police state update...
Nov. 23rd, 2011 08:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
psybelleJohn Pike has generated a lot of really dark humor over the last few days (google "pepper spray cop" images for more...) and, yes, dark humor is a way of defusing/diffusing the pain of an unbearable situation.
But it doesn't change the fact that we've surrendered a lot of freedoms for the illusion of security - there's a piece over at Rolling Stone that covers this nicely.
And while the backlash has been enough that
the NYPD has issued new guidelines about the treatment/"freedom" of the press, it still doesn't change the general momentum towards more control, more militarization, and less oversight....
I don't know if letters or phonecalls to senators/ .gov of any kind will do any good at this point. But it can't hurt (much - I doubt letters are sufficient in and of themselves to put anybody on a no-fly list) and there are lovely guidelines over here...
But it doesn't change the fact that we've surrendered a lot of freedoms for the illusion of security - there's a piece over at Rolling Stone that covers this nicely.
And while the backlash has been enough that
the NYPD has issued new guidelines about the treatment/"freedom" of the press, it still doesn't change the general momentum towards more control, more militarization, and less oversight....
I don't know if letters or phonecalls to senators/ .gov of any kind will do any good at this point. But it can't hurt (much - I doubt letters are sufficient in and of themselves to put anybody on a no-fly list) and there are lovely guidelines over here...