I expect there are some complete arses about, I have noticed that my pupils who want to become gendarmes are often very unacademic and have fairly dodgy attitudes especially towards discipline. Very odd.
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Very worrying.
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I find it funny that some people think that these kids were treated poorly yet at the same time applaud the militant GJ’s for using violence to get what they want, many gendarmes have been hurt during the past weeks demonstrations so you can’t blame them for not ‘playing nice’.
I have been “lurking” on the forum for some months gleaning snippets of useful information having bought a house and moved out here 3 months ago. I find the polarisation of opinions on here fascinating, but I struggle to understand why anyone would condone illegal and destructive activity and feel that the police or gendarmes should have to fight a “fair” fight. Indeed I would question why the gendarmes should have to fight at all… surely advancing militarily armed gendarmes should strike the militants with fear for their lives. That is their purpose, no?
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I agree James…I absolutely love the diverse range of opinions and the discussions and the flow of “off topicness” that often creates wider understanding…
I’ve not been here that long either…moved here just as the U.K. voted to leave…
I think I have yet to grasp whether there is a difference here between gendarmes and police…and army…
No doubt the gilet jaunes have probably been infiltrated to a certain degree but also I have watched footage of many police agitators…
Well Helen, here’s a handy explanation for you. I wondered the same thing, here is my post from February.
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What would they think of Dixon of Dock Green?
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My mom and dad loved Dixon of dock green…I remember some of the episodes…when I was little one of my uncles on my dad’s side was a Sergeant…
One time when I was about 10…, I’d been trusted to take my younger sister to the papershop at the top of our road…just a few houses away…when we came out a man in a green transit said he knew my dad and told us to get in his van and he would give us a lift home…I just grabbed my sisters hand and told her to run…
Needless to say my dad didn’t know anyone with a green transit…