When the goal is my own, internally motivated, I will behave according to my own values for respectful and peaceful cooperation. When the goal is not my own, externally motivated, I will at first behave according to my own values, but resistance may soon have me acting contrary to those values. Why is this?
Tag: police
Voluntary Law and Order
People are not all the same, and they make different choices because they have different values, circumstances, and levels of understanding. Sometimes those choices are peaceful and wise; sometimes they are not. So what are the best ways to promote good choices and cooperation while preventing and providing resolution for conflict?
Flags, Football, and Begged Questions
Defenders of Donald Trump’s condemnation of NFL players who “take a knee” during the national hymn — sorry, anthem — beg a few questions. They assume the truth of matters that are or should be in dispute. So, not so fast, Trump defenders. You have work to do.
“Police Corruption” is Meaningless
If your purpose, or at least the real-world manifestation of your “purpose,” is evil, how can the word “corrupt” even have any meaning to your situation?
Privacy and Politics: The Hypocrisy of the Surveillance Statists
So long as American politicians and bureaucrats continue to put the rest of us under a magnifying glass, they deserve no sympathy when they get caught trying to hide their own actions from public view.
Immigration Raids Violate Due Process (9m) – Editor’s Break 033
Editor’s Break 033 explains why immigration raids and arresting other nonviolent “criminals” are major violations of due process.
Let’s Get Back to Having Peace Officers, and Away from Law Enforcers
Believe it or not, I want to respect cops. Sticking to these 5 roles, they’d deserve our love, respect, and admiration. They’d rightfully be considered heros. But unfortunately, 90% of what cops do today is utterly without merit.
The Illusory Goal of Defeating the State through Politics
The argument for engaging in politics as a means of weakening the state’s power is undercut by the reality of political ambition. If there were politicians who endeavored steadfastly to reduce the pain and plunder inflicted by the state in all sectors, such incrementalism might have a chance of success, but such principled people do not attain power in a political system.
Stop Lying about Laws Applying
I engaged in an instructive Facebook conversation recently. I approached it Socratically at first, but ended it with some food for thought (pun intended). Here it is in full, edited for presentation. The topic is the applicability of government laws as it concerns the food vendor that was robbed by campus police recently.
Incentives, not Motives or Training
I saw an infuriating video of police arresting a nurse who refused to draw a patients blood at their request. Comments on Twitter included a lot of, “Why are police so nasty and brutish?”, and most responses were, “They need better training and to be nicer.” Nope.