From: ron.sam{please-remove}@cox.net   
      
   "Pavel Brown"  wrote in message   
   news:expatriate3925-27C1A9.13155521122003@news.sf.sbcglobal.net...   
   > In article ,   
   >  "rl"  wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   > > > Okay... I'm with you on this all the way. So now let's show people   
   that   
   > > > we're at least worth what they're paying us by not making complete   
   asses   
   > > > of ourselves in public.   
   > >   
   > > Who made an ass of themselves in public?   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   > I'm referring to the frequent posts by some corrections professionals   
   > which portray us as unified in ignorance. Posts which go on hatefully   
   > and unprofessionally about offenders, administration, advocates, the   
   > job, etc.   
   >   
   > P.   
      
   What do you consider "hateful and unprofessional" with respect to offenders?   
   Or for that matter the admin, advocates, job, etc.?   
      
   Do we need to fall into lock step behind every decision that is made by   
   Administration?  Is every decision they make the "right" or "best" decision?   
   Is every Administrator the best person for the job?  Or, like in most   
   industries, do we tend to promote and hire those people best suited for ass   
   kissing the person ahead of them?   
      
   Are we expected to just take it with a grain of salt when some inmate acts   
   out and exposes us (and perhaps even our families and loved ones by proxy)   
   to Hep C, AIDS, etc.  Is that OK?  Just part of the job?   
      
   Are we supposed to support all the inmate advocacy groups who appear to have   
   only one thing on their minds:  Namely making life easier and easier for   
   inmates, ensuring the consequences for their anti-social behavior are less   
   and less, and all the while making the working conditions more and more   
   dangerous for these same people who you won't allow to voice their concerns?   
      
   Does "Professional" = "Automaton" in your dictionary?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)