Comments on: No cop had to deal with the trauma of killing him https://www.isegoria.net/2017/05/no-cop-had-to-deal-with-the-trauma-of-killing-him/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Thu, 28 May 2026 23:08:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Adar https://www.isegoria.net/2017/05/no-cop-had-to-deal-with-the-trauma-of-killing-him/comment-page-1/#comment-2554837 Adar Tue, 16 May 2017 20:43:52 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=41777#comment-2554837 Pizza-delivery men even more so than garbage men. Such a dangerous job as delivering a pizza. Who would have ever thought it.

]]> By: Sam J. https://www.isegoria.net/2017/05/no-cop-had-to-deal-with-the-trauma-of-killing-him/comment-page-1/#comment-2554813 Sam J. Tue, 16 May 2017 07:56:01 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=41777#comment-2554813 I read that garbage men were more likely to get killed in the US than cops. I can’t remember where I got the statistic, so take it with a grain of salt.

I think cops are way too likely to shoot people.

My belief is that affirmative action has greatly declined the quality of the police force and allowed many more thuggish types to be police.

]]> By: TWS https://www.isegoria.net/2017/05/no-cop-had-to-deal-with-the-trauma-of-killing-him/comment-page-1/#comment-2552609 TWS Wed, 03 May 2017 15:11:09 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=41777#comment-2552609 Anyone who compares English and American murder rates is using completely different methodologies and statistic types.

They don’t count them, clear them, or compile them in the same ways.

]]> By: Adar https://www.isegoria.net/2017/05/no-cop-had-to-deal-with-the-trauma-of-killing-him/comment-page-1/#comment-2552535 Adar Tue, 02 May 2017 15:52:10 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=41777#comment-2552535 “But people armed with nothing but knives get killed by cops all the time in the United States—as many as 165 times per year, or more than three per week. In England and Wales—where cutting instruments are no less available to criminals than they are here—there were only three fatal shootings of any kind by police from 2011 to 2015.”

Maybe the police have it right and the police in England have it wrong?

]]> By: James James https://www.isegoria.net/2017/05/no-cop-had-to-deal-with-the-trauma-of-killing-him/comment-page-1/#comment-2552496 James James Tue, 02 May 2017 08:55:22 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=41777#comment-2552496 The Huffington Post in 2016 noted that “The main problem with the notion of self-defense is it imposes on justice, for everyone has the right for a fair trial.”

They draw entirely the wrong conclusion. Moldbug saw it better: “the libertarian artillery officer faces a serious moral dilemma. Does artillery violate the natural rights of the target? I would say: the entire purpose of artillery is to violate the natural rights of the target. Clearly, if you could get your hands on the people your artillery is pointed at, and subject them to a full and fair judicial trial for whatever their offenses may be, you would have no need at all for artillery.”

]]> By: James James https://www.isegoria.net/2017/05/no-cop-had-to-deal-with-the-trauma-of-killing-him/comment-page-1/#comment-2552493 James James Tue, 02 May 2017 08:28:59 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=41777#comment-2552493 “I do have to wonder if someone who menaces random folks with a knife is going to “get better” with a little time away.”

Yes, the pre-2015 tactics are better: a form of capital punishment/eugenics without the horrendous cost of trials and years on death row. And skipping the trial is perfectly legitimate if it’s self defense.

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