[Leica] Yet Another Sign of the Times

[s.dimitrov at charter.net (Slobodan Dimitrov)]

Read  A. John Langguth's Hidden terrors. He details the repercussions that
have taken place when our law enforcement advisors to foreign governments
bring the stuff of their trade back to the States.
He's still alive, and teaching over at USC, Annenberg School of
Communication. Which is definitely not a hot bed of progressive liberal
activism. 
S. Dimitrov


> From: Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 19:17:42 -0800
> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Yet Another Sign of the Times
> 
> On 11/14/04 4:53 PM, "Slobodan Dimitrov" <s.dimitrov@charter.net> typed:
> 
>> Funny thing, the one group that has been traditionally immune to social
>> upheavals is law enforcement. While individuals within it have sometimes
>> been forced to address excesses, the structures themselves survived
>> relatively unscathed
>> Tzarism to Bolshevism, the police kept its job. Interpol as a unit of the
>> Gestapo, never skipped a beat during the war, and never formally 
>> de-nazified
>> after the war. Latin America and South Africa are other cases, with their
>> reconciliation commissions. They are more like police rehabilitation show
>> trials.
>> S. Dimitrov
>> 
>> 
> What they may be thinking about is the obvious tendency for the police to
> get real busy during Fascist times. They've usually got a "secret" in front
> of their job description and carte blanch tendencies. Some of this stuff 
> may
> well be happening but to compare it to Fascist States of lore with people
> being rounded up in stadiums to NOT play soccer doesn't do anybody any good
> as there is no basis in reality.
> 
> 
> Mark Rabiner
> Photography
> Portland Oregon
> http://rabinergroup.com/
> 
> 
> 
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