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A friend became a police officer (in Australia) a couple of years ago at the age of 35. He quite quickly became distrusting of what people say and would adopt

by fian 7y ago

A friend became a police officer (in Australia) a couple of years ago at the age of 35. He quite quickly became distrusting of what people say and would adopt a negative analysis of situations. Why? - because for the majority of his shifts he has to deal with people who _are_ lying to him. Lots of domestic violence calls, drug dealers, thefts, reckless driving, people with serious mental illness (danger to themselves and others). The perpetrators inevitably lie and often the victims are not telling the whole truth (to protect themselves from incrimination for something else or to exaggerate what happened). Prior to joining he was a well rounded and very grounded person. As far as i can tell, he hasn't resisted the power-tripping trap but I can see some racial and socioeconomic stereotyping creeping in to his world view. It's sad to see but it shouldn't be surprising that people's jobs strongly shape their world view. Some other examples I've encountered personally: - emergency medical workers strongly against motorcycle riding as they see so many horrific injuries and fatalities from accidents - a child services worker who assumed men interacting with children were pedophiles as her work involved re-homing children who had been abused For the above occupations, the work involved exposes the workers to highly charged/traumatic situations often daily. A good place to start looking for a solution would be how to help these workers regain a balanced view of society.

candiodari 7y ago
> For the above occupations, the work involved exposes the workers to highly charged/traumatic situations often daily. A good place to start looking for a solution would be how to help these workers regain a balanced view of society. And clearly, as the GP illustrates, in the cop's case it's at least partially lying by those same cops to fix their own crimes. Or just lying for their own convenience, at the cost of everyone else. Why do you assume it's any different for the child services worker? They have the power to trade kids, for power, money, or just ego - and are also frequently convicted for doing so. Worse than that, many studies point out that the net effect of child services ... is NEGATIVE for children: there is a lot of statistical proof that children would grow up more successfully if child services didn't exist. Even kids with serious problems at home fare better ... without child services. So it's even worse than the police force, which at least prevents worse. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/27/italian-police-arrest-18-for-allegedly-brainwashing-and-selling-children https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/27/italian-police... And why do you assume it's any different for emergency medical worker? In Australia I was blatantly told that I wouldn't get any assistance from an ambulance unless I accepted a morfine injection. That, of course, turned out to be a financial incentive: it allowed them to charge a lot more to insurance. Of course it also prevented treatment (because doctors assumed I had abdominal pain because I was drugged. And, sure enough, I was: by THEM ! Of course that wasn't the cause of the pain, but cause + expected result = just sleep it off and go home. To be hit by terrible pain again the day after. This did not happen once, but THREE times) And to top it off, when it eventually did get correctly diagnosed, 2 weeks later, that morfine DID cause abdominal pain (morfine stops the peristaltic movement. Therefore, if you're on morfine for more than ~12 hours you're in for a very painful bowel movement. If you're on morfine 3 times for 6 hours in a week, it's no different) And again, at least the police force and emergency medical worker help. They cause a lot of collateral damage, but at least it prevents worse. Child services ... causes a lot more damage than they fix. So ESPECIALLY that person should shut the fuck up about how bad society is and take a good long look at themselves.

by fian 7y ago

candiodari 7y ago

> For the above occupations, the work involved exposes the workers to highly charged/traumatic situations often daily. A good place to start looking for a solution would be how to help these workers regain a balanced view of society. And clearly, as the GP illustrates, in the cop's case it's at least partially lying by those same cops to fix their own crimes. Or just lying for their own convenience, at the cost of everyone else. Why do you assume it's any different for the child services worker? They have the power to trade kids, for power, money, or just ego - and are also frequently convicted for doing so. Worse than that, many studies point out that the net effect of child services ... is NEGATIVE for children: there is a lot of statistical proof that children would grow up more successfully if child services didn't exist. Even kids with serious problems at home fare better ... without child services. So it's even worse than the police force, which at least prevents worse. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/27/italian-police-arrest-18-for-allegedly-brainwashing-and-selling-children https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/27/italian-police... And why do you assume it's any different for emergency medical worker? In Australia I was blatantly told that I wouldn't get any assistance from an ambulance unless I accepted a morfine injection. That, of course, turned out to be a financial incentive: it allowed them to charge a lot more to insurance. Of course it also prevented treatment (because doctors assumed I had abdominal pain because I was drugged. And, sure enough, I was: by THEM ! Of course that wasn't the cause of the pain, but cause + expected result = just sleep it off and go home. To be hit by terrible pain again the day after. This did not happen once, but THREE times) And to top it off, when it eventually did get correctly diagnosed, 2 weeks later, that morfine DID cause abdominal pain (morfine stops the peristaltic movement. Therefore, if you're on morfine for more than ~12 hours you're in for a very painful bowel movement. If you're on morfine 3 times for 6 hours in a week, it's no different) And again, at least the police force and emergency medical worker help. They cause a lot of collateral damage, but at least it prevents worse. Child services ... causes a lot more damage than they fix. So ESPECIALLY that person should shut the fuck up about how bad society is and take a good long look at themselves.