Isn't that the job of institutions to protect you.  Like the police, the army, the judicial system.
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With the other issues of depending on the government aside, you need one to protect yourself. Regardless of whether the police are there to protect you, if you have a person break into your house in the middle of the night, you may not have time to call the police. Even if you do and they are only five minutes away, you can be killed a hundred times over in five minutes. \n\nYou have a right and a duty to defend yourself and your family.
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True - I never thought the cities & states would have to pass laws to protect us from our own federal government!  Scary, isn't it?
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The UK government monitors everyone and everything. We are the most spied upon people on earth. Even North Korea are in awe of the UK government. Not only are mosques monitored, There are special informers everywhere to grass on you. There are Phone numbers to report crime, litter, drugs, recycling avoidance, illegal immigrants, suspicious this or that - everything. Its a b***dy nightmare. Most people want to get out.
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It's amazing how when ordinary people put on some form of uniform how much they change into something full of megalomania, delusions of grandeur and paranoia.I have a total mistrust of uniforms and authority in general. Priests however come high on the list alongside a lot of cops. the hypocrisy these people generate is hurting society. Claptrap about the law, which of course we need was founded on religious beliefs laid down thousands of years ago dont apply today.\nThe poor in society have no chance against the rich when it comes to defending themselves, mainly thanks to corrupt lawyers feeding frenzy for money.\nThere are however some bloody good cops out there, however when the dollars are waived in front of you who is strong enough to say no? Everyone has their price dont they?\nProblem is ,what to do about it? The people we trust to keep society clean of corruption are part of the system.\nHave a good one my friend.\nKeep happy.\nTake a look at http://thebaldchemist.blogspot.com  where I have written about authority and other things but with a total piss take and humour. Enjoy it. Cheers
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The government makes contingency plans for lots of stuff. Almost and federal facility could be used to detain people. Here is a link you should get a chuckle from. Talk about paranoid.
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They have to know how to properly arrest people and handle evidence without getting the business they work for from being sued.  Some are also trained in firearm use.
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unfortunately you cannot, government officials have the same protections we do unless they are using government computers to do so.
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No, because you can't police people's minds or hearts or mouths, not effectively enough to stop something like that.  What would you do, arrest people for it?  The jails would overflow.
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This is a question you could ask at your neighbourhood police station.  Guessing, as an ordinary citizen, I doubt very much if they would have to, since it would probably interfere with their work.
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If you give up freedom for security, you'll end up with neither.  This is paraphrasing a statement made by that Ben Franklin guy several years ago :)  I think it's true, though.  Who cares if you are safe, if you have no freedom? If I locked you up in a box and kept you under my bed, I could totally protect you and keep you safe from everything... but would it be worth it?
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It's kind of a false dilemma.  Security and freedom can coexist, it just makes it a little harder.  I personally would rather be able to read, write, think, or say whatever I want without sanction than feel secure under surveillance.
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There are other places that need the money too to protect them as well.  I mean 9/11 was a tragedy and many miliions have been spent to rebuild and secure NY in the last 5 yrs or so, but how much security does one place need really?  Once you have the cameras, the security guards, and other equipment, ou don't need to spend millions more buying the same stuff.  DO you?\n\nIf we put all of our resources into a few spots across the country it leaves many more at risk to protect only a handful of cities and towns.\n\nI don't know, but I think that over the history of man kind, there have been many different ruling countries in the world that have fallen at some point.  Is it our turn now?
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Men were always taught to be the protectors of women. So to protect them they have to work.  With NOW maybe that will change.
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I'M  WITH YOU.\n\nAll these security measures that have been implemented to give us  "security" will one day be used to regulate and control us.\n\nDear old Benjamin Franklin once said, "Those who would surrender freedom for security deserve neither."\n\nThink about it. If a government or people in the background that influence a government was/were afraid the people may one day get fed up with them and stage a revolt what measures would they put into effect to prevent that?\n\n1) control their ability to move around quickly.  \nAirport security, travel records of buses and trains.   ID's.   There was even talk of a (GASP) NATIONAL ID!\n\n2) track all large money deposits.\nRequire banks to report anything larger than $5,000.  It would take money to stage a rebellion so tracking it would warn the government who is moving money where. They just get a warrant to search your property and find the tools of a revolt and lock you  up before you can do anything to get rid of the abusive bastards.\n\n3) Squash them like a bug. \nUse the military act to lock up suspected terrorists with NO trial and they NEVER see a lawyer.\n\nDo you realize that with the passage of the most recent law, the government can designate anyone (you) as a terrorist and lock them up forever?\n\n4) Use issues that will divide the people.\nThat will prevent them from working too closely together.  Abortion, gay rights, health care, and now the Iraq mess. That should hit about 95% of the population shouldn't it? Get them fighting, arguing amongst themselves so they don't concentrate on what is really happening in the background....\n\n5) Use cameras.\nSo we can watch who goes where and catch anyone talking against the beloved people in power.\n\n6) Pretend we don't mind if they have guns to defend themselves, but slowly learn who has them so they can be collected one day.\n\nGee does any of that sound familiar?\nIn the last five years all of that has been put into place. More regulation than in the whole 200+ years since this country declared independence.\n\nAmericans are about to be subjugated and they are too complacent to know it.
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No because they are juveniles, and are protected.
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HECK NO!  That is why prisons have protective custody areas!
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A very difficult job. They deserve our respect, for without them, there would be real h*ll to pay. BTW, I am speaking regarding police in the US.