Grave_n_idle wrote:The Cat-Tribe wrote:1. False dichotomy/strawman. If giving EVERY cop nearly unlimited freedom to execute people on allegations of drunk driving results in ONE innocent execution, that is too much abuse to tolerate. In reality, it would result in massive abuse -- something you and JuNi's semantic games don't really deny.
There already IS massive abuse.
So - 'you can't do it, there'd be massive abuse' is a cop-out.The Cat-Tribe wrote:2. Cinncinnatus was NOT a saint.
And, if I'd said "You know like Cincinnatus? He was a saint" that would be a valid counter.
But I didn't. I just said he was an argument against the 'absaloot powah' malarkey.
1. Police routinely execute people now? And, to the extent this is true, it wouldn't get one bit worse if they had a free license to kill any alleged bad driver?
2. It is more than arguable that Cincinnatus abused power when he had it. That is what I meant and is a valid counter.