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The person behaved as an unvarnished moron which put everyone that listened to that rant into even more potentially very awkward situations with HR. There's a

The person behaved as an unvarnished moron which put everyone that listened to that rant into even more potentially very awkward situations with HR. There's a double standard of not narcing but also not letting it go unchecked. More than likely the individual will fail on their own. "Live and let die" is my motto, unless they become too much of an obvious liability in which case an "innocent" question may be the most expedient. PS: It's sad that hate is alive and well in Moscow, where hate language, behavior and attitude unchecked has led to wrongly labeling them pedophiles and patrols beating up anyone suspected of being gay. It's disgusting. Russia really needs a gay rights movement and a broader cultural/political revolution to modernize in line with more "civilized" countries. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/01/russia-rise-homophobic-violence http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/01/russia-rise-hom...

eshvk 13y ago
This 'not narcing' bullshit has to go sometimes. This is one of the reasons it is so hard to bring cops to justice.
- midas007 13y ago
  <rant>A few are shameless crooks with a badge and a gun, some are just unprofessionaly aggressive and there's a few good ones here and there. The prob is for them: does someone "betray" a fellow officer whom has their life in their hands? The police leadership has to be solid, set the tone and be relentless about actual professionalism and service, instead of being a menace to the community.</rant> Perhaps police should all have "GoPro" cameras permanently on them and their vehicles streaming live to a web archive whenever they're on duty (apart from bathroom, etc.) so that whatever happens is permanent part of the public record.
  - 6d0debc071 13y ago
    Police deal with vulnerable people on a regular basis. Putting everything they do on public record would cause a lot of harm. Not that I'm saying there shouldn't, ideally, be some definitive record of events - and technology seems to be getting there. But the conflicting demands for accountability and privacy can be pretty complex. If you're dealing with a kid who's been cautioned for drug possession, who gets to look at those records? If someone reports a rape?
- scotth 13y ago
  Why not just bring it up right there and then? That kind of talk is wrong, and people should be called out on it. Publicly embarrassed if need be, because they clearly need a wake up call. Are you so concerned with your own status in the group that you can't speak for what's right?

eshvk 13y ago

This 'not narcing' bullshit has to go sometimes. This is one of the reasons it is so hard to bring cops to justice.

midas007 13y ago
<rant>A few are shameless crooks with a badge and a gun, some are just unprofessionaly aggressive and there's a few good ones here and there. The prob is for them: does someone "betray" a fellow officer whom has their life in their hands? The police leadership has to be solid, set the tone and be relentless about actual professionalism and service, instead of being a menace to the community.</rant> Perhaps police should all have "GoPro" cameras permanently on them and their vehicles streaming live to a web archive whenever they're on duty (apart from bathroom, etc.) so that whatever happens is permanent part of the public record.
- 6d0debc071 13y ago
  Police deal with vulnerable people on a regular basis. Putting everything they do on public record would cause a lot of harm. Not that I'm saying there shouldn't, ideally, be some definitive record of events - and technology seems to be getting there. But the conflicting demands for accountability and privacy can be pretty complex. If you're dealing with a kid who's been cautioned for drug possession, who gets to look at those records? If someone reports a rape?
scotth 13y ago
Why not just bring it up right there and then? That kind of talk is wrong, and people should be called out on it. Publicly embarrassed if need be, because they clearly need a wake up call. Are you so concerned with your own status in the group that you can't speak for what's right?