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Archive for April 19th, 2024

When I tell people, “never call the cops for any reason whatsoever”, many of them fail to realize that calling 911 = calling the cops.  You cannot call 911 and tell them you want an EMT or ambulance or whatever and not cops; regardless of what you say, they will send cops first.  Some places only send cops, and any actual assistance will only be sent if the cops ask for it.  These systems treat cops like Spam in the famous Monty Python sketch: a form of pork that you get with every order whether you like it or not.  Naturally, the 911 programs most people supported (because they were effectively sold to voters) did not use the slogan, “Cops instead of actual help, regardless of your problem!”  But that’s what they actually are, and in most places the only alternative to risking deranged thugs bursting into your home and assaulting, possibly even murdering, you and your loved ones is to handle the situation yourself, because if you try to call the hospital they’ll either redirect you to 911 or call themselves, thus launching the violent thugs.  I have no solution for this; it’s one of numerous bad situations our society has marched lemming-like into by indulging its own childish trust in sociopaths who promise to take care of everything for you so you don’t have to worry about it, all for the low, low price of power over you.

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