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Britain, Nanny State - or Just Plain Stupid.

  • 26-05-2009 12:17am
    #1
    DubTony
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,267 ✭✭✭


    http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/News/newsresults/General-news/2009/May/may1509-tagged-for-dropping-sweets/

    This guy was arrested and electronically tagged for dropping sweets from his motorbike.
    West Midlands Police confirmed: “A man aged 19 was arrested on the March 16 in Lancaster Circus, Birmingham, on suspicion of endangering road users.

    Must be something to do with how hard those mint imperials can be. You could break your teeth on one of those things.


Comments

  • #2
    the_syco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,316 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    Meh. He pleaded guilty.


  • #3
    humanji
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,976 ✭✭✭✭humanji


    I'll go for option 3.


  • #4
    bonkey
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    Is this not in the wrong forum?


  • #5
    6th
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,247 ✭✭✭✭6th


    Moved to humanities. Mods, feel free to lock etc.


  • #6
    nyarlothothep
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,182 ✭✭✭nyarlothothep


    Ridiculous. Though I saw a britcops episode once and some dude was arrested on incitement to racial hatred just for singing "I have turban on my head." The policeman afterwards lamely defended his decision even though it was obvious that he knew he was in the wrong and carried out the arrest just due to his own self importance and irritation. I honestly have a problem understanding how these things get implemented at all.


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  • #7
    Latchy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,191 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    The latest UK nanny state gizzmo which i am fond of is anti litter louts .They drop litter on ground and this booming voice from cctv camera tells them to pick it up and bin it .Not robot voices either but real people ...humans telling em to :)


  • #8
    [Deleted User]
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    Give Ireland time, and we'll have similar offenses here... Its the way western culture is developing...


  • #9
    CDfm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,649 ✭✭✭✭CDfm


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Give Ireland time, and we'll have similar offenses here... Its the way western culture is developing...
    The elections are coming so should we ask whatever canditates we meet.


  • #10
    [Deleted User]
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    CDfm wrote: »
    The elections are coming so should we ask whatever canditates we meet.

    I doubt they would know or care. The changes to the law could happen at any time, and without direct approval of the general public. Just slip it in, and have people suprised when it happens to them.


  • #11
    CDfm
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    I doubt they would know or care. The changes to the law could happen at any time, and without direct approval of the general public. Just slip it in, and have people suprised when it happens to them.

    i hate to say it but isnt this one of those occassions that its a national obligation to be anti- British .


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  • #12
    [Deleted User]
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    CDfm wrote: »
    i hate to say it but isnt this one of those occassions that its a national obligation to be anti- British .

    where did that come from? Nothing I said even suggested at anything like that...


  • #13
    CDfm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,649 ✭✭✭✭CDfm


    Deleted User wrote: »
    where did that come from? Nothing I said even suggested at anything like that...

    Not in a stereotypical nationalist way but in a OMG Tom Sharpe novel kind of way.When it does happen we will have Ivana Bacik Polictician and Law Proffessor on Newstalk 106 telling us that our legal system is amongst the finest in the World based on UK law and that UK law is persuasive precedent.

    Didnt we have the chips and seagull case in Donegal -if I am not mistaken where there was talk about whether a littering conviction of the perpetrator were possible the seagulls having eaten the chips.

    Think I will pop over to sStephens Green just now to make some citizens arrests at the duckpond.


  • #14
    [Deleted User]
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    CDfm wrote: »
    Not in a stereotypical nationalist way but in a OMG Tom Sharpe novel kind of way.

    Hardly, since my post didn't even mention Britain or show any disapproval of Britain in any way.. look. If you have issues with Britain, don't project them on me.


  • #15
    CDfm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,649 ✭✭✭✭CDfm


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Hardly, since my post didn't even mention Britain or show any disapproval of Britain in any way.. look. If you have issues with Britain, don't project them on me.

    Wow -you are touchy.

    Its a common feature of silly interpretations of laws and we have our own examples. Sorry if I offended.


  • #16
    kowloon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,582 ✭✭✭✭kowloon


    It's at times like this I'm glad I don't live in a nanny sta.. wait, no... :(


  • #17
    DTrotter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 232 ✭✭DTrotter


    CDfm wrote: »
    Not in a stereotypical nationalist way but in a OMG Tom Sharpe novel kind of way.When it does happen we will have Ivana Bacik Polictician and Law Proffessor on Newstalk 106 telling us that our legal system is amongst the finest in the World based on UK law and that UK law is persuasive precedent.

    Didnt we have the chips and seagull case in Donegal -if I am not mistaken where there was talk about whether a littering conviction of the perpetrator were possible the seagulls having eaten the chips.

    Think I will pop over to sStephens Green just now to make some citizens arrests at the duckpond.

    In cases like this you'll see that it's usually some knob on a power/self importance trip, to be expected in a backwards ****hole. Remember this is the country where children were beat for being left handed.


  • #18
    CDfm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,649 ✭✭✭✭CDfm


    the_syco wrote: »
    Meh. He pleaded guilty.

    Nanny is very very proud of him:rolleyes:


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