Richard Ebeling once told me, “Government makes criminals of us all.” Government sets up society so that no person can live a life without using some sort of government service, paid for through coerced taxes. I later came to realize that government needs to make moral cowards of us all, in order to keep us dependent on it for the dispensation of justice.
Tag: police
Whodunit
I count among my major influences several writers who specialize or specialized in detective fiction, aka pulp fiction. I have come to consider many of the purveyors of this lurid fiction to be among the finest literary practitioners, literature producers, and philosophy masters. Who are some of these knights of the pen?
Utah Case Highlights Need for Separation of Medicine and Law Enforcement
In July, Salt Lake City detective Jeff Payne violently abducted Alex Wubbels, a nurse at University of Utah Hospital. Most accounts don’t put it that way — they use the word “arrested” instead — but Wubbels was released without charges because Payne’s actions were clearly an extra-legal physical power play by a police officer who was angry at not getting his way.
Everywhere, the Same Sort of Thugs
It’s interesting, and telling, that although cities and other political units differ greatly across the USA, they all have rotten, overbearing police departments.
Diabolical Police State
Cops committing sexual assault and battery of passengers at every airport; cops drawing people’s blood without consent; cops searching people’s body cavities without consent; cops searching people’s cars and homes without consent…
Jealous of Cops?
Some of my detractors are right: I’m jealous of cops. Yes, I am. I admit it.
Nice Monsters
Most serial killers are probably very nice. It’s how they gain the trust of their intended victims; getting them to let their guard down. If they weren’t nice, they would find it hard to get close enough to kill their victims up close and personal. But if you are being nice in order to facilitate violating people, you aren’t good. No matter how many people like you for your niceness.
Gang Members Attract Groupies
One day recently, at an event at the park, I was watching people gathering around a cop. Several seemed to be jostling for his attention. I couldn’t help but wonder what the attraction was. Then I remembered someone I know who idolizes the Mafia, and it clicked: Gang members attract groupies. Suddenly I started thinking of other examples of the same phenomenon.
Police Lead to Police States
You can’t have a police state without police. And, if you allow government to have police, you’re probably going to find yourself in a police state sooner or later.
New Reflections on the Evolution in France
The biggest change is the ubiquitous police and military presence. Teams of militarized police and policified military patrol every tourist site and every public function, plus numerous random locations. It wasn’t just Paris; even small cities like Bayeaux were on guard. I’ve never seen anything like this in the United States, even on September 12, 2001.