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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAm I the only one who thinks of the German military
era WWI or WWII when I see those Boston police hats?
Edit: This is not a comment about authoritarianism or anything like that. It's really just about the hat. I should probably have posted it in the lounge.
nobodyspecial
(2,286 posts)Find a hobby
DainBramaged
(39,191 posts)Thanks for the info Clark.
BainsBane
(53,003 posts)I don't see that at all. I've been struck by those odd hats for days.
Besides, the Boston PD lifted the stay in place request.
I appreciate your pointing out the other poster's rude behavior.
DainBramaged
(39,191 posts)The police state in full dress today.
For one man
THOUNABDS of man hours, dozens of expensive machines.
And they can't bait him to come out?
Where's Bruce Willis when you need him.
BainsBane
(53,003 posts)He could be curled up behind a trash can or something. I don't think he's on the move.
HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)so I'll leave this un criticized and acknowlege that I cannot know the individual pscycho-social issues that are addressed by such sartorial semiotics
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,280 posts)but I never thought about Germans.
aristocles
(594 posts)Quit stirring the pot.
n/t
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Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)Not WWI but WWII Wehrmacht gear.
BainsBane
(53,003 posts)petronius
(26,581 posts)taller, larger, and less slouchy.
(That hat could do with a serious redesign in general, in my fashion-challenged opinion...)
Arcanetrance
(2,670 posts)BainsBane
(53,003 posts)and it brought Germans to mind.
Arcanetrance
(2,670 posts)BainsBane
(53,003 posts)Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)Here's Douglas Macarthur's "scrambled eggs" cap.
BainsBane
(53,003 posts)Same brim design.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)NoPasaran
(17,291 posts)Arcanetrance
(2,670 posts)officers wear all over.
BainsBane
(53,003 posts)Without the leaves across the brim. That's the bit that seems odd.
dballance
(5,756 posts)Same thing on hats for generals and admirals in the military.
baldguy
(36,649 posts)socialindependocrat
(1,372 posts)Edited to correct my answer:
Oh, you were talking about the chief's soft hat.
Oh, yes, we just talked about that today.
I was saying that the hats flapped down like that and the
cross-torso black belt that they wear in Phila make them look
like storm troopers. And some of the cops in patrol cars even
wear the knee-high boots. They're a scary sight when the
walk toward your car at night. I certainly don't want to piss them off.
This is a comment about the hard helmets
'Cept the German helmets curved outward at the bottom (I think)
They keep trying to perfect the style so that it offers the best protection.
I always wondered why they didn't protect the neck more but
I suppose that when you're in a prone position it would push the
helmet forward.
Probably, every little bend and twist in that design has a reason.
Until they come out with a better design.
Boy, you certainly drew a lot of flack for such a simple question didn't you.
Even when I say something nice in DU I just hunker down and wait for the
bullets to fly. Now, when I see the "My Posts" button light up I kind of have
to take a deep breath and see what I get. I look at it as skin-thickening practice.
Take a deep breath and keep on posting. Some of us like a good discussion.
Now, let's see what kind of shit I get for this!
Night, night...
Rex
(65,616 posts)HOWEVER, your post is now part of the search!
I DID FIND some old Soviet officers hats that look kinda close...you think he has ties to Putin?
It's amazing how my stupidest threads get the most attention. Someone above pointed out the similarity with US WWII hats, like MacArthur. I must have had a war movie association.
Rex
(65,616 posts)laurel on North Korean officer hats or maybe it was Chinese...so went looking.
PD Turk
(1,289 posts)WWII. they called it the "50 mission crush"
BainsBane
(53,003 posts)it has the "scarmbled eggs" of a high ranking officer on the brim
ornotna
(10,763 posts)Google "officers crusher dress hat".You'll see plenty of examples.
BainsBane
(53,003 posts)US Army
ornotna
(10,763 posts)friendly_iconoclast
(15,333 posts)There's a line from The Departed where Mark Wahlberg's character asks Leonardo DiCaprio's
character (a newly minted Statie) if he was tired of going to work dressed up like he was going to
invade Poland...
BainsBane
(53,003 posts)thanks for the reference. I don't feel so strange now.