Comments on: Cops and image http://www.saysuncle.com/2007/11/15/cops_and_image/ Remember, I do this to entertain me... not you. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:05:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Yu-Ain Gonnano http://www.saysuncle.com/2007/11/15/cops_and_image/comment-page-1/#comment-188198 Yu-Ain Gonnano Fri, 16 Nov 2007 19:49:39 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/11/15/cops_and_image/#comment-188198 Well, yes... But the popular icon of mischief (if you will) has also moved from Gomer Pile and Otis Campbell to The Crips/Bloods, Jeffrey Dahmer, and the Unibomber. Well, yes…

But the popular icon of mischief (if you will) has also moved from Gomer Pile and Otis Campbell to The Crips/Bloods, Jeffrey Dahmer, and the Unibomber.

]]> By: - http://www.saysuncle.com/2007/11/15/cops_and_image/comment-page-1/#comment-187948 - Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:19:05 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/11/15/cops_and_image/#comment-187948 Gringo, KTK's piece addresses that; the Andy Griffith Show may have been unrealistic, but it was widely held up as a cultural ideal. It was what a large number of Americans --- perhaps especially conservative Americans --- <i>wanted</i> life in this country to be like, even if it wasn't. And now, conservative America seems by and large to be watching <i>24</i> for their daily dose of reaffirming their cultural ideals. <i>That</i> change is interesting, even if Jack Bauer is purest fiction. Gringo, KTK’s piece addresses that; the Andy Griffith Show may have been unrealistic, but it was widely held up as a cultural ideal. It was what a large number of Americans — perhaps especially conservative Americans — wanted life in this country to be like, even if it wasn’t.

And now, conservative America seems by and large to be watching 24 for their daily dose of reaffirming their cultural ideals. That change is interesting, even if Jack Bauer is purest fiction.

]]> By: Gringo_Malo http://www.saysuncle.com/2007/11/15/cops_and_image/comment-page-1/#comment-187915 Gringo_Malo Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:47:12 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/11/15/cops_and_image/#comment-187915 It's doubtful that the image of Sheriff Andy Taylor ever corresponded to reality, especially in our larger cities. Cops who deal with the urban underclass tend to be armed to the teeth and rough around the edges. It's quite understandable. I've never really watched <i>24</i>, but I assume that Agent Jack Bauer is the creation of some Bush administration PR flack. The administration wants us all to believe that deadly terrorists threaten our very existence, and that only the dedication of our brillaint civil servants saves us from utter destruction. Personally, I doubt that either proposition is true. It’s doubtful that the image of Sheriff Andy Taylor ever corresponded to reality, especially in our larger cities. Cops who deal with the urban underclass tend to be armed to the teeth and rough around the edges. It’s quite understandable.

I’ve never really watched 24, but I assume that Agent Jack Bauer is the creation of some Bush administration PR flack. The administration wants us all to believe that deadly terrorists threaten our very existence, and that only the dedication of our brillaint civil servants saves us from utter destruction. Personally, I doubt that either proposition is true.

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