Comments on: Walk, Don’t Run: English Police Blow Up Car After Spotting Motorist Running For Boat

By: stevie

stevie — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:40:21 +0000

Panicky cops are as bad as no cops. To be killed or wounded by panicky cops are as bad as by strayed bullets.

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:20:03 +0000

The thing itself not only speaks, it blows up cars. I have always thought the police need to be more intelligent.

By: TomD.Arch

TomD.Arch — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:22:33 +0000

OMG! OMG! Terrorists! Everyone panic!

Along similar lines, the UK has a fairly draconian “security” law that can compel people to decrypt (and interestingly “make intelligible”) anything on your computer they want. The first guy jailed with this law … rabid terrorist? Nope, a schizophrenic guy who likes model rockets and reads Abbey Hoffman:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/24/ripa_jfl/

Yep – keeping Brittan safe. We’re a long way from the great WWII posters that read “Keep Calm and Carry On.”

By: Buddha Is Laughing

Buddha Is Laughing — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:05:19 +0000

I am hoping that photo is not to scale. But I don’t put anything past the Brits these days.

By: Dredd

Dredd — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:52:20 +0000

Nice mushroom; the vehicle must have had some 100 proof in it.

Sounds like a Judge Dredd thingy I saw in a movie once.

By: Anonymously Yours

Anonymously Yours — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:48:29 +0000

A spokesman for insurance price comparison website confused.com said hypothetically if a driver parked in a prohibited place, and their vehicle was subsequently damaged by police, an insurance company would be well in their rights to contest any claim.
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Now does this just not give you the warm fuzzies? Joe Arpiao did you see this? Right now you have immunity until that line is walked to close too many times…..