[Orangedog]

'Rating someone out" depends on the seriousness of the actual offense. I would not encourage my children to rat everyone out for every offense. I would like to know about it for sure if it is serious and there could be much harm being done but it is not Christian to "rat" people out for every offense.

It goes beyond that. The people who would call the police because someone might be or is going to have a party are the same people who will turn you in for having a gun or stored food or unacceptable political views in the later stages of decline. It's probably not a bad idea to learn who just who these types are in your community to make sure you give them the mushroom treatment starting yesterday.

[Guttlekraw]

The people who would call the police because someone might be or is going to have a party are the same people who will turn you in for having a gun or stored food or unacceptable political views

Good point. One of the corrosive effects of bad nanny-state laws is that they undermine the moral authority of legitimate laws.