tantus pedis
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quattro said:It wasn't a five minute argument, it was a four year long battle trying to get justice from a Police force which just ignored all of the evidence and told lie after lie ater lie.
This is the sort of thing that has destroyed the respect of the general public for our police force.
Richard
I wasn't trying to belittle your experience. As I said - I knew nothing of it. Everyone has the right to have opinions based on their own experiences. I can see that you quite deserve to have yours based on your shocking treatment.
I would disagree on your last point though. ie that the general public have no respect. On what basis do you say that? From your own experience or what's on the "news"? You must surely realise that the media are only interested in our failures.
Look at the NHS. When was the last time you heard of a successful recovery against the odds thanks to some exemplary care? I can't remember one. Probably because if it is reported it will be a by-line or an 'and finally' 30 second report. Someone makes a mistake or doesn't get the treatment they should have had - it's all over the news. It's the same story for schools, GP's, social services etc. If you believe the mass media they're all falling to pieces and hopelessly inept. I wonder how they manage to keep running though. Could it possibly be that the thousands of interactions that occur everyday are actually acceptable to the vast majority?
The media have a lot to answer for. They constantly undermine support for most of the public services which actually makes it harder for those organisations to work - good news for them - more stories to sell I suppose.
Case in point. MOAT shoots 3 others then himself in the head. This was and will continue to be dissected in the desperate hope in discovering some other shocking failure to report on. Meanwhile 3 more brave lads get shot dead in Afghan and this gets 45 seconds tagged on the end of the 30 minute MOAT report. They make me sick.
I can assure you that respect from the general public has not been destroyed, at least from what I actually experience everyday (and not what I read) working at the coal face in a large inner city area and across probably the widest across section of society possible in one patch.