Khoo Hock Aun <[email protected]> wrote:
> Values, is the binding force of a community or a nation, and the military > or > police should enforce or defend the laws of history according to those > values; never in isolation or in its own self-interest. Thats what Pirsig > meant. > And yet, "its own self interest" is exactly why the police force, like teachers and firefighters, is heavily unionized. Another point, the only value the soldier or policeman comprehends is the value of authority. It's not their job to question, just to obey and enforce law. This is the thrust of most of their training - blind rule-following. Before the battle is fought and after the dead are buried, the rest of us > are the ones who have to live with the consequences of what we do. The > soldier, with great respect, is only one of us doing our biding. And it depends on who you mean by "our". The power elite? The status quo? "The police are NOT there to create disorder, the police are there to preserve disorder." Mayor Daly answering a reporter's questions about the role of police in the 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention Debacle, as heard on "Wait Wait, Don't Tell Me" the NPR News Quiz Show. Regards to you, John -- ------------ There are differing interpretations of Reality, some are just better than others, that's all. ------------ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
