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**DurryVony** · 07-25-2012, 07:56 PM

Ungrad, also look at the history of American fire service too. In New York, it was extortion in the beginning. The fire brigades forced folks to pay them or they would let their houses burn. People had to pay for a placard to be put on their home. If the house was on fire, and the home had a placard, they would put the fire out. No placard, and the fire dept would either let the home burn, or actually go inside and loot the home. Take everything of value. Then, let it burn. It was not uncommon for two different fire brigades to show up and actually get into fights with each other over who gets to loot the home.

I tend to agree with Sparky. Magnes pointed out the 2 biggest problems with law enforcement. Privatize it, and you will still have those same problems.

I guess the question is, can you have good people doing the right thing in a corrupt environment, without them getting corrupted too.

07-25-2012, 07:56 PM	#32
DurryVony Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 595 Senior Member	Ungrad, also look at the history of American fire service too. In New York, it was extortion in the beginning. The fire brigades forced folks to pay them or they would let their houses burn. People had to pay for a placard to be put on their home. If the house was on fire, and the home had a placard, they would put the fire out. No placard, and the fire dept would either let the home burn, or actually go inside and loot the home. Take everything of value. Then, let it burn. It was not uncommon for two different fire brigades to show up and actually get into fights with each other over who gets to loot the home. I tend to agree with Sparky. Magnes pointed out the 2 biggest problems with law enforcement. Privatize it, and you will still have those same problems. I guess the question is, can you have good people doing the right thing in a corrupt environment, without them getting corrupted too.
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