tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238382886103256219.post5640521714024591621..comments2023-11-10T09:15:40.084-08:00Comments on The Friends of Jake: Stop it nowDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10124314924693077453noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238382886103256219.post-64471446493331406302016-07-11T09:53:05.803-07:002016-07-11T09:53:05.803-07:00Look: It's a story as old as human society. G...Look: It's a story as old as human society. Gradually, some group gathers money, power, recognition, control away from the rest of the culture, Finally it becomes overpowering. And eventually, the oppressed group can take it no longer—and it explodes in revolution——the "bottom" says, "No more!" and attacks and overthrows the "top".<br /><br />It ALWAYS happens, and it will continue to happen as one group begins to take control of over another (which is what a social group virtually always does!) and then the oppressed rise up and blast the oppressing group to kingdom come. IT ALWAYS HAPPENS. <br /><br />Look, even five years ago, someone who talked like Bernie Sanders would be laughed down. But Wall Street has grown too powerful, has oppressed too many people, has harmed too many bodies and souls—and the rise is coming. There WILL be revolution, as Bernie Sanders says.<br /><br />And the same is true with the police: they took over more and more and more control, pushed themselves way above the public—and now the revolution is happening. And it won't be solved with conversations—it won't be solved until the police get back in line as non-military servants of the people. If they don't, expect a lot more killings of uniformed police! Preaching won't help; conversations won't help. The only thing that will save it is if the police back down, humble themselves, and give up their fantasy of being "defenders of freedom and law"—that's bunk. By definition, a person who wants to be a policeman is looking for a level of social superiority without having to earn it. It's the same with clergy: we put on a collar and suddenly we're "special".<br /><br />That is what must stop. The fiction that cops are the saviors of our culture and preserver of our laws is pure bunk. Back in the 60's when I visited a cousin in Sweden who was a policeman, I told him about our anti-war demonstrations, about the police beating that I myself had experienced, and he was aghast. "The public are our boss!" he said, "We work for the people and we must be polite and courteous to them or we're fired." <br /><br />You see, it's possible!John Julianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09668893912018639700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238382886103256219.post-67267859715177894532016-07-11T03:44:55.919-07:002016-07-11T03:44:55.919-07:00Stop it now, or START IT NOW?
START loving one an...Stop it now, or START IT NOW?<br /><br />START loving one another as children of God. START the love that demands both justice and compassion. START seeing our common humanity, regardless of color of skin, or color of uniform. START believing that "love casts out fear". START seeing that only the "common weal", and not the invididually weaponized, can keep us safe. And START raising up leaders who try to unite, not divide.<br /><br />Start it now!JCFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14516376500318551838noreply@blogger.com