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

• 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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      • Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Demanding they quit because of this has definite “I live with my parents” vibes though. I doubt that person has a mortgage.

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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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      • crapwittyname@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        There are tons of lines I wouldn’t cross at work, but those lines would be different in another job. If arresting people is generally part of your job description, then I would expect you to have different red lines.

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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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