tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752611264465083204.post4062175511188403775..comments2024-03-24T17:01:24.541-04:00Comments on Crazy Eddie's Motie News: By request, 'Everybody Knows'Pinku-Senseihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16247618351725715844noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752611264465083204.post-70444963895500506792015-01-16T00:38:35.249-05:002015-01-16T00:38:35.249-05:00Thank you. I'm not sure I agree with you that...Thank you. I'm not sure I agree with you that the police have become "the standing armies the Founders warned us about. To begin with, we already have a standing army. The dangers of that involve an ever-present temptation to engage in foreign (mis)adventures. We're already 70 years down that road. Second, standing armies pose a potential threat to democracy through intimidation and coup. We've avoided that one so far and we should consider ourselves lucky.<br /><br />Instead, militarized police form a different threat, that of intimidation of the populace on behalf of the leaders, not of a threat against the elected leadership by an organized armed group. The closest we're getting to that is the action by the police union against DeBlasio, and that's a labor dispute, not a coup. As for a domestic equivalent of "foreign misadventure," you'd have to come up with one and then convince me of it. I might be open to that, if you're up to the challenge.Pinku-Senseihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16247618351725715844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752611264465083204.post-6196041449437452302015-01-15T12:16:07.042-05:002015-01-15T12:16:07.042-05:00Liked your post. I've been looking at the subj...Liked your post. I've been looking at the subject from a constitutional and process issue POV and realized that our police have become the "Standing Armies" the founders warned us about. Which is ironic since so many of the RW "believe" in the constitution the way they believe in The Gospels. Wait, they approach both same way.Chris Holtehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01776805168003457665noreply@blogger.com