There's nothing wrong with my ethics. People as a whole are responsible for the laws, both good and bad, of this country. Police Officers don't make the laws. They are responsible, however, for upholding them. The court system is responsible for implementing them.
And a Nazi Stormtrooper could have said the same thing.
People are responsible for what they do. If people vote for bad laws or politicians, they are responsible for that. If a cop chooses to take on a job that requires him to enforce bad laws, he is responsible for that.
I have news for you; being a Police Officer is a calling and an extremely productive career.
Being a cop requires you to steal from and kidnap productive people. Its a disgusting career.
Permissive parenting leads to adults who have little regard for rules or boundaries. That would be you.
There are rules and then there are rules. I don't think that just because some idiot in Washington DC wrote something on a piece of paper that that gives anyone the moral right to use violence against those who do otherwise.
Also, you have no idea how I was parented, so trying to comment on that just makes you an idiot.
"Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness." 1 John 3:4 I have not put Caesar above God because I choose to be obedient to God and obey the law of the land in which I live.
I don't think this is talking about any and all laws that politicians make up, I think its clearly talking about the law of God. That said, my issue with you isn't that you obey the law (I typically do as well.) My issue with you is that you defend violence in the name of law even when the law in question is against a so-called crime which lacks a victim.
Smoking pot is illegal. Speeding is illegal. Beyond that these two things endanger not only ourselves but others. You're a modern day hippie trying to use the faith of Yeshua to justify sinful wants and desires...lawlessness.
Ready for a shocker?
I don't smoke pot. And I don't speed.
I'm guessing you speed. Most people do. Which would make you a hypocrite. It does not, however, mean that you are a dangerous person, and I think you know it to. Yet you defend what is essentially a revenue generation scam masquerading as "keeping us safe."
Yeah, I think your abuse of the faith of Yeshua is a shame also.
I want nothing to do with the Caesar-worshipping "Christianity" of the neocon right. Nor do I want anything to do with the "hippie Christianity" of the left that is accepting of all kinds of "alternative lifestyles." My allegiance is to Christ alone, and I live peacefully with my neighbors. You do not, instead, you whine to government and ask them to use violence on your behalf. You should be ashamed.
You consider Police Officers gang members. How is that conducive to a rational, respectful discussion?
I don't care if the person in question is respectful. I'll be quite honest with you, I don't have one whit of respect for you or anyone who takes the position that you do. I see no need to respect someone who is perfectly happy with hiring people to point guns at people who don't comply with their whims that they ask politicians to write into law on their behalf.
I do, however, care about rationality. And I haven't seen much of it in this thread. You can disrespect me all you want to if you have a logical argument. But, you don't.
Okay, I'll give you my general view regarding such ...then we'll see where this goes.
I'm not a flaming liberal though, as my ToL profile indicates, my position's a tad left of center on the subjects you touched upon.
I dislike "right" and "left" as terms typically and I usually only use them to mock those who self-identify as such. I recognize that both terms mean lots of different things. So don't worry, I didn't automatically prejudge you as a liberal.
For instance I believe that under the premise of consumer, employee and environmental safety and protection American business should be regulated. That being said, I've no problem with conservative watch-dog groups lobbying to keep business regulation to a (reasonable) minimum. I'm content with our current "mixed-economy" structure of capitalism as the conservative/liberal ebb and flow tend to keep controversial issues on a (more/less) even keel. I've little knowledge regarding anarcho-capitalism specifically though I'm certainly not a fan of laissez faire policies.
Regarding laws on drugs, traffic, taxes...etc. I believe they're important in maintaining a relative peaceful and productive society...Though I'll admit to some exceptions, abuses and pandering to corporate America.
Anything else?
OK, so we're ideologically very different. Let's start at the beginning, laissez faire, since ultimately that's the root of everything else.
There is a difference between capitalism and capitalism.
What anarcho-capitalists advocate is pure laissez faire capitalism, no government handouts to anyone, whether poor or rich. Note that that doesn't mean we want anyone to starve, only that we believe contributions should be made voluntarily and not via government force.
The Republican version of the "free market" is defense contractors competing with each other to see who can produce materials of war for the government with maximum efficiency, to see who can inflate the currency, and to deal with unemployment by hiring tons of people to work for the government as various types of cops (TSA, regular cops, NSA analysts, etc.) Now, I'm kind of joking here because I know nobody actually says these things are to help with unemployment. But the point is that Republicans rightly criticize people who don't want to work and collect welfare instead, yet they don't see a problem with someone choosing to make their living by controlling other people's lives.
With that being said, I believe that it is immoral to use aggressive force against your neighbor, period. And I believe its immoral even if you're a government agent. Just apply that to its logical conclusion and anarcho-capitalism falls into place.
Some of the people in this thread don't have a clue about what law enforcement officers do and accomplish. It would take a real dork-doodle to come up with some of the ideas I've seen expressed in this thread. To say that they're NAIVE is a gross understatement. We certainly have a lot of problems in this country, but we still have one of the best criminal justice systems in the world.
Being a law enforcement officer, including Christians, is an honorable career. Being an arm-chair anarchist isn't an honorable career. Effective law enforcement leads to safety, security, and quality of life in our society.
You're an idiot.
