entry fifteen - taking a grudge and throwing a personal opinion at it.
Some of the behaviour on board this boat dismays me.
Judas, who is this man who everyone seems to be denegrating your belief in? I've never heard of him and don't quite understand the fuss. I do know, however, that nobody in my city would mess with another man's belief. Of course, that's probably due to the high liklihood that atheism was a very dangerous sport on the Disc. It usually ended in being hit by lightning. Which, if you think about it, is a very effective argument.
[To Wardens]
Wardens. Given that a rather inhebriated warden last night didn't even attempt to answer my concerns (unlike Dr Brennan, who at least attempted to make an argument of it), I thought I would bring up something which has been concerning me for quite a while.
Can someone here explain to me exactly why there is such a heavy reliance on arms? If you will, for one minute, ignore my other policing tactics which may or may not cause you concern. I am a well-qualified policeman and there are several things I've noticed about the maintainance of order here which have led me to believe that so many wardens being armed to the teeth, and in some cases, being entirely and utterly unable and irresponsible with their weapons, can only cause more chaos than order.
Firstly, the more weapons on board, the higher the chance that those weapons will be used against you. There is a higher chance, especially with every Tom, Dick and Dean carrying weapons irresponsibly that an inmate will take them and use them against you. How many of the recent issues, not caused by some supernatural/Dungeon Dimensions creature have actually been caused by inmates managing to get hold of a warden's weapons. I distinctly remember two people being shot with a warden's gun. Whether you hold that warden responsible or not is your business, but if there was a significant reduction in the weapons avaliable, such things would not happen. The fact that sometimes, especially in the events far beyond our controls, weapons are necessary for self defence does not take away from the fact that on a day to day basis, anyone who has to use weapons to police someone is doing it wrong. There should be a fear of punishment, not a fear of weapons. If your inmate doesn't understand the fear of punishment, you need to punish him more harshly, obviously.
Secondly, you have the incredibly rare luxury of any police, or prison force, of outnumbering the inmates here. Ask any of the actual policemen here, no matter where they're from, a universal principle of policing is that there is always less policemen than there is population. So why you see the need to maintain authority through the use of arms, I do not understand. Admittedly, there are inmates here who have supernatural and magical powers - but they are reduced and for all the vampire inmates on board, there are an equal number of vampire wardens. When you enjoy such a majority, why do you need those weapons to such an excess?
I am not arguing you take all of your guns and throw them over the side of the Barge. I, as a Watchman, carried a concealed sword, but it was rarely used. I had otherways of maintaining my authority, and I am certain that if you were enforcing your authority correctly, you all could do so too. How many wardens here are actually unarmed? I can count a significant number, including one policeman and my own warden, and they seem to manage to maintain their authority quite well over their inmates.
I do not want Security to remain unarmed, as I believe that this is their purpose, to help others, through the use of force, where all other methods have failed. However, when there are people who cannot manage their weapons, cannot control them and there is not just a high liklihood, but a proved actuality, that someone will get their hands on them and cause harm, I would argue that at least those of you who are irresponsible with them should not have them.
You will all stand there and tell me that my advanced interrogation techniques are wrong, and barbaric way of enforcing my will, but then wave a piece of metal, specifically designed to kill, in my face and expect me to be terrified of it and do what I am asked. What, exactly, is the difference?
I will also assure you now, as some of you do not seem to trust in my reasoning or intelligence simply because I am an inmate, and are unwilling to recognise the defects in your own reasoning because you are wardens (most of you, I admit, are not this ridiculous), that I am not doing this to get you all to render yourself unarmed so I can take advantage of the situation. It is my genuine belief that less weapons around the Barge will create more order and reduce the amount of killing that occurs here, and that weapons should only be reserved for issues of extreme emergency.
[Private to the Doctor]
I would like to point out, specificially, that this is my honest belief and I am not attempting to create trouble. If I were trying to do that, I would have posted it to the whole Barge.
Also, Sirrus' warden, whilst he was drunk, was incredibly abusive to me. I should hope this is not tolerated.
[Private to Sirrus]
Your warden is a bastard and I'm going to bring him down from his little drunken high horse.
((ooc: guess who has a grudge. And an already-existing obsession with arms control. So he's going to bring this up, test my A-level politics-of-law-and-order fu and generally, have his arse kicked, probably. I also add as a note: Sexby'd come argue, but uh, he's busy. Howie wouldn't come argue, because he's the policeman mentioned there. You strange Brits XP and Bernard doesn't give a damn.))
