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    Re: Socializing with the Policia in the DR? Good or bad?

    There you are, my exact contemporaries. I was programmed to use that offensive word at a young age. In fact, I was known as "The Fifth Beatle" until my hair starting falling out an early age.

    For some of my rivals to that title see:
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    Re: Socializing with the Policia in the DR? Good or bad?

    Yes, I heard that song growing up, although unlike you, Weyland, I was barely born when that Beatles song came out in 1968. That word was used in the 60s of course in the US, during the student protests, at places like Berkeley and Columbia, during the riots and student takeovers, when the police violently attacked nonviolent students on those, and other, university campuses. And it has since been used by many of us who do not have a great opinion of the police.

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    Re: Socializing with the Policia in the DR? Good or bad?

    Quote Originally Posted by curiousdude View Post
    Yes, I heard that song growing up, although unlike you, Weyland, I was barely born when that Beatles song came out in 1968. That word was used in the 60s of course in the US, during the student protests, at places like Berkeley and Columbia, during the riots and student takeovers, when the police violently attacked nonviolent students on those, and other, university campuses. And it has since been used by many of us who do not have a great opinion of the police.
    You know where my sympathies lie but I am staying out of this one. Anyway I have Pi12586 to do my dirty work here nowadays.

    WTF does "barely born" mean? Either you were born or you weren't. Unless you are like Robert13212 who still trails his umbilical cord around.

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    Quote Originally Posted by weyland View Post
    There you are, my exact contemporaries. I was programmed to use that offensive word at a young age. In fact, I was known as "The Fifth Beatle" until my hair starting falling out an early age.

    For some of my rivals to that title see:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_beatle
    If you were known as the "Fifth Beetle" it could only have been in an Darwinism evolutional sense. I don't care when your hair started falling out.

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    Quote Originally Posted by weyland View Post
    You know where my sympathies lie but I am staying out of this one. Anyway I have Pi12586 to do my dirty work here nowadays.

    WTF does "barely born" mean? Either you were born or you weren't. Unless you are like Robert13212 who still trails his umbilical cord around.
    Come Weyland, this is your thread! You agree with Juan in Post#30 but yet you continue to encourage others.

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    Re: Socializing with the Policia in the DR? Good or bad?

    Quote Originally Posted by weyland View Post
    You know where my sympathies lie but I am staying out of this one. Anyway I have Pi12586 to do my dirty work here nowadays.

    WTF does "barely born" mean? Either you were born or you weren't. Unless you are like Robert13212 who still trails his umbilical cord around.
    Unfortunately that is not my imbilical cord

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    Re: Socializing with the Policia in the DR? Good or bad?

    Quote Originally Posted by weyland View Post
    You know where my sympathies lie but I am staying out of this one. Anyway I have Pi12586 to do my dirty work here nowadays.

    WTF does "barely born" mean? Either you were born or you weren't. Unless you are like Robert13212 who still trails his umbilical cord around.
    "Barely born" would mean "in diapers shortly after birth."
    "Barely alive" might mean "in diapers near death." (Something else entirely, but of course you know what I'm talking about.)

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    Re: Socializing with the Policia in the DR? Good or bad?

    Quote Originally Posted by psriches View Post
    Come Weyland, this is your thread! You agree with Juan in Post#30 but yet you continue to encourage others.
    I take exception to this being called "Weylands thread". I believe I had a hand in starting it as one of my posts was the reason for Weyland's impotence, I mean impudence. If Weyland is the messenger then I get to be the muse.

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    Re: Socializing with the Policia in the DR? Good or bad?

    Quote Originally Posted by Robert13212 View Post
    I take exception to this being called "Weylands thread". I believe I had a hand in starting it as one of my posts was the reason for Weyland's impotence, I mean impudence. If Weyland is the messenger then I get to be the muse.
    Yes, i stand corrected. Perdon!

    I just meant that he/you should control the direction of the thread so it won't need further moderation.

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    Re: Socializing with the pigs in the DR? Good or bad?

    Quote Originally Posted by weyland View Post
    Thanks for changing the title. I was out of order though I was just trying to be "hip" (maybe not my thing ).

    But by "moving on" you gloss over the whole point of the thread, namely "Have the DR Police given us reason not to respect them?". If you are convinced we should respect them, then Robert is acting wisely. Do we all respect the DR police here?
    I disagree.

    Giving someone their due respect, until they give you reason not to, has nothing to do with befriending them.

    As a tourist, i don't have to make such decisions such as "would you befriend a DR cop". I just give everyone a handshake and keep it moving. With Robert living there, his thought process is completely different and he'll make whatever decision he feels is right for him.

    Like Psriches however, i would never live permanently in a place where i needed to even make such a decision, but that's just me. Plenty others seem very happy with their move, including yourself (and Robert so far), and i'm happy for you guys.
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    Re: Socializing with the Policia in the DR? Good or bad?

    Quote Originally Posted by curiousdude View Post
    "Barely born" would mean "in diapers shortly after birth."
    "Barely alive" might mean "in diapers near death." (Something else entirely, but of course you know what I'm talking about.)

    Alright, KNOCK THAT SHIT OFF. Who do you think you are, picking on Weyland like that? I won't stand for it I tell you. There will be hell to pay. A pox upon your house. A thousand curses. I have to stand up for my grandfather. Blood is thicker than semen! (But it was kinda funny)
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    Re: Socializing with the Policia in the DR? Good or bad?

