If humanitarian aid during a conflict is essentially the same thing as the public good or the interest of the public, then I have an interesting supposition. Throughout history, and even now, militant extremists and radicals have hidden themselves in the safe havens of humanitarian institutions that provide food and medical care. Doing so, I think but am not certain, is a war crime because it draws innocent people into the conflict in a way that their rights to be secure against bodily harm or death are likely to be violated. Like when a hospital is attacked by a military because it is harboring terrorists? Like when Germany placed advertisements in the New York newspapers warning Americans not to passenger on the Lucitania because it would be transporting weapons? What is the solution when judges, prosecutors, and law enforcement hide in their legal immunities to get away with violating the rights supposedly guaranteed by our Constitution as inalienable? It is some sort of legal terrorism. Is frauding a court and corrupting an official record an act of legal terrorism?
I was awoken about 1:00am to the guards keys while I was explaining that idea to someone in my dream. They way humans will attack other people from positions of ridiculous advantage, even when it is morally objectionable, and then flee back to protections that were created and intended for the well-being of the greater good...or public good. At what point do authorities have legitimate cause to violate a persons rights and at what point is it legal terrorism? The pillars of government are the most easily corruptible and antiquated institutions. They require reverence is shown to them by a power supposedly derived from the wisdom of its founders which was originally, and is now, the process of assigning and assuring privilege. My mind keeps grinding the same issues down looking for simple archetypical definitions and descriptions. I never could have expected social studies in grade school would be so important later in life. I watched The Model City on the Scripps channel which talked about law enforcement in Louisville, Kentucky. It mentioned that police at one point would go to the community and explain to people their rights. I thought it was absurd that people can witness something violent and wrong but that the response by the authorities is to explain to people how they are righteous in what they did. If the policy allows for police to do wrong then the police will do wrong. I really dislike the argument that authorities cannot or are afraid to do their jobs if they are not provided a privilege guaranteeing immunity for their actions. It becomes the method for how to perpetrate wrongs and be exempt from repercussion. Oaths and promises of ethical compliance do not guarantee performance. Authorities are allowed scientific control over people's lives but people aren't guaranteed scientific proof to justify the actions of those authorities. Reformation, revision, correction... won't be available if accountability is not required. A promise to do the honest and good job is only reliable when a person's actions can hold consequence. Otherwise reformation efforts are just a rebranding to placate the masses. Insubstantial reassurance invites wrongdoing. When the cats away, the rats will... pull you over, say they smelled marijuana, search your vehicle, say you resisted arrest, file a false police report, hold you in jail with an unreasonable bond until you lose your job, delay court proceedings until you are pressured to accept a plea for a crime you didn't commit fearing you may lose your house, and brand you with a history that invites further persecution in the future. To oppose those sorts of abuses, voluntary body cameras are not enough. Mandatory body cameras and the ability to hold officers responsible for dishonest behavior is a necessity for the justice system to be just. I think everyone should insist on accountability in all reformation. Otherwise you just have prison guards who realize the benefits of lying to satisfy their personal interests, prosecutors who lie to satisfy their fantasies, and judges who lie to stroke their ego. Today I had a video call with soon who was recently in surgery and the video call was not connecting so I called the person collect which resulted in their paying double to talk to me while troubleshooting the video call instead of talking about anything important. After ten minutes of trying to get the video call to work I cancelled the rest of the video visit so it wouldn't be costing double and a few seconds later I am told to hang up the phone over the intercom. When video calls do not work we have no way to fulfill the appointment without paying double or not being allowed to attend the appointment at all. Everything about prison is some dishonest exploitation of the people connected to those of us inside. The prison experience I heard described as so: You don't get reformed. You just run out of wind. From what I have seen of jail and prison, I tend to agree. Navigating this Machiavellian orthopraxy is all about social hierarchy and dominance irrespective of any alleged crime. The programs do not reprogram the inmates and if they did, they do not remove whatever desperation motivated the behavior which resulted in their arrest. Largely, crime is just the inverse measure of how society has failed to provide or satisfy people's disagreeable methods and contain them in an environment where other wrongs can be perpetrated. I have written about all of this before but whenever more wrong is done to me I fail to find the good in any of this. It should be The Department of How Many Wrongs Make It Right. The Department of Oxymorons?
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