Originally Posted by
chuckman
"When they commit serious crimes, most of society is prepared to give them a break." Think about that. That is about 180 degrees from truth as it can get. If they commit crimes, serious or jaywalking, they are to be held accountable like every other person. It is that very assumption in their minds that allow the behavior to perpetuate. If they want to augment his already low pay by stealing, I am absolutely going to hammer him. Ethics and morality and following the law do not get a pass because you're in a hard job. If they want to augment their pay, write a damn book like every other SEAL and guest appear on Fox & Friends; or, become a contractor or work for SAD.
Agreed. "I can steal, and murder people who rat me out, because I'm paid too low to risk my life for a government that shits on me," is no different than "I can loot stores because my ancestors were held as slaves and the cops pick on me," or "I can rape girls and shoot up schools because nature cursed me with an ugly face and no social skills." The government, and the world in general, pisses and shits on people. But that doesn't mean that anybody gets a pass to engage in illegal and antisocial behavior.
Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who do not.-Ben Franklin
there’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it’s worth fighting for.-Samwise Gamgee
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