(October 8, 2014 at 3:44 pm)Stimbo Wrote: I want to respond to orange's policeman analogy, but I'm not going to bother cut and pasting because it's a complete PITA on the mobile.
If I were faced with a copper holding clear evidence of my speeding and offering to forgive and forget if I'm nice to him, I'd tell him to piss off and do his worst. His proposal would be a perversion of justice and most likely, if proven, result in the case against me being thrown out. I'd also be suspicious that he might not have the evidence he claims, if he's chosen to go down the extortion route. It's not the job of the police to pass judgement and sentence; their rôle is to prevent crime and to investigate complaints. Basically, we wouldn't tolerate such unethical behaviour from our appointed law enforcement - why should we do so from imaginary one?
I recommend getting a better analogy.
Like a mafia boss holding a gun to your head and demanding protection money, who then shoots you if you can't/won't pay, then claims it was all your own free will choice to not pay and he's not at fault~
In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.
- Thomas Jefferson
- Thomas Jefferson