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Quote by: Osborn F Enready I say:
I know that, you know that, but how many U.S. citizens really DO know that anymore? I would love to see a poll, a really fair poll with many choices done on the role of the police in society.
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Thanks Os. I think most people are too busy trying to make the mortgage, raise the kids, pay their ever rising taxes, or even afford perscriptions to think about the role of the police in American society today. Many people are one or two paychecks away from bankruptcy, even with both spouses working to bring home two paychecks. Many retired and elderly are on fixed incomes and think more about the monetary ramifications of getting sick than about the ever increasing police state. Add to that, nightly reports on the local news of homicides, Hollywood's hypocritical obsession with violence, and silly TV police shows, and we have the reasons for illusion and an almost disdain due to more immediate personal concerns and obligations. Philosophy is nearly always eclipsed by reality.
Even 50 years ago, none of the above was true. American society has changed for the better technologically but perhaps at the expense of its original intended sociologic philosophy.