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A tough police force for a tough country bakerman. Society has made the police what they are. But I'd like to think that these outbursts of trigger happiness and brutality from the police are quite rare.
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Originally Posted by Cinderella ->
People don't want equality necessarily, they need equity. The aim to promote fairness that will only be effective when everyone starts on the same level and from the same place.
That is and will remain impossible. Surely the best is equality of opportunity with their ability being the deciding factor?
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That is and will remain impossible. Surely the best is equality of opportunity with their ability being the deciding factor?
While ever people are different there will always be 'Racism' they might make laws to prevent it, but it will always be simmering under the surface. It's the elephant in the room and always will be.
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That is and will remain impossible. Surely the best is equality of opportunity with their ability being the deciding factor?
To have equality of opportuniy, you have to have equality of
education ?
To have equality of education you need to have a single tier
education system !!

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Originally Posted by Donkeyman ->
To have equality of opportuniy, you have to have equality of
education ?
To have equality of education you need to have a single tier
education system !!

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No reason to preclude private education providing the private education has entry requirements based only on demonstrated ability and ability to pay.
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A tough police force for a tough country bakerman. Society has made the police what they are. But I'd like to think that these outbursts of trigger happiness and brutality from the police are quite rare.
I suppose that depends upon how you look at it. If you could know the number of contacts the police had with the public on any given day, then I imagine that the overwhelming number of contacts would be non-violent. If, however, you look at the number of times per day that the police shoot and kill someone then it is not at all rare. The US cops shoot and kill someone on average 3 times every day. Unfortunately, there are no records of the number of times per day that the cops beat someone senseless. That number, I imagine is astronomical.

As I said before, the American cop is definitely NOT the friendly, unarmed British Bobby. I have no way of proving this but I strongly suspect that the average American cop has the same personality as did the school-yard bully. At heart, a coward but when backed up by his pals, potentially extremely dangerous.

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I suppose that depends upon how you look at it. If you could know the number of contacts the police had with the public on any given day, then I imagine that the overwhelming number of contacts would be non-violent. If, however, you look at the number of times per day that the police shoot and kill someone then it is not at all rare. The US cops shoot and kill someone on average 3 times every day. Unfortunately, there are no records of the number of times per day that the cops beat someone senseless. That number, I imagine is astronomical.
The police are not your enemy.

As I asked before, have you experienced police in other countries?
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Originally Posted by The Artful Todger ->
No reason to preclude private education providing the private education has entry requirements based only on demonstrated ability and ability to pay.
Your last criteria completely nullifies any fairness unles scholarships
become more available Todgy?
However this thread is about something else l believe??

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Originally Posted by Donkeyman ->
To have equality of opportuniy, you have to have equality of
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To have equality of education you need to have a single tier
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The educational divide one reason why Trump got elected.
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Sometimes, exeception to the rule becomes commonplace, but, because folks are looking for the norm, they overlook it, that's how change sneaks in.
 
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