"...For the system to function, it has to place trust in a group of people at some point..."
Respectfully, of course I couldn't disagree more.:-)
The existence of checks and balances alone precludes the assumption of such trust. If it the police are assumed trustworthy, why would rights such as Miranda, etc be so carefully spelled out? The very existence of these rights is evidence that citizens are allowed and expected to distrust the cops because the laws themselves spell out a certain measure of distrust.
"...the public's trust in the institution is vital to its continued functioning."
In fact, I would argue the opposite -- the system is designed such that it functions best when actively DIS-trusted by the people.
Democracy by its very nature facilitates distrust of those in charge by allowing for their easy removal from office by the people and once again spelling out specific ways in which those in office should be scrutinized.
If you must know, I'm jerking off to time-delayed video of myself jerking off sent to my server on the other side of the world and back. I do this for 8-12 hours each day....then again...
What business is it of ANYONE's what I'm doing with my bandwidth?
What ever happend to innocent until proven guilty?
Sheesh!
Slashdot Mirror
We have THE BREACH!!
...also couldn't resist...
a little less of the colloquial and a little more grammar?
Isn't that an Elvis song??
What ever happened to the idea of replacing dolphin with a frickin' shark and adding a frickin' laser beam to it?!?
"...For the system to function, it has to place trust in a group of people at some point..." Respectfully, of course I couldn't disagree more. :-)
The existence of checks and balances alone precludes the assumption of such trust. If it the police are assumed trustworthy, why would rights such as Miranda, etc be so carefully spelled out? The very existence of these rights is evidence that citizens are allowed and expected to distrust the cops because the laws themselves spell out a certain measure of distrust.
"...the public's trust in the institution is vital to its continued functioning."
In fact, I would argue the opposite -- the system is designed such that it functions best when actively DIS-trusted by the people.
Democracy by its very nature facilitates distrust of those in charge by allowing for their easy removal from office by the people and once again spelling out specific ways in which those in office should be scrutinized.
Think he'll make a stop in Funkytown?
Black president AND a cure for AIDS??? Dave Chappelle was on to something!
This proves it -- everybody owes The King something...
If you must know, I'm jerking off to time-delayed video of myself jerking off sent to my server on the other side of the world and back. I do this for 8-12 hours each day. ...then again...
What business is it of ANYONE's what I'm doing with my bandwidth?
What ever happend to innocent until proven guilty?
Sheesh!
What a twat.
There's that fag talk again...