Do we really need police protection for policemen? Would weed growers have guns if the weed wasn't illegal? Would gangs be inviting to a community that was inspired? Hey, boys, you need to believe in bad people or somethin'? Policemen are paid to do what?... enfore laws. Policemen are the obvious ones to ask if they think the laws are working. I don't think a policeman's carreer is going to get a real boost by coming out against guns, and for legalisation of weed. This is what I call repression. The people who have the guns and the experience, CAN'T speak their minds, aren't paid to study legal/pshyc/polital matters, but MUST follow party lines or find another line of work. It is simple, and nazi Germany exemplifies the point. Scarcity (or percieved scarcity) fuels and lubricates this machine. Also, don't go on with me about police simply enforceing laws... Selective enforcement IS the standard by which others are judged. Race, orientation, appearance, and political beliefs are systematically chipped from the edges of 'the bell curve' to create a more 'ideal' world. However, this more ideal world is often more a projection of 'Leave it to Beaver' or 'Mayberry' than it is the realization of the WTO protests. Corporate domination of American life is sanctioned by the police. Look across this country and tell me that it is working. Strip malls and broken down farms do not make people happy. The AMA doesn't even recognize the world wide epidemic of systemic candida albicans (which is why I have so much time to write right now...). Guns are constantly an issue. Kids are freaked and we don't even recognise their symptoms. Yep, I am dissatisfied with the way things are, and I vote. I also play folk music for people who may not agree with me. It cuts down the tips, but I don't get the sadness that accompanies the preaching to the choir. When police are unable to act truly by conscience, and their government is assembled periodically by a misinformed and decadent populous, the police state is easily possible. Just throw in a little scarcity, and inevitable is the word that comes to my mind...

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