...That's another big problem: that people can't separate The Authority and the people who have the authority vested in them. I think you see that a lot in the demonstrations. Because actually the people are demonstrating, not against Vietnam, they're demonstrating against the police department, actually against police men. Because they have that concept of the law: that the law and the law enforcement are one.
And it started: "Well we have to have some rules." That's how the law starts, out of the fact. Let's see, I'll tell you what we'll do: we'll have a vote. We'll sleep in area A, is that cool? Okay, good. We'll eat in area B, good? Good. We'll throw our crap in area C.
So everything went along pretty cool, ya know, everyone was very happy. Then one night, everybody is sleeping... a guy woke up and POW! got a face full of crap.
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He said, "Hey what's the deal here? I thought we had a rule? Eat, sleep, and crap... and I was sleeping and I got a face full of crap!"
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So they said, "Well, ah, the rule is substantive." That's, see, that's what the Fourteenth Amendment is. It regulates the rights but it doesn't do anything about it, just says that's where it's at. "We'll have to do something to enforce the provisions, to give it some teeth."
"Here's the deal. If anybody throws any crap on us while we're sleeping, they get thrown in the crap house. Agreed?"
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The guy says, "Well, everybody?" "Yeah." "But what about if it's my mother?" "No, you don't understand. Your mother will be the fact, it has nothing to do with it. It's just the rule: eat, sleep, and crap; if anyone throws any crap on us they get thrown right in the crap house. Your mother doesn't enter into it, everybody's mother gets thrown in the crap house. Priests, rabbis, they all go. Agreed?" "Okay, agreed."
Okay, now going along very cool, now. The guy's sleeping and POW! another face full of crap. Now he wakes up and sees he's all alone, this guy. And he looks out and everyone is having a big party. He says "Hey! What's the deal? I thought we had a rule: eat, sleep, and crap; and you just threw a face full of crap on me!"
The other says "Oh, it's a religious holiday!"
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"And, we told you many times that if you're going live your indecent life and sleep all day, then you deserve to have thrown crap on you while you're sleeping, if you want to sleep all day."
And the guy said: "BUUULL-SHIT."
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The rule's a rule and this guy started to separate the church and the state right down the middle: POW! Here's a church rule... and here's a federalist rule.
Okay, everything's going along very cool. Now the guy says: "Hey, wait a minute. Although we made the rule, how are we gonna get somebody to throw somebody in the crap house? We need somebody to enforce it... law enforcement." Okay. Now they put up the sign up on the wall: "Wanted: Law Enforcement" and a guy has applied for the job.
"Look, here's our problem. We're trying to get some sleep and people keep throwing crap on us. Now we want someone to throw them right in the crap house. And I'm delegated to do the hiring here and, so, here's what the job is. They won't go in the crap house by themselves. And we all agreed on the rule, now. And we firmed it up, so that nobody gets out of it. Everyone's vulnerable; they get thrown right in the crap house. But you see, I can't do it because I do business with these assholes..."
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"...and it looks bad for me, ya know? So I want somebody to do it for me. So I tell you what, here's a stick and a gun and you do it. But wait til I'm out of the room. And whenever it happens, see, I'll wait back here and I'll watch, ya know. And you make sure you kick them in the ass and throw them in there."
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"Now, you'll hear me say a lot of times that 'it takes a certain kind of mentality to do that work' and all that bullshit. But you understand it's all horseshit and you just kick them in the ass and make sure it's done."
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...Now comes the riot. Or the marches. And everybody is wailing.... Now you've got a cop there who's standing with a short-sleeve shirt on and a stick in his hand. And the people are yelling "Gestapo" at him. "GESTAPO?! You asshole, I'm the mail man! GESTAPO?!"
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