Zero tolerance

And the context here is the Department of Defense.

They have a very public, very rigid, zero tolerance policy for sexual misconduct.

Absolutely zero tolerance.

And they back it up with mandatory, like incredibly frequent training across all branches.

Yet, despite that massive investment of resources and time, incident rates remain stubbornly high.

Indeed.

It frames sexual misconduct not just as a policy violation, but essentially as friendly fire.

The formal values are honor, courage, integrity, and an absolute zero tolerance standard.

It's supposed to be a funny joke." Okay.

Well, we'll see if anything ever happens to, like, someone you're related to, and then will it be a funny joke? Like, I really, I have zero tolerance for domestic violence.

I have zero tolerance for-

Zero tolerance policy

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I have zero tolerance for men getting too drunk and they accidentally, like, uh-

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Big, that history from, uh, the 19th century right through, as you say, you set about to try to update it, and your new book now basically picks up the story, if I read correctly, from the 1980s.

And in particular in your chapter called Fasten Your Seat Belt, you speak about, um, how the transition was made, well, in Australia, from zero tolerance and prohibition towards harm reduction, minimization strategies.

And you tell this story perhaps, do you, in terms of being, uh, precipitated perhaps by the AIDS crisis and approaches to that?

I think this is, you know, this was a very important part of it.

In other words, let's not just think about stopping people use drugs.

Let's think the h- about the ways in which the harm that comes from drugs takes place and how we can minimize the harm rather than just stopping the use.

That's what distinguished it from zero tolerance.

Zero tolerance says you shouldn't use drugs, and if you do use drugs and you get sick, in a way, well, that's the price you pay.

Esmeralda, fired.

Zero tolerance, Billy.

I won't frigging tolerate that kind of behavior.

My heart plummeted through the floor, and I said, "Oh, man, you didn't have to do that.

We, we had a misunderstanding.

There was a little tussle or whatever, and it was done.

There was no hard feelings." Vic gave me a dark look, and he said, "Oh, really? Didn't realize you had the power to veto my zero tolerance policy.

Forgot I was standing in the presence of our new CEO, Billy fucking jackass Whitebread.

Well, whoever aired it, huh, they should've gotten fired.

Zero tolerance policy, and then he went to ESPN, then moved to MLB and NHL Networks.

Yeah, man, killing it.

Dang, how about that? Wow.

But Tim Martin is talking about something that matters to the heart of all communities.

He's basically said he's gonna have zero tolerance on yobbos in his pub, or pubs.

And I say, well done, Tim Martin.

Have you got time to be the home secretary? Come on.

In fact, Tim Martin's saying he's banning people playing music on it, 'cause he doesn't have m- music in his pubs either, does he? I think there's a few where he does, but the majority not.

You wanna go and have a drink, and it's so cheap.

Why do you wanna get distracted? I say Tim Martin has basically struck gold here, because it's the broken windows philosophy, isn't it? It's zero tolerance.

Why should you get on a bus...

Whereas on the right wing, with the right wing establishment, the right wing establishment is unwilling to put up with anything that they deem to be out of bounds at all.

Zero tolerance policy.

And in fact, they'll spend more time going after you.

He's a naffy and just followed on kick.