    Quote Originally Posted by weyland View Post
    I assume that is yet another of your tired and unfunny references to me? If you think I have the same accent as Wicked Willie you are even deafer (or dumber) than I thought you were. I come from Surrey, God's Own County. I seem to remember Willie comes from some murky and indeterminate place in the Midlands?
    Whilst I agree all places in the Midlands are as you described you must have me confused, incredulously, with the Thunderstars who have the misfortune to reside there.

    I, too, am from Surrey although I admit to being tainted by living in the US for many years.

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    Quote Originally Posted by WickedWillie View Post
    Whilst I agree all places in the Midlands are as you described you must have me confused, incredulously, with the Thunderstars who have the misfortune to reside there.

    I, too, am from Surrey although I admit to being tainted by living in the US for many years.
    Holy shit Weyland. I know fucked up British accents better than you do. My how the mighty have fallen. Thank you Willie for clearing that up for the "confused" senior citizen. Your apology is accepted Weyland. I bear you no ill will. And no sane woman on the planet would bear your child.

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    Re: Socializing with the pigs in the DR? Good or bad?

    Quote Originally Posted by Robert13212 View Post
    The problem is, in a Third World country, if you aren't living in an ex-pat community then you are living in a local community where proverty is rampant, services are usually much worse, housing is worse, security worse and you are a target. Unless you have the bankroll to live in very upscale local communities you have the lesser of two evils.
    Speak for yourself. Not everyone is scraping by on a thousand a month.

    As far as police are concerned, Willie is right on the money: "The general adage here is to trust no-one even if or especially if they wear a uniform. (Nurses excluded)

    I know and have known plenty of cops but only on a greeting and handshake basis."

    Most importantly, the quicker you learn to say "no" in a sympathetic manner, the better off you'll be. The more you say it, the easier it gets, and you'll find you get to the point that folks don't even ask.
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    Re: Socializing with the pigs in the DR? Good or bad?

    Quote Originally Posted by MrHappy View Post
    Speak for yourself. Not everyone is scraping by on a thousand a month.

    As far as police are concerned, Willie is right on the money: "The general adage here is to trust no-one even if or especially if they wear a uniform. (Nurses excluded)

    I know and have known plenty of cops but only on a greeting and handshake basis."

    Its funny, the guy lands and Sosua and thinks he knows the entire country.


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    Re: Socializing with the Policia in the DR? Good or bad?

    I wouldn't say if it is good or bad for you but any relationship where the 2 parties can't even communicate is obviously based on each wanting to use the other for some gain rather than friendship.
    Seems more akin to a gringo and puta hooking up rather than a buddy.

    If I had a restaurant/bar, I would welcome the cops to drop by for a bite and drink once in a while.
    If I was just another person living there, I don't see why I would feel a need to invite them to my home for ulterior motives.

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    Re: Socializing with the Policia in the DR? Good or bad?

    Quote Originally Posted by Si_Poppi View Post
    I wouldn't say if it is good or bad for you but any relationship where the 2 parties can't even communicate is obviously based on each wanting to use the other for some gain rather than friendship.
    Seems more akin to a gringo and puta hooking up rather than a buddy.

    If I had a restaurant/bar, I would welcome the cops to drop by for a bite and drink once in a while.
    If I was just another person living there, I don't see why I would feel a need to invite them to my home for ulterior motives.
    I'm with Si Poppi on this ... only thing I might add is that to advance the "freindship" farther would risk invoking the old expression

    Familiarity breeds contempt.

    I wouldn't want a DR policia to have the inside track on my life if it ever came down to it ... far to easy for him to screw you over if he's already "inside" your life.
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    Re: Socializing with the pigs in the DR? Good or bad?

    Quote Originally Posted by MrHappy View Post
    Speak for yourself. Not everyone is scraping by on a thousand a month.

    As far as police are concerned, Willie is right on the money: "The general adage here is to trust no-one even if or especially if they wear a uniform. (Nurses excluded)

    I know and have known plenty of cops but only on a greeting and handshake basis."

    Most importantly, the quicker you learn to say "no" in a sympathetic manner, the better off you'll be. The more you say it, the easier it gets, and you'll find you get to the point that folks don't even ask.
    You are correct, and I stand corrected. I have been to nice and affordable neighborhoods in Santiago with great apartments; equal to or better than any in the states. Of course SDQ is the same. My problem is the tunnel vision I sometimes see things through because of my poor Spanish. I don't feel those areas are accessable for me yet because of the langauge barrier. But just because I don't feel they are accessable does not mean they don't exist. That is why you seasoned vets that live here are important.... to keep me seeing the whole picture. And I appreciate that. Just a quick slap on the back of the head should suffice from time to time.

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    Re: Socializing with the Policia in the DR? Good or bad?

    The DR is not Kansas... most crimes are undertaken with the (silent) agreemnet of the police and they share in the spoils afterwards.. i'd never associate with police who aren't family adn even then would meet them at their house not at mine..

    If you need a rough description of Dominican cop, just look up Happy Jack from the gangs of New York: http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0004569/

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    Re: Socializing with the Policia in the DR? Good or bad?

    Quote Originally Posted by continentalmike View Post
    The DR is not Kansas... most crimes are undertaken with the (silent) agreemnet of the police and they share in the spoils afterwards.. i'd never associate with police who aren't family adn even then would meet them at their house not at mine..

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    Have you ever been to Kansas?

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