A policeman, as you discover, has to put up with a hell of a lot of abuse. A man in any other line of work would nail a guy who laid that kind of abuse on him. I know I would.
When I was young and we got caught pinching apples, we got a smack from the local policeman. Today if that happened he would be sued. There is a tendency to punish the victim, not the criminal. If someone broke into my house or my mum's house, I worry that the burglar has more rights than me.
It's not easy being the world's policeman. No one thanks you for it.
Being a rock & roll star has become as legitimate a career option as being an astronaut or a policeman or a fireman.
The policeman isn't there to create disorder; the policeman is there to preserve disorder.
You'd never have a motorcycle policeman out on the Indian reservation.
I am the first one to go to university in my family. I am the first writer as well. My dad is a retired policeman, and my mom works for a glass-processing company. She is health-and-safety manager, and my stepfather is a plumber. I have four half siblings, one from my mom's marriage and three from my dad's marriage, so we are kind of scattered.
My brother is a policeman; my sister's an English teacher. When I hear what they make versus what I make, it's ridiculous.
Australia - not western in geography, of course, but in every other respect for sure (it certainly doesn't want to be regarded as Asian, God forbid) - loves nothing more than to throw its weight around in South-East Asia by playing peacekeeper, carrying out its role as the United States' regional policeman.
The time has come to stop beating our heads against stone walls under the illusion that we have been appointed policeman to the human race.