[Closed] More G20 disproportionate police actions.

OK, enlighten me. What possible evidence can be presented that will cause that incident to be viewed as being anything other than assault ?

bye!

make sure you take your numbers off first!

mister gnar,
why would i kick the shit out of them all, are you dyslexic
thats not what i said, christ its annoying on this forum, its like the wording gets jumbled to how you want to read it.
never mind, wont bother myself with this, whatever i say will be wrong, ill leave you to a unfounded, one sided lynching
good luck

bye!

make sure you take your numbers off first!

Please try and justify it.....in some way. Your arguement is that there might be more to it. Something before or after the video which ads context or justification.

I can't imagine how that can possibly be the case.

I hardly think it's totally irrational to form an opinion based on that video. Had it been 3 seconds of her simply getting struck, one might imagine some sort of context to justify - it could be anything ie the woman strikes the police officer first but as it stands I cant see what you could possibly waiting to hear.

You've also not addressed any questions about training or what constitutes a proportionate response and whether that applies both ways.

All you've said is there might be more to it....like what?

trail monkey,
ill try again
im NOT saying this is what happened, and im not condoning any unlawful action,
BUT
a scenario similar to the met one would be
Officer confronted by small female shouting and swearing
officer has intelligence re this group that they are intent on disrupting demo, some tactics used by such groups, are getting close to officers, spraying them with cs, stealing cuffs, putting tie wraps on wrists, etc etc
Female does not move back, moves closer again, officer cant get to baton, and decides that threat meand a pre-emptive strike is warrantied to repel the female, he strikes her in the face.
After the strike she continues to move forward, this signals that she is intent on either assaulting offiecr, disrupting demo,officer then draws baton and strikes female to legs, which is a recognised low level strike area.
an arest in this instance would not be appropriate because of the lack of resources and overwhelming numbers opf protesters

OR
the officer could have lost in totally and cracked an innocent woman acrpss the face in the heat of the moment for no reason

scenario 1- officer should be fully protected from prosecution

Scenario 2- officer should be disciplined/charged with assault

reasonable force could be a push in the chest
or hitting somone over the head with a baton resulting in their death.

it all depends what the situation a police officer is facing
if he /she was surrounded by 6 drunken thugs alone and they were armed with clubs and knives, a proportinate response might be to hit somone over the head with a baton resulting in death, it might be talk your way out of it. Thats the problem, its subjective, and every officer will be different, some will be confident street fighters, some will be scared shitless, and panic, some officers can talk their way out of most situatiions, some cant.

What is this 'full protection from prosecution'? Surely the CPS look at the file and consider the public benefit and the likelihood of the charges sticking? Is there some secret procedure I'm not aware of?

easygirl, I've been the victim of police brutality, too many times to believe any of that carp.

officer has intelligence

LOL!

Well thank you, now we can debate again without it seeming like we are just typing YES-NO-YES. Regardless, we know that the officer will use scenario 1 to justify his actions regardless of the truth.

From the video we can see no cable ties, hand cuffs or cs spray. So the police officers initial slap is unwarranted. The protester has just been assaulted and is understandably more aggravated. The police officer escalates the level of force he uses to deal with a situation he created.

The police are in an unassailable position here. If you disobey them you pose a threat. If you pose a threat you can be beaten with impunity. All it takes is the police officers suspicion to merit a beating. But I suppose they are so highly skilled and highly trained we should take their word.

it all depends what the situation a police officer is facing
if he /she was surrounded by 6 drunken thugs alone and they were armed with clubs and knives, a proportinate response might be to hit somone over the head with a baton resulting in death, it might be talk your way out of it. Thats the problem, its subjective, and every officer will be different, some will be confident street fighters, some will be scared shitless, and panic, some officers can talk their way out of most situatiions, some cant.

So it could be pot luck, depending on the individual police officer you encounter whether you live or die? Whatever happened to training? Perhaps the woman was lucky to be beaten by that large male officer - had she encountered a less confident officer she might have been bludgeoned to death for the crime of not obeying due to the police officers fear of the possibility of having concealed weapons, due to the fact the officer was less than confident in her ability to deal with a possible attack.

It's a good thing you lot don't carry guns - some innocent people might get hurt.

Surely if you can't deal with a small unarmed woman in a non violent way then you simply shouldn't be a police officer?

