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September 25, 2007

The modern world

Johnathan Pearce: When I hear people talk about the erosion of civil society under the impact of officialdom, it is tragedies like this recent story that demonstrate what I mean.

I don't know how those "community support officers" can live with themselves. And their failure to testify (or even appear at the inquest) speaks volumes about their moral nature.

Original link here.

Posted by Nicholas at September 25, 2007 12:03 PM
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The first thing I teach my kids when they begin lifesaving training is to always keep themselves safe. Without being able to see the scene I can't say any more than that. Had I been there, I would have gone for the kid because I'm pretty confident that I could have got him. Had he been calling for help from the third storey of a burning building I might have waited for the firemen to show. Posted by: Liam at September 28, 2007 03:59 PM


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