Originally posted by colbyforce
reply to post by Xcathdra
Have you heard of evidence and speculation? Educated guess? Sometimes this is what we have to go by. I know with you it's always "just the facts
ma'am," because you have been trained that way. What do you think the future holds, based on current events, Xcath? You probably wouldn't dare
document how you really feel. That would make you too vulnerable. Fire away when ready.
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You are more than welcome to make educated guesses, which by the way are also referred to as a leap of logic. You are free to speculate, whcih we call
working theory and well evidence is evidence and can be used in many different ways to either prove, or disprove, that an action occured or if someone
is being truthful or lying to us.
Its not just the facts ma'am, so please do not assume what my training and level of experience is. We ask for opinions from people we interview, and
we weigh that information carefully before we act on it. If we do act on it, we do our best to verify the validity of that info to head of any
challenges that may appear later on down the road.
What do I personally think? i think our country has problems, from the government to law enforcement to the citizens. I think the apathy of the
citizens has to stop if they are to get any of the real changes they want that this country needs. I am a proponent of existing inside the "box" of
law enforcement to do my job and I dont beleive on trying to make distinctions with civil liberties in order to gain an advantage. I dont see it as
being anything but a dishonr to trample over the constitution and laws in order to do my job.
I dont beleive judges should legislate from the bench, and I think those judges who do should be helpd accountible for those actions. I personally
feel that having the judiciary interpret a law is an injury to the seperation of powers and to the checks and balances we have in place. If judges
have issues with the law, they should file an order having the legislative review it immeditaely to resolve the problem.
I beleive ultimately the job of law enforcement is to protect society, and its societys job to determine the norms. I firmly believe people must
educate themsleves and take an active intrest in the government. I firmly beleive their should be a law that makes election days a National holiday to
further encourage people to vote.
I beleive businesses should not be allowed to make unlimited anonymous donattions to any political candidate / sitting members. I amf or a law that
limits when elected officals are allowed to campaign. I dont know about you but when I vote for president, its for 4 years. Not 18 months and then
down time to run for re-election.
I am NOT in favor of term limits, since we already have the ability to fire people. TYerm limit laws to me are designed to do what the people are to
lazy to do.
i firmly believe a citizen is the ultimate end to any problems in government. The more we pass laws to account for the people lack of participation,
the more we are going to get screwed by the government.
I have seen people go off on me, stating that since im law enforcement, I should be invetigating the President or members of Congress for their
actions. Because of that view, im a firm beleiver that whatever the budget for the Department of Defense is, the budget for education should be 3
times that amount. If for no other reason that to educate those people on different levels of government, how it operates, and what their rights are
and how they work.
Secondly it drove home my point that people scream for change, yet are so slack jawed howl at the moon lazy, that they bitch for someone else to do
THEIR job.
When our government was formed, the question was asked - what type of Government did we get.
the response - A Republic, if they can keep it.
Im not sure why you think I would be afraid to speak my mind on this issue. Being a member of law enforcement doesnt diiminish my ability to speak my
mind and disagree with laws and my superiors. The phrase is - There is a time and place.
Ifit ever came down to receving an illegal order, I would refuse the order and head straight to the PA's office to hand deliver my PC statement. If
it ended my career as a police officer, then so be it. I would rather go down standing firm on my beleifs than compromise my ethics and oath.