Alright Matthias,

How would you feel if your door was busted down and your son shot because they suspected you of being a tax evader. Or better yet, your nosy neighbor reported that she saw you smoking weed in your house through the window.

I am not making these scenarios up. They happen all the time. Cops bust down doors for suspicions of non-violent offenses and other things that could be taken care of in a less confrontational manner. At what point do we start to hold LEOs and their bosses accountable for situations that spiraled out of control because they broke down a door when a knock would have sufficed? My point is not to consider the mistake, but to consider the policy and the decisions that led to the mistake. I completely understand how an LEO can make a mistake when in a stressful situation. My complaint is that LEOs often seem to take non-stressful situations and make them more stressful. They leave a person with no dignity and in effect goad them into fighting when they probably could have talked them into doing anything they wanted. Why was it necessary for a Federal Agent to point an MP5 at Elian Gonzalez and the woman who was holding him? They probably escalated the situation. Does it not bother you to see images like that? I know mistakes happen, they are just all too common and it bothers me to see the "mistakes happen" attitude. Hell, we demand more from football coaches than we do from cops.

As for JGOG

First of all NAZIs where not bred to hate. Most of the people in Germany at the time were born before the Nazis came into power. Therefore, the Nazis could not have bred them to hate. Or do you maintain that Germans are somehow different and "inherently" more evil than Americans? True, the Hitler youth were fanatical, yet they were mostly too young to have great effect on anything. The Nazi regime only last 12 years. Not long enough to "breed" much of anything. You are kidding yourself if you think something comparable couldn't happen here.

As for personal attacks. You are a [email]dumba@@[/email] yankee and I despise you because you are one. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> That is the only reason I need. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />