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Charles Stross - Most police work boils down to...

Most police work boils down to minimizing the impact on society of stupidity; of the remainder, the overwhelming majority is about malice and deliberate evil, but it's still almost all stupid. (Charles Stross)

Most police work boils down to minimizing the impact on society of stupidity; of the remainder, the overwhelming majority is about malice and deliberate evil, but it's still almost all stupid.

Charles Stross

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