Me: there’s a fire in my house! Please abolish it!
Fireman: Ok, we’re ready! What are you going to replace it with?
Me: what
Fireman: The fire. What are you going to replace it with? Fire has a purpose, you know, you can’t just remove it. The combustion that powers your car engine, that’s fire. And the fire in my woodstove heats my house and keeps my family warm. Fire is doing what it’s supposed to be doing, and in the correct place, at the correct time.
Me: It’s destroying my home. Please abolish it.
Fireman: Do you even know what fire is LOL fire is the rapid oxidation of a material in a self-sustaining chemical reaction, do you REALLY think you can just abolish that? Do you even know what you’re talking about?
Me: I’m fine with it existing just not in my house right now.
House: destroyed
Fireman: Why didn’t you give me a valid replacement??? We could have helped you.
Police have become overly militarized and see the people they are supposed to assist as “the enemy”.
We need a return to community policing, where everyone in the neighborhood knows the local cop, and the local cop knows everyone.
End “Warrior Training”: (NSFW)
https://youtu.be/Wf4cea5oObY#t=11m42s
Go back to Community Policing:
https://okb.oregon.gov/Pages/community-policing-in-portland.aspx
Thank you for sharing an opposing viewpoint respectfully. I’ll check out your articles.