RoboCop

[caddyman]

Apparently, the British are ’passive against crime’.

It seems that the UK has developed a culture whereby the police, the courts and government generally are supposed to tackle crime and fewer individuals are likely to get involved as so-called ‘have a go heroes’ compared with other European nations.

The public policy group Reform says that Britons have become "passive bystanders" in the fight against crime.
It says the UK has the world's most expensive justice system but people are uninformed and abdicate responsibility to politicians, police and the courts.

I wonder why this might be? The fact that the public is scared to get involved because the villain will either shoot them with a gun they have but the citizen is not allowed, stab them with a knife they have but which the citizen is not allowed, or simply sue their arses off for assault?

If we have a society that has become dependent upon the state, it’s because a steady stream of reforming do-gooders have poked their noses in creating the nanny state, creating an environment of dependency and fear that goes well beyond attitudes to tackling crime.

Comments

[mollpeartree.livejournal.com]

You know, I've heard from other sources that this is official police advice in Britain, and it just boggles my mind. The thing is, if someone has broken into your house, you have no way of knowing if they're just there to steal things. I can understand why it might be a bad idea to confront someone (depending on all kinds of variables), but it would seem to me that in that event, what you really want to do is at least get out of the house. It's fight or flight, not force yourself to hang around quietly and see.

The idea of voluntarily remaining alone in an enclosed space with someone you at least know is a criminal just sounds like crazy talk to me.