Re:Serial Swatter Bragged He Hit 100 Schools, 10 Homes
by jMyles on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @01:53PM
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> I don't think it needs to be an either or.
In principle, I certainly agree. But in the reality of contemporary American politics, I think that sometimes we need to make decisions about which path to take.
Is it a problem that anybody that knows an address can summon a heavily armed, often poorly trained, sometimes mentally ill group of people to break into a home at that address?
Or is it a problem that, given the above, people are actually doing it?
I want to suggest that we do actually need to choose one or the other in this situation, and that the answer is flatly the former.
In principle, I certainly agree. But in the reality of contemporary American politics, I think that sometimes we need to make decisions about which path to take.
Is it a problem that anybody that knows an address can summon a heavily armed, often poorly trained, sometimes mentally ill group of people to break into a home at that address?
Or is it a problem that, given the above, people are actually doing it?
I want to suggest that we do actually need to choose one or the other in this situation, and that the answer is flatly the former.