asperity Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 This was in the windscreen of a police car. Note the Latin motto. Oderint dum metuant - Let them hate us so long as they fear us. Nice sentiment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fugtifino Posted February 26, 2011 Report Share Posted February 26, 2011 That's scarey: any idea which force, where and when? Do you think it's genuine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted February 26, 2011 Report Share Posted February 26, 2011 I wonder what the latin is for " you are a policeman because you have no friends and wouldn't be able to bully people stacking shelves at Tescos"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted February 26, 2011 Report Share Posted February 26, 2011 "Nullus orbis" which may be why he is a support officer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted February 26, 2011 Report Share Posted February 26, 2011 Think the quote originated with Emperor Caligulla? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverlady54 Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 Probably the original idea behind it was that a little fear from criminals towards the police doing their job is not a bad thing, as against the attitude of today's miscreants that they don't care about the police catching them because the sentence won't be worth bothering about!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 Yard dogs that don't instill fear in folk, are pretty useless as yard dogs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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