Comments on: Week of demonstrations leave coppers injured – none of which involved demonstrators! http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/12/15/week-of-demonstrations-leave-coppers-injured-none-of-which-involved-demonstrators/ General interest observations and true web-log. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:13:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Angel H. Wong http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/12/15/week-of-demonstrations-leave-coppers-injured-none-of-which-involved-demonstrators/comment-page-1/#comment-1450944 Angel H. Wong Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:49:07 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=33740#comment-1450944 That's because the tough MFs are in the rugby clubs. The rest is a bunch of limp-wristed pansies. That’s because the tough MFs are in the rugby clubs. The rest is a bunch of limp-wristed pansies.

]]> By: keaneo http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/12/15/week-of-demonstrations-leave-coppers-injured-none-of-which-involved-demonstrators/comment-page-1/#comment-1450572 keaneo Tue, 16 Dec 2008 04:17:12 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=33740#comment-1450572 They are mostly a humorless lot, said Sherlock. They are mostly a humorless lot, said Sherlock.

]]> By: moss http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/12/15/week-of-demonstrations-leave-coppers-injured-none-of-which-involved-demonstrators/comment-page-1/#comment-1450566 moss Tue, 16 Dec 2008 04:06:49 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=33740#comment-1450566 Looks like most of the usual whiners about politics miss the point of the cops whining about insect bites - and the pols skimming the take. Looks like most of the usual whiners about politics miss the point of the cops whining about insect bites – and the pols skimming the take.

]]> By: Mac Guy http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/12/15/week-of-demonstrations-leave-coppers-injured-none-of-which-involved-demonstrators/comment-page-1/#comment-1450507 Mac Guy Tue, 16 Dec 2008 02:16:36 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=33740#comment-1450507 Police are definitely on edge these days, and most of the time, it's for no good reason at all. Look, these are a bunch of hippies. I hate hippies, but there are things I know about most tree-hugging hippies: 1 - They're usually pacifists. 2 - Most importantly, they have the right to their own opinion, as well as the right to peacefully voice their opinion. The smarter thing to have done would be to have sat down with the organizers, find out what their intentions truly are, lay down ground rules, then have a truly "proportionate" ratio of cops to protesters. Keep a number of officers "on call," at the ready. Stick to the rules, kids, and we won't have to call in for backup. Agree to disagree. Police are definitely on edge these days, and most of the time, it’s for no good reason at all.

Look, these are a bunch of hippies. I hate hippies, but there are things I know about most tree-hugging hippies:

1 – They’re usually pacifists.
2 – Most importantly, they have the right to their own opinion, as well as the right to peacefully voice their opinion.

The smarter thing to have done would be to have sat down with the organizers, find out what their intentions truly are, lay down ground rules, then have a truly “proportionate” ratio of cops to protesters. Keep a number of officers “on call,” at the ready.

Stick to the rules, kids, and we won’t have to call in for backup. Agree to disagree.

]]> By: Hugh Ripper http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/12/15/week-of-demonstrations-leave-coppers-injured-none-of-which-involved-demonstrators/comment-page-1/#comment-1450465 Hugh Ripper Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:49:05 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=33740#comment-1450465 There can be no Democracy without the right to dissent. This appears to be a concept that law enforcement officers around the world fail to grasp. There can be no Democracy without the right to dissent. This appears to be a concept that law enforcement officers around the world fail to grasp.

]]> By: jbenson2 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/12/15/week-of-demonstrations-leave-coppers-injured-none-of-which-involved-demonstrators/comment-page-1/#comment-1450435 jbenson2 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:41:03 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=33740#comment-1450435 What a great idea - take their toilet paper! That will let the tree-huggers truly get back to nature in a personal way. What a great idea – take their toilet paper!

That will let the tree-huggers truly get back to nature in a personal way.

]]> By: sargasso http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/12/15/week-of-demonstrations-leave-coppers-injured-none-of-which-involved-demonstrators/comment-page-1/#comment-1450430 sargasso Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:31:14 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=33740#comment-1450430 I'll never forget the elderly Wiltshire police sergeant who questioned me for an hour in the 70's. He walked into the interview room, and moisture condensed on the table top. I’ll never forget the elderly Wiltshire police sergeant who questioned me for an hour in the 70′s. He walked into the interview room, and moisture condensed on the table top.

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