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Forum Post: The police, please remember, are civilians.

Posted 13 years ago on Nov. 2, 2011, 11:31 p.m. EST by RobertYellowTie (18) from Brooklyn, NY
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The police call us civilians. And not generally as a term of affection.

They, on the other hand, think of themselves as “paramilitary” – a convenient word I think they made up, as in, “I’m not a lawyer. I didn’t go to law school. And I can’t practice law. But I’m a paralegal and I hang around with important people and I look great in this outfit!” It’s a lot like that (only with "military" instead of "legal"... I'm sure you see my point).

So, if active duty military and my fellow veterans would like to recalibrate the egos of the police, we could begin by greeting them, "Hello, civilians! We military types salute you! Maybe some day, if you try real hard, you civilians can stop being civilians and come join us!"

There are all sorts of fun places (defending the Constitution, physically harming actual enemies instead of demonstrators, et cetera) this line of discourse might proceed, I am sure.

Enjoy.

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Police forces Gendarmeries, e.g. Egyptian Central Security Forces and India's Central Reserve Police Force. Security forces of ambiguous military status, e.g. Russia's Internal Troops Border guards, e.g. India's Border Security Force Militias Fire Departments and Fire Brigades. Insurgent militia, irregular military, armed resistance movements and guerrilla forces which consider themselves military but which governments may consider terrorist, for example Provisional IRA, Ulster Volunteer Force, or United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC). Armed units of US national intelligence services units such as the Special Activities Division of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), or the Hostage Rescue Team of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Auxiliary services of armed forces. Private armies Mercenaries Youth cadet organizations with no wartime role, e.g. India's National Cadet Corps The Schutzstaffel (SS) and Sturmabteilung (SA) in Nazi Germany

[-] 1 points by Socrates469bc (608) from New York, NY 13 years ago

Vote out Mayor Bloomberg..

Vote out Mayor Bloomberg...

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[-] 1 points by stevemiller (1062) 13 years ago

So what. What's the point?

First OWS would need to nominate candidates or at least endorse them. I will be the Green Party candidate in CT 4th district.

[-] 1 points by slinkeey (244) 13 years ago

These civilians?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tt2yGzHfy7s

[-] 1 points by RobertYellowTie (18) from Brooklyn, NY 13 years ago

"Security forces of ambiguous military status", perhaps?

[-] 1 points by TheScreamingHead (239) 13 years ago

The reason that this movement is succeeding is because of the stupidity of the police. The movement would have died out if the pigs had not initiated violence. That is always the way it goes - that's how it went with the Civil Rights Movement as well.

http://thepurpletruth.blogspot.com/2011/11/are-occupy-wall-street-protesters-bums.html

This is cool... I just typed "paramilitary" into Wikipedia:

Examples of paramilitaries

Depending on context, paramilitaries can include: