In watching the 4th of July tv celebration (I just caught little snips of it while doing stuff around home) I noticed something. Much of it was about race...one particular race. "OK", I thought. But, I didn't realize the 4th was about that. I guess it is now. And, all the post George Floyd news is also about race. But, there's so many examples of police brutality inflicted upon all kinds of people. See what happened here? This has been turned into the issue of white cops vs a certain race. But...that's not what it is, is it? I just see the enforcement branch of government getting away with brutalizing its citizens. Some dolt with a badge chokes out a guy and nobody interferes. I couldn't just sit there. I'd interfere. Now, an 8-yr old has been shot to death in Atlanta because the mob was so worked up.

I can't help but think a couple things. One - This is what the establishment wants. They don't have to really change as long as the discussion is about race. It's the old, "look at the shiny thing" trick. Statues are being pulled down. As we watched the statue of John Sutter get pulled down on local news my son asked why the people were cheering while standing there. That was an interesting conversation. Two - People seem unwilling and unable to accept that force is a powerful tool that government has taken full ownership of - that the common denominator in all of these stories is government force. I found the comments of Larken Rose very interesting a few years back. Essentially...We let people put on costumes and abuse us. I don't know much about him. But, on this he's dead right. I remember almost having a court bailiff crack my head open because I was reading a newspaper during some court proceedings. I still laugh about that (I wasn't a suspect, I just gave a suspect a ride there). Reading a paper in court seems like something Harpo Marx would do (and I'm a fan). No wonder the perceived offenders are expected to kneel now.

Anyway...There's my Jack Handy deep thought for the day.