Good cops or bad cops, that is a question. I think cops are basically just like other people, and other people in the same situation would end up just like them. It's the job that corrupts them - the ability to bully and kill people with impunity, the power, the opportunities for monetary gain and bribes from drug dealers, the protection money, etc. If cops had a different job, they wouldn't be the way they are. Even if they had cop-like positions (e.g. "rent-a-cop" or bodyguards), and worked in the free market like the rest of us, they wouldn't end up the way they are. The anti-social incentives are missing. You don't read about these huge problems with rent-a-cops.
If a wife is with an abusing husband, she needs to take responsibility for herself and leave. Or her brothers and friends need to talk to the guy, maybe beat him up. Or she can contract with her local rent-a-cop. Or she can get a gun -
"Be not afraid of any man
No matter what his size
When danger threatens, call on me
And I will equalize."
If women want equality then they need to take care of themselves. Yeah, it's on her, not me. There are many women who called 911 and lived to regret it.
Imagine a country with no War on Some Drugs, no traffic enforcement and civil asset forteiture aka "highway robbery", no need for "protection" because neighbors look out for each other, no welfare creating vast numbers of broken and dangerous people, no enforcement of gun control laws. What would there be left for cops to do? What small remnant could not be handled informally by ordinary citizens, or by the free market? Even these days, with this gigantic government on our backs, there are way more disputes handled by (free market) arbitration than in the courts.
You mean like cops do now?
Standing up to bad cops? Sounds like a good way to get killed, and that by both good cops and bad.
You are acting as if they actually supply some service, some good. I'm telling you I don't want their "help". I'm not happy when I look in my rear-view mirror and see one behind me. I won't blame cops for not "helping" me, trust me. You can rest your mind on that point. If they'd let me off from paying taxes to support them, and not steal from me on the highway, even better.
Here, read this:
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If a wife is with an abusing husband, she needs to take responsibility for herself and leave. Or her brothers and friends need to talk to the guy, maybe beat him up. Or she can contract with her local rent-a-cop. Or she can get a gun -
"Be not afraid of any man
No matter what his size
When danger threatens, call on me
And I will equalize."
If women want equality then they need to take care of themselves. Yeah, it's on her, not me. There are many women who called 911 and lived to regret it.
Imagine a country with no War on Some Drugs, no traffic enforcement and civil asset forteiture aka "highway robbery", no need for "protection" because neighbors look out for each other, no welfare creating vast numbers of broken and dangerous people, no enforcement of gun control laws. What would there be left for cops to do? What small remnant could not be handled informally by ordinary citizens, or by the free market? Even these days, with this gigantic government on our backs, there are way more disputes handled by (free market) arbitration than in the courts.
So the rational is no matter what shoot first and ask questions later? even if the situation doesn't warrant death?
You mean like cops do now?
I am not saying that anyone should just lay down and not stand up to bad cops but there are a lot of good ones too.
Standing up to bad cops? Sounds like a good way to get killed, and that by both good cops and bad.
have the courage of your convictions and if something {God forbid} should go bad don't blame the cops for not being there or not helping.
You are acting as if they actually supply some service, some good. I'm telling you I don't want their "help". I'm not happy when I look in my rear-view mirror and see one behind me. I won't blame cops for not "helping" me, trust me. You can rest your mind on that point. If they'd let me off from paying taxes to support them, and not steal from me on the highway, even better.
Here, read this:
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