re: The Most challanging Issue

2006-09-13 Thread firestorm
:"In fact crime tends to go up with the increase of police officers because average citizens say, "It's not my responsibility". The most effective deterrents to crime are social pressure and the fear of getting caught." in fact, former congressman and arkansas sheriff tommy robinson was workin

re: The Most challanging Issue

2006-09-12 Thread Don Calkins
At 2:11 AM + 9/12/06, firestorm wrote: however, as the senior surviving peace officer (the rank was de-legislated after my career started) in the state of arkansas, and as a lecturer on police ethics for lorman educational, i would offer that actually, police do prevent crime. Not acco

re: The Most challanging Issue

2006-09-11 Thread firestorm
hmmm. ok since 1876 law enforcement cannot be held liable for errors of omission. and a cop's first job is to go home at night. however, as the senior surviving peace officer (the rank was de-legislated after my career started) in the state of arkansas, and as a lecturer on police ethics for

re: The Most challanging Issue

2006-09-10 Thread Don Calkins
At 6:34 PM + 9/10/06, firestorm wrote: i'll start with asking why there aren't more Baha'is who have studied the Text and Gyuidance such as the above and taken a few yeaers to work as narcotic cops? I have a better question. Why aren't there more Baha'is who are active in their com

Re: The Most challanging Issue

2006-09-10 Thread Chase Foster
hey firestorm,   Please learn to use spell check. I its actually kinda hard to follow your thoughts sometimes.   Thanks  On 9/10/06, firestorm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: i generally find that such discussions break down over whos ox is being gored.and in the most recent dialogs i've had, and

re: The Most challanging Issue

2006-09-10 Thread firestorm
i generally find that such discussions break down over whos ox is being gored. and in the most recent dialogs i've had, and almost pathologic insistence on not dealing wioth reality. but if others are up for a dialog in which my participation will be slash and burn, and representative of the

Re: The Most challanging Issue

2006-09-09 Thread kgould
I believe the most challenging issue is well addressed by the directive to "know thyself", for when one addresses the responsibility to one's own soul, one cannot see himself separated from, nor independent of those or the environment in which he finds himself. Karen --- Albert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]