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tell you what, i thought you may be reasonable, so ill sign off with a

**** off

****ing idiots

That's not very nice behaviour, for a police constable... 🙁

I dunno. Standards have slipped. In my day, a copper would give a cheeky young scamp a clip round the ear, and no-one would bat an eyelid.

at least you made me laugh, im sat here pissing myself at the sheer stupidity of the argument, you twist everything to suit your view

you should be police officers

At least you didnt beat me. I thought I was reasonable by the way - I believe if you dont have the training or personality to cope you shouldnt be in the job. I do believe the officer will justify his actions as described and I believe that you/they are in a win win situation when challenged.

You might think differently when you've seen teams of police using brush shafts to clear the barrels of their overheating plastic bullet guns so they can shoot people in the back as they run away or indeed innocent bystanders.

I hope easygirl is not ever in a crowd-control situation. He/she can't even handle an internet forum discussion, without resorting to foul abusive language. God help anyone who get's in their way, at a legitimate political protest... 😯

if i could find out where you livec i would beat you!

wouldent really, im traffic warden, not a police officer, colour blind couldent get in, ill clamp your bike if i find it 😆

😯

Lovely Rita, meter maid...

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internet forums should be for balanced discussions based on fact, not an area to make unfounded assumptions on mimimal facts
but who wants the truth to get in the way of a good story eh

thats my girlfriend, how did you get that picture?

thats a huge watch on her wrist

easygirl
internet forums should be for balanced discussions based on fact, not an area to make unfounded assumptions on mimimal facts
but who wants the truth to get in the way of a good story eh

Only time, or a court case will tell. Who will remember to bump the thread.

if hes assaulted a member of the public or used excessive force he needs dealing with
if its reasonable he was doing his job

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Sorry. Not meant to offend. I'm sure some traffic wardens are quite nice! 😀

[i]**** off[/i]

She swore - can we all beat her with sticks now?

No she's too tall, she might hit us back 😯

Funny how all of the people who are protesting against the police officer's violent actions,and advocating freedom of speech....appear to be quite vulgar, aggressive, and the ones who are shouting every one else down.

Quite angry boys aren't you??

You what? YOU ****ING WHAAAT??????? 👿

Dunno. Thought it were those defending the police actions, that were using the more inflamatory rhetoric, really.

Just out of interest rudeboy...how old are you?

Old enough to know better....

Im thinking teenager?

Not thinking very hard then, are you?

Errm don't really think I need to.

Don't think youve progressed much if you aren't a teenager.

Ok...20?

brack
Funny how all of the people who are protesting against the police officer's violent actions,and advocating freedom of speech....appear to be quite vulgar, aggressive, and the ones who are shouting every one else down.

Yes it is funny seeing as how easygirl was the first person to swear at any other member when she was dishing out personal abuse. Just because we are persistent doesn't make us aggressive. Read the thread.

ed80 - Member
Looks like the mouthy bitch was being a pain in the arse. If anyone but a filth had slapped her it would be job well done but I guess they need to be a bit more careful since they do it for a living.

mick (firestarter) . and ive spent the last almost 20 years in the army and now fire service and have had to deal with some right ****s.

OOh and now heres another one....like the group attack don't you!?

Ive just been looking at various videos of people getting attacked at the protests, and every one has been the police attacking protestors.

They werent fighting each other, they are all totally one sided. Not very good really is it?! :/

Tooundred!

i'd be interested in hearing the mayor of london's opinion on all of this. what's that? he won't comment? oh.

Brack- why do you wish to know my age? Do you want me to be a teenager? Are you trying to groom me? 😉

Funny how all of the people who are protesting against the police officer's violent actions,and advocating freedom of speech....appear to be quite vulgar, aggressive, and the ones who are shouting every one else down.

Quite angry boys aren't you??

tell you what, i thought you may be reasonable, so ill sign off with a

**** off

****ing idiots

thegreatape - Member
Looks like this kettling thing is going to be reviewed, among other issues.

I've always thought the kettles day's were numbered, whether it was by a legal challenge (I know that up 'til now they've failed) or because it is so hugely counter productive.

Yes you're right stoner, kettling is extremely effective at stopping protests. But the negative effects it has, has to be seen to be believed. There was a very good letter in the Times the day after the G20 protests by one of it's female readers, it really showed the frustration and anger it can cause to ordinary law abiding people.

When kettling was first introduced a few years back, the police just had to simply direct people until they were trapped and then seal them off with police lines. People generally do, what is asked of them by the police. However, protesters have now got wise to the tactic and are becoming aware when a kettle is being formed, so that it would now appear the police are having to resort to much more aggressive tactics as people are resist attempts to corral them.

