Amazingly I agree with you. I was really surprised at the numbers, which I suppose makes me pro police really, as I assume most of them are OK.
I think it’s healthy that we don’t think the police or teachers or church people are more trustworthy than any other group but it makes society so so hard to function
This was from 5 days ago -
The thing is though, those who are supposed to 'enforce', in whatever way, how society functions should be held to a higher standard than the rest of us.
They are but only when they’ve been found guilty!
'But if you're the Police, who's going to police the Police?...'
You know the answer to that and it works ok
Well that would require humanising them so a majority on here would prefer they are just locked up for good or killed
I fundamentally disagree but I know I’m in the minority and absolutely accept that people are completely entitled to hold an alternative view
Perhaps they could try this before they commit? Just a thought.
Be good wouldn’t it, the prison I volunteer at there are many reasons why they commit the crime, some of which could have been avoided with earlier intervention but they are all responsible for their actions of course
Castration or sterilisation?
Often psychosis or addiction
I meant the early intervention.
I know that’s it’s hard for you to understand and that’s great. Lucy faithful and stop it now charities will show you the stats of how normal adults can find themselves committing criminal acts that could have been avoided. There is a capacity in all of us for good and bad im certain of it
Not sure what’s to be gained from highlighting two of history’s most notorious killers to try and undermine someone who’s actually got first-hand experience of this stuff.
I think I'm ok understanding how circumstances can change someone's outlook on committing crime, but that never excuses sexual crimes which are completely different. If its all the same with you I'd rather live in blissful ignorance and know that I'd rather we lived in a society without nonces and sexual predators and perhaps if we weren't so gullible and dealt with them how most of the public would prefer, there would be a lot less of them.
And therein lies the problem. No meaningful engagement just a binary evil and not evil.
There’d most likely be more. What’s gullible about identifying those in danger of committing crime and enabling them to get support not to commit it? Or working with those convicted on being part of society safely and managing the risk?
Well Pete volunteers in prison and clearly talks to offenders, which sounds like valid input to the discussion, even if you disagree with what he says. I’m sure we could just run the prison system in keeping with the values of whichever awful serial killer you’ve been reading about on Wikipedia this week instead, but I’m not sure it’s going to make for the most productive debate.
What would the term be? Sorry if that offends but isn’t deliberately taking someone’s life murder?
There's a very easy answer and whilst you're entitled to want to continue to see the good in people, some are simply cunts.
Imagine if you applied that kind of proportion to an education setting in terms of safeguarding - people would rightly be losing their shit.