...because you're using them to describe people you clearly hate.

And it's an insult to the police because even though there's nothing wrong with actual pigs, clearly your use of the word is meant in a derogatory way.

Don't hate the police - be the police!

www.indypolice.org.uk

...and should not be respected. However, we should respect them as fellow human beings.

Let's not call them pigs.

Also it's worrying generally when people call other people animals. It's an attempt to dehumanise them. Israelis and Palestinians call eachother various farmyard beasts to help them feel less guilty about wanting to kill eachother.

Hate sucks.

Let's have a campaign against hate.

Try and go for a whole day without hating anyone :-)

Man am I happy since I became a hippy!

Screw you guys I'm going home

- eric cartman (from southpark)

pigwatch chosen as a name which people can relate to, everyone knows the cops as pigs, its not meant to compare them to animals, its just a nick name. the real pigs rule, police pigs suck. read up on the history of the name pig, u'll be surprised

No honestly, I do! He's called Andy Trotter and he is Borough Commander at Police HQ Victoria Embankment, London. He is a vegetarian.