Respect Authority

OxWarren · 05-08-2009 10:36am #1

Anyone watched the TV lately?

Me, I can't be bothered anymore.

If it is not a cop show it is a bouncer show, or a council inspector show, or a baliff show, or an emergency show.

The message is coming across loud and clear. "RESPECT AUTHORITY, you are a little peasant, we are the big boys. you will follow our orders".

No buddy, I'll do as I see fit.

Long Onion · 05-08-2009 10:38am

If you press the "TV Guide" button on the remote, you'll see that there are a number of different channels both before and after Sky 1;)

Professey Chin · 05-08-2009 10:38am

RESPECT MY AUTHORITAH!!!!!

OxWarren · 05-08-2009 10:40am

Long Onion wrote: »

If you press the "TV Guide" button on the remote, you'll see that there are a number of different channels both before and after Sky 1;)

bravo, BBC 1, five, RTE, Channel 4.

The propaganda is endless.

davyjose · 05-08-2009 10:40am

OxWarren wrote: »

Anyone watched the TV lately?

Me, I can't be bothered anymore.

If it is not a cop show it is a bouncer show, or a council inspector show, or a baliff show, or an emergency show.

The message is coming across loud and clear. "RESPECT AUTHORITY, you are a little peasant, we are the big boys. you will follow our orders".

No buddy, I'll do as I see fit.

I take it you haven't met Sharpshooter yet?

<gets popcorn & makes self comfortable>

WindSock · 05-08-2009 10:42am

Long Onion wrote: »

If you press the "TV Guide" button on the remote, you'll see that there are a number of different channels both before and after Sky 1;)

There is a lot of it on RTE now too. Customs, Traffic Police, that one about the people who clean places, Crimecall...

Sky has a bit of it too, but it also has a lot of drunken scumabags beating up old women in Liverpool type programmes aswell.

Long Onion · 05-08-2009 10:45am

WindSock wrote: »

Sky has a bit of it too, but it also has a lot of drunken scumabags beating up old women in Liverpool type programmes aswell.

That must be to fulfill the requirement of balanced reporting.

OxWarren · 05-08-2009 10:46am

WindSock wrote: »

There is a lot of it on RTE now too. Customs, Traffic Police, that one about the people who clean places, Crimecall...

Yeah thats right.

Anyone seen the RTE Customs show where they had a sniffer dog inspecting welsh rugby fans. The dog suggested that 7 people had drugs. They did not have anything.

Yer man asked the fellas "is there any reason why the dog has detected the presence of drugs on your person."

I wish I had been there "the dog is not very well trained, that is why. Now f'uck off out of my way".

Latchy · 05-08-2009 10:46am

OxWarren wrote: »

No buddy, I'll do as I see fit.

Ok , but if I happen to be sitting next to you on a plane , for gawds sake dont try open the emergency exit in flight .

OxWarren · 05-08-2009 10:47am

Long Onion wrote: »

That must be to fulfill the requirement of balanced reporting.

Do you not think that the crime problem is blown out of all proportion??

I am increasingly of that opinion.

brummytom · 05-08-2009 10:49am

OxWarren wrote: »

Do you not think that the crime problem is blown out of all proportion??

I am increasingly of that opinion.

Sure it's only a few murders, what's the problem officer?

fintonie · 05-08-2009 10:50am

OxWarren wrote: »

bravo, BBC 1, five, RTE, Channel 4.

The propaganda is endless.

yeah my granddad don't like them either

OxWarren · 05-08-2009 10:51am

brummytom wrote: »

Sure it's only a few murders, what's the problem officer?

Exactly. In a scoiety of 4 million, such events have to be accepted. No point in giving up all your rights in the name of some "safety" promise.

OxWarren · 05-08-2009 10:51am

fintonie wrote: »

yeah my granddad don't like them either

Yeah, the older generations can see such shows for what they are. The younger people seem to love their rulers.

Alun · 05-08-2009 10:52am

OxWarren wrote: »

Anyone seen the RTE Customs show where they had a sniffer dog inspecting welsh rugby fans. The dog suggested that 7 people had drugs. They did not have anything.

Quite possibly the dog detected traces of them either having smoked something in the recent past, or they had been in the company of people doing the same. See, there's a simple non conspiratorial explanation for everything if you try.

Cookie_Monster · 05-08-2009 10:53am

But there good TV!

