[lit-ideas] Re: Paying taxes for months on end
- From: "Phil Enns" <phil.enns@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2005 08:23:31 -0400
Julie Krueger wrote:
"Remember Rodney King? I believe the officers in question were
ultimately found innocent but let's imagine that they had mercilessly
beaten Rodney when he had ceased to resist. They had every power to do
that. They had absolutely no right to do that."
Nonsense. Policing authorities, even guards at Gitmo, are found to have
exceeded their powers in acting abusively so it is silly to say that
whatever they do is what they had the power to do. The point of the
court action was to discern whether the police were empowered, that is
had the right, to do what they did. If they had 'absolutely no right to
do that' then they would have been found guilty because they did not
have the power to act as they did.
Julie's confusion lies in equating 'power' with what the individuals are
physically able to do.
Sincerely,
Phil Enns
Toronto, ON
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