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Justice by Points

Justice by points essentially means they’d ignore a crazed ax wielding man walking down the street because they are buys ticketing people and trying to harass them into a half-excuse to arrest them. Then when the ax man comes back after butchering a family, they call a mini-army and take him down, then get even more “Points”. But the officer who just gives warnings and stares away bad guys before they do something bad at least doesn’t get a promotion, if not fired…

And, likewise, Prosecutors will go after girls photographing themselves nude but ignore insider traders and other high-profile crimes. More “Slam Dunk” cases, better score. Criminal who do a Lot of damage to society but can afford good lawyers, bad score.

Typo issues aside, this is why even as a Hikikomori, it is important to discuss the laws and policies of the world. It may seem like this is a problem for the outsiders or that we should deal with these issues with a severity of most internet forums (i.e. dogmatic and viciously against anyone with opposing opinions) but the problem is that the rest of the world are too busy tiring themselves to really listen unless there’s a special occasion like the election.

Yes, most of us aren’t politicians, political science students and internet sadists but that’s why we have one of the most ample opportunities to listen and apply that dream by the US Constitution Founding Fathers which was for law to be understood and discussed by common lay-men and not be controlled by a “ruling class” (I’m sorta combining a theme by Marx here). That said, I’m not saying many of us don’t know some politics but I think we as an online community even when talking about politics treat it like the rest of people do and I can sit here and type all kinds of adjective of what that means, but those of you who’ve participated in an online political discussion already know how, just like religious topics, they are often anxiety-inducing topics even to normal internet surfers. How we progress beyond a community that won’t crumble when bringing up those themes will be a huge test of how much our community has improved beyond normal communities. How much we value the information we get from that kind of a community may even be the X-factor in elevating us into an online community so unified the likes that may never have existed before.

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Maybe Political Hikikomoris should go into talk radio:

What can I possibly say that you haven’t thought a thousand times already?

Well, “something”, I hope. After all, it’s my job to come up with things to say —— things to get people talking. If you’re like most people, on the other hand, you probably spend most of your time every day watching what you say, for fear that blurting out your insensitive thoughts might bring about adverse repercussions, whether at home, at work, or in your social life.

After all … everybody has to get along. Right?

Nope —— not me!

You see, I’m one of the rare people you know who has a job perfectly matched to his personality type. It appears that I somehow failed to develop the convenient social skill of keeping my yap shut. Even before I knew I had a mind, I had a penchant for speaking it. And I’ve been developing my skills in that department ever since.

Of course, in a lot of ways, we’re alike, you and I. When you wake up in the morning and listen to the news or read a newspaper, you probably think, “What the hell are these people thinking?” The only difference is, you then cruise off to work and make a studied effort to keep your ill-tempered thoughts to yourself for the rest of the day. When I wake up, hear those same news reports, and think the same thing —— “What in the hell are these idiots thinking?” —— I’m lucky enough to be able to do something about it. Right away I’m making plans to rip them a new variety of new ones as soon as I get to work. I don’t have to worry about the consequences of having opinions. For me, it’s part of the job description.

Such is the life of the radio talk-show host.

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From the Introduction page of Neil Boortz’s book, Somebody Has Got to Say It

I haven’t read past the Introduction though. (I think Amazon once suggested it be bought alongside Ron Paul’s The Revolution: A Manifesto.)

On the plus side, the author did say he wrote the Introduction part last. Hopefully that counts for something.

Oh and if you’re like me and has no idea who Neil Boortz is, here’s another excerpt from the Introduction page:

“One thing I’ve been rather proud of during my talk radio career is the number of conservatives who complain that I’m too liberal, and the number of liberals who say I’m too far to the right. The poor libertarians? They think I don’t know where the hell I stand.”