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Re:“Why did you shoot me? I was reading a book” by sneak on Sunday July 07, 2013 @06:07PM (#6003758)
No, but they do have a legal obligation to not shoot me for no reason, or to not lie on the stand under oath, et c.
Re:“Why did you shoot me? I was reading a book” by ihsw on Sunday July 07, 2013 @06:18PM (#6003808)
When not enforced, such obligations are meaningless.
Re:“Why did you shoot me? I was reading a book” by threeseed on Sunday July 07, 2013 @10:12PM (#6004718)
So does everyone.

But guess what cops are human too ergo they will on occasion make mistakes, lie, steal, cheat etc.

Re:“Why did you shoot me? I was reading a book” by ori_b on Sunday July 07, 2013 @10:20PM (#6004744)
And when they lie, steal, and cheat, they should be punished. In fact, they should be punished much more harshly than the general public, because it is their duty to prevent lying, stealing, and cheating. They should be held to a higher standard.
Re:“Why did you shoot me? I was reading a book” by shef_hauwanga on Sunday July 07, 2013 @10:49PM (#6004852)
This cannot be stressed enough. Anyone who enforces a rule through violence but is not subject to that rule is nothing more than a thug.
Re:“Why did you shoot me? I was reading a book” by lostlogin on Monday July 08, 2013 @02:15AM (#6005422)
This made me laugh. Applying this rule to the US is hilarious. The collection of Gitmo detainees, drone victims, the tortured, the extraordinary rendered, bombed, shot and otherwise victimised non-US citizens that happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time when Uncle Sam came knocking over their countries probably aren't smiling with me.
Re:“Why did you shoot me? I was reading a book” by wutbrodo on Monday July 08, 2013 @02:56AM (#6005514)
You're really surprised that citizens of a country expect to be treated better by their own government (which, in essence, is the expression of their own will) than non-citizens are? For examples of this, see literally every society that's ever existed in the history of mankind.

That's not to say that any of the things you mentioned are ethical or that I agree with them at all, but it's not too difficult to see the difference between being victimized by an external force (which is essentially just garden-variety "humans are shitty"-ness) and being victimized by an entity that is supposed to represent you.

Re:“Why did you shoot me? I was reading a book” by Nursie on Monday July 08, 2013 @05:53AM (#6005984)
The main difference with the US is that the public image and repeated, vehement rhetoric is freedom and peace and equality for all humankind. Yet dig a little deeper and the double standard about citizens and non citizens and how they are treated becomes very apparent, far more so than in (say) some of the european countries.