The problem for me is that these people are our elected "leaders". They should set an example by their actions.'To whom' ? Are we not all grown and know the difference between right or wrong ? We all remember a parent saying, 'if a friend put their hand in the fire, would you' ?
I find that these days 'everyone' wants to 'poke their nose' into everything.. Just how much does it affect your life ? Just who, has not cursed at a copper or someone else in authority, when something has upset us ? How many posts have I read when someone has got a parking ticket, and then the abusive titles applied to the ticketer. But I don't see anyone popping off to apologise Look at the misery and violence going on all over the world, and yet we worry about what someone has said to a copper... Just look at the time taken up by this nonsense on the news programmes, the column inches in the tabloids. He is a part of the government, a politician, " SO WHAT " ! We all seem to be shocked by actions of politicians, footballers, royalty et al. 'Why' ? They don't do anything that the rest of us don't do. We are critics of the likes of Clarkson and Marr for having affairs, while an enormous percentage of the critics have themselves got a 'bit on the side'. Recently on one of the forum threads Maggie Thatcher was slated yet again, condemned for what she did to the miners, blamed for miners families suffering. No-one mentioned the coppers on duty up there at the time buying T.V.'s, stereos, video players etc from these very same families for such a small amount that it was nothing short of theft, and then returning to their hometowns bragging about how cheeply they bought the item for, or selling it on at a proper price. 'Those who live in glass houses'...