I'm sure everybody knows these kinds of people. The ones who so blindly believe that because certain people have certain careers and belong to certain professions, that they would NEVER do anything wrong.

If we can admit that priests and other clergymen are capable of being scum of the earth, then why is it so hard to believe certain police and doctors and even soldiers, can be less than saintly and sometimes downright bastards? It's like they think the profession makes the person and therefore everything they do is good, instead of this person entering this profession and therefore can be a wolf in white/blue clothing.

One thing that I keep thinking about that burns me up, is the fact that the doctor who did my mom's C-section was a complete IDIOT and had no idea what he was doing, he would be reading books on how to perform surgical procedures WHILE HE DID IT, and in fact killed a lot of his patients through his stupidity; but no action was ever taken against him because everybody who had the power to do something about him said 'oh he's a doctor so he's a good man and he wouldn't do anything wrong'. Forget Tiller, somebody should've shot him.

And it's nothing specific that they have no business being in the work that they are, it's just that there are bad people in every profession so you shouldn't look at their uniform and say 'oh yeah, they're good people'. And, it's not always while they're at work either. I remember when MSNBC used to show the To Catch a Predator, the pedophile stings, they caught everybody: men from all walks of life, every profession imaginable, they even caught a Rabbi looking to have sex with a 12 year old boy, and a cop who brought 5 guns and 600 rounds of ammo to meet and have sex with a 13 year old. Now would anybody dare look at that guy after that fact and say 'he's a police officer so he's a good guy, he wouldn't do anything wrong'?

It just blows my mind how people will willingly blind themselves to see only a uniform, a badge, a white coat, a clerical collar, etc., and nothing more, not real people capable of being downright bastards and psychopaths.

true... respect the person, not the profession or uniform.

but i find that it's ppl's responsibility to check on things before utilizing some professions. With doctors, I ask friends/neighbors, and check with hospitals to find the best. Same with lawyers, churches, schools... ppl need to research in order to protect themselves. Can u protect urself from an asshole cop on a power trip? no. but that does not mean that when i call 911 for something important, that the guy who comes to get the rapist off of me is going to be an asshole and stand there watching, letting it happen. So i dont judge either way.

I agree. It is a strange thing that so many are guilty of. I have been guilty of it myself.

RedBedroom wrote:

I agree. It is a strange thing that so many are guilty of. I have been guilty of it myself.

We all have, we're taught as kids to show respect to people in uniform: soldiers, police, etc., then we grow up and we find out just because they wear a uniform doesn't mean they're a good person, and sometimes just because they wear a uniform doesn't mean they actually ARE what they're supposed to be either, more than once women have been stopped by men in uniform only posing as cops, some even go to lengths of buying police cars at auctions to make themselves look more genuine.

Supernova wrote:

We all have, we're taught as kids to show respect to people in uniform: soldiers, police, etc., then we grow up and we find out just because they wear a uniform doesn't mean they're a good person, and sometimes just because they wear a uniform doesn't mean they actually ARE what they're supposed to be either, more than once women have been stopped by men in uniform only posing as cops, some even go to lengths of buying police cars at auctions to make themselves look more genuine.

My biggest mistake with this certainly does not include police. Kinda off topic, but I had a friend with a police father. I do not know at all why, but the guy hated me. I never did anything sassy at his house, but he just hated me. I would literally have to leave when he would be coming home. One time, he came home unexpectedly and said, "Why is THAT here?" Sure wish I knew why he hated me so much. Thinking about it as an adult, I think he must have had someone I reminded him of or something.

People who choose those professions have a certain moral code to uphold when they take those jobs, and most of them do. Certain ones don't and it's a shock when it happens, but it's not total disaster. It's foolish to say I would never trust a doctor's opinion or a priest because of a few bad apples. You analyze the individual.