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Originally Posted by 81MC
Yeah, it’s a crudely phrased sentiment. What I mean, I suppose, is that these are positions that tend to have more immediately critical implications. And usually involving peoples life safety.
Obviously, the guy who fixing the ambulance or mowing lawns isn’t a less ‘valuable’ person; the outcomes of their work are just less critical, the majority of the time.
Most of us get put into tough situations that require quick action, but that might mean a few minutes to look over the data, or read the manual, or consult with our business partners. And if we make the wrong call, we’re often not either killing or being killed. We have the luxury of not only being removed from immediate threats, but having time and redundancy’s to prevent serious negative outcomes. 2 seconds of error in most positions is not likely to result in tragedy for most people.
Not to mention, most people could not mentally cope with what those roles deal with. If I had to attend a scene with a dying child or a severed limb or an abusive spouse, I would never, ever be the same. These people do this as a part of their daily life, and I certainly hold that in higher regard than my ability to lay a good clear coat.
I mean, athletes who train their entire lives and make literally millions make errors of judgement or execution all the time. When they’re ‘under pressure’ the outcome is a ball goes somewhere they don’t want. The absolute top performers, with no real threats, make mistakes all the time.
These people make mistakes and peoples lives are ruined. Yet someone gets their name on peoples back and drive Ferraris, we’ll someone gets called a pig, or has their middle class income questioned.
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Your post is an excellent post that I think exemplifies why the vast majority (cops included) should not have guns, regardless of the danger level of situation they're entering. You've correctly identified that even trained athletes paid millions mess up in the heat of the moment- for them it's not life and death. With a police officer, we are literally talking about the life or death of the person on the other side of the gun. Is that an acceptable risk? I don't believe it is.
You'll have no argument for me whatsoever that enforcing the law is a taxing job mentally and physically. But I think these are good reasons why we need to tear down and remake the way we deal with this enforcement.