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Favorite Post Q4

My favorite post from quarter three is my post entitled "Gross
National Happiness."

I think that this post did a successful job of combining succinct descriptions of unknown terms with links to more elaborate descriptions. I also think that I did a good job of mixing my own theories with those of the hosts of "Stuff You Should Know."

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Anarchy anyone?


Recently in Pennsylvania, 4 police officers, along with two local teens, were charged with a racially motivated beating of a Latino illegal immigrant man. 

This brings me to a question thst has bothered me for a long time: who can you really trust.  Whenever I see a police officer I become afraid, as apposed to feeling sfae.  I know most people will say that I am paranoid, and just like my parents told me when I was little, "they are here to protect us."  

It does seem illogical, though, to give people who pass a simple drug, mental health, and aptitude test, a gun and a moral feeling of responsibility.  I do think that there are lots of police officers who join the force to protect the people, but it seems that there is so much corruption, even in Chicago, whether it be a torturing police chief or gang style police beatings

When was the last time you got pulled over and you felt like the cop enjoyed pulling you over because he or she got a sense of superiority.  Everyone says that "if you get pulled over, don't start a fight."  I understand why, this man got to meet "mr. Taser,"  but in a society that is built so strongly upon arguing with everything, why do we assign certain people who are 'untouchable.'   I guess the only reason we put up with it is because we think that we would slip into feudalistic distopia run by warlords without them.  My question is: what is the difference between police officers and anarchist war lords?  "So, Anarchy Anyone?"



By the way, the Latino man, Luis Ramirez, is now dead due to his wounds from the beating.  There have been no charges of murder.

2 comments:

  1. What you say about police officers is interesting and I agree with you... but what are the similarities between anarchist warlords and police officers?

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  2. they both seize unquestioned power in their society...

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