ for two months this spring
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But we do not know everything that went on hours before the incident with the the off duty cop and the driver?
Was there any off camera provocation we do not see?
That guy should not be a cop if he cant control his anger "at will" to the level required of the situation.
We are not Machines not everyone should be or even be allowed to be a police officer or a figure of authority. But in our society today we have to be nice to everyone.
Even letting a mentally short fused person with abusive personality and no self control be a cop even they want to be a cop.
The off-duty and on-duty cops at the scene situational awareness is in question and should be checked and requestioned with training and coaching.