[...]One mark of practicing crim law is you just stop being able to give a fuck and usually develop an unhealthy alcohol problem.[...]
Woah, woah. Hold it there Truean :<
That's not a 100% effect, but only more of a...well, dampener, since you're going into a field which acts as the forefront in dealing with the law and the people transgressing the law. Giving a damn is worth it--even more so when dealing with people who don't transgress the law!
Sometimes, people make mistakes that they don't see as wrong or wasn't taught such early on--given their different perspectives of life and such. Sometimes, they're immature, despite their physical and biological age, in other aspects such as understanding or empathy or other characteristics which speak about themselves.
You don't have to give in because of them, or how seemingly prevalent they are, or how seemingly futile your actions are towards the. :O They don't make you,
or your career.
Think of it more as an occupational hazard to...lighten those thoughts?
But don't think I'm discounting or discarding the utter severity dealt with when you see these things :S It's seriously a tough deal...but there's also how you mentally cope with it. There're idiots--discount it as immaturity and their lack of growth in the past; you aren't them D:
*also tinyhugs*