Re: RARA-AVIS: Re: The Horsemen

From: Brian Thornton (bthorntonwriter@gmail.com)
Date: 09 Mar 2009

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    As opposed to "bulls," which is still in limited parlance out here in the Western hinterlands. Does anyone still hear "Fuzz" used? That one seems to have died along with "Don't trust anyone over 30" and "Peace, Pot, Microdot."

    Brian

    On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 8:32 AM, Patrick King <abrasax93@yahoo.com> wrote:

    > In my experience among the criminal element of the northeastern US, New
    > York to Boston, the term "pig" is still firmly in place with regard to law
    > enforcement, federal or local.
    >
    > Patrick King
    >
    > --- On Sun, 3/8/09, BaxDeal@aol.com <BaxDeal%40aol.com> <BaxDeal@aol.com<BaxDeal%40aol.com>>
    > wrote:
    > From: BaxDeal@aol.com <BaxDeal%40aol.com> <BaxDeal@aol.com<BaxDeal%40aol.com>
    > >
    > Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: Re: The Horsemen
    > To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com <rara-avis-l%40yahoogroups.com>
    > Date: Sunday, March 8, 2009, 8:02 PM
    >
    > In a message dated 3/8/09 4:50:07 PM, jacquesdebierue@ yahoo.com writes:
    >
    > > > while I certainly don't know it for a fact, I wouldn't be surprised if
    >
    > > said
    >
    > > > police force refers to themselves by such. beats the hell out of "the
    >
    >
    > > pigs",
    >
    > > > which is how I thought of the police for decades. whaddaya gonna
    > do.
    >
    > > child
    >
    > > > of the 60s, yanno?
    >
    > >
    >
    > > But the pigs don't refer to themselves as such, an important difference
    > (I
    >
    > > don't know anything about the horsemen of Canada).
    >
    > >
    >
    > most of the men and women in rank and file policework these days are too
    >
    > young to even remember that counter culture reference to their profession
    >
    > John Lau
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