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10.       kadersokak
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 18 Oct 2006 Wed 08:57 pm

well, midnight express is a biased but still good movie. yes it is a good movie on prison system in turkey.

11.       erdinc
2151 posts
 18 Oct 2006 Wed 09:03 pm

You misunderstood my intention about the example of Balamory. In the UK police is loved even by the children. It is a highly respected job. Everybody trusts the police and if a mom and her children had been walking in a park and they come accross to a police officer probably they would smile to the police or would say hello or the children might want to play with the police. In any case they would never feel uncomfortable.

In Turkia this would never happen. They would also never use a police character in a childrens film. Some ordianry citizens would change their way as they walk on street if they see a police officer.

In Balamory, the police officer sings songs together with children and he dances. This is so unusual for us Turks.

12.       erdinc
2151 posts
 18 Oct 2006 Wed 09:19 pm

Here I found a video of this police character:
http://www.rafclan.platinumwebhosts.biz/plum.wmv

If this film had been in Turkia they would probably arrest the actor and filmakers for making fun of police. A police singing a childrens song is just so unimaginable.

13.       kai
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 18 Oct 2006 Wed 09:49 pm

Quoting erdinc:

You misunderstood my intention about the example of Balamory. In the UK police is loved even by the children. It is a highly respected job. Everybody trusts the police and if a mom and her children had been walking in a park and they come accross to a police officer probably they would smile to the police or would say hello or the children might want to play with the police. In any case they would never feel uncomfortable.



HAHAHA sorry but that did make me laugh! you think the police are liked in England? The police have been branded with so many names such as 'Pig' and 'Bacon' because they are hated so much. They are not as much of a threat as they are in Türkiye but quite a few police officers are just like the ones in Türkiye. My brother was beaten to a pulp for standing outside a pub (he was waiting for a friend) and two officers told him to move and my brother said but I haven't done anything wrong, with that they beat him stupid. Thankfully the the case went to court and they were sacked.

Police officers in the UK are spat at, threatend, and even killed for what they do for a living, so I guess you can say they are nothing like the officer in Balamory and not liked at all. The officers who make up thier own 'rules' are the ones that have control, the rest... well, there the ones that get called names etc.
I work within the police force in the UK and sometimes I feel quite sorry for them because of how they are treated by the citizens, when their only trying to make the world a better place.

14.       aenigma x
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 18 Oct 2006 Wed 11:09 pm

Quoting kai:

I work within the police force in the UK and sometimes I feel quite sorry for them because of how they are treated by the citizens, when their only trying to make the world a better place.



I can't comment on other police, but have a very strong opinion on English police. I know many policemen - family friends, husbands of friends of mine, and have met them many times socially. I have noticed one thing they all have in common from the very highest position in the police force to the lowest - they are ALL racist. Without exception they drink and drive over speed limits and spend their time in pubs telling people racist jokes and daring to assume I will find them funny. They seem to have a "nickname" for just about every other nationality other than English.

This is a very strong, offensive post, but can only speak from MY experience! Apologies if I offend...

15.       kai
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 18 Oct 2006 Wed 11:12 pm

Quoting aenigma x:

Quoting kai:

I work within the police force in the UK and sometimes I feel quite sorry for them because of how they are treated by the citizens, when their only trying to make the world a better place.



I can't comment on other police, but have a very strong opinion on UK police. I know many policemen - family friends, husbands of friends of mine, and have met them many times socially. I have noticed one thing they all have in common from the very highest position in the police force to the lowest - they are ALL racist. Without exception they drink and drive over speed limits and spend their time in pubs telling people racist jokes and daring to assume I will find them funny. They seem to have a "nickname" for just about every other nationality other than English.

This is a very strong, offensive post, but can only speak from MY experience! Apologies if I offend...



NO not offended at all, I know exactly what you mean, but the few I get on with can't be any nicer to people in the society and generally want to make a difference, they even have arguments with the other officers when it comes to them discriminating people.

16.       aenigma x
0 posts
 18 Oct 2006 Wed 11:14 pm

Quoting kai:

NO not offended at all, I know exactly what you mean, but the few I get on with can't be any nicer to people in the society and generally want to make a difference, they even have arguments with the other officers when it comes to them discriminating people.



Shame it is only the "few" and not the majority

17.       christine
443 posts
 18 Oct 2006 Wed 11:25 pm

I know you can't tar everyone with the same brush, but i believe the police in england today do not have the same respect they had a few years back.I know they do a very difficult job and there is good and bad in all professions, but in my opinion a lot of the police don't deserve respect.Most i have come across in my work are are very arrogant and self opinionated.I do not respect them like i use to

18.       erdinc
2151 posts
 18 Oct 2006 Wed 11:51 pm

It seem I was wrong about the British police.

19.       kadersokak
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 18 Oct 2006 Wed 11:59 pm

20.       zbrct
90 posts
 19 Oct 2006 Thu 12:01 am

please do not change the topic i asked info about prison not the police :0

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