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So this will sound inflammatory to some, but please consider this as an analysis of the current situation and absolutely not an advocation of a course of action
by Lerc 9mo ago
So this will sound inflammatory to some, but please consider this as an analysis of the current situation and absolutely not an advocation of a course of action.
How many of you would see a group of masked ICE/Federal enforcement bearing down on a single individual on the ground and believe that there was an imminent and otherwise unavoidable danger of death or grave bodily harm to the innocent?
That is the standard for justifiable homicide.
I think if somone had have killed those ICE/Feds at that moment, the law as it is written would be on their side.
The reality is, of course, that the law as it is written is nothing if it is not upheld. It is not currently being upheld, the law in practice is what people have the power to do. That law is rudderless and flows as power shifts.
In lieu of any other anchor, people will inevitably seek the power to enforce their laws. That is a civil war,
They are creating this thin but clear line between where illegal use of violence is upheld and inviting legal use of violence to stop it from happening. That is perilously close to instigating such a civil war.
And I am not certain that it is unintentional.
- hurubaw 9mo agoThis. Laws mean nothing, if there is no one to enforce them. If a single elected leader can decide that only certain laws are enforced or how they are enforced, then you have no laws, or rights, you have a dictator. Strong and ethical leaders with wide administrative powers (="good dictators") make nations very strong, effective and capable of adapting to anything. But this is such a two edged sword, that most countries have removed most of presidents (or monarchs) administrative powers, even at the cost of weakening themselves. Mostly due to having a "bad experience" in their histories.