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FerPosting

Sometimes the email forwards you get from your family aren't too bad.

The light turned yellow, just in front of him. He did the right thing, stopping at the crosswalk, even though he could have beaten the red light by accelerating through the intersection.

Unfortunately, tailgating, Barbara was furious and honked her horn, screaming in frustration, as Barbara missed her chance to get through the intersection, dropping her cell phone and makeup.

As she was still in mid-rant, she heard a tap on her window and looked up into the face of a very serious police officer.

The officer ordered her to exit her car with her hands up.

He took her to the police station where she was searched, fingerprinted, photographed, and placed in a holding cell.

After a couple of hours, a policeman approached the cell and opened the door. She was escorted back to the booking desk where the arresting officer was waiting with her personal effects.

He said, 'I'm very sorry for this mistake. You see, I pulled up behind your car while you were blowing your horn, flipping off the guy in front of you and cussing a blue streak at him. I noticed the 'What Would Jesus Do' bumper sticker, the 'Choose Life' license plate holder, the 'Follow Me to Sunday-School' bumper sticker, and the chrome-plated Christian fish emblem on the trunk, so naturally.....I assumed you had stolen the car.'

Posted Jun 14, 2010, 1:56 PM UTC

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eandi•

The underlying message is still to be a "good Christian"... blecch.

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unamenottaken•

I read it as an indictment of christian hypocrisy.

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FerPostingOP•

I did as well, but I see eandi's point. I think if this went to a christian they'd probably see it from the "be a good christian" angle. Perspective is everything I guess!

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delecti•

The message of "be a good christian" isn't necessarily a bad one. If we're going to have religious sheep, we might as well have well-behaved ones.

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FerPostingOP•

That really depends on how they interpret what good christians should do. The Phelps family undoubtedly thinks they're good christians, for instance. So did the crusaders etc etc.

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BradHAWK•

If she had had atheist bumper stickers then the cop would have ignored her because it would be the expected behavior.

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DoucheRedditAtheist•

She WAS a good christian. The bible teaches christians to kill homosexuals and women, so she probably thought hte person in front of her was a lesbian

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BradHAWK•

Doesn't The Bible(†m) also teach us that God can't defeat iron chariots? If she hadn't opened her door that pious cop wouldn't have been able to arrest her.

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DoucheRedditAtheist•

Doesn't The Bible(†m) also teach us that God can't defeat iron chariots?

ummm... god doesn't exist, so no. Nice try though.

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mucusplug•

He did the right thing, stopping at the crosswalk, even though he could have beaten the red light by accelerating through the intersection.

He did the right thing

I guess I disagree.

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Battleglue•

If you have to accelerate to get through, don't.

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ssilv1•

If you don't accelerate, you can never get through.

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kuhawk5•

If you are already moving with a constant positive velocity, you don't need to accelerate to get through.

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maleman•

I can imagine a situation where you are going less than the speed limit, but still to fast to stop safely. It may be a good idea to accelerate to clear the intersection, but I think we're just splitting hairs.

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mucusplug•

Thanks, dad.

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[deleted]•

If he was being tailgated there is the very real possibility of causing an accident. True it would be the ladies fault, but why risk an easily avoidable collision.

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hotsexgary•

To teach women to keep off the road and not tailgate

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Parrot132Strong Atheist•

Here in Miami the law is that no more than three additional cars are allowed to go through the intersection once the light turns red. The fourth car is required to stop.

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[deleted]•

Wait, red? I don't think that's safe.

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brianbrianbrian•

I think that was the joke.

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hotsexgary•

I don't know if it's law or not, but in japan it's standard practise.

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db2•

There's one flaw though: Cops will never admit a mistake like that. It opens them up to being sued. They might say "sorry for the inconvenience" but probably not even that.

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Aleitheo•

He said, 'I'm very sorry for this mistake. You see, I pulled up behind your car while you were blowing your horn, flipping off the guy in front of you and cussing a blue streak at him. I noticed the 'What Would Jesus Do' bumper sticker, the 'Choose Life' license plate holder, the 'Follow Me to Sunday-School' bumper sticker, and the chrome-plated Christian fish emblem on the trunk, so naturally.....I assumed you had stolen the car.'

Why? If I saw someone doing all that in a car like that I would just roll my eyes. Considering how many christians have that sort of stuff on their bumper and that sort of stuff spewing out of their mouths it would not be surprising to see both of those in one place. The story acts as if christians very rarely even do such a thing

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hotsexgary•

Implications like this fuck me off, it's the whole "we need to be better christians and give a better example to the rest of the world" bullshit

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Spraypainthero965•

This is a stupid story anyway. The guy was being genuinely inconsiderate of the people behind him by stopping at the light before he needed to (and if it really turned yellow "just in front of him" then he was just plain endangering other drivers by slamming on his brakes).

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bautin•

If you are following a safe distance behind, then there is time for you to stop as well.

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