On a positive note however, kettling does allow the 60 year old retired professional from Tunbridge Wells who's protesting with his wife over concerns for the environment, to see a side of the police which they would otherwise never see. That can't be a bad thing.

As far as thugs in the police force is concerned, I have no doubt that most coppers join the police force simply because they believe that it is a job worth doing (plus of course it's well paid and there's no chance of redundancy) I also believe that most coppers behave as they believe that they are [i]expected[/i] to behave. So whilst individuals should undoubtedly be held accountable for their behaviour, any problems relating to unacceptable standards needs to be seen as the responsibility of senior officers. It is simply not good enough to lay [u]all[/u] the blame on the individual who loses it.

It's perhaps worth remembering that whilst there might be serious concerns with the policing of demonstrations and protests, in general the police today is imo immeasurably better than the police was 30 or 40 years ago.

30 or 40 years ago corruption ran right through the heart of the police force. Units such as the West Midlands Serious Crime Squad and the Porn Squad were basically crime organisations. A man attacking his wife was considered a "domestic issue" and police involvement was generally not considered necessary. There was no such thing as "hate crime". Rape cases were dealt with in a completely insensitive manner. And IRA bombing outrages were solved by simply fitting innocent people up. Things are very very different today.

BTW my comments on why most coppers join the force is directed at male PCs only, WPC are a completely different kettle of fish imo. I don't know if it's because women who want to put a uniform on and order men around have "issues", or whether once in the force some women feel they have to "prove" just hard/tough/nasty they can be, but in [i]my[/i] experience WPCs are always by far the most unreasonable. If I was at a demo and had to approach a copper, I would never ever, approach a WPC. Maybe I've been unlucky, but as a result of my experiences, I frankly feel sorry for coppers who have to work along side WPCs. Having said all that, I'll contradict myself by saying that I once knew a WPC who was a really lovely person 😯 Mind you, she only ever wanted to work at a desk and truly hated going 'on the beat'.

brack
OOh and now heres another one....like the group attack don't you!?

Nope, you're confusing us with riot police.

looked like she deserved a slappin tbh, as most of them prolly did , peacfull protest crap , put your self on the line , its a very scary place to be , i can tell you, they spit at you , swear at you , lob stuff at you , more tear gas imo.

I know this is 'only' an internet forum etc, and I'm not going to step into the debate, but I think it's really significant that there are people out there who aren't prepared to sit back and swallow the lies, b*llshit and deceit that we're fed on a daily basis in this country, and who are actually prepared to speak out eloquently and succinctly on things like this. MisterGnar, Rudeboy (and others)- thank you for your words on this subject. It's been a refreshing read.

looked like she deserved a slappin tbh, as most of them prolly did , peacfull protest crap , put your self on the line , its a very scary place to be , i can tell you, they spit at you , swear at you , lob stuff at you

yep those plastic bottles looked lethal, you could easily cause someone a nasty scrape or even get get covered in vicious sticky liquid.

News just in!

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/police-blunder-reveals-secret-plan-to-beat-you-senseless-200904091691/

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/police-to-target-the-hippies-with-video-cameras-200904151702/

🙂

Been an interesting read.

I have tried to imagine what it must be like in that situation. Arresting that woman wouldn't really be an option in that situation. Not enough Police resource to keep arresting people.
My take on it is that Police are just normal people like everyone else. To be stood in front of that many people in a sitaution that could potentially kick-off at any moment, must be pretty scary. And if I was there as a Police officer, knowing how out-numbered 'we' were I would want to keep things as calm as possible. I don't think the bloke should have clobbered that woman based on that short piece of video, but for all we know she might have been antagonising for hours or been seen with other perhaps more 'able' looking protestors. Maybe the policeman genuinely thought that his actions were justified.

I think that if you go to a protest with hundreds (if not thousands) of other people, make a point of getting right into a policemans face, swearing at him/her and ignoring requests to move back you are very naive if you don't think you might get a bit of a shoeing.

My partner is training to be a police officer. She is probably more intelligent than a lot of the people on here who keep claiming that the Ploice are neanderthal bullies etc.
If she was in a situation where she felt that physical action was required to stop harm to herself or others, then I would hope she would use it.

