Originally Posted by
whirledtraveler
Right and
wrong don't depend upon the amount of experience you have. That sort of moral relativism puts civil society at the mercy of anyone who's been unfortunate enough to be desensitized. We saw what that did to the military a while ago
No need to repeat the mistake.
Allow me to rephrase:
Having Emmerson clean up her own spill perhaps wasn't the brightest move in the world. Having someone else in the same situation might be the exact right thing to do. Don't forget, Emmerson deliberately spilled the liquid on the floor in a temper tantrum. Clearly a wrong and very stupid move. So don't let her off the hook so easily just because you disagree with the police officer's tactics. But I do tend to agree with you that the police officer could have handled it much better and still make the point.