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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 29 Dec 2014

    Max Weber's 1919 theory explains why police officers need their guns http://ti.me/1sUjz9h  via @TIMEHistory

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      1. Levi‏ @levireeves 29 Dec 2014
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        @sapinker @TIMEHistory police do fine without in the UK.

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      1. Fredrik Meyer‏ @FredrikMeyer 29 Dec 2014
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        @sapinker No it explains why they need force monopoly, not deadly weapons. @timehistory

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      1. steven isle‏ @damnthatcursor 29 Dec 2014
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        @sapinker @TIMEHistory Well, we manage in the UK. Maybe we're not as racist.

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      1. Laurentius‏ @LtColLaurentius 29 Dec 2014
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        @sapinker @TIMEHistory Norway's system for law enforcement begs to differ. And I emphasize system.

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      1. Will Doolittle‏ @trafficstatic 29 Dec 2014
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        @sapinker @TIMEHistory Re. Shermer: "Things are getting better" and "Most officers are responsible" is not good enough.

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      1. Will Doolittle‏ @trafficstatic 29 Dec 2014
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        @sapinker @TIMEHistory Shermer's piece: Nice in theory, but not when children (Tamir Rice) and others are getting shot.

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      1. Communo-Stalinist‏ @ZombieDiamond 30 Dec 2014
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        @sapinker @TIMEHistory Embarrassing use of someone using "sciency" language to justify the status quo. He only takes the cop's perspective.

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      1. Kenny Smith‏ @kennysmithed 30 Dec 2014
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        @sapinker @michaelshermer What about policing by consent? As practised in the UK (where police don’t carry guns): https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/policing-by-consent …

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      1. Communo-Stalinist‏ @ZombieDiamond 29 Dec 2014
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        @sapinker @TIMEHistory Shermer revealed his cluelessness when he started talking about "colorblind" nonsense. He values order over justice.

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      1. David Hillstrom‏ @CynicalNews 29 Dec 2014
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        @sapinker Time fails to answer the questions it raises in the linked article. But answers exist. Problem is not short sighted strategy.

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      1. Well, I never‏ @smile_of_decade 29 Dec 2014
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        @sapinker @TIMEHistory the rest of the world has a theory as to why America tends to think of itself as "It" whilst laughing at gun lenience

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      1. jimvj‏ @jimvj 29 Dec 2014
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        @sapinker @TIMEHistory 2. Instead the cops act as if they are above any scrutiny.

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      1. David N‏ @__David_N_ 29 Dec 2014
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        @sapinker @TIMEHistory "Even with video evidence the grand jury voted not to indict the police officers." This is the salient issue surely.

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      1. jimvj‏ @jimvj 29 Dec 2014
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        @sapinker @TIMEHistory Those entrusted w use of deadly force should be constantly scrutinized for bias, psychological instability.

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      1. mtoscano‏ @mtscano 29 Dec 2014
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        @sapinker @TIMEHistory Hmm, Politik als Beruf is a lecture given by Weber, not 'a systematic study of ther nation-state'

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