>> In an altercation with the police, complying with their orders greatly >> increases your chances of survival. > > Ah, the definition of a police state: where ordinary people, whether > breaking the law or not, are forced by fear of death to obey the police at > all times, whether the police are acting legally or not.
I think you are grossly mischaracterizing that sentence of the OP. He simply makes an observation: in an altercation with the police, complying with their orders greatly increases your chances of survival. Is this observation/statement true or false? Based on empirical data from the past 50 years (in the US and elsewhere) I'd say it's true by a huge margin. The OP didn't make any value judgements on this statement whether he advocates for compliance or not, whether he encourages the establishment of a police state or not, whether he thinks compliance is a good thing or not. For all we know he might be a flaming anarchist with a keen sense of observing empirical facts. Cheers, Daniel -- Psss, psss, put it down! - http://www.cafepress.com/putitdown -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
