tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-863336524369281662.post7916017028709583415..comments2023-09-20T07:12:07.398-07:00Comments on Veater Ecosan: "The World About Us": Veaterecosanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12641952897751927118noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-863336524369281662.post-45051331909882109832016-09-02T04:09:01.662-07:002016-09-02T04:09:01.662-07:00In reply to Jim McMenamin on Facebook re. the poli...In reply to Jim McMenamin on Facebook re. the police:<br /><br />No doubt countless policemen and women do countless good deeds to protect the vulnerable and chase those individuals that have hurt others. There may be something in their claim that they are the 'thin blue line' (between order and chaos) - I wouldn't like to say. <br /><br />There certainly seems to be a significant section of the population that appears to think nothing of robbing, stealing, selling dangerous addictive drugs and doing violent things to others to the point of rape and murder. <br /><br />If we didn't have an organised police force, it would presumably be back to 'every man for himself', tribal loyalties and vendetta. To some extent in parallel sub-cultures, this already exists. <br /><br />The more brutal the society, the more brutal and physically forceful the police necessarily become. It is a trend that sadly we have witnessed, particularly in the large urban areas but no part of the country has been unaffected. <br /><br />When a gang member in a television documentary last night claimed it was easy to obtain illicit firearms brought in from the east, and that everyone who was anybody (in that crime world) had them, all citizens have cause for concern. <br /><br />For the police who are charged with confronting them, it is a real and present danger from which we are largely protected. We cannot ignore this fact when viewing the increasing militarisation of the police or the often dubious circumstances when individuals have been shot dead. <br /><br />So we should not underestimate the idealism that may inspire a young person to join the police force. But neither should we ignore that power seldom comes without attendant corruption. <br /><br />In some forces there has been little to distinguish between those that break the law and those expected to uphold it. Policemen learn to be realistic and pragmatic about the human condition and society. <br /><br />It is perhaps one of the biggest reasons for the insouciance towards the exploitation of young people in various towns and institutions. <br /><br />It may even be a partial, but far from complete explanation, for the way the Hampstead children's allegations were dealt with. Another is the deep seated reluctance by the police to admit incompetence or fault. All the other possible reasons for the obvious incompetence displayed in that case have been discussed at length previously.Veaterecosanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12641952897751927118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-863336524369281662.post-172471264387170042016-08-07T14:50:46.581-07:002016-08-07T14:50:46.581-07:00I wrote the piece below almost a year ago. Looks l...I wrote the piece below almost a year ago. Looks like it was a pretty good prediction: " 21 Aug 2015<br /><br /> <br />You speak very eloquently and passionately for a lot of us Ken. The word is gradually getting out and becoming more mainstream almost solely down to the internet. You can see why American/British politicians issue threats of control because of its effectiveness in undermining the official narrative in the control of a few. For too long the media and political parties have cleverly kept a lid on the truth but slowly things are changing and people (at two extremes) like Brand and Corbyn may be its indicators. The 'tin hat' slur may be wearing thin, but the majority still appear under the anti-Muslim terror threat spell. When it fails completely watch out world for more conjured 'terrorist events' to concentrate the public mind."Veaterecosanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12641952897751927118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-863336524369281662.post-33718422066268657132016-08-07T14:03:10.641-07:002016-08-07T14:03:10.641-07:00The problem is the Commissioner has 'operation...The problem is the Commissioner has 'operational independence', meaning he can make this decision effectively without the public that it affects, knowing what it is based on and without consultation. The most worrying aspect is that it is predicated on a 'threat', which itself is predicated on events in Paris, Brussels, Nice, Munich and elsewhere, about which there are huge questions as to both the claims and who is actually behind them. Further NO-ONE appears to challenge them or the underlying rationale. The police are being transformed in stages from a civil force to a quasi-military one on a false and misinformed premise, because the risk ultimately eminates from a source different to the one claimed and is basically a criminal fraud to achieve the profound societal changes we are witnessing. How easy it is for a small group of terrorists, with the active backing of the media, to so frighten the population, it is prepared to not only to acquiesce to the changes, but welcome them. Not even in the Second World War, with London under total barrage, or during more than two decades of IRA activity was this considered necessary, yet now it is? What has happened to our 'moral fibre'? What has happened to our assessment of risk? What has happened to our cherished sense of policing by consent. As I have said before, if there is a REAL terrorist threat (and sadly in the past it has been internal to government not external to it) the best way of dealing with it would be military back-up by men trained to kill, not to make all our policemen trained killers.Veaterecosanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12641952897751927118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-863336524369281662.post-79058558127216047832016-08-05T13:56:16.761-07:002016-08-05T13:56:16.761-07:00Clearly the French are already there.Clearly the French are already there.Veaterecosanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12641952897751927118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-863336524369281662.post-90685624936008424992016-08-05T13:55:48.134-07:002016-08-05T13:55:48.134-07:00BEWARE! We are heading this way. The psychological...BEWARE! We are heading this way. The psychological conditioning comes first. https://www.rt.com/usa/354794-oneal-video-shooting-graphic/Veaterecosanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12641952897751927118noreply@blogger.com