Discretion essentially means treating two situations or two people slightly differently solely because the person in control thinks that is a good idea.
The human race will no longer accept that situation and will cast all sorts of accusations of bias or prejudice from the one who got the more restrictive decision typically resulting in the twin attacks of the courts and the tabloid front pages. God forbid that the discretionary decision inconveniences anybody who is a member of an alphabet club.
Neither will the human race accept any failure or less than ideal decisions. We do not accept that anybody who is dealing with us is another human being and prefer them to show robotic consistency.
Thus, the only 'safe' route is to have rules covering every conceivable interaction or decision point you can follow blindly with no discretion or subjectivity.
It was once said that a society got the police force it deserved. I think the same can be said of the entire establishment.
And if you'd like to know where you're going, come visit me in Chile. A country which was historically so scared of favouritism and/or corruption and/or bias that *every* conceivable process or interaction is covered by rules.
Ironically those who most object to such an environment are the same people that caused it's advent.
Last edited by: No FM2R on Wed 25 Nov 20 at 16:20
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