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Not allowed to call them a Force (for the good). They must be referred to as a service ( as serving tea and bacon butties in a greasy spoon) to wrong doers :-(
Naomi - You and I know, from vast experience of frustrating interaction with the terminally self-righteous, that nothing can penetrate their carapace of self-constructed superiority and delusion.
I always admire your tenacity in tilting at those nuclear-strength defences, but I fear on this occasion your attempts to appeal to common sense and simple human decency, are forever doomed to fall on impenetrable ears and minds
Some will be, most wont. Once the hard core are locked up you will find others wont be so willing.
At present they are not being jailed so they continue thinking it wont happen. Once it does it will focus the mind especially for those being locked up. The sound of the jail door closing is not a pleasant one and sitting in a Police cell with no idea of the time or anything to do but reflect on your predicament also focuses one.
I think if JSO honestly believe that their willingness either to be assaulted, or go to jail, somehow links to influencing their cause, then they are even more deluded than they appear, difficult though that is to believe.