Saturday, May 19, 2007

* Rank Correction

Yesterday I reported the Chicago Police Department Outdoor Roll Call by Jordan School in CAPS Beat 2424 was conducted by a Sergeant - when in fact the rousing Roll Call was performed by a Lieutenant.

The 'Broken Heart' regrets this error in rank.

3 comments:

proGun said...

Once an officer earns a rank they do like to be referred to by that rank.

Anonymous said...

Craig is a rank amateur.

Anonymous said...

Every professional media outlet publishes corrections every day. Most blogs don't bother.

Exactly how does publishing a correction with an apology make Craig an amateur? And what's necessarily wrong with being an amateur anyway?

According to the original Latin source, amātor, an amateur is a lover, devoted friend, devotee, enthusiastic pursuer of an objective. Based on the etymology, an amateur is someone who engages in an activity out of love.

According to the values of past times, amateurism (from Fr. amateur "lover of," from O.Fr., from L. amatorem nom. amator, "lover,") as a value system, elevates things done out of enthusiam and love of the activity above those done for pay (i.e., professionalism). Seems like a decent value to keep around.

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