I am not saying the policeman in that vid was right, but I am not saying he was wrong either......it's all too easy to judge from a short snippet of video....

easygirl - Member

ive got it now.......
the police are thick stupid violent thugs,

Griz, when will I be able to vote for you as PM 😛

stumpy01

but for all we know she might have been antagonising for hours or been seen with other perhaps more 'able' looking protestors

Still doesn't justify it and is quite absurd. Shout at a policeman for long enough and he has a licence to beat you? Hang around with "able looking" people and the policeman is liable to beat you, especially if you are smallest and least intimidating? That does make sense though, most bullies are cowards and will pick on the weak.

stumpy01

Maybe the policeman genuinely thought that his actions were justified.

Still doesn't justify it in the slightest.

stumpy01

I think that if you go to a protest with hundreds (if not thousands) of other people, make a point of getting right into a policemans face, swearing at him/her and ignoring requests to move back you are very naive if you don't think you might get a bit of a shoeing.

Yes because we all know, the punishment for disobedience is physical violence.

stumpy01

My partner is training to be a police officer. She is probably more intelligent .....

Oxymoron.

Actually I'll vote for griz only if he appoit Mister Gnar as police minister 😀

So MisterGnar, you think his actions were erm, perhaps not justified or something??
I don't remember saying they were, either. In fact I said that from that short video clip I don't think he should have clobbered her.

Oxymoron......excellent.....ha ha.....great one...... 😐

I see the 'small completely innocent young lady' has now employed Max Clifford as her 'PR agent" lol
Nice little earner if you can get it

More importantly, I see that Ian Tomlinson's death was caused by internal bleeding not a heart attack, according to the 2nd post-mortem.

I see the 'small completely innocent young lady' has now employed Max Clifford as her 'PR agent" lol
Nice little earner if you can get it

WTF do you mean by writing [i]small completely innocent young lady[/i] in apostrophes ??

Are you suggesting that in reality she isn't small at all ? I reckon 5 foot tall and six and a half stone is pretty 'small', what would you call it ?

And are you suggesting that you have some sort of proof that she isn't a 'completely innocent young lady' ? Are you saying that this was all an elaborate plan by her whereby she forced a big burly policeman to attack her against his own will ?

What are you ...... a bit of a simpleton or something ?

I don't have the slightest problem with her not wanting to provide free stories to the newspapers, anymore than I have a problem journalist getting paid for writing the story, or newspaper proprietors making a profit from the story, or coppers get paid overtime for [i]their[/i] part in the demo.

I hope she gets as much money as she possibly can for what happened to her. Maybe she'll give a large donation to the animal sanctuary where she works in East Sussex. If it's the one I think it is I was there last Sunday delivering some rescued animals, and it is a very impressive place indeed - spotless and extremely well run.

I also hope it doesn't put her off fighting against the effects of climate change with all it's disastrous environmental consequences to all species across the globe.

As obviously the 5 foot nothing, six and a half stone girl who is prepared to stand up to a violent thug in uniform believes that getting out there and being pro-active is more important than sitting on your ar5se all day behind a computer spouting shite on a mountain bike forum.

Good for her.

Heh, nice one GG.

Hmm, let's see; the police have their PR machine (which has been spouting lies), and the woman who was attacked is quite rightly looking to earn a few quid out of it.She has, after all, been the unwitting actor in a piece of drama that has been shown round the world. The assualt she suffered has been used to sell newspapers and get TV ratings, so why shoon't she have a chunk?

Max Clifford is a slimy **** though, but I only say that because I'm jealous. He's worked hard for years, and is a clever bloke. He exploits the medias' insatiable appetite for sensationalism. Fair play.

He exploits the medias' insatiable appetite for sensationalism. Fair play

Everyone who has taken part in these threads is as guilty in that desire for sensationalism as the press are in their desire to feed it to us. The whole focus of attention since the G20 summit has been focused on the the media fed images of crusties smashing windows or policemen bullying civillians. The real issues of the day, the proposals of the summit leaders have become lost amongst a sea of other stories, far more exciting and, well, sensational. Just have a trawl through the forum records and see how many words have been written on the proposals and how many haver been written on the violence.
Very clever news manipulation and everyone has suckered for it.

Sorry, still seems to me that the hysterical little poison dwarf was asking for trouble - she quite rightfully was told to get back as the crowd surged toward the cordon - the kettling/cordon has been found legal in the highest courts and the police have an absolute right and duty to act to prevent a breach of the peace - madam didn't like being told what to do and she kicked off, the police officer quite correctly started off with minimum force and clear verbal warnings but she chose to ignore them and get in his face in an aggressive and hysterical manner, as such I cannot see that he had much of a choice!

