alright, i have two thingson my mind today.....

one of them is violence....and i don't have much to say, but i need to get a few things out...

violence is the intent to do harm, the INTENT, not the harm. people confuse this so much. but this form of understanding violence allows for a little old lady to accidently kill someone by sliding through a stop sign....and uh, the idea that violence is in the ACT or the HARM caused does not. so ha! so yea, and thinking about it i don't think that violence is necessarily related to hatred.....and therefore nonviolence doesn't have to be an act of love....but inanycase that is just the first of my isssues, and this is only one of my two issues

the other has to do with that dude who got shot in ball state by a cop....and of course as all things related to police conduct, my conversation with Merrit, the indiana state cop who was there to pound on for my black belt test.....

my issue is that we give our police officers some sense of "priveldge" and respect, for the situation they voluntarily put themselves in. ideally we offer them respect because they choose to protect us, they choose to put themselves in danger...this leads me to a few things

first, i get sick of normal individuals who compare an officers decision making process to their own. we aren't "trained" to act in danger, so i think its just fine to except more out of an officer than i expect out of myself.......
second, i'm tired of hearing about cops who aren't up to snuff. i'm serious, i'd rather have a lack of policeman, than undertrained or unethical cops.....

grr, alright, this is kinda short but i gots to be doing other things, like draw a hot bath, light some candles, drink a great beer and relax (i love thee stella artois)