I get what you're saying, but historically the military does not tell the president "no" (at least to our knowledge) and has constantly committed war crimes with little to no repercussions
I mean yeah the US military always has the option to raze entire cities to sniff out a resistance. I doubt that will be done
Because the UCMJ has done such a great job of preventing war crimes and punishing war criminals....
Just because something is illegal doesn't make it unjust and vice versa.
After all according to the German military the holocaust was legal. If soldiers then murdered their officers they would have been seen by the world as heros.
Legality should not be the basis of your morality
I understand that's what we say, but it's not in the constitution and courts have ruled that you cannot sign away your rights as they are inalienable. Yet, it's allowed for the military to do so
If someone shoots an officer ordering war crimes that is justice, and probably why they don't allow military members to be tired by public courts. They would almost certainly be acquitted.
Honestly I like how the constitution says everyone without exception is allowed a jury trial, but we just pretend that it's okay for the military to not follow that. Like sure now they are volunteers, but conscription has a long history. It's kinda fucked up when you think about it, and definently unconstitutional
Only useful if you know when and where someone will be. Obviously heightens surveillance capabilities, but they can't be everywhere at once
Your comment seemed to imply your solution was to never swim in a lake. Obviously you should boil your neti pot water. There are a lot of reasons to do that. Wearing a nose clip is plenty reasonable. I truly thought you meant never swimming.
Everything you mentioned about food by the way is something that can be prevented
That's not true. I can't prevent a company from making a canning mistake. I can't prevent a company contaminating food with a wide variety of things from bacterial to chemical. Choking is by itself accidental, I doubt you'll find many choking victims that were trying to choke and die. I don't inspect the kitchen and practices of every restaurant I eat at. The fact of it is most of the things related to food safety are out of the hands of the consumer. Short of preparing everything yourself from scratch you can't prevent these things from happening. Most deaths related to food safety are caused by producer mistakes, not consumers.
You're much much more likely to die from your preferred transit method to the lake than to get an ammeoba from it.
For that matter basically every food you eat has a higher likelihood to kill you. From bacteria, contamination, improper storage, improper cooking, even choking. These are all significantly more likely.
My point isn't to make you too afraid to eat, but to explain why it's not "grossly ignorant" to not be cautious of it. It's essentially a non-concern. Even not putting sunscreen on every single day is a bigger risk taking activity than the odds of getting a brain ammeoba at a lake.
But you dont understand one protestor littered , meaning that it is now an illegal gathering and that the thousands of people gathered are a violent mob.
Very convenient
The powerful and their goons seem to have forgotten that sure they can roll up anywhere with an army and overpower protesters, but that's not going to solve this. It's just going to start a true resistance.
There have been few times in history where resistance forces have fought state forces on an open battlefield.
As seen historically, a typical resistance force will harrass the enemy. Bomb their buildings, stockpiles, and infrastructure. Wait until the state goons are alone, at their homes, at the bar, in a grocery store and then that's when they kill them.
All sending the national gaurd in to kill protesters will result in is a true resitance forming.
The powerful have forgotten what it was like to be afraid to leave their fortresses
I think days, weeks if we're lucky
Pretty much everyone I've even met in the national gaurd are people who re-enlisted after their first stint in the army to get a regular paycheck while they go to school