chartreuse wrote:I guess because I see politeness as being as much about self respect as it is about being respectful to the other person.sjfcontrol wrote:Why is politeness supposed to be a one-way street? The officer (LEO or otherwise) can be as rude, nasty, or confrontational as he wants to be, yet you're supposed to be Caspar Milquetoast. The police can lie to you, but it's illegal to lie to them, even without being under oath. Seems backwards to me.
As well as, let it not be said in court that you at any time raised your voice, acted upset or irrational, cursed at the LEO , argued with him (well maybe argued, but disagreed, yet cooperated would be better).Point is.. It worries people in real or imagined positions of authority when the person they are "contacting" is quite, yet firm in there position of disagreement.. Frankly, it scares the crap out of them most times.. They are so used to people either being passive or going nuts.. the quite ones scare um.