Filth

Imagine a really evil small town cop. We all know this kind of character from American movies. But unfortunately this is not 100% fiction. Even if you are a decent police officer (most are - of course), you probably agree. So just imagine now that this guy has taken you into custody for some reason (justified or not does not matter for the purpose of this post). How should you react? Let’s assume first that you are just scared from him and that he - somehow - can notice that. How would he receive this? Of course he would not think much about it. But still: your fear would probably trigger a sequence of emotions in his mind: 1. "He thinks I'm dangerous and evil" 2. "He must hate me!“ 3. "I'm only doing my job!" 4. "True, sometimes I beat up the detainees. But they sure deserved it!" 5. "He is so unfair!" And you see, from a purely emotional perspective you have already acquired the property of „being unfair“. And now: are „unfair“ people not the reason why we need law enforcement?…