http://teodesian.net//posts/afe5b524-13f5-11ec-bdd7-d5097aef7e29?format=xml teodesian.net : /posts/afe5b524-13f5-11ec-bdd7-d5097aef7e29 en 2026-04-25T09:10:39 2026-04-25T09:10:39 /favicon.ico http://teodesian.net 32 32 teodesian.net favicon http://teodesian.net/posts/afe5b524-13f5-11ec-bdd7-d5097aef7e29 If we had a proper patrolling police force of the old kind, many of these incidents would never happen. Such a force would apply the boring laws on drug possession which our armed and scowling gendarmes, and their soppy, pseudo-intellectual chief officers, think are beneath them. Through their intimate knowledge of their beats and their frequent contact with the law-abiding, they would be aware of the strange behaviour of such people long before it became a danger.

For an unarmed, modest, old-fashioned police force, which walks quietly among us, has millions of willing eyes and ears, in the shape of a friendly and supportive public.

But an armed state militia, dressed for combat with its face set in a rigid frown and its hands ever reaching for gun, club or handcuffs, such as we now have, is a stranger to the people. And as well as making us look like a foreign despotism, it will fail in its task. E.G. being a real peace officer like advocated by the Detroit threat management center, and other private police forces. As always, I advocate for privatization, as they have little to no incentive to become this vicious occupying army like the cops are.]]> doge http://teodesian.net/posts/afe5b524-13f5-11ec-bdd7-d5097aef7e29 2018-06-14T19:26:58 http://teodesian.net/posts/1529004418 If we had a proper patrolling police force of the old kind, many of these incidents would never happen. Such a force would apply the boring laws on drug possession which our armed and scowling gendarmes, and their soppy, pseudo-intellectual chief officers, think are beneath them. Through their intimate knowledge of their beats and their frequent contact with the law-abiding, they would be aware of the strange behaviour of such people long before it became a danger.

For an unarmed, modest, old-fashioned police force, which walks quietly among us, has millions of willing eyes and ears, in the shape of a friendly and supportive public.

But an armed state militia, dressed for combat with its face set in a rigid frown and its hands ever reaching for gun, club or handcuffs, such as we now have, is a stranger to the people. And as well as making us look like a foreign despotism, it will fail in its task. E.G. being a real peace officer like advocated by the Detroit threat management center, and other private police forces. As always, I advocate for privatization, as they have little to no incentive to become this vicious occupying army like the cops are.]]> doge http://teodesian.net/posts/1529004418 2018-06-14T19:26:58