Better than watching big brother or emmerdale. Nothing like seeing cops beat up some misbehaving scumbags and then get the commentary saying the got 4 years in the slammer:D

Long Onion · 05-08-2009 10:56am

OxWarren wrote: »

Yeah thats right.

Anyone seen the RTE Customs show where they had a sniffer dog inspecting welsh rugby fans. The dog suggested that 7 people had drugs. They did not have anything.

Yer man asked the fellas "is there any reason why the dog has detected the presence of drugs on your person."

I wish I had been there "the dog is not very well trained, that is why. Now f'uck off out of my way".

I was travelling back from amsterdam to dublin by bus and the French fellas pulled us by the channel tunnel and marched us all into a hall where they started checking our baggage and passports. I got to the immigration counter and the woman there looked at my passpost and asked "why are there so many people on this bus going to Dublin?"

I just looked at her and said erm, it's the Dublin Bus - she got p1ssed off

What a stupid question!

Snakeblood · 05-08-2009 10:56am

OxWarren wrote: »

Yeah thats right.

Anyone seen the RTE Customs show where they had a sniffer dog inspecting welsh rugby fans. The dog suggested that 7 people had drugs. They did not have anything.

Yer man asked the fellas "is there any reason why the dog has detected the presence of drugs on your person."

I wish I had been there "the dog is not very well trained, that is why. Now f'uck off out of my way".

Does the dog being shown to be ineffectual reinforce the concept of authority, or weaken it?

OxWarren · 05-08-2009 10:57am

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

. Nothing like seeing cops beat up some misbehaving scumbags and then get the commentary saying the got 4 years in the slammer:D

You have obviously never had personal dealings with the cops. You get something robbed and see what they will do for you. Not very much, unless they can fine you for having a tax disc two days out of date, ot God forbid you to 35kmph in a 30.

kavoweb · 05-08-2009 10:58am

DOG THE BOUNTY HUNTER. :mad:

:eek: :mad: enough said.

Cookie_Monster · 05-08-2009 10:59am

OxWarren wrote: »

You have obviously never had personal dealings with the cops. You get something robbed and see what they will do for you. Not very much, unless they can fine you for having a tax disc two days out of date, ot God forbid you to 35kmph in a 30.

Thats why they don't show those bits, boring:D

Wez · 05-08-2009 11:00am

OxWarren wrote: »

God forbid you to 35kmph in a 30.

And they always seem to find the rarest of roads in ireland (one in good condition) to stick some rediculously slow speed limit on.

Latchy · 05-08-2009 11:04am

I often wonder at the nature of these programmes like last night I was flicking through the channals and came across 'Boozed up Britain ' think it was on bravo , which follows the usual shannigans of people going out and getting sloshed up and down the towns and citys of Britain . I am no killjoy but jeez.... if there is anything worse then being surrounded by a drunken mob regardess of what city they come from ( a drunken mob is a drunken mob ) it's watching the same stuff on the box .Stick any camera crew around a bunch of drunks and they are going to act for it .....way OTT, just like some other ****ty tv series ' ie, cops on camera , this stuff is toxic viewing and Depressing to watch .

At least we can flick over and change channals and thank f...k to

petes · 05-08-2009 11:15am

Louis Theroux was on last night on RTE 2. Then Boston Legal was on albeit a bit late on RTE 1. Great TV.

If you don't like what you are watching change the channel or turn the tv off.

fintonie · 05-08-2009 11:22am

Insurgent wrote: »

Louis Theroux was on last night on RTE 2. Then Boston Legal was on albeit a bit late on RTE 1. Great TV.

If you don't like what you are watching change the channel or turn the tv off.

I cant she just sits there watching back at me

Expresso Bongo · 05-08-2009 11:28am

But if I stopped watching tv I'd have nothing to talk to my work colleagues about. I certainly have no interest in discussing their lives.

Snakeblood · 05-08-2009 11:32am

Expresso Bongo wrote: »

But if I stopped watching tv I'd have nothing to talk to my work colleagues about. I certainly have no interest in discussing their lives.

I just talk over people I work with. And it's work inferiors, not colleagues.

Latchy · 05-08-2009 11:40am

Snakeblood wrote: »

I just talk over people I work with. And it's work inferiors, not colleagues.

You must be a very lonely person !!!

Snakeblood · 05-08-2009 11:42am

Latchy wrote: »

You must be a very lonely person !!!

It's spelled lovely.

