The Evil of Niceness ; Criminals Counselled, Not Punished. School Children 'Understood', Not Disciplined. Family Breakup Rewarded, Not Condemned. Labour 'S Made Niceness a State Policy - and the Result Is a Nastiness That's Destroying Britain [Scot Region]

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THERE is a fundamental paradox at the heart of British society. Never before in history have our civic institutions laid such emphasis on compassion.

The eagerness to show empathy and concern is a central theme of the state, running through everything from the justice system to the Armed Forces.

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The Evil of Niceness ; Criminals Counselled, Not Punished. School Children 'Understood', Not Disciplined. Family Breakup Rewarded, Not Condemned. Labour 'S Made Niceness a State Policy - and the Result Is a Nastiness That's Destroying Britain [Scot Region]

Young offenders are given counselling rather than punishment. Our troops are sent overseas, not to fight, but to 'win hearts and minds'.

In large swathes of the public sector, the fashionable concept of 'emotional intelligence' has replaced efficiency as the central goal of the workforce.

Yet in the face of this sweeping tide of officially sanctioned benevolence, Britain is increasingly violent and degraded.

'The gentleness of English civilisation is its most marked characteristic,' George Orwell once wrote. How hollow those words sound today, as the shadows of aggression and disorde...

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