> In your doctrine, can you ask someone else for help with response to the violence? Of course. > Can that someone make his response not the same moment, but

> In your doctrine, can you ask someone else for help with response to the violence? Of course. > Can that someone make his response not the same moment, but when he actually meets the guy who threatened you and yours? Well, it would be kind of dumb if they responded to violence when the violence isn't even there. > Because these two things seem rational, and cops are exactly what you get with them. No, not even close. For one, police are not altruistic; they are doing a (government) job and earning a (government) paycheck. Second, as mentioned elsewhere, police do a whole hell of a lot more instigating violence against non-violent people than they do responding to violence with equal force.