tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post2746680095900638117..comments2024-03-27T01:58:22.445-07:00Comments on The Gazetteer: Duff Masters Flashing...All Their Conspiracies 'R Us.RossKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-40495058345037915962015-08-23T20:01:41.467-07:002015-08-23T20:01:41.467-07:00To be sure, there's no such thing as mandatory...To be sure, there's no such thing as mandatory minimum sentences for breaches of public trust, but it seems they got it upside down anyway: shouldn't the higher standard we must expect from public servants be in and of itself reason to apply the law, whatever it is, more strictly? A habit of assigning so-called "Special Prosecutors" follows from the idea that the accused public servant should not be unduly exposed to the special level of punishment, the harshness of which warrants double assurance the innocent gets fairly judged; yet it rather appears to have gotten itself turned around too: some misinterpretation of the defendant's "specialness" seems instead to allow for immunity from even the lesser punishment, let alone the full weight of the law that the gravity of public trust warrants.<br /><br />That's a form of live rot, and rot spreads. Obviously laws try to achieve the ideal of preventing rot from getting started in the first place, but laws are for honest people; to not prosecute on the presumption the law works in every instance would be crazy. We've already seen perceived conflicts of interests among public servants excused because they're "only" perceived; it would be no surprise that such rot, left unattended, might spread to the police upon who we depend to uphold public trust. We have to ask then why police don't pursue what looks like breaches of public trust. It hardly matters what reasons they give: trust is whole, you either have it, or you don't.scotty on denmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-57820422896573763982015-08-22T01:10:29.383-07:002015-08-22T01:10:29.383-07:00This is the new RCMP as led by Poulson which repor...This is the new RCMP as led by Poulson which reports to Harper. It is not the RCMP of some time ago, the one which wasn't so politically controlled. <br /><br />Always thought it was a tad strange that Duffy got arrested and not Wright, but then Wright "co operated" which the RCMP needed to deal with Duffy. My opinion, politicians were mortally pissed with Duffy so he went for the chop as a lesson to all others. Wright got to go to England, just like el gordo. perhaps there is a theme here.<br /><br />The current RCMP reminds me of a gang of thugs, not what they once were. e.a.f.noreply@blogger.com