Why are people so down on the police?

my god.

So, if your argument is why do people complain about the police more than praise them, couldn't you surmise that instead of them trying to be cool and jump on the bandwagon, there is a more negative experience surrounding them than positive, and that this reflects the trend of cyclists being at the low-end of police priorities?

Again, you dodge the fact that by asserting that people who complain about the police are 'trying to be cool' you are being 1: incredibly generalistic, 2: very condescending and 3: there's really no way of supporting that with any kind of empirical evidence, let alone much by way of direct reference to the forum, other than a few items that vaguely support your argument.

I think you have an incredibly blinkered viewpoint-both in relation to this thread and the way you try to negotiate some kind of credible argument and in relation to the wider world whereby if people complain about the police they are simply being immature and their opinion isn't valid. But then I'm probably offending your sensibilities by pointing out the massive gap in logic that exists in your initial and subsequent posts so I'll leave you be now.

But my approach has helped create some very interesting responses. And I do believe that there's an element of slagging the police off because it's almost some kind of sport on this forum and I'm certain, from experience, that amongst some parts of the cycling community being down on the police is seen as 'cool'. Go if you wish, I stopped taking you seriously when you started resorting to personal insults.