Touchy subject

[ChampaignBlue]

Lord knows that I've put my foot in it on more than one occasion but I try to learn from it to grow better. When we surround ourselves with sycophants we rot from the inside because when you stop growing you begin decaying.

If a weakness is perceived but overlooked, left uncommented on it will never be corrected because the person with the weakness either is left clueless or is under the impression that it must not have been important since no one noticed. If we see a fellow blue screwing up but say nothing out of "we're the only friends that we have" we are hurting our proffession by not demanding improvement. Oh sure, we've all heard the saying that we have the only job where you're expected to be perfect on the first day and to get better from then on. Do any of you really believe that you have no room to improve?

It reminds me of the Milwaukee police that defended their fellow officers that returned a naked screaming boy to Jeffery Dalmer. If they are that stupid I wouldn't want them on my team. An extreme case but indicative of what can happen.