A quote from omali yeshitela on the police state. Do you agree?

[dawgman]

You have the emergence in human society
Of this thing that’s called the state
What is the state? the state is this organized bureaucracy
It is the po-lice department. it is the army, the navy
It is the prison system, the courts, and what have you
This is the state -- it is a repressive organization
But the state -- and gee, well, you know,
You’ve got to have the police, cause..
If there were no police, look at what you’d be doing to yourselves!
You’d be killing each other if there were no police!
But the reality is..
The police become necessary in human society
Only at that junction in human society
Where it is split between those who have and those who ain’t got

[Radical Activist]

1. Isn't that kind of obvious?

You know what part of Chicago has the most police? Hyde Park. A wealthy to middle class neighborhood surrounded by poor black neighborhoods. Right at the junction of those who have and those who don't. It couldn't be more obvious.

[dawgman]

2. only the two of us, eh? this place ain't as much fun as it used to be.

[Radical Activist]

3. So who is this guy?

never heard of him.

[lateo]

6. http://www.copwatch.com/

http://www.copwatch.com/

Here is a great video about Cop Watch.

http://www.guerrillanews.com/videos/video.php?id=11

[m berst]

4. three of us n/t

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[annabanana]

5. kind of begs the question...

Why is our worth determined by our goods? Is this more so, or in fiercer degree than in the past?
Why was a "rich man" in an earlier society the one who had three bowls instead of one? Is today just a logical extension, or an aberration?