You cannot take one person's single action out of the context of the encounter it came from without easily -- or purposely -- misunderstanding it. Likewise, in an ongoing relationship, you cannot take one encounter out of the context of the whole relationship without again easily -- or purposely -- misunderstanding it.
Context is crucial and ignoring context -- especially for someone like an arresting police officer, a journalist, a politician, or a judge -- is a grossly negligent act of duty and responsibility -- an act of 'reductionism' where a journalist is just looking for a provocative, controversial story, a campaigning politician is just looking to 'trash' his or her political opponent, or a policeman or judge is just looking for an easy legal scapegoat.
Call it 'narcissistic, Western justice'...or the misrepresentation of it...
dgb, June 15th, 2008.
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