26. May. 2010. – 12:05:52
It never ceases to amaze me
that police forces have moved in a couple of generations from what could
loosely be termed amongst the most reactionary of organisations to arguably the
most politically correct in this country. In fact we no longer have police
forces; we have the police service. Whether the pendulum has swung too
far is for individuals to judge for themselves. But there is no denying that it
has swung. And nothing typifies that more than the pre occupation with
"diversity". We have associations for police officers of all shades
[literally], creeds and opinions.....black, Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu
and even pagans are throwing their rights of association into the fractured
systems of representation within policing. And with groupings where membership
is based on rank it is a wonder there is any cohesion at all. Perhaps the glue
that holds all police officers together is one of the oldest such compounds
discovered.....the "them against us" adhesive which has been shown in
times past to be a force as much against the administration of honest policing
as for it.
It seems that notwithstanding the above Hertfordshire police have recruited two humanist advisers. In the full report there is this paragraph;
It seems that notwithstanding the above Hertfordshire police have recruited two humanist advisers. In the full report there is this paragraph;
The British Humanist
Association defines humanists as follows;
“are atheists and agnostics who make sense of the world using reason, experience and shared human values. We take responsibility for our actions and base our ethics on the goals of human welfare, happiness and fulfilment. We seek to make the best of the one life we have by creating meaning and purpose for ourselves, individually and together.”
“are atheists and agnostics who make sense of the world using reason, experience and shared human values. We take responsibility for our actions and base our ethics on the goals of human welfare, happiness and fulfilment. We seek to make the best of the one life we have by creating meaning and purpose for ourselves, individually and together.”
There is no mention that
Hertfordshire Constabulary is paying for the services of the aforementioned
advisers. However this example of supposedly trying to please all the people
all the time must cost the organisation in time and materials. Whilst some
might find all this uplifting this sorry tale in my humble opinion demonstrates
clearly that our society is now based more on drifting sand than solid bedrock.
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