Originally Posted by
WillBrink
I have thought of that myself well before this event. If the majority of the population feels the po po does them no good, etc, etc, then they should vote to opt out. That also means, when someone is kicking your door in to rob you, etc, there will be no response to your 911 call. Those who bitch the most about the po po often can't find that phone fast enough to dial 911 when something happens to them. "Sorry, your town voted to opt out of the 911 emergency system. You're on your own, and good luck"
Never happen in our utopia, with liability and all that, but it would allow police to focus on those locations and populations who fully understand the Thin Blue Line is not a metaphor.
That does not mean they are perfect, or that they don't mess up, or that they should be able to run ruff shot over Const. Rights, or they should not be judged by 12 when they break the law, but the rule of law is the only thing that keeps a society stable and functional.
I respectfully disagree. The job of the police is to provide a law-enforcement presence for ALL citizens of the nation-state, uniting them under a common law, regardless of how one segment of the population might react. Allowing citizens to "opt out" would mean the nation-state effectively ceased to exist, as there is no longer any impetus for all citizens to live by the same laws. Put another way, rule of law is only rule of law because it is not optional. What about all the taxpayers who didn't vote to "opt out" with the rest of their town? You're basically taking things from one extreme to the other, causing further divide among the population. It could likely start a civil war.
Fergusen represents a horrendous failure of leadership on all levels up to POTUS. Their lives have become so comfortable, that people often forget we are all one country, especially when politicians make a living by being deliberately divisive, and the media makes a living telling us why we should be scared of each other. They forget that our government was set up to:
-Establish Justice
-Provide for the common defense
-Promote (not ensure) the general welfare
Sound familiar? Just because Fergusen, the DOJ, and the White House are populated by a bunch of a-holes who love to inflame situations and disregard the Constitution doesn't make the basic theory of government disappear.
Last edited by sevenhelmet; 03-11-15 at 14:20.
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