Tuesday, October 14, 2003

Today, I'm going to ruin someone's life!

One fact of life that constantly amazes is how small-minded people end up in law enforcement, security, and other professions that vest them with authority that they really don't deserve. I'm sure we've all run into the cop who has nothing better to do than pull people over for a rolling stop at a rural intersection late at night when there are no other cars about, security guards who think it's their duty to interfere with shoppers at the mall, and so on.

What scares me now is that these kinds of people, who end up in these professions out of some latent need to wield power over other people, are now ending up in Homeland Security, where they can take their frustrations in life out on "all them foreigners".

(Link via Scott at The Gamer's Nook.)

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