[ichabod1]

I was talking with a photographer from a small town on the Yucatan peninsula. It’s not a hugely popular tourist site because it’s a natural harbor so it’s nice, but not like Playa del Carmen or Cancun. He said when he was growing up they had no police. If somebody started offending against the community, they would have neighborhood watches. If someone saw someone going into someones house, they would tell that someone. Then the guys would take the offender to a quiet place and tune him up.

Then the police came and, he said, when the police came i.e., the government comes and says they’re going to take care of a problem or a function for the people, they no longer feel responsible for handling it themselves. And then if the police don’t take care of it, the perp gets away with it.

So the moral of his story, which I will never forget, was bringing police made crime go up.

[eldoradude]

2 crooks by the water...

(stolen)

What a homo with a purse.

[wastedyears]

We wouldn’t need large police departments if more people carried firearms. Petty crime would disappear overnight, and more serious crime would be taken care of.