Comment on UK Cops 'Ashamed and Sick' of Enforcing Ban on Anti-Genocide Group Palestine Action

guyoverthere123@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This isn’t like working in fast food, where you can just find another job right away. You’re talking about abandoning a career the officer has spent years building.

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  • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Principles aren’t principles if you only follow them when they’re easy.

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    • Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Easy for us to say.

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      • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I’m not claiming to be the moral arbiters of the nation though, am I. They are, that’s the job they chose to do, it’s not my fault they suddenly don’t like it. Same for the military in the US wandering aboud LA, and DC.

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    • Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Easy to say but my job is shit and what real choice do I have? Sure I can look for something else but there isn’t much out there.

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      • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Are you a cop? If so then you don’t need me to tell you about all of the private security gigs that are going because you 100% already knew about them.

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      • Bronstein_Tardigrade@lemmygrad.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Does your job involve destroying other people lives as a jackboot for capital?

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    • Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It is a fine principle to uphold the law. In this particular case it is the law that’s an ass, not the enforcement.

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    • crapwittyname@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Principles can be in conflict though. The promise to provide stability for your family, for example, is often more urgent than more lofty political principles. In this situation, looking actively for another job whilst continuing to perform the tasks you disagree with at a level of bare minimum compliance might be an ethically acceptable compromise.

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      • Rekorse@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        You dont have a line you wouldnt cross at work? Arresting someone carries a risk of harm, would you harm someone else daily whilst looking for new work?

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  • Networkcathode@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yeah cuffing pensioners is a real skill that must be honed over years of hard work & training

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    • Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      www.joiningthepolice.co.uk/…/training

      18-22 weeks of classroom based training, then three months supervision on the job. Then they will be getting promoted as they get more experienced.

      It’s a lot to just walk away from.

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