Marly!
I am saddened, though not surprised, to hear your story.
I sadly also have all too many, even worse, stories. From time to time I will write them here on Steemit. And you know what the sad cause is?
We, the people, believe in the myth of human authority. We have accepted as true the idea that one person or group can have arbitrary authority over another.
It has taken most of my life, but I have finally come to abandon that idea and recognize that no human has any right to impose his will on another by force, except in self defense...
SO much more could be said about this! We could discuss for hours, for days...
Take care, be well, and avoid those terrorist thugs that call themselves "guards."
HUGS!
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Thanks for your wise words, my friend.
After that weird encounter I have talked to a friend who is a cop. He tried to explain to me how these things are managed. It seems that the law is not absoultely clear, which means that you can actually store your surfboard in the car but it has to be safed accordingly. So now what is accordingly. There is the problem. My friend - the cop - called it discretionary power. I had never heard about that before. But it means that the person (here: cop) is allowed to make decisions based on his own discretion / understanding / opinion.
I think it's terribly wrong equipping excecutive power with this tool! Why? Because most of these guys take an advantage of the situation in a bad sense. 80% of the traffice police officers I have met during one year on this island now are presumptuous, arrogant, aggressive and act inappropriately.
Giving these guys a "frame" of handling situations according to their own belief and mindset is totally wrong - and actually even against other human laws we do have!
We're only talking about a surfboard and nothing really dramatic. However, actually it's my full right to store it safely inside the car. Still if I get stopped by the wrong person, it can end up in a completely different way.
What I will do now is always having my GoPro inside the car. Whenever I drive into a control I switch it on and start filming everything, even having the camera visibly positioned so that they can see what I'm doing. I also have a printed version of the part of the law which has effect here inside the car.
I don't want to cause any trouble, I simply don't want to play their game.
"Guards".... yeah... nice word.
Again thanks for your encouragement!!! The world is not always as shiny as we'd love to have it :-)
Big hug!
Sadly it is the very nature of human government use of force that attracts sociopaths to these positions. Each one of them loves to "lord it over you.*
That is a euphemism for "rule of man" instead of "rule of law." In other words, it is the arbitrary use of force. Very sad, but I understand it is very true and real, especially when you are facing it.
It sounds as if you're taking some wise precautions. I hope filming with the GoPro doesn't just antagonize them!
Sweetie, I know you are very busy now, but maybe after Steemfest, you might find some time to read about the new world that's coming? I've been writing a fictional series about how wonderful I expect it to be, and I want to always keep inviting you to learn about that coming world and to join me and my friends there. Here is the first of the stories in my series:
I can't say surely when it is coming, but I am very sure that it will come one day.
Take care, keep a low profile, and stay safe out there. ;)