Latchy · 05-08-2009 11:44am

Snakeblood wrote: »

It's spelled lovely.

You (yawn) wern't saying

Snakeblood · 05-08-2009 11:47am

Latchy wrote: »

You (yawn) wern't saying

Uh. I was kidding. I don't understand what you mean by this though.

Poor Uncle Tom · 05-08-2009 11:52am

Way too much of that reality and authority big brother crap on TV now, that's why I post on AH (my new entertainment) between the Darts and the Rugby.

I'm on now because Oprah is crap today....

Latchy · 05-08-2009 11:55am

Snakeblood wrote: »

Uh. I was kidding. I don't understand what you mean by this though.

I was kidding ,your not ment to

Poor Uncle Tom · 05-08-2009 11:56am

Latchy wrote: »

I was kidding ,your not mint to

FYP

fintonie · 05-08-2009 11:56am

Latchy wrote: »

I was kidding ,your not ment to

you big kidders :rolleyes:

Latchy · 05-08-2009 11:59am

Poor Uncle Tom wrote: »

FYP

Mint is were they make the money and you can chew on it to .....FYP

Poor Uncle Tom · 05-08-2009 12:02pm

Latchy wrote: »

Mint is were they make the money and you can chew on it to .....FYP

I've never had enough money to chew on it.......

Latchy · 05-08-2009 12:06pm

Poor Uncle Tom wrote: »

I've never had enough money to chew on it.......

Not even the chocolate variety ? like the ones that come in the shape of pennys in little gold wrappers ?

Poor Uncle Tom · 05-08-2009 12:09pm

Latchy wrote: »

Not even the chocolate variety ? like the ones that come in the shape of pennys in little gold wrappers ?

That's just cruel......reminding me what other kids had while I looked on..:(

Latchy · 05-08-2009 12:19pm

Poor Uncle Tom wrote: »

That's just cruel......reminding me what other kids had while I looked on..:(

I was never that fussy on them myself to be honest

Poor Uncle Tom · 05-08-2009 12:21pm

Latchy wrote: »

I was never that fussy on them myself to be honest

If you tell me they taste like crap, I'll feel better..

Latchy · 05-08-2009 12:39pm

Poor Uncle Tom wrote: »

If you tell me they taste like crap, I'll feel better..

Only if you eat 2 or 3 and you leave them in the heat ..ugg .

Chocolate from the fridge FYP

Poor Uncle Tom · 05-08-2009 12:43pm

Latchy wrote: »

Chocolate from the fridge FTW

FYP...:D

me-skywalker · 05-08-2009 1:15pm

Well what do you want to watch? paint dry? marty whelan? gay byrne?

Snakeblood · 05-08-2009 1:16pm

me-skywalker wrote: »

Well what do you want to watch? paint dry? marty whelan? gay byrne?

It's always Sunny in Philadelphia is an awesome show.

tech77 · 05-08-2009 1:41pm

Latchy wrote: »

Ok , but if I happen to be sitting next to you on a plane , for gawds sake dont try open the emergency exit in flight .

Jeez, another fcuking nazi.
Why can't you just live and let live, man

ChocolateSauce · 05-08-2009 2:01pm

Actually I get a lot more of this "respect authority" from people in real life, who think it should be respected just because. Why? Because it should be!

Latchy · 05-08-2009 3:08pm

tech77 wrote: »

Jeez, another fcuking nazi.
Why can't you just live and let live, man

Ok so I get to wear a parachute when he opens the door

Do you like Skydiving ?

Apparently you haven't ' Lived ' unless you have jumped from a plane

dsmythy · 05-08-2009 3:12pm

I agree with the OP about Authority. To hell with it!

Now if you don't mind i'm going to burglarise your home OP. Since we both agree on the pointlessness of authority and rules i'm sure there's no problem between us.

Prof.Badass · 05-08-2009 3:56pm

dsmythy wrote: »

I agree with the OP about Authority. To hell with it!

Now if you don't mind i'm going to burglarise your home OP. Since we both agree on the pointlessness of authority and rules i'm sure there's no problem between us.

The problem is that people who stress authority tend to be abusing it/ encouraging it's abuse.

If you were to be punished for theft it wouldn't be because "you didn't respect authority" it would be because you were doing something immoral that caused harm to another person.

I suspect the OP is lamenting the celebration of authorities dominating "criminals", rather than denying the need for authority.

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