Reply #52: Subject: I just followed your lead...

[Solo_in_MD]

Your viewpoint on the role and responsibilities of law enforcement is not in line with US law and court precedent. They respond after the fact, not before. They can not control crime apriori, the effort in NYC a while back showed that clearly. If you live in the US I am surprised that you are not aware of that. There are many at DU that blame the Korean xtians for their predicament, the same logic would apply to you should anything like the recent home invasion that has been in the national news happen to you. Maybe if the tools that were in the movie Minority Report actually existed and worked would you vision be realizable. Otherwise the prison population will continue to grow in the US, made up chiefly of the poor and minorities. I for one do not want to see that happen.

I am against those hate crime laws that are effectively thought crimes. I am not against those that address clear intimidation. I am far from alone on in that position here on DU and on the left. Its not a left/right issue. Like firearms, good progressives are on all sides of it. I respect those who honestly disagree with my position, I also don't call them nuts and bigots.