IN THE ABSENCE OF GOD

HOW MANY CIVILIANS DO YOU KNOW WHO CAN SHOOT A PERSON FOR REACHING INTO THEIR POCKETS? HOW MANY CIVILIANS DO YOU KNOW WHO CAN SHOOT A MAN FOR RUNNING OR BECAUSE HE LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE ELSE AND GET AWAY WITH IT? NONE. NOT UNLESS YOU'RE A FIGURE OF AUTHORITY. ONE NATION UNDER GOD MY ASS. MORE LIKE CIVILIANS UNDER GOD AND AUTHORITY FIGURES UNDER LAW. HOW COME GOD'S LAW ONLY APPLIES TO THOSE OF NO AUTHORITY? A CITIZEN KILLS ANOTHER CITIZEN AND IT'S A CRIME. IT'S ILLEGAL. THEY GET THE DEATH PENALTY OR LIFE IN PRISON. A COP KILLS A CIVILIAN AND IT'S OK BECAUSE HIS ACTIONS WERE JUSTIFIED UNDER DEPARTMENT RULES. CAN I SHOOT A COP FOR RUNNING BECAUSE HE LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE WHO STOLE MY CAR? NEVER. BUT IF IT WAS THE OTHER WAY AROUND I WOULD BE DEAD AND THE COP'S MOST SEVERE PUNISHMENT WOULD BE A COUPLE OF WEEKS SUSPENSION WITH PAY. POOR GUY. IF THALL SHALL NOT KILL THEN THAT GOES FOR EVERYONE. HOW DO YOU JUSTIFY KILLING SOMEONE WHO KILLS ANOTHER. YOU DON'T. YOU'RE JUST COMPLETING A BIG CIRCLE OF SHAME BECAUSE IN THE END SOMEONE STILL GETS AWAY WITH MURDER. HEY MY NEIGHBOR KILLED MY SON. LET ME INJECT HIM WITH SOME LETHAL POISON OR STRAP HIM TO AN ELECTRIC CHAR. NOT. FOR A CIVILIAN THAT'S ILLEGAL. FOR THEM, IT'S OK BECAUSE THEY THINK THEY'RE TAKING THE PLACE IN THE ABSENCE OF GOD.