It's the organisation that makes it so bad. I can believe that one policeman will let off another one who has gone a bit over the limit. But surreptitiously and with a sense that this shouldn't happen, that an exception has been made. It's the open sense of entitlement about the card system that makes it so bad. "Not guilty," says the magistrate, "and don't do it again." That's an indulgence that might be ok. But "How dare he convict me? I'm a fellow magistrate!" is not.
I expect the UK police aren't as organised and in your face but have similar views on what they can get from society. Quis custodiet etc.
ReplyDeleteIt's the organisation that makes it so bad. I can believe that one policeman will let off another one who has gone a bit over the limit. But surreptitiously and with a sense that this shouldn't happen, that an exception has been made. It's the open sense of entitlement about the card system that makes it so bad. "Not guilty," says the magistrate, "and don't do it again." That's an indulgence that might be ok. But "How dare he convict me? I'm a fellow magistrate!" is not.
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