| OneToughHerring |
10-10-09 02:42 PM |
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Originally Posted by Shearwater
(Post 1187151)
Companies such as Blackwater operate in foreign territory, so even if they can't be controlled as tightly as the regular military, they're abroad at least. In the case of a private police force operating in the interior, there would be no such safeguard.
The state's monopoly on violence has been at the end of a lenghty political and philosophical struggle. More than money or 'efficiency' is at stake here.
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I don't necessarily disagree with you about that but we're talking about the United States here, I'm just thinking which way they might go based on past experience. Wouldn't want to have a private police in Finland although private security firms are constantly getting a bigger foothold here as well. |
