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Jaynelson
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Y'know....a few years ago I would have quickly written this off as hippy BS as many of you are. Now.....I can't say I'm in 100% agreement, however, there are some pretty fair points raised here.
I can honestly say there have been exactly 2 times in my life where I have requested the help of police when myself and my spouse felt threatened. In both cases, the police were 100% useless....not willing to put forth one ounce of effort, or even mask an attempt to give a damn. HOWEVER, there never seems to be any lack of interest in them "just doing their job" trying to bait law-abiding people into slipping up at some stupid check point/DUI stop/speed trap/whatever. Don't care about some guy with a huge record sneaking around our old house waiting to attack me/my girl when we got home....but more than willing to ruin some poor basterd's life because he drank 2 beers after work and drove home. Wow thanks for the help.
Like beard said....the gov/police works FOR you in theory, as opposed to AGAINST you and that does seem to be less and less the case. I'm not sure this is the best way to go about change....that said, maybe it's as good as any? From my personal experience, I see them as no help whatsoever....so if they are of no use to me, then just leave me alone. That would definitely seem a basic right....to not be harassed when you are doing nothing wrong.
I know this goes further/deeper than that, but just relating to personal experience. It's interesting stuff.
I can honestly say there have been exactly 2 times in my life where I have requested the help of police when myself and my spouse felt threatened. In both cases, the police were 100% useless....not willing to put forth one ounce of effort, or even mask an attempt to give a damn. HOWEVER, there never seems to be any lack of interest in them "just doing their job" trying to bait law-abiding people into slipping up at some stupid check point/DUI stop/speed trap/whatever. Don't care about some guy with a huge record sneaking around our old house waiting to attack me/my girl when we got home....but more than willing to ruin some poor basterd's life because he drank 2 beers after work and drove home. Wow thanks for the help.
Like beard said....the gov/police works FOR you in theory, as opposed to AGAINST you and that does seem to be less and less the case. I'm not sure this is the best way to go about change....that said, maybe it's as good as any? From my personal experience, I see them as no help whatsoever....so if they are of no use to me, then just leave me alone. That would definitely seem a basic right....to not be harassed when you are doing nothing wrong.
I know this goes further/deeper than that, but just relating to personal experience. It's interesting stuff.
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