Perhaps if "protesters" on the day before didnt act like [url=

then the police would not have had to control the crowds in a fairly assertive manner? I've been on the receiving end of some big protests from the dog on a string brigade on more than one occasion, and their actions always end up pushing things as far as they think they can, and generally a little further, and then it all kicks off! If you choose to associate with them, then expect to be treated as one of them.

Whatever you choose to believe - no-one was prevented from protesting on that day - however the right to PEACEFUL protest demands that people do it in a controlled manner that allows the police to protect property and protect the safety of the general public - How soon we forget images like this in the centre of london:

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Whether you like it or not - not everyone in a protest is willing to do it peacefully, and there are always a small minority of the great unwashed who revel in trying to provoke a riot - and if choose not to distance yourself from them and then you act like a hysterical little bitch then you're going to get slapped like one!

What has size got to do with anything GG? Are you saying a 5ft woman couldn't potentially wield a blade/gun/syringe insert any offensive weapon were appropriate and injury the policeman, is the copper a clairvoyant?

Do you know the woman you seem to know her vital statistics?

She was warned several times and each time when she failed to respond the consequence got a little more severe. A talking to, a strong word in her shell like, a push, a slap and then a whack with a baton, it fair in my eyes.
You seem to be taking it very personally GG, is she your retarded inbred little sister with whom you have a child out of wedlock and share a chrome plated caravan with?

Very clever news manipulation and everyone has suckered for it.

I couldn't agree less.

The 'clever news manipulation' was attempted on April 1st when newspapers such as the Sun printed, ready for distribution the next day, front pages like this :

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Although the Sun undoubtedly had reporters at the demo who would have witnesses incidences of police brutality and completely unacceptable police tactics, they hoped that the population would be 'suckered' into believing that the police wanted nothing more than to guarantee the right to peaceful protest. And despite that their best efforts, they were unfortunately confronted by angry mobs hell-bent on violence.

Fortunately there were some people at the demo who had cameras and recording equipment and who aren't in the pay of Rupert Murdoch, and who were able to provide us with the truth. As a consequence of this, the attempt of 'clever manipulation of news' failed miserably.

And I for one, am extremely glad of that. Because whilst incidences of police brutality are hardly new, the high profile reporting of them certainly is.

What is also relatively new, are many of the tactics used on April 1st. Including kettling, police officers hiding their faces, widespread removal of shoulder numbers, extensive use of dogs, un-uniformed coppers walking around with truncheons in their hands, police shields been used edge-ways to smash into peoples faces, and senior officers responsible for operations saying "We're up for it"

These are all extremely worrying developments, and if as result of extensive discussions in the media (including the internet) it reduces the chances of recurrence, then hopefully we might have better policing, a better police force, and people will be able to walk the streets without fear of being attacked by thugs wearing uniforms.

is she your retarded inbred little sister with whom you have a child out of wedlock and share a chrome plated caravan with?

Yes she is. So I would be grateful if you would not be abusive about her.

Everyone who has taken part in these threads is as guilty in that desire for sensationalism

I'm not. 😛

hat is also relatively new, are many of the tactics used on April 1st. Including kettling, police officers hiding their faces, widespread removal of shoulder numbers, extensive use of dogs, un-uniformed coppers walking around with truncheons in their hands, police shields been used edge-ways to smash into peoples faces, and senior officers responsible for operations saying "We're up for it"

Or perhaps lawful tactics (Police officers have to follow a lawful order from a superior officer!) which have been forced upon them by the actions of protesters and protagonists - who repeatedly turn every peaceful protest into a chance to Smash the facist pigs!

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These are all extremely worrying developments, and if as result of extensive discussions in the media (including the internet) it reduces the chances of recurrence, then hopefully we might have better policing, a better police force, and people will be able to walk the streets without fear of being attacked by thugs wearing uniforms.

But - perhaps the more likely scenario is that we will see the police avoid taking decisive action early on the next time there is a protest, for fear of upsetting the Guardianistas - with the result that things get out of hand and we see another poll tax riot, or worse, and then the same press leaping all over them for not acting sooner to quell a potential riot - the police still have that pesky duty to ensure the protection of life and property, the preservation of the Queen’s peace, and the prevention and detection of criminal offences!

I couldn't agree less

But you've actually proved my point by carrying on your argument concerning police brutality.

The whole point of manipulation of the news is that no one is talking about the G20 summit, just the violence that surrounded it.

