tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8862867585493792315.post2451256460359848397..comments2023-06-14T09:57:00.519+00:00Comments on Through a glass, darkly: The Arrest of Damien Green; Government Lies and Politicisation of the MetBrother Tobiashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14298549883526952305noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8862867585493792315.post-48552004897584976202008-12-02T11:43:00.000+00:002008-12-02T11:43:00.000+00:00Fancy - I've always had a suspicion that 'cul-de-s...Fancy - I've always had a suspicion that 'cul-de-sac' has an earthier, anglo-saxon origins, and that the usual derivation was a smokescreen by Victorian etymologists to protect our sensibilities!<BR/><BR/>Justme - I worried more when we had hens. Cute and cuddly they're not, although I rather like their blood-curdling cries in the night.<BR/><BR/>Steve - I agree. An army or police force which believes itself omnipotent and as of right is an affront.<BR/><BR/>Cloudia - I agree with Steve and Mr French Fancy. It used to seem like an answer, but we don't have the resources or resolve to make it one.<BR/><BR/>RB - Me too. I don't demonstrate often,,,and usually only when I believe some democratic principle is at stake. I have noticed that the police have taken to videoing the people involved in quite aprominent, intimidating way, which I find strange.<BR/><BR/>Pearl - That's perceptive, and spot on.Brother Tobiashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14298549883526952305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8862867585493792315.post-29017311659818658222008-11-30T23:48:00.000+00:002008-11-30T23:48:00.000+00:00Division. If there's not actually an "us" and "th...Division. If there's not actually an "us" and "them", one will be created for you. <BR/>PearlPearlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05261369905176088917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8862867585493792315.post-77693758897115096042008-11-30T17:07:00.000+00:002008-11-30T17:07:00.000+00:00Yes, many colleagues of mine have been involved in...Yes, many colleagues of mine have been involved in similar situations and even though they have photos - from camera or mobile phone or whatever of inappropriate police action, nothing seems to happen. I don't do demonstrations for a number of reasons but I would defend the rights of anyone else to demonstrate peacefully if they chose to do so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8862867585493792315.post-20690062801325374882008-11-29T10:40:00.000+00:002008-11-29T10:40:00.000+00:00Mr Fancy is currently in the UK after not having b...Mr Fancy is currently in the UK after not having been there for a couple of years. He is astounded, simply astounded, by the numbers of security cameras everywhere. The thing is that he said it didn't make him feel safer - just didn't like the thought of being watched so much.French Fancy...https://www.blogger.com/profile/04941577892849157015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8862867585493792315.post-79417958430288607772008-11-29T07:53:00.000+00:002008-11-29T07:53:00.000+00:00Sadly Cloudia, CCTV isn't as comforting as you'd l...Sadly Cloudia, CCTV isn't as comforting as you'd like. It's generally understaffed and poorly resourced. The operatives are also usually told to follow known felons and trouble-makers rather be sweeping for the streets for the protection of the ordinary citizen. If you're mugged and they catch it on camera it's only luck. Or - according to theory - because they were tracking the mugger in the suspicion / hope that he would commit a crime. Cold comfort.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8862867585493792315.post-28465989711353329232008-11-28T21:28:00.000+00:002008-11-28T21:28:00.000+00:00Aloha Brother: There'll always be an England - b...Aloha Brother:<BR/> There'll always be an England - but what will it look like?<BR/> Your ubiquitous urban CTV coverage secretly comforts (tired, old, scaredy-cat) me. Safety first, after all, and no pesky US Constitution (not that Bush was constrained by it). We look to you Brits as civilized exemplars of democracy. Sad your constables seem to be emulating the worst aspects ouf our own uniformed cowboys. So easy to punish peaceful demonstrators- shame on you, Bobby!<BR/>Cheers to You, Brother T, and all those who do th duty of citizenship. You accomplish more for the nation than it sometimes seems. Warm Aloha-Cloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8862867585493792315.post-58775846611136764212008-11-28T20:51:00.000+00:002008-11-28T20:51:00.000+00:00Labour, Tory - it makes no difference. The Governm...Labour, Tory - it makes no difference. The Government is always the Government. I can live with that - I'm used to the cynicism. But this new groundswell in the police force is discomforting. It's always been there of course but all these anti terrorism laws and bills are turning the screws on us all. When they start burning books and blaming it on the cost of fuel I will really start to panic.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8862867585493792315.post-87641532399239171792008-11-28T18:37:00.000+00:002008-11-28T18:37:00.000+00:00As a vegetarian and also someone who would never ...As a vegetarian and also someone who would never hunt myself, I would still defend the right of others to do so and it infuriates me that city dwellers have an image of foxes as cute furry animals! Actually it SURPRISES me! When I lived in London, we were plagued with a family of foxes screaming every night, jumping on cars and leaving footprints, destroying gardens......I would have welcomed the sight of a hunt coming down the street! Certainly the local council failed to deal with them.<BR/>Off topic....oops. Yes I find the level of control the goverment appears to be trying to exert very scary......justmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16768035027235782814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8862867585493792315.post-50753372392988459522008-11-28T17:02:00.000+00:002008-11-28T17:02:00.000+00:00Oops, sorry. Hunting is such a way of life where w...Oops, sorry. <BR/><BR/>Hunting is such a way of life where we are although, having said that, the three households that we share our cul-de-sac with (isn't it odd that this is an unknown phrase in French - they say impasse) do not belong to the hunt.French Fancy...https://www.blogger.com/profile/04941577892849157015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8862867585493792315.post-41966520980166793292008-11-28T16:39:00.000+00:002008-11-28T16:39:00.000+00:00Fancy - Well, I was, but I was trying to avoid say...Fancy - Well, I was, but I was trying to avoid saying so, because I know it provokes strong feelings. If it helps, I've never hunted and I don't much like most people who do; I just hate the other, indiscriminate, non-selective, injurious ways of controlling foxes, and I am a diehard libertarian who believes in people's right to believe in what they want and say want they want. Damn; now I'm outed!Brother Tobiashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14298549883526952305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8862867585493792315.post-48018360166351626442008-11-28T16:29:00.000+00:002008-11-28T16:29:00.000+00:00'words of advice' - it's laughable really - if it ...'words of advice' - it's laughable really - if it wasn't so tragic.<BR/><BR/>I assume you were on the Countryside Alliance demo. I must say that I'm not a fan of hunting myself - quite the reverse in face - but I don't like laws that tell me I can't do something. It's quite ironic really that we've ended up in the French countryside, backing on to woods where there is hunting every Thursday and Sunday when it's the season.French Fancy...https://www.blogger.com/profile/04941577892849157015noreply@blogger.com