Sans Authoritas
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Frankie_the_yankee wrote:
Frankie, when someone esteems himself as more than what he actually is, he has an ego problem. Most of us have ego problems. Most of us keep them within tolerable limits, by working in the free market and therefore having a monetary incentive to treat others respectfully or be fired. We should all have the internal determination to treat everyone well and respectfully, but there are days when I'm sure we've all said, "If I were independently wealthy, I'd explain the reality of an attitude or situation to this person, and while it may be moral to do so, it is unwise, insofar as I may lose my job because those in power do not respect justice and courtesy so much as they respect the bottom line."
I have every right to subdue a violent criminal, and every other human has the same right. Policemen get away with tasering a non-threatening driver, and are put on administrative leave. If I broke into a house to stop a crime in progress, I would be hailed as a hero. If I got the wrong house and killed an old lady, I would be raked over the coals and sued for everything I have. If officers from the NYPD did this, not to stop an immediate threat to life, limb or property, but while searching for intoxicating chemicals, they would walk away without repercussions. And they did. Incidents of a much lower intensity happen all the time. Cops have no more rights than you or I, believe it or not. They have more power than you and I, granted. But no more rights. We are all equal.
Police are quite liberated from this bond that the free market shares. Many, indeed, remain as honorable as they can based on their own interior virtue. Many more that should be fired are incapable of restraining their behavior, and get away with treating people like garbage.
We're all human beings, created in the image and likeness of God. Some people consider themselves made more in the image and likeness of God than others, yet try to divorce the "wise and good" aspects from the "powerful" aspect. Some people lack earthly checks to this pride.
-Sans Authoritas
Just curious. By what criteria do you judge someone to possibly have an "ego problem?" And could you list some characteristics shared by people who have ego problems?
Frankie, when someone esteems himself as more than what he actually is, he has an ego problem. Most of us have ego problems. Most of us keep them within tolerable limits, by working in the free market and therefore having a monetary incentive to treat others respectfully or be fired. We should all have the internal determination to treat everyone well and respectfully, but there are days when I'm sure we've all said, "If I were independently wealthy, I'd explain the reality of an attitude or situation to this person, and while it may be moral to do so, it is unwise, insofar as I may lose my job because those in power do not respect justice and courtesy so much as they respect the bottom line."
I have every right to subdue a violent criminal, and every other human has the same right. Policemen get away with tasering a non-threatening driver, and are put on administrative leave. If I broke into a house to stop a crime in progress, I would be hailed as a hero. If I got the wrong house and killed an old lady, I would be raked over the coals and sued for everything I have. If officers from the NYPD did this, not to stop an immediate threat to life, limb or property, but while searching for intoxicating chemicals, they would walk away without repercussions. And they did. Incidents of a much lower intensity happen all the time. Cops have no more rights than you or I, believe it or not. They have more power than you and I, granted. But no more rights. We are all equal.
Police are quite liberated from this bond that the free market shares. Many, indeed, remain as honorable as they can based on their own interior virtue. Many more that should be fired are incapable of restraining their behavior, and get away with treating people like garbage.
We're all human beings, created in the image and likeness of God. Some people consider themselves made more in the image and likeness of God than others, yet try to divorce the "wise and good" aspects from the "powerful" aspect. Some people lack earthly checks to this pride.
-Sans Authoritas