2009/12/1 Cotty <cotty...@mac.com>: > > and there are many more important and covert investigations going on of > a much more serious nature, the vast majority we all will never know > about. Playing devils advocate for a moment, if this wasn't happening > there would be plenty who would chirp up to complain that there was no > visible presence on the streets of police these days. > > London, by and large, is a relatively safe place to be, and most police > don't carry firearms, and as a Brit I hope it stays that way. If I am > visiting a large city anywhere in the world and photographing buildings, > bridges, anything you like, I would expect at some point to be > questioned by someone in uniform. At least here in London they will not > as a matter of routine cart you off to the cells to question you as they > would do in plenty of countries. > > One could argue that if these tactics had been in place before nuts with > ideals and death wishes started blowing up buildings, we might be living > in a slightly less dangerous world.... > > <flame proof suit on> >
better not tell his folks: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Charles_de_Menezes - especially not this bit: > At least here in London they will not as a matter of routine cart you off to > the cells to question you as they would do in plenty of countries. I think the ugly rationale used in press conferences at the time to justify seven bullets to the head at close range coram publico was that if only his brain was blown to smithereens fast enough there would be no time left for him to detonate his bomb... anyone acting on that assumption either has a very questionable understanding of what the human brain is capable of or simply draws on very limited resources themselves... I suspect the latter... I realize I am picking on an isolated incident but: "Stockwell 1, whose findings were initially kept secret, concluded that no officer involved in the shooting would face disciplinary charges" is exemplary of the ends justifying the means mentality pervasive of the actions of the coalition of the willing <flame proof suit on> Cheers Ecke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
