Originally posted by MacSwainIt may well be. Perhaps (just spitballing here) too much Marxism makes the government's heavy hand the bad guy, and when the government becomes the bad guy and takes so many people's freedoms away and acts so corruptly, the police loses credibility by extension.
The year by year statistics you've posted seem to indicate increasing death rates in central/south america followed the advance of Marxism in the area.
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Originally posted by AThousandYoungNo problem 🙂
You're welcome! Sorry if I had a hostile tone.
[b]You can correct me if I'm wrong- but I thought you meant that the police cannot be relied on to protect you- see what they did to Rodney King.
No, that's not what I meant, but I can see how you would think I did. I just meant that sometimes the police can't protect you.[/b]
You're certainly correct that the police can't always protect you. A bigger problem of course is that in many communities, the police are viewed not as protectors, but as the enemy- as an army of occupation.
I hate to cite fiction in support of real life, but watching The Wire gave me a whole new perspective on how police are viewed in some places.
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Originally posted by Sam The ShamQuick survey:
You're right, I see the light. What was I thinking?
As we all know, everywhere the black man goes, things just get better, don't they?
I'll take your advice and call the police if I see the neighborhood falling apart. They'll know what to do.
Problem solved !
Fool.
Is there anyone here, who, upon seeing the stand alone word
Fool.
used, doesn't think of Mr. T on the A-Team looking at Murdock, squinting his eyes squaring his shoulders and saying:
Foooolll!!!
Originally posted by sh76I don't. I see some medieval noble or wizard contemptuously calling someone else a fool.
Quick survey:
Is there anyone here, who, upon seeing the stand alone word
Fool.
used, doesn't think of Mr. T on the A-Team looking at Murdock, squinting his eyes squaring his shoulders and saying:
Foooolll!!!