You shouldn't say: "bastard!" to the Police Commissioner
— What's new, Titin?
— Another victim from Castelnau. There's a man who doesn't bring good luck to Marseille.
— ???
— Yes, a county councilor has just been sentenced to three months in prison...
— Why?
— Because he wasn't proper towards a police commissioner. It was at the counter-demonstration on February 9, where the officers charged anyone who didn't know the name of their priest.
— What are you talking about, Titin?
— You know very well, that was the order, the police would only let you pass if you could point out the black man from the church in your neighborhood.
— You were kidding, Titin.
— Not in the least. So you don't read the newspapers?
So, the general councillor, who had nevertheless received some education, did not know the name of his priest, and he wanted to get through, the animal. He was beaten up, naturally, the police are made for that. Seeing the commissioner, he was naive enough to complain, really imagining that an elected official is like the superior of a civil servant. It was not in a salon, one could not make an assault on politeness, quite bluntly he expressed his indignation in a rather harsh word. You behave like "bastards" Or something like that. The police commissioner, whose last day of service it was, who is retired, and cannot have much sympathy for the elected officials of the cartel, and, in any case, no longer needs to spare them, had the apostrophe noted by his subordinates.
— So what?
— So, the general councillor was sent to correctional court and for "bastard" he was salted. You have to be polite to the commissioner... Even when you're mistreated by his officers... That's a bit of a harsh word, but three months in prison is perhaps a bit of an exaggeration. Especially since "bastard" is not an insult, it's an assessment.
— It didn't please the commissioner...
— No, but before sentencing, you weigh up the pros and cons, and a 16 franc fine, I think it was well paid, at the price of butter.
— But he was granted a suspended sentence...
— All that's missing is for him to be sent to weave selvedge slippers.
— Come on, the judges could have opened a Larousse, it's a must for the police,
— Larousse is competent, isn't it?
— And what does the dictionary say?