Subject: Re: [LPNY DISCUSS] Police State (was Queens Libertarian Party) Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2003 02:19:18 -0400 To: From: Bob Armstrong On Sat, 19 Apr 2003 07:54:23 EDT, WTurtleNY@aol.com wrote: >> Pray tell , what the hell are they doing which is "keeping us= intact" ? >=A0They provide a presence in the event some fool terrorist= started blasting >=A0away. =A0Because of current gun laws neither of us would be able= to respond. >=A0Neither would a librarian. It is absurd to think that the cops would do any thing other= than explode or suffocate with the rest of us . Unless you plan to cripple movement and commerce by inspecting= every back pack , you cannot make the subways terrorist proof . >=A0Don't discount the idea that the police are spying on our= meetings. >=A0Why would they ? =A0We're not that big a threat. =A0Not a threat at= all. I said they have the budget . It's a job . The evidence is that= various government groups have spied lots of times on toothless groups= whose ideas appear disturbing or confusing . >=A0I wanted to be a cop. =A0But after 2 years as a MP in the Army, I= was sick of >=A0uniforms and short hair. =A0Besides, being a hippie was more fun.= =A0But I still >=A0identify with cops. =A0They are what we want to be; regular guys= with guns. I was 5 years in military academy and the first time I heard of= the Beatles was when , the following fall , someone asked me why I had a= Beatles haircut . Tho I was JV rifle , and still have my Winchester= Model 52 , never registered , I really don't have much of a thing for guns= . I've met both intelligent , interested libertarian leaning cops= , and utter punk self-important assholes . >=A0It's the policy makers who enact Patriot Acts I &=A0II and who= try to ban toy >=A0guns. =A0The rank and file cops could do without either. Yea , but it's a job . They've got the budget . It makes no sense that they go out and try to entice people into= selling them drugs or sex and then arresting them either . But it's a= job . -- =A0Bob Armstrong -- http://CoSy.com -- 212-285-1864 Ultimate Computing Environment : =A0http://cosy.com/K/CoSy.htm A WTC vision : http://cosy.com/CoSy/ConicAllConnect/ =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A02003/04/27 1:53:46 AM