Comments on: Your medicine tastes a bit bitter, no? http://apublicdefender.com/2008/03/14/your-medicine-tastes-a-bit-bitter-no/ Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:39:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Gary http://apublicdefender.com/2008/03/14/your-medicine-tastes-a-bit-bitter-no/#comment-21883 Gary Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:50:13 +0000 http://apublicdefender.com/2008/03/14/your-medicine-tastes-a-bit-bitter-no/#comment-21883 At some point we have to establish boundries. There is way to much information available on the Internet. Good people will continue to do good things with the net and bad people will continue to do worse. At some point we have to establish boundries. There is way to much information available on the Internet. Good people will continue to do good things with the net and bad people will continue to do worse.

]]> By: EdinTally http://apublicdefender.com/2008/03/14/your-medicine-tastes-a-bit-bitter-no/#comment-18613 EdinTally Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:11:49 +0000 http://apublicdefender.com/2008/03/14/your-medicine-tastes-a-bit-bitter-no/#comment-18613 Does your not finding it useful mean it isn't useful? Interesting point of view. Maybe people will know ratings and maybe they won't. Maybe in the back of an officer's mind there will be an understanding that his actions might be put out there for the whole world to see. Maybe, maybe not. But I can tell you that Professors are very aware of Rate My Professor. Does your not finding it useful mean it isn’t useful? Interesting point of view. Maybe people will know ratings and maybe they won’t. Maybe in the back of an officer’s mind there will be an understanding that his actions might be put out there for the whole world to see. Maybe, maybe not. But I can tell you that Professors are very aware of Rate My Professor.

]]> By: Terrie http://apublicdefender.com/2008/03/14/your-medicine-tastes-a-bit-bitter-no/#comment-18602 Terrie Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:52:21 +0000 http://apublicdefender.com/2008/03/14/your-medicine-tastes-a-bit-bitter-no/#comment-18602 Edin, you may have found it useful. I did not. And the idea that people will know an officer's rating before they are stopped is absurd. Edin, you may have found it useful. I did not. And the idea that people will know an officer’s rating before they are stopped is absurd.

]]> By: EdinTally http://apublicdefender.com/2008/03/14/your-medicine-tastes-a-bit-bitter-no/#comment-18593 EdinTally Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:03:51 +0000 http://apublicdefender.com/2008/03/14/your-medicine-tastes-a-bit-bitter-no/#comment-18593 Terrie, I disagree with your example. Rate My Professor is an excellent tool for students. Whether you believe the comments to be truthful or not, at least you can form an opinion based on the information given. What is the totality of the comments left? It's up the the reader to make that call. At least you have something available to you so that you can make that decision. If an officer has negative comments it is unlikely a supervisor will take any action, but a citizen who might otherwise be disrespectful might decide to remain calm if the officer is seen as a "hot head". In that case, it works to the officers benefit that his rating is poor. Terrie,

I disagree with your example. Rate My Professor is an excellent tool for students. Whether you believe the comments to be truthful or not, at least you can form an opinion based on the information given. What is the totality of the comments left? It’s up the the reader to make that call. At least you have something available to you so that you can make that decision.

If an officer has negative comments it is unlikely a supervisor will take any action, but a citizen who might otherwise be disrespectful might decide to remain calm if the officer is seen as a “hot head”. In that case, it works to the officers benefit that his rating is poor.

]]> By: Terrie http://apublicdefender.com/2008/03/14/your-medicine-tastes-a-bit-bitter-no/#comment-18592 Terrie Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:25:17 +0000 http://apublicdefender.com/2008/03/14/your-medicine-tastes-a-bit-bitter-no/#comment-18592 Is it dumb speech? Most certainly. In my experience, people with negative views are more likely to use such sites to vent, making such sites useless as an actual tool. (Rate my prof sites, for instance, are full of students whining about how they actually had to do a bunch of work and only got a B). But dumb speech =/= dangerous speech. Is it dumb speech? Most certainly. In my experience, people with negative views are more likely to use such sites to vent, making such sites useless as an actual tool. (Rate my prof sites, for instance, are full of students whining about how they actually had to do a bunch of work and only got a B). But dumb speech =/= dangerous speech.

]]> By: EdinTally http://apublicdefender.com/2008/03/14/your-medicine-tastes-a-bit-bitter-no/#comment-18565 EdinTally Mon, 17 Mar 2008 02:20:25 +0000 http://apublicdefender.com/2008/03/14/your-medicine-tastes-a-bit-bitter-no/#comment-18565 Good times! Good times!

]]> By: SPO http://apublicdefender.com/2008/03/14/your-medicine-tastes-a-bit-bitter-no/#comment-18548 SPO Sun, 16 Mar 2008 21:58:01 +0000 http://apublicdefender.com/2008/03/14/your-medicine-tastes-a-bit-bitter-no/#comment-18548 gee whiz, public officials, armed ones at that, getting public scrutiny, what is this world coming to gee whiz, public officials, armed ones at that, getting public scrutiny, what is this world coming to

]]> By: Gideon http://apublicdefender.com/2008/03/14/your-medicine-tastes-a-bit-bitter-no/#comment-18517 Gideon Sun, 16 Mar 2008 12:26:13 +0000 http://apublicdefender.com/2008/03/14/your-medicine-tastes-a-bit-bitter-no/#comment-18517 Sites like that already exist. There's one for judges too. Sites like that already exist. There’s one for judges too.

]]> By: Crystal http://apublicdefender.com/2008/03/14/your-medicine-tastes-a-bit-bitter-no/#comment-18495 Crystal Sun, 16 Mar 2008 04:20:18 +0000 http://apublicdefender.com/2008/03/14/your-medicine-tastes-a-bit-bitter-no/#comment-18495 Oh the irony! So when is Rate A Lawyer coming? Oh the irony! So when is Rate A Lawyer coming?

]]> By: TexPD4Parity http://apublicdefender.com/2008/03/14/your-medicine-tastes-a-bit-bitter-no/#comment-18471 TexPD4Parity Sat, 15 Mar 2008 15:55:24 +0000 http://apublicdefender.com/2008/03/14/your-medicine-tastes-a-bit-bitter-no/#comment-18471 It's one of those "I can talk about my family, but you can't" things. I guess what really bothers me about this is that the commercial hosting sites are the gateways to the internet and have the ability to control politically unpopular content. It’s one of those “I can talk about my family, but you can’t” things. I guess what really bothers me about this is that the commercial hosting sites are the gateways to the internet and have the ability to control politically unpopular content.

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