On Sep 4, 2008, at 6:05 PM, John Thornton wrote:
> The police exist to help enforce private property rights, the
> cornerstone of Capitalism.
I'm sure that they have self interests as well, both as individuals and as an organization. Some may even harbor a secret urge to 'protect and serve'.
And if the police are the cornerstone of capitalism, shouldn't the application of energy applied to altering that structure have some primacy?
martin