Authority and the Exercise or Misuse of Power
It is often said that one only has power until one tries to use it, well I had the opportunity to demonstrate this to the Chef de Police of St Peter, Centenier Joao Camara. He is a small man both in stature and in his own opinion of himself, I do not know what pain he has experienced in his life, but it has become clear that his motivations to hold the office of Centenier are not those which I would wish to support. Our society has been built over centuries, the law is a suit of armour which when properly worn protects the individual from people like Centenier Camara who would exercise authority for their own personal satisfaction and self-aggrandisement. He made a simple error but when I pointed this out to him, rather than apologise so we could both forget about it, he continued on. Acting with malice he made a succession of further errors in an attempt to prove himself to me. It is not that I am a particularly clever bastard, but I do know how to read and whilst clearly man...