It's not the police, it's the prosecutor. The police may have agitated for this, but the prosecutor is the person who should know better.
And should face disbarment for dereliction of his duty as an officer of the court.
I originally read that as "should face dismemberment for dereliction of his duty." I wasn't sure that I disagreed.
So know someone with a great deal of economic leverage is trying to push exactly such a system, and all of slashdot goes
Congratulations, GP (Hijacked Public), you speak for all of Slashdot. Well done.
Ugh, Ok. Yes, some people are biggoted assholes, it's true. We have them here in the US, but clearly you have them in Canada as well, judging from:
If there is one thing that is certain in this world, its that if someone says "The French" or "France" within hearing of any US Citizen, the immediate response will be an endless string of "Surrender" or "SurrenderMonkey" Jokes.
Emphasis mine.
Any blanket statement applied to all of the people that live within some certain arbitrary geographical area is dumb and bigoted. For instance, USians who say that the French are cowardly are bigots. Also, (English) Canadians such as yourself that say that USians are bigots... are also bigots. And, of course, there are people that say things like:
I don't even particularly like the French myself.
Well done.
If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error. -- John Kenneth Galbraith
