COMMUNITY/COMMUNIST ORIENTED POLICING
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN
Charlotte Iserbyt
February 13, 2003
NewsWithViews.com
Who should decide which members of our communities have performed
"extraordinary acts of kindness"? Who should define the term "extraordinary acts of kindness"? (See Times Record article below.)
Ordinarily, in a free society, these decisions/definitions are left up to the private sector (parents, clergymen, elected officials, or some otherindividuals not associated with government.)
At least that's the way it used to be (pre-9/11) in the United States. Only in totalitarian countries are such decisions/definitions left up to the government. Once the government is permitted to define "kindness", it's only one step to flipping the 'coin' (and that's not a pun, ed) to defining "bad behavior". My writing this article could easily be considered "bad behavior" because I am criticizing the government.
Do we want the government defining "bad behavior" in our communities without recourse to the courts and the rule of law? We are a nation/people governed and protected by our Constitution and Bill of Rights, not by the use of the police to make arbitrary decisions regarding good or bad behavior.
2 comments:
Charlotte Iserbyt - watch this interview to learn about the :
Deliberate Dumbing Down of the US & World
HRW
What's all the fuss? Having the uh, "subjects" assist the police has been very successful in other countries. Take the Deutsche Demokratische Republik...please. An estimated one in four East Germans were "connected" to the police (STASI), and it worked out just fine!
You have nothing to fear unless...you've been denounced, or have pissed someone off.
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