Thank you. Cripes, someone else actually bloody said it! I second it, vehemently. All punishment does is cement the us vs. them line between the wielders of t

Thank you. Cripes, someone else actually bloody said it! I second it, vehemently. All punishment does is cement the us vs. them line between the wielders of the enforcement mechanism, and the people it is enforced upon. If you can't get the populace working with and alongside you it's a losing prospect. This is anathema to leadership/power hungry types, who believe they are the bearer of the One True Way, or the Anthropromorphic manifestation of Common Sense; but show me a crime spike, and I'll show you rampant loss of faith/confidence in the system as a cause, not merely a symptom. This is why "Good enough for Government work" as a perjorative is a bloody terrible thing.