From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] << Obergrupenfuhrer (is that spelt right?) >> No - you left out a "p" and the umlaut over the second "u". OK I'm being pedantic - the real problem with your posting IG is that for someone who (often accurately) highlights the irrelevance of others' postings, and their failure to read what you actually said, you yourself are misinterpreting what I wrote about a couple of things from WW2. If you read my posting again, carefully, you will see that immediately after the piece you quote I suggest that the same principle applies to you and your colleagues - it's the principle that matters. I'm drawing a parallel, not making a "Nazi jibe": I don't think the British police are Nazis (not most of them, anyway) but I raised the question of acquiescent police in occupied countries to highlight the problems inherent in having a uniformed body of people with power over the rest of us. Who guards the guardians, etc, and the conflict between individual conscience and the compulsion to obey orders. I think the police force, and its relationship with the public, should be radically altered, because I see the police as a key symbol of the dependent relationship the State wants between us and itself: to simplify, the State wants us to accept being bossed around by oppressive firearms laws and arrogant Chief Constables as the price for being "protected". The fact that the State cannot and probably will not protect you is neither here nor there - many criminals are stupid, but most aren't so stupid as to bash your head in/burgle your house/rape your wife when there's a policeman around - we have to accept the contract, on pain of severe punishment. You're part of this equation IG, so you come in for a bit of stick I'm afraid. But no-one's calling you a Nazi. BTW What is "combat 18" to which you refer? Anthony Harrison -- Combat 18 are a bunch of right-wing thugs, who are most memorable to me for doing some stupid promo video in which one of them stood there posing with a nickel-plated CZ-75. Steve. Cybershooters website: http://www.cybershooters.org List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________________________________ T O P I C A http://www.topica.com/t/17 Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics
