[redgolum]

My late uncle was a cop for many years. He quit the day he realized he was more comfortable dealing with the scum than with normal people.

He always told me most cops have more empathy for criminals than for civilians. They view the criminals as playing the same game (but from a different side).

It can eat our your soul.

[cloudmountain]

My late uncle was a cop for many years. He quit the day he realized he was more comfortable dealing with the scum than with normal people.
It was VERY wise of him to quit. Normal people don't murder, rape, torture, rob banks. The "scum" are STILL loved by God and we OUGHT to see good in them...or pray for them.

He always told me most cops have more empathy for criminals than for civilians. .
Your uncle said that? Wow. TIME for retirement. Most cops are trying to STOP the criminals from murder, rape, etc., NOT feeling empathy. THAT is 100% backasswards thinking.

They view the criminals as playing the same game (but from a different side)
The "same game"??? No, that is dead wrong. "Criminal" comes from the work "crime," that is, OUTSIDE the law.
We USED to call them OUTLAWS. That is what they are. Cops are the THIN BLUE LINE between those who would murder, rape and such and US.

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It can eat our your soul.
It can, if your soul is ruled by Lucifer, the erstwhile "light bearer" who, because of his PRIDE (first and foremost of the SEVEN DEADLY SINS), became SATAN, which means "adversary" in Hebrew.
Our good Lord rules my soul and I try very hard every day to be obedient to his Word. I don't murder, burn, pillage, loot. I don't even lie anymore. I still sin, but NOTHING like I did when I was young and STUPID.
The TEN COMMANDMENTS were a GIFT from our good God, our Creator, as He told us how to behave. They are complete.