It's not just a question of deferring to authority as though the authority were the police with a baton in its hand, right?

这不仅仅是一个服从权威的问题，正如权威是拿着警棍的警察，对吧？

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It's a problem if we reject the police-like authority of authors, of whom we may have a certain suspicion on those grounds, when we certainly don't feel that way about Marx and Freud.

但若我们并不喜欢马克思和弗洛伊德，那么如果我们排斥警察，就好像因为对作者有所怀疑，而排斥作者权威的话，就有问题了。

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The sway of this power over the executive authority of the legislature and the judiciary, coupled with the actual omnipotence of the police makes people insecure.

这权力横行于立法和司法执行机构之上，再结合了事实上无所不能的警察，让人们倍感不安。

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"They don't quite trust the Israeli political system or the police or all the structures of authority and so a very tiny group has declared a war on the entire Israeli mainstream,".

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It's not just a question, as obviously Foucault and Barthes are always suggesting, of deferring to authority as though the authority were the police with a baton in its hand, right?

这不仅仅是一个，如福柯和巴特经常暗示的一样明显的，尊崇作者权威就好像这种权威,是一个手握警棍的警官的问题，对吧？

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It's a problem if we reject the police-like authority of authors, of whom we may have a certain suspicion on those grounds, when we certainly don't feel that way about Marx and Freud.

但若我们并不喜欢马克思和弗洛伊德，那么如果我们排斥警察，就好像因为对作者有所怀疑，而排斥作者权威的话，就有问题了。

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Shia militiamen have roamed Baghdad since the attack on the shrine, challenging the authority of the police and security forces.

ECONOMIST: Iraq grows ever more sectarian | The

The misconduct allegation is in relation to the appointment of the daughter of Dave McLuckie, the former chairman of the police authority.

BBC: Sean Price

It tells officers not be deterred if they see a "squatter's rights" notice on the door as "the police have lawful authority under section 17 of PACE (the Police and Criminal Evidence Act) to enter the property to make an arrest".

BBC: Q&A: Squatting laws