Judas, who is this man who everyone seems to be denegrating your belief in? I've never heard of him and don't quite understand the fuss. I do know, however, that nobody in my city would mess with another man's belief. Of course, that's probably due to the high liklihood that atheism was a very dangerous sport on the Disc. It usually ended in being hit by lightning. Which, if you think about it, is a very effective argument.
[To Wardens]
Wardens. Given that a rather inhebriated warden last night didn't even attempt to answer my concerns (unlike Dr Brennan, who at least attempted to make an argument of it), I thought I would bring up something which has been concerning me for quite a while.
Can someone here explain to me exactly why there is such a heavy reliance on arms? If you will, for one minute, ignore my other policing tactics which may or may not cause you concern. I am a well-qualified policeman and there are several things I've noticed about the maintainance of order here which have led me to believe that so many wardens being armed to the teeth, and in some cases, being entirely and utterly unable and irresponsible with their weapons, can only cause more chaos than order.
Firstly, the more weapons on board, the higher the chance that those weapons will be used against you. There is a higher chance, especially with every Tom, Dick and Dean carrying weapons irresponsibly that an inmate will take them and use them against you. How many of the recent issues, not caused by some supernatural/Dungeon Dimensions creature have actually been caused by inmates managing to get hold of a warden's weapons. I distinctly remember two people being shot with a warden's gun. Whether you hold that warden responsible or not is your business, but if there was a significant reduction in the weapons avaliable, such things would not happen. The fact that sometimes, especially in the events far beyond our controls, weapons are necessary for self defence does not take away from the fact that on a day to day basis, anyone who has to use weapons to police someone is doing it wrong. There should be a fear of punishment, not a fear of weapons. If your inmate doesn't understand the fear of punishment, you need to punish him more harshly, obviously.
Secondly, you have the incredibly rare luxury of any police, or prison force, of outnumbering the inmates here. Ask any of the actual policemen here, no matter where they're from, a universal principle of policing is that there is always less policemen than there is population. So why you see the need to maintain authority through the use of arms, I do not understand. Admittedly, there are inmates here who have supernatural and magical powers - but they are reduced and for all the vampire inmates on board, there are an equal number of vampire wardens. When you enjoy such a majority, why do you need those weapons to such an excess?
I am not arguing you take all of your guns and throw them over the side of the Barge. I, as a Watchman, carried a concealed sword, but it was rarely used. I had otherways of maintaining my authority, and I am certain that if you were enforcing your authority correctly, you all could do so too. How many wardens here are actually unarmed? I can count a significant number, including one policeman and my own warden, and they seem to manage to maintain their authority quite well over their inmates.
I do not want Security to remain unarmed, as I believe that this is their purpose, to help others, through the use of force, where all other methods have failed. However, when there are people who cannot manage their weapons, cannot control them and there is not just a high liklihood, but a proved actuality, that someone will get their hands on them and cause harm, I would argue that at least those of you who are irresponsible with them should not have them.
You will all stand there and tell me that my advanced interrogation techniques are wrong, and barbaric way of enforcing my will, but then wave a piece of metal, specifically designed to kill, in my face and expect me to be terrified of it and do what I am asked. What, exactly, is the difference?
I will also assure you now, as some of you do not seem to trust in my reasoning or intelligence simply because I am an inmate, and are unwilling to recognise the defects in your own reasoning because you are wardens (most of you, I admit, are not this ridiculous), that I am not doing this to get you all to render yourself unarmed so I can take advantage of the situation. It is my genuine belief that less weapons around the Barge will create more order and reduce the amount of killing that occurs here, and that weapons should only be reserved for issues of extreme emergency.
[Private to the Doctor]
I would like to point out, specificially, that this is my honest belief and I am not attempting to create trouble. If I were trying to do that, I would have posted it to the whole Barge.
Also, Sirrus' warden, whilst he was drunk, was incredibly abusive to me. I should hope this is not tolerated.
[Private to Sirrus]
Your warden is a bastard and I'm going to bring him down from his little drunken high horse.
((ooc: guess who has a grudge. And an already-existing obsession with arms control. So he's going to bring this up, test my A-level politics-of-law-and-order fu and generally, have his arse kicked, probably. I also add as a note: Sexby'd come argue, but uh, he's busy. Howie wouldn't come argue, because he's the policeman mentioned there. You strange Brits XP and Bernard doesn't give a damn.))