More Is Less Story

Around a month ago, I brought up this new Berlin city law being pushed....called the Berlin Anti-Discrimination Act.

N-TV did a update on this in the morning, and it's worth a read.

The Act? In very strong terms, it bars public elected/appointed officials, (including law enforcement/police) from a discrimination behavior/act.  This is based upon gender, ethnic background, and 'other' factors.   All of this was supposed to prevent racism in Berlin.

It's a city/state act....not a national or federal act. 

The people who wrote the act draft....say it's very clear.  Most everyone else says that it's widely open for interpretation and could be used in countless ways left for you to imagine.

For various police officials, they will tell you that their job is to simply enforce the law.....which your sexual preference or gender, or ethnic side....doesn't really matter.  But in this case, they could be dragged into court over a guy they arrested, and the Act might fall into play that you unfairly arrested them (even if they were committing the crime accused).

In simple terms....fewer arrests would then occur, and the general public in a ten-year span would lecture the police on lawlessness.

So as N-TV points out....a curious thing happened with the draft of the Act.  The federal Interior Minister (Seehofer, CSU) stood up and said if anything of a serious act occurs within Berlin City.....the federal police (under his office) would not react or cover the event.  They'd basically leave the mess for city authorities and city/state police to cover. 

As you can imagine....this swiftly got the attention of the city Minister pushing the draft of the law. 

So they had to write various 'waivers' and exclusions into the bill (watering it down)....to ensure federal police would be available for potential riots.

You can stand and admire this whole creation from beginning to end....it was to supposed to end all racism and make Berlin a 'wunderschon' state (safe from the evil police who commit bad things).  With the waivers....the effective nature is removed, and it's mostly a empty bag of regulations.  Folks will pat each other on the back.....congratulate each other on the accomplishment....and in future riots or criminal behavior, the Act is null and void. 

One of my favorite quotes fall into place here....'the more you do....the probability of less accomplishment falls into play'.