Police Shows

Tv Police Shows... Crime Dramas 

They all follow the same procedures... or should I say the writers all have the same mentality on writing the shows. True to form or writers just writing what they think plays good. Idoeno.

Now, me being me,  all logical ... 

many things simply don't make sense. 

Law enforcement sees and approachs the criminal... from 30+ feet away... they shout the criminals name... giving them the opportunity to take off and run... Now they have to chase them. 

Criminal is running away... they may get away to shoot others, or take hostages. Should have just shot them... They can't out run a bullet. 

Criminal gets away... Takes a hostage... tells law to put down their guns. Idoeno. Criminal watches to many tv shows. I'm not putting my gun down... if you shoot them,  you are going to die. So, punk... do you feel lucky? 

Walking up to the suspects home, they talk to each other not paying attention,  while the criminal hears and sees them coming, flees or starts shooting at them.   Go figure... not paying attention. Really? 

The criminal has been shooting at people and the law... the law catches up to them getting the drop on them... how does it always end up in a knife or kung fu fight. Should have just shot them... dead... Problem solved. And no fighting.

Police always... always shouts... stop, police! Criminal never stops. 
Now they are back to chasing them. Just shoot them. 
How does that go again?  Is it stop, police, then shoot? 
Or is it shoot,  then shout police? 
Oh,  that's why I'm not in law enforcement. 

Gun fight with criminals. How is it that the police only have hand guns and the criminals have automatic weapons? Really?

And while the gun fight progresses... why to the police repeatedly shoot wasting ammunition... Only to run out, or have that dramatic moment... Only two bullets left. 

Police are confronted by numerous criminals with automatic weapons. Police shoot one of the criminals, they're down... police only have their hand gun... and then move on... WAIT... PICK UP THE CRIMINALS automatic weapons! 

Then there's the whole horror movie dramatic move... Lets split up!

Police always assign two officers out side to watch & protect the person in the house. They might as well wear RED SHIRTS (StarTrek)...they always get killed. 

Police always say... They can protect people if they testify... They almost always get murdered. 

Then there's the early clues as to the killer is... and you watch the investigation stumbled on and on... as you shout at the TV... I know what's happened and who did it... then several scenes later,  they finally figure it out. Finally!

Well... That about covers it.  Drama and suspense is the writers main objective. Based in reality... Doesn't seem logical. 

Memories

Memories of Disney Magic

Aside from the greatly elevated prices...

And the massive over crowded parks...

And the exasperatingly long wait times...

Disney Magic Still Lives

(Not the same experience for us)

But the memories still live...

Filled with all the magic. 

Favorite Park just to relax and enjoy.

Epcot

Memory

Memory... Human Memory...

Or perhaps just my memory...

as I see it. 

So... This is how I see it. My long term memory is like a computer memory... filled with everything I've ever experienced. And just like computer memory it has limits. Long term memory... and once its filled, nothing more can be stored. Then there's short term memory... RAM if you will. It stores everything that won't fit in long term memory... new stuff. And once its filled, new information bumps out old information. So the older you get the more new stuff bumps out other stuff.  And its completely random. Something from this morning or last week gets bumped out. That's why I remember the words to songs from 60 years ago... But can not recall what I went into the next room for. 
Of course this is all made worse by fragmentation of the memory... which can not be fixed like a computer. Fragmented links connecting thousands of bits of information that prevents instant recall for what we are trying to remember. So recall takes hundreds of detours getting to the information that you were trying to remember... then it pops into your mind minutes or hours later when you're not even thinking about it. Go figure. All part of getting older. So... There you have it. 
Wait... have what? ... Okay... yes ... memory... now you know...

exactly how things work.  
It's all very scientific.  

Population

Over Population 

Not much is said about world population, or more accurately over population as it relates to environment, and food & water supply... not to mention health care. Humanity is steadily approaching the breaking point. Some would say that we are already in the early stages of over population and its negative impact.  Reality is, at some day, over population will reach the breaking point were resources can no longer support the human population. 

Two fates are eminent. Mass starvation, diminished resources, and pollution of the environment... OR  natural environmental catastrophe that will greatly reduce human population well back into a sustainable population. Neither prospect is very appealing. 

The demands on every resource especially health care is made even more stressed by people living longer... boom. 

Of course... human nature could release world war upon everyone... greatly reducing world population. The delicate balance that could be upset by over population and the the fight over resources... food, energy, land, and even fresh water. 

But a they say.  No sense in worrying about things out of our individual control. 

Science predicted that 7.7 billion is the tipping point, or if you will,  the point of no return. Humanity is already at 7.8 billion.

Just something to think about,  or perhaps best not to.