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Good reminder that the assertion "police exist to protect private property" is incomplete. They protect certain private property, but in general not your privat

Good reminder that the assertion "police exist to protect private property" is incomplete. They protect certain private property, but in general not your private property.

baremetal 4y ago
Also: you are not allowed to protect your own property. Call the police instead.
- User23 4y ago
  Unless you live in Texas, where up to and including lethal force is lawful to protect property.
- wyager 4y ago
  Anarcho-tyranny: the police will not enforce the law, but they will punish you if you enforce it yourself.
  - winter_blue 4y ago
    > Anarcho-tyranny: the police will not enforce the law, but they will punish you if you enforce it yourself. This is a truly horrible state of affairs. Case in point, this is unfortunately super common in Canada: [1] (these stories might shock you) https://www.kruselaw.ca/library/using-reasonable-force-to-defend-myself-or-my-property-kruse-law.cfm https://www.kruselaw.ca/library/using-reasonable-force-to-de... [2] https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/1230/index.do https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/1230/index... [3] https://whatthelaw.com/blog/self-defence-laws-in-canada-myth-vs-reality.html https://whatthelaw.com/blog/self-defence-laws-in-canada-myth... Canada takes Christ’s Sermon on the Mount message of “do not resist an evil person” (https://biblehub.com/matthew/5-39.htm https://biblehub.com/matthew/5-39.htm) into the reality of practical applied law, by punishing those who defend themselves.
ch4s3 4y ago
Police in the US seem to exist to perpetuate the institution of policing and secondarily to prosecute the drug war. Everything else seems to compete for priority 3.
- wyager 4y ago
  This is true of most "public servant" roles. TSA employees, public school teachers, etc. - none of them, as a class, have the nominal productive capability of their job as the highest priority.

Good reminder that the assertion "police exist to protect private property" is incomplete. They protect certain private property, but in general not your private property.

baremetal 4y ago

Also: you are not allowed to protect your own property. Call the police instead.

User23 4y ago
Unless you live in Texas, where up to and including lethal force is lawful to protect property.
wyager 4y ago
Anarcho-tyranny: the police will not enforce the law, but they will punish you if you enforce it yourself.
- winter_blue 4y ago
  > Anarcho-tyranny: the police will not enforce the law, but they will punish you if you enforce it yourself. This is a truly horrible state of affairs. Case in point, this is unfortunately super common in Canada: [1] (these stories might shock you) https://www.kruselaw.ca/library/using-reasonable-force-to-defend-myself-or-my-property-kruse-law.cfm https://www.kruselaw.ca/library/using-reasonable-force-to-de... [2] https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/1230/index.do https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/1230/index... [3] https://whatthelaw.com/blog/self-defence-laws-in-canada-myth-vs-reality.html https://whatthelaw.com/blog/self-defence-laws-in-canada-myth... Canada takes Christ’s Sermon on the Mount message of “do not resist an evil person” (https://biblehub.com/matthew/5-39.htm https://biblehub.com/matthew/5-39.htm) into the reality of practical applied law, by punishing those who defend themselves.

ch4s3 4y ago

Police in the US seem to exist to perpetuate the institution of policing and secondarily to prosecute the drug war. Everything else seems to compete for priority 3.

wyager 4y ago
This is true of most "public servant" roles. TSA employees, public school teachers, etc. - none of them, as a class, have the nominal productive capability of their job as the highest priority.