[Ammi]

..thank you for taking the time Geistkrieger, your post is as articulate and insightful as Maru's have been...I've just quickly skimmed over for the moment but I'll read it through properly later and fully absorb...I initially though think it's similar in the UK as to members of the police having to be so very guarded, even in surroundings of close friends and are not allowed the same equal freedoms as many of us in the thoughts they verbalise...also with the mentally ill..?..I appreciate the difficulties in calling those situations because of their very unpredictability and of any potential dangers to a police officers personal safety plus the safety of members of the public as well...it's a big thing of mine, the lack of funding and cut backs for help for the mentally ill and so becomes another 'policing' responsibility, which is nowhere near being a solution for those that are the most vulnerable in our societies...


..anyways, I'll read through and absorb when I have more time but you have a safe day...