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This is the crux here. The "rule of law" is equivalent to "rule of men in black with automatic weapons". If you call the police, you are just outsourcing your v
by fapjacks 10y ago
This is the crux here. The "rule of law" is equivalent to "rule of men in black with automatic weapons". If you call the police, you are just outsourcing your violence to the men in black uniforms with automatic weapons. Because at the end of the day, they will use force. The "rule of law" is not "let's have a reasonable conversation about the issues".
- jMyles 10y ago"Rule of law" is supposed to mean that, absent adherence to its letter, self-defense with weapons of your own is not only proper but essential in order for liberty to persevere. Although your anarchic mindset is appealing to me, I'm less ready to give up on the phrase and concept of "rule of law," which I think still has a place in a free information age.
- tn13 10y agoI totally agree here. I will never call cops unless I wont mind seeing someone dragged or being pulled forcibly. Don't call cops because you saw a suspicious black man on the road, don't call cops because your neighbour's 5 year is playing alone on the playground, don't call cops because someone else is smoking weed. Not only this will turn citizen against citizen but will also destroy lives.
- dang 10y agoWe detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11864417 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11864417 and marked it off-topic.