A marriage of convenience
| Cuddly, soon-to-retire, 50-something Police Commissioner WLTM genuine and sincere suicide bomber with GSOH willing to be shot to rescue tits-up “shoot-to-kill-to-protect” policy. No time wasters. Please. Tel. 999 |
UPDATE: Don’t expect justice for Jean Charles de Menezes. Even if you’re that bothered (which most people aren’t). All this will be nuanced or finessed or whatever euphemism we’re using for covering up deaths right now. Forgotten, that’s the one. (Link via Phil at Existing Actually.)
Posted on August 17th, 2005 at 2:20 pm
| See also • de Menezes • Anti-terror laws: moving on • The Times: Order to kill was ‘never given’ |
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Genius…
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It is important for us to maintain our sense of proportion. The US government, pursuing a policy of unilateral preemptive war, has caused the deaths of several tens of thousands by means of bombs, incendiaries, mortars, heavy artillery and the treads of heavy vehicles, in addition to small arms fire. If a case of mistaken country does not cause the US to question its policy, then surely a mere case of individual mistaken identity should not cause the UK to question the policy at issue here. Unless I am mistaken, I believe that this policy permits only the use of individual bullets, which any sane person must admit are less powerful than a fuel-air weapon, and even more accurate than a laser-guided missile.
Jassalasca, I think those of us who care have enough energy and anger for both. That’s what makes us humanitarians. After all, the attitude towards de Menezes’ death from, picking an example at random, the pro-war Left is exactly the same as their attitude to civilian deaths in Iraq: a necessary sacrifice as we march in step into the future.
I, for one, am just as concerned about extra-judicial executions on the streets of Britain as I am about civilians in Iraq being napalmed/shot/suicide-bombed.
On the contrary, I would imagine that the death of numerous faceless people far away doesn’t galvinise people half as much as that of an individual with a story in ‘our’ country… This is sad, like most true things, but true nonetheless.
The standard procedure in these cases is:
1. Disciplinary investigation announced;
2. Officers being investigated go long term sick, so investigation postponed;
3. Meejah go “Quick! Over there! Prince Harry’s new girlfried!”;
4. Officers being investigated retire on the sick with full pension;
5. Nobody cares any more.
Chris
Justin,
Jassalasca, I think those of us who care have enough energy and anger for both.
The argument was meant to collapse into absurdity with the final assertion. To anyone who made the effort to take the persona seriously, I apologize for what must have been a very painful experience.
The underlying point I was trying to put across was that both preemptive war and shoot-to-kill are indefensible policies, because of the “mistaken country” problem. It seems like a point that would be obvious to anyone, which in retrospect is probably why I tried to slip it in on double super-secret background.
Vermin - from experience of 23 yrs working amongst them - includes more than it excludes - only a slight generalisation then. As for knowing some nice policemen I understand even Goebbels was nice to his children before his loyalty to his mate Hitler meant he sacrificed them as well
Sorry above comment was meant to go on another thread