Comments on: Police and a Civilized Society

By: Stephen Clay McGehee

Stephen Clay McGehee — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 04:34:46 +0000

Art, thanks for stopping by! For the benefit of others – Art is my brother in Christ, and we worship at the same church fellowship.

By: Art Pollard

Art Pollard — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 02:35:51 +0000

Gone is Officer Friendly replaced with amerikan blackshirts. This makes me sad for our defunct society, but it is simply indicative of our own wicked hearts, no? Am I being a curmudgeon to say I do not find the USofA in the Bible past, present or future?

By: Brandon

Brandon — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:33:45 +0000

Yep. This is what Lincoln set in motion.

By: Mark Slater

Mark Slater — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 07:59:12 +0000

A very powerful book is “Revolution by Candlelight” which is a compilation of testimonies during the fall of the Communist dictatorships in Eastern Europe in the late 1980s.

Author Bud Bultman was keen to point out the role of the police during these events. The local police in East Germany, Romania, and Czeckoslovakia were sworn to protect Communism and the dictatorship. The tide began to turn when the policemen began to sympathize with the dissidents.

Much amused during the Iraq war when shoring up the Iraqi Police was considered vital in shoring up a “free and peaceful” nation. Presumably the “Iraq Police” force was commanded by and answerable to the head of state: Chalabbi and later al-Maliki. I suppose there is no need to point out the contradiction between this, and community and municipal peace officers sworn to serve the citizenry by restraining the criminal element.

O, Sheriff Andy and Deputy Fife; where are you now?