Great. Just Great.
Tags: Civil Liberties, Politics, War on Drugs, War on Rationality, War on Terror
John McCain delivered a speech advocating the use of Surge-style tactics to fight crime.
This is by far the scariest thing I’ve read in the last few months. And I read World War Z in July.
You go into neighborhoods, you clamp down, you provide a secure environment for the people that live there, and you make sure that the known criminals are kept under control. And you provide them with a stable environment and then they cooperate with law enforcement.
And you frighten innocent people. And you waste resources. And you piss all over the concept of guilty till proven innocent. Because nothing says America like a fully kitted out, militarized police officer, if we’re lucky, soldier if we’re not, standing on the corner of Colorado and Colfax.
Via Reason.
