I survived the Warsaw ghetto. Here are the lessons I’d like to pass on

Re:I survived the Warsaw ghetto. Here are the lessons I’d li... by late2part on Sunday September 09, 2018 @05:42PM (#17947928)

one single lesson I took away from that, it is that all of the worst atrocities in the history of the world grow out of a seed of convincing people that there are other people out there who are (for whatever reason) less than them

Isn't that what most Police espouse? That there is a 'blue line' and they judge who is good and who is less than good?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin_blue_line

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Re:I survived the Warsaw ghetto. Here are the lessons I’d li... by ksdale on Sunday September 09, 2018 @06:53PM (#17948238)

I don't think there's a conflict between being realistic about the fact that some people will do bad things and the belief that we can still be compassionate toward those people.

Obviously the main problem I'm talking about is more about when you decide a priori that whole groups of people will definitely do bad things and are therefore worthy of bad treatment regardless of whether they have actually done anything, but I think there are lots of police entities out there that carry out their duties professionally and compassionately.

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Re:I survived the Warsaw ghetto. Here are the lessons I’d li... by exolymph on Monday September 10, 2018 @02:29AM (#17949800)

Yes, and this is one of the big problems with the police.

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