Re: How long would it take for Anarchy to start working?
I'm almost ashamed to do this, because it is such an obvious retort:
The nature of the job remains: forcing your moral standards on other people with violence. I find it hypocritical enough to force someone into your moral standard, not even doing it yourself, but delegating others to do it for you just brings it to the next level.
Note: I am not judging whether animal cruelty or any other such thing is OK with me or not, that is besides my point here. My point is (as it always has been in this thread) to get people to take personal responsibility for their beliefs and values. A tall order in a culture where it's standard to just adopt standards from figures and institutions of authority. We are a sad, sad culture of people, who would trust the word of "experts" more than their own judgement
The problem with vigilante services the police is that they often result in people being killed under dubious circumstances. We had a man beaten to death xy here in the UK recently who it turned out was just unpopular with his neighbours the police.
Your idea would mean that if I think someone is being cruel to an animal, Iget a weaponcall the police, who have weapons, force entry to his home and then make a decision as to what punishment is appropriate. Since I they would have him at the end of a gun, you can see the potential for problems.
I can't see that as being more convenient than calling the police. I can't see much difference between this and doing it yourself, except that if the police does it, you get to pretend it is more OK, because they are delegated professionals for this job
Your idea would mean that if I think someone is being cruel to an animal, I
The nature of the job remains: forcing your moral standards on other people with violence. I find it hypocritical enough to force someone into your moral standard, not even doing it yourself, but delegating others to do it for you just brings it to the next level.
Note: I am not judging whether animal cruelty or any other such thing is OK with me or not, that is besides my point here. My point is (as it always has been in this thread) to get people to take personal responsibility for their beliefs and values. A tall order in a culture where it's standard to just adopt standards from figures and institutions of authority. We are a sad, sad culture of people, who would trust the word of "experts" more than their own judgement