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YourNeverThere · 08-20-2003, 12:19 AM

Alright, Disclaimer, first off. 1) Any police, or supporters, this thread is aimed at you, if you are an officer that's great becuase I want answer from someone like yourself although everyone is welcome to post.
2)To make myself clear, I understand that we need police now, in today's world, and that without some drastic changes we always will, but, for myself I don't support them.
3) I hope that I don't offend anyone, these are just my thougts.

Alright, telling someone else that they can't do something takes a basic amount of ego. Boil down any command and basicly its "You can't do that becuase I say so." So, what my question is, for police officers, what makes you better than me? What makes it so you can tell me what to do? Is it your training? This is the first answer that comes to my mind which is why I am starting police foundations after summer. I will get the same training that any officer will get. So, that out of the way, we both have the same training, is it becuase you have a gun? might makes right? If that's true then that's horrible. By gun I just mean force, like mabye not the gun, but the fact that you could beat me up, and the fact that you have a entire 'justice' system to enforce your judgments, the oprative word being 'enforce' or 'force' might makes right.
So, eather it's your might, or something else. Is it just becuase of your badge? becuase of the job you have? Becuase your just doing your job? Doing what people tell you to do when you pull someone over, or when you tell someone what they can and can't do?
I can't think of any other reasons why you have authority over me then those and if thats all there is how can people not realise it and try to make things better?
Please, no flameing, yes from my avatar you might notice that I am an anarchist, but that's not really where this thread is coming from, I have been thinking about this for long before I was an anarchist. So lets not debate anarchy yet, mabye later in the thread or mabye in an other thread, I want to find out what's up with cops.

08-20-2003, 12:19 AM	#1 (permalink)
YourNeverThere Practical Anarchist Location: Yesterday i woke up stuck in hollywood	Why Are Cops Better Than Me? Alright, Disclaimer, first off. 1) Any police, or supporters, this thread is aimed at you, if you are an officer that's great becuase I want answer from someone like yourself although everyone is welcome to post. 2)To make myself clear, I understand that we need police now, in today's world, and that without some drastic changes we always will, but, for myself I don't support them. 3) I hope that I don't offend anyone, these are just my thougts. Alright, telling someone else that they can't do something takes a basic amount of ego. Boil down any command and basicly its "You can't do that becuase I say so." So, what my question is, for police officers, what makes you better than me? What makes it so you can tell me what to do? Is it your training? This is the first answer that comes to my mind which is why I am starting police foundations after summer. I will get the same training that any officer will get. So, that out of the way, we both have the same training, is it becuase you have a gun? might makes right? If that's true then that's horrible. By gun I just mean force, like mabye not the gun, but the fact that you could beat me up, and the fact that you have a entire 'justice' system to enforce your judgments, the oprative word being 'enforce' or 'force' might makes right. So, eather it's your might, or something else. Is it just becuase of your badge? becuase of the job you have? Becuase your just doing your job? Doing what people tell you to do when you pull someone over, or when you tell someone what they can and can't do? I can't think of any other reasons why you have authority over me then those and if thats all there is how can people not realise it and try to make things better? Please, no flameing, yes from my avatar you might notice that I am an anarchist, but that's not really where this thread is coming from, I have been thinking about this for long before I was an anarchist. So lets not debate anarchy yet, mabye later in the thread or mabye in an other thread, I want to find out what's up with cops. __________________ The Above post is a direct quote from Shakespeare