I THINK THIS CARTOON GETS IT EXACTLY BACKWARD. Police don’t actually protect law-abiding citizens from criminals so much as they protect criminals from the much-rougher justice they’d get in the absence of a legal system.
Wednesday, September 2, 2015
Backwards Cartoon
Via WRSA
I THINK THIS CARTOON GETS IT EXACTLY BACKWARD. Police don’t actually protect law-abiding citizens from criminals so much as they protect criminals from the much-rougher justice they’d get in the absence of a legal system.
Burglars would be hung from lampposts, and shoplifters would be
beaten and tossed into the gutter if there were no police, as in fact
happens in countries where there isn’t a reliable justice system and a
civil-society culture that restrains vigilantism. Reminder to the
criminal class: Ultimately, we’re not stuck in this country with you.
You’re stuck in this country with us.
I THINK THIS CARTOON GETS IT EXACTLY BACKWARD. Police don’t actually protect law-abiding citizens from criminals so much as they protect criminals from the much-rougher justice they’d get in the absence of a legal system.
I am reminded of the Albuquerque police strike in the 70's. Folks started carrying, and it became downright hazardous to rob a store or mug a pedestrian. The crime rate dropped like a rock, and eventually the police asked nicely for their jobs back.
ReplyDeleteLove it! Is there a good article on this?
DeleteWhen my son was in Africa, he was riding a bus in Kenya. Someone figured out there was a pickpocket on the bus. The bus stopped, the pickpocket was taken off the bus, had the crap beat out of him and left where he lay.... Out in the middle of nowhere Africa.
ReplyDeleteGood deal.
DeleteI think you are more right than most people (especially LEO's) would ever like to admit.
ReplyDeleteThanks.
DeleteCourt ruling specifically states police have no obligation to protect the citizentry so this cartoon is an outright lie...
ReplyDeleteSome say vigilantism as if it were a bad thing! Maybe if we had some vigilantism back in 2008 on Wall Street, we would have the ongoing economic situation that we have now. I would agree that many times the LEOs protect the criminal class from the wrath of the citizens.
ReplyDeleteMaybe if we had some vigilantism back in 2008 on Wall Street, we would have the ongoing economic situation that we have now.
DeleteRight on.
A correction here. Some times my ADD does get the better of me. What I meant to say was: " Maybe if we had some vigilantism back in 2008 on Wall Street, we would NOT have the ongoing economic situation that we have now. "
DeleteWhat I had in mind was the head of the Federal Reserve and the CEO's the 3 major "too big to fail" banks, being the guest of honor at a neck tie social at a lamp post on Wall Street. The body swaying in the breeze with a notice around the neck reading; I am a thief. My take is that such a sight would be a very strong encouragement to the other bankers, to practice sound and honest banking procedures.
Indeed. :)
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