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There is a joke: Heaven is where the police are British, the cooks are French, the mechanics German, the lovers Italian and it's all organised by the Swiss
by zoogeny 3y ago
There is a joke:
Heaven is where the police are British, the cooks are French, the mechanics German, the lovers Italian and it's all organised by the Swiss.
Hell is where the chefs are British, the mechanics French, the lover's Swiss, the police German and it's all organised by the Italians.
I've lived in Canada, the UK and the US. My experiences with the police in the UK were really very good. They are polite, affable, efficient and seem to care about their work. Canadian police are not quite as good, IMO, but still reasonably ok, although they do tend to have the "command attitude" and slight military edge that I associate with the US police. I did not have any contact with police in the six years I was in the US.
- brutusborn 3y agoI'd say the same for Australian as you do for Canadian police: mostly good but with a 'command attitude.' The general feeling here is that police spend too much time 'revenue raising' rather than policing crime the community actually cares about, like theft and violence. I think this would be solved with a dedicated force for less serious offenses and fines. I think the best system is the UK where most police have no weapons and little power, but can call for an armed response if necessary.
- mjburgess 3y agoThe UK police do complain a lot about how ineffective the courts are at keeping reoffenders off the streets -- but at least they dont have to debase themselves by being "revenue raisers".
- cumshitpiss 3y ago[dead]
- m_st 3y agoAs a Swiss with an Italian partner we both agree about the Italian part but must protest about the Swiss part in hell and the French part in heaven! French food in Switzerland is excellent though.
- lostmsu 3y ago> I did not have any contact with police in the six years I was in the US. This actually sounds perfect.