On Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:40:27 -0400, Sabrina Kilian <ski### [at] vtedu> wrote:

>> Too much logic there not enough room for emotion or want ;)
>> 
>
>So? If someone was going to get a gun for home defense, a basic safety
>course would teach the same thing.
>

I was, in my own way, agreeing with you. And I still do.

>>> When did the police become a means to prevent crime?
>>>
>> 
>> Just after they stop breaking the law, themselves. :)
>
>I was thinking more about how they shifted from an investigative force,
>after a crime is committed, to existing with the purpose of preventing
>crimes.

And I was thinking of the phrase "A law unto themselves".

>>> I hate to say it, but they are the same thing. One sides Freedom Fighter
>>> is the other sides terrorist. One sides liberating force is the others
>>> invading army. The only difference is which side you are on or, if it
>>> was in the past, which side won.
>>>
>> 
>> So cynical for one so young :P
>
>That was just barely cynical, I could do much worse if you prefer ;)

I know, I know ;-)
I used that concept on this newsgoup myself several years ago when writing about
Al Qaeda and the IRA. To the disgust of Bill deWitt.
-- 

Regards
     Stephen

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