Re: Different approach by the West Mids police

Yes, in a climate when dissent is tantatmount to treason. Ideology is 
the order of the day is is the new oath of office.



Iverson, Clark wrote:
> Gentlefolk,
>      Once upon a time, the notion of "probable cause" was considered conservative, and spontaneous street executions were not.  Now, though, when the Constitution shredders have made the rule of law the province of the far left, educated computer users can discuss with a straight face (apparently) whether adopting the terrorists' mentality, just in service of a different "team," equates to defending liberty.
>      How has this insanity become mainstream?
>      I suggest that the answer lies in part with the far-right's control of the public discourse.  Thus, a search for truth is a sucker's game, and all that matters is the aggregation of power and control.  We see it writ small in so many places, including here:
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> -----Original Message-----
> ... Sometimes deadly force is necessary, Peter.  Sometimes this results in a 
> tragedy, like an allegedly innocent Brazilian suddenly fleeing from 
> police and being shot dead. (has anyone figured out why he'd flee police 
> yet?)
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> So one "innocent" makes a rather stupid choice, ...
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> Please note that even though we all know damn well that the executed man was innocent, control of the discourse makes it imperative to append "alleged(ly)" or to put the term in quotation marks.  However, for several days, we've known the truth.  A very recent story reveals it yet again here:
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4724309.stm
> Here is the relevant passage for those who cannot click on a link:
> "Jean Charles de Menezes, 27, was killed on Friday as he boarded a tube train by officers who suspected him of being linked to the London bombings.
> 
> The UK's Scotland Yard police headquarters has since admitted that he was not connected to such activity."
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>      The far right folk know well that there is no more cause to put innocent in quotes than there was to believe that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, but again truth falls by the wayside when the more important business of aggregating control is at hand.
> 
>     Benjamin Franklin, another unacceptably far left fellow, had this to say.  "They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security."  Read it while you may.  
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> cheers,
> Clark Iverson
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