The police are supposed to “protect and serve” and when they are not protecting and serving it doesn’t mean the whole notion of a police force is a bad thing, just like if the BLM were provably wrong in the Bundy case that wouldn’t mean the whole notion of a strong federal government is wrong. I want the government, whether federal or municipal, to act on all our behalf for the public good, that doesn’t mean I am in favor of an iron-fisted dictatorship (just like your support of Bundy doesn’t mean you are in favor of some kind of Mad-Max-styled anarchy.)
And this is the crux of most political arguments, even when we don’t realize it: what constitutes “the public good”? In the Bundy case we could argue that 'til the cows come home (sorry), but that would be way off topic for this thread. Jaywalking is quite a bit simpler, and I think unpoliticized enough that we could come to some agreement over whether handing out lots of tickets helps or hurts the public.
I would submit that only with a strong federal government can crap like what happened to this jaywalker or Bundy occur.
Granted the officers in the jaywalking case are probably Austin PD or Travis County sherifs deputies or Constables or Capitol Police or Texas Rangers or… ( i can go on ). So I dont get to directly point a finger at the FEDGOV in this case.
Of course it probably George Bush’s fault… he WAS the governor.
EDIT: Not sure what the significance of the glacier has to the discussion. But yea… soooo much ice in Antartica that its literally falling in to the ocean.
Well, when you have a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.
And when someone points out it’s not a nail, well, they must be lobbyists for the screwdriver industry.
[EDIT: This conversation is already moving off topic, and in danger of going septic, so I think I am done arguing with you lest I share that guilt. As was previously pointed out here, anyone who doesn’t know the difference between an armed standoff and jaywalking isn’t to be reasoned with, and a lot of your comments appear to be preaching or designed to annoy your opponents, not reasonably discuss policy. Eventually the regulars here will ignore you, or the moderator will ban you. Good bye.]
Anyway, if you are incapable of seeing how a cop arresting some woman over jaywalking is similar to the popo showing up and shooting some ranchers cattle, tasering people, pointing rifles, etc. then yea.
Yup, just like speed limits are similar to martial law because they both impede movement, and a mountain is similar to a molehill because they are both just mounds of dirt.
