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Old 05-13-2018, 03:23 PM   #160 (permalink)
jamesqf
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Originally Posted by redpoint5 View Post
Rarely do I hear of police picketing or advocating for certain laws to be passed.
Because police do not generally use those methods. Instead, they fund political campaigns, lobby legislators, &c.

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It's absolutely impossible for law enforcement to function if they are expected to enforce only the laws they individually see as being valid.
OTOH, if they are willing to enforce laws they see as unjust or immoral, what separates them from Nuremburg?

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I agree that we don't handle drugs properly, but it certainly isn't the same ethical dilemma as sending Jews into a gas chamber.
It's not? Why not? And why would you call it a dilemma?