Taser Nation

[MindPilot]

By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist

Sam Francis — a brilliant political writer — once wrote about something he called “anarcho-tyranny.” Simply put, it’s the growing tendency of the government to harshly treat ordinary citizens over even the most minor infractions while at the same time treating violent predators — real criminals — with disinterest and often minimal punishment relative to their deeds.

The growing use of “shock therapy” — Tasers — on motorists who’ve committed minor traffic infractions such as failing to wear a seat belt or who grumble under their breath while being issued speeding tickets is Exhibit A.

Argue with a cop — indeed, do anything other than submit immediately to his any and every command — and you risk being shot through with 50,000 volts of “non-lethal” (but sometimes not) Attitude Adjuster. It’s happening all around the country, to people who likely never saw it coming or even conceived that such a thing could happen to them. People who work, pay taxes and never so much as pocketed a Hershey bar at the drugstore. Middle-aged hausfraus. Moms with their kids in the car. College kids. Retirees.

You and me, in other words.

There are two reasons for this.


full article at: http://blog.motorists.org/taser-nation/

[FiveGoodMen]

1. If Americans had any sense, they'd call by the millions for the firing of these thugs

and demand laws protecting the citizens.

But we are so lost in Stockholm Syndrome that we are not on our own side anymore.