ext_52842 ([identity profile] plexq.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] ghoti_mhic_uait 2010-07-18 12:33 am (UTC)

States are not people, they are very different from people, and therefore the standards should different.


States are people. Very often they are one person who is running the show, in front of, or behind the curtain. I hardly need a political science degree to see that.

Heavily regulated state us of lethal force. Heavily regulated. What does that mean? It means you can use lethal force in any situation the state has deemed appropriate. This is the state who has not your best interests at heart, or really its own best interests at heart, just it's own preservation. You seem to be saying that the state should have the right to protect itself. I couldn't disagree more. The state should have no right to protect itself, only to protect its citizenry. Which means that revolutionaries, as you have termed them, which is a very dangerous and othering term, would certainly not fall into the category of people who receive the delivery of lethal force, as they would be considered part of the citizenry.

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