please everyone, just take a moment and ask yourself if you would want to be in the police force?

In recent weeks there are countless stories in the news about police being spat on and coughed on.

How would you react to such treatment? For police, would it make you wary if put in same position again? Would you put up with that? Or, might you take action before things escalate to that level? (and risk "earning the hate" of those who do not serve)

Today, 4 officers lost their lives while performing their duties in Melbourne.

I was a teacher for 30 years. Some people asked me how I put up with that for so long. It was what I wanted to do, I loved it. Sure, there are bad teachers and teachers who do bad things . . . and it would upset me greatly if a public forum had a thread titled "Teachers earning the hate" where the actions of the very few besmirch the actions of the many overwhelming majority in the eyes of faceless public forum critics.

As for bad police, well, don't tar the whole force for the actions of what I would think are the very few.