🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <1992Nov6.034529.11323@news.eng.convex.com> gardner@convex.com (Steve Gardner) writes:
}In article <1992Nov3.090942.1626@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu> denning@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu writes:
}>I apologize for the insult.  What led me to say what I said was that 
}>many people had said things that I interpreted as disrespectful of
}>all law enforcement.
}	When law enforcement starts behaving in a respectable manner
}	they will enjoy the *earned* respect of the populace.  
}	When they stop such abominations as civil forfeiture and 
}	other abuses in the name of the war on some drugs they can hope
}	for respect.  In the mean time they deserve nothing but contempt
}	from a proud and free people.  You may think like a serf if you
}	wish but don't be surprised when others don't follow suit.

Whoa, there!  I'm with you on the evils of civil asset forfeiture and other
abuses, but you're engaging in collectivist thinking if you claim that law
enforcement deserves no respect whatsoever.  This is unreasonable.  Just
because there are some bad apples - okay, many - doesn't mean they're all bad.


Tim Starr - Renaissance Now! - Think Universally, Act Selfishly
starr@genie.slhs.udel.edu

"True greatness consists in the use of a powerful understanding to enlighten
oneself and others." - Voltaire