[Esel Mann]

Yellowperil,

To be clear, Biosurfer made a comment and I simply responded. So I'm not sure where you are getting that I'm griping about speed traps. I just get pissed when someone tries to put me in a hierarchy whereby I need to excuse one behavior or another is all. Unfortunately this occurred in a post about a wonderful person, Barbara falling victim to a killer.

Yes, I also got upset with the pre-occupation of Barabara's occupation and not Barbara as a person. So if being upset about attention on a person's occupation rather than the person is disrespectful, then so be it. However you may want to consider the following:

- If you ask people, "once they're gone, what is it they want to be remembered as/by/for/etc?", you will find most will have an answer which has nothing to do with their occupation.

- Occupations don't have family or friends who need to deal with such a loss. But people do.

- Occupations don't have family or friends who have to deal with the fact that their loved one is gone but the killer is alive. But people do.

- Occupations can't fall victim to tragedies of such nature. But people do.

- Such tragedy (or very similar) has happened (in the central FL area for example) to not only cops but, cabbies, convenience store clerks, even bystanders. All differing occupations. But all wonderful people. Is there some suggestion by you perhaps that a victim of one occupation is more a victim than another occupation? I hope not.

If you understand what I am getting at above then you will understand why I was upset with Biosurfer also trying to tie in Barbara's occupation and disregarding Barbara as a person who was a victim to a killer. Occupation has nothing to do with it. For example, Yellowperil have you read up on Barbara? Yes, her occupation was as a law enforcement officer (damn good one too!) but it was just that, an occupation. There was a lot more to her than just her occupation and now the privilege of having such a wonderful person as Barbara on this F''d up planet is no longer. I would spin the table around Yellowperil and suggest that perhaps you may be the one disrespectful because all you are seeing or referring to is Barbara's occupation and not Barbara the person. Additionally I would suggest you are disrespecting all others whom have falling victim to similar circumstances by failure to recognize the personal nature of such a tragedy.