From: jamesd@echeque.com
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 1996 22:31:22 +0800
To: frissell@panix.com (Duncan Frissell)
Subject: Re: "Physical Reality"
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> > Boiled down to its essentials, this argument can be expressed by the lyrics
> > of the song "Bad Boys" as used as the theme song of the reality TV show
> > "Cops."  For those who no longer participate in the previous culture, they 
> > are:
> >
> > Bad Boys, Bad Boys
> > Whatcha gonna do? 
> > Whatcha gonna do when they come for you? 
> > Bad Boys, Bad Boys

At 08:41 AM 2/28/96 +1100, Mark wrote:
> the bad boys are the
> criminals, the song is about what will you do when the cops come for you.
> The cops are not the "bad boys" in the song. Trust me.

Clearly, one of the purposes of the show "Cops" is to intimidate.  Even
though the police have total editorial control they often show thuggish
and perhaps illegal behavior.  (though they also sometimes show cops 
displaying hard to believe forbearance)

Since the show is, in part, intimidatory, it seems reasonable to suppose
that the cops are the bad boys who are going to come for you.
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