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Which private entities are you referring to?
What?
I'll try anyway, cops are supposed to bring criminals to justice, as in the courts. Military is to kill people and break things.
A militarized police will ultimately become more trigger happy and less discerning of targets.
That's not good for anyone.
Any proof that giving a department military style gear will suddenly make the individual officers "trigger happy" ??
When in our history did the American right wing begin the hard turn against law enforcement? At one time American conservatives and support for law enforcement went hand in hand. Now, its obvious that the hate for government that is part and parcel of libertarianism has been extended to law enforcement. When did this devolution happen?
This thread is merely the latest example of it here.
General Motors Corporation
Ford Motor Company
Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
Mitsubishi Corporation
Itochu Corporation
Royal Dutch/Shell Group
Marubeni Corporation
Exxon Corporation
Sumitomo Corporation
Toyota Motor Corporation
Unilever
GM
Philips
Nestle
ABB
Siemens
BAT
PepsiCo
McDonalds
and many others
When in our history did the American right wing begin the hard turn against law enforcement? At one time American conservatives and support for law enforcement went hand in hand. Now, its obvious that the hate for government that is part and parcel of libertarianism has been extended to law enforcement. When did this devolution happen?
This thread is merely the latest example of it here.
I would ask, since when does the left have such a love for our law enforcement? What happened to flower power and all that jazz?
Any proof that giving a department military style gear will suddenly make the individual officers "trigger happy" ??
So you want a large, militarized police force to take on... corporations? That makes no sense. :shock:General Motors Corporation
Ford Motor Company
Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
Mitsubishi Corporation
Itochu Corporation
Royal Dutch/Shell Group
Marubeni Corporation
Exxon Corporation
Sumitomo Corporation
Toyota Motor Corporation
Unilever
GM
Philips
Nestle
ABB
Siemens
BAT
PepsiCo
McDonalds
and many others
So you want a large, militarized police force to take on... corporations? That makes no sense. :shock:
Well at least we agree on one thing. :mrgreen:I didn't say that. I am against the militarization of the police. My point is that we need a federal government large and powerful enough to effectively regulate the multi-national corporations. That is why I do not support the libertarian/conservative attempts to shrink government. I would shrink federal government also, but mostly to drastically reduce the military-security-intelligence-industrial complex.
Yes. Now link it to the fact that they were given a weapon and clothing and gear of a particular type and not just because these individuals decided that is what they wanted to do.What hard truth showed was just a fraction... There are case weekly, if not daily sometimes where police shoot and or kill people that were not even doing anything.
It's hard to think up individual cases because it happens on such a regular basis now.
That's why I ask if you've really been paying attention to what's going on through the country with increasing frequency.
Well at least we agree on one thing. :mrgreen:
My take on why corporations are so large and powerful is because they are colluding with government in the sense that they can lobby the government to influence it via money, political donations, etc. So in that case, the key to solving this dilemma would be to reduce government power drastically so that big corporations wont be able to influence them. No conflict of interest so to speak- with a small government you can have a more level playing field in private business since government would be too weak to influence the big firms to their advantage.
Well at least we agree on one thing. :mrgreen:
My take on why corporations are so large and powerful is because they are colluding with government in the sense that they can lobby the government to influence it via money, political donations, etc. So in that case, the key to solving this dilemma would be to reduce government power drastically so that big corporations wont be able to influence them. No conflict of interest so to speak- with a small government you can have a more level playing field in private business since government would be too weak to influence the big firms to their advantage.
Yes. Now link it to the fact that they were given a weapon and clothing and gear of a particular type and not just because these individuals decided that is what they wanted to do.
Maybe the problem isn't the gear so much as it is the TRAINING that police are given.
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