Sqrl said:
As for the rest of this: The very concept that the blame doesn't rest on the cops who did the hiding when they should have done the fighting is patently ridiculous by every remotely reasonable standard. They are directly to blame for their own actions by definition. They signed up to be policeman and said they would protect people, and according to you they even knew full well the day they signed up (presumably years in advance) that they weren't going to do their job. Again this makes it far worse, not better. Not OK. But rather even more unacceptable. You guys keep revealing new information about these "cops" that you present as some sort of rationalization. But in fact they tell me that they these "cops" are far more despicable than I had previously suspected. Saying they are corrupt doesn't change anything, it makes it even worse! What I really don't get is that we seem to agree that the senseless killing was bad.... and we agree that the fact that nobody did anything was bad...but somehow the people who were supposed actually stop the killing but chose not to....that's OK? Instead, according to you, it was the people who trained them who are to blame...do I have that right? I want to be clear here, I agree that they probably need better training and that they need better men. And that was certainly a factor here. But in no way does that legitimize their inaction. These men must take the blame for allowing innocent people to be slaughtered. The people who trained them must take the blame for failing to do their jobs and putting men who would allow such a thing to happen in positions of authority. They both have their own distinct type of blame, neither group should be excused for their actions simply because it's expected. Honestly the mentality that you can't blame these men is actually part of the problem that allowed them to take those positions to begin with. By taking away any blame they might recieve they have no drawback to failing in their duty...why bother at all if you still get paid even when you utterly fail to do your job? This alone illustrates how destructive that line of reasoning, your line of reasoning, can be. @Manus Not being surprised that they would do it is one thing, and thinking they should be able to avoid blame for their own actions because it was expected is quite another. I agree that given the reported state of their police force it is not as surprising as I had initially thought at all. But would you agree that they still must bare the brunt of the responsibility for their inaction?
@nobody in particular Personal responsibility is dying a slow painful death at the hands of apathy and ignorance. Take responsibility for your actions and demand that others do the same. Without it, places like India will never have reliable law enforcement. |
Problem is, they take people that should be mowing law or taking trash or delivering newspaper and put them on police. A guy like this have a choice to get some more money on police but, still, he doesn't know what the hell to do with a weapon and he won't risk his life, he's there for the extra dough, that ain't much. It's like building a house on cardboard and complain that cardboard is weak after the house crumbles. Cardboard is still weak, you would do better with it building boxes, but the blame is mostly on the dumb guy who built the house.
Damn, i love comparisons.
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