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The diversion/detention can be as innocuous as blocking off a road for a parade or preventing people from walking into an area with an active shooter. In both
by bena 4y ago
The diversion/detention can be as innocuous as blocking off a road for a parade or preventing people from walking into an area with an active shooter.
In both cases, I'd be prevented from executing perfectly legal actions even though I've personally committed on crime. Because ultimately, the difference between that and being jailed awaiting a trial is a matter of degree.
And most of our ideals are far loftier than the reality of how we implement them.
And I think they should be. We should aspire to be better and to look for ways to be better. But we must also contend with reality. And when ideals and reality are in conflict, reality is going to win. Until we find out how to better adapt to reality or to adapt our ideals to reality.