I find it quite ironic that you should feel that exposure of Police shortcomings might lead to improvements in Police accountability, in the anniversary week of Hilsborough where no Police officers have ever been brought to account despite the damning evidence of an independant judicial enquiry ( The Taylor Report ).

Anyway, that's all I'm saying about it. I'm not playing that game anymore.

detection of criminal offences!

Unless perpetrated by themselves of course

Who let Labrat out of his cage? Run out of Valium, Labby?

C'mon Fred - T'was nothing more than a love slap! I'd bet most people on here have given their girlfriends worse and got away with it!

If it was a bloke acting the **** and gobbing off to a police officer like that and crying about it on TV then I have no doubt we'd all be buying tickets for the MTFU thread - As I said before, Hysterical little bitch who it now turns out may well have had something of an axe to grind with Plod, supposedly been nicked a few times for shoplifting and drug possession!

She's apparently in line for up to 50K off the papers for her poor little me story - hang on, wasn't this supposed to have been an anti Capitalism march?

The Internet + Labrat =not a good combination.

Don't you have something to delete off your Hard Drive, Labby? 😉

And most men don't go round slapping women, no.

But we know you prefer 'em not to be able to fight back, eh?

Play the ball Fred, you can do better than that - and you know the trouble you've got into before round here for making those comments... 😉

What comments would those be? Dunno what you're on about.

Play the ball? Bit rich, coming from someone who advocates using violence towards women/smaller people...

See bottom of page [url] http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/animal-rights-activists-terrorist-right/page/2 [/url]

using violence towards women/smaller people...

Hey, I wouldn't want to be accused of discrimination - however nowhere did I [i]advocate[/i] anything of the sort

nowhere did I advocate anything of the sort

It's a shame that Singletrack archives are no longer accessible. I remember a certain labrat posting his fantasies about raping and breaking a woman's neck. I have the URL but it doesn't appear to be working ..... lucky you.

Sorry Gus - If you're sad enough to have saved the URL of something said clearly in jest a different context about a year ago - then you're a stranger bloke than I'd previously taken you for.

In other news - Common sense has now dictated that the best course of action when repeatedly told to move by riot police is to do as you're ****ing well told:

[url] http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/video/2009/apr/15/g20-protest-police-dog-bite [/url]

If you're sad enough to have saved the URL of something said clearly in jest a different context about a year ago -

Yep - that's me.

It was brought to my attention by someone else on here when he reminded you of it. I did indeed bookmark it, as it was the sickest post I've ever read on here. And whilst it might well have been said in 'jest', I reckon that it was an excellent example (as clearly the other punter did) of just how your mind works.

Just because something is said in 'jest', doesn't make it acceptable. You wouldn't for example, 'joke' about having sex with children.

Would you ?

all she had to do was . move away , her choice not to = tough s$*t

something said clearly in jest a different context

In what 'context' could such sick fantasies be taken, pray tell?

Your comments, re violence towards people, and hitting women, aren't particularly funny. In fact, on many an occasion, you've revealed some pretty vile and disturbing aspects of your character. I won't go over old ground, but suffice to say, some of your attitudes seem to be quite nasty, really.

T'was nothing more than a love slap! I'd bet most people on here have given their girlfriends worse and got away with it!

So you think it's acceptable, to use violence towards people, especially for a man to use it against a woman? Because that's what you seem to be suggesting. And you do seem to advocate using violence against people exercising their legal democratic rights.

Sorry, have I taken anything out of 'context'? I don't think I have.

I'm not going to continue this any further, as I think it's quite unsavoury.

But for your own sake and others, please think about what implications the views you express may have, speshly on a forum such as this.

I really do hope you aren't serious, and that you're just trying to get attention, albeit in a particularly provocative and inadequate manner.

Because your 'jokes' aren't funny.

get back to the point ladies

or is thread finally going to finally die the horrible death it deserves

The reason for staring it, was so's we could 'discuss' the issues at stake; issues which ultimately affect all of us, not least, the misuse of police powers, and the implications on all our civil liberties and democratic freedoms.

I think it's succeeded, pretty well. Still think there's more room for intelligent and informed debate though. something that people like GG seem to be able to do, but which others aren't capable of, sadly.

these threads do tend to drag on though

not that I'm helping...

I guess I'm just trying to gain some perspective on this whole topic and whilst some of the comments are well put, informative and informed, when the posts inevitably get too left/right-wing and posters rely on insults, poor analogy and diatribe they get a bit irritating