50,000 volts or the Body Electric
Posted: 01 Sep 2007, 17:05
I find this very scary
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6973610.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6973610.stm
Maybe there haven't been any deaths in the UK (yet), but there certainly have in the US. Admittedly, British police aren't as trigger happy as their American counterparts, but you still have to be rather concerned that the officers who will be armed with the TASERs will only be getting about 12 hours training.Nixon wrote:Bearing in mind the number of people who regularly carry knives, I think this is a far less harmful option than the asp baton for the police to use. I have not yet heard of reports of anyone in the UK being killed by use of a taser, however in the last four years eleven police officers have been murdered, four having been stabbed to death. If I were facing a maniac who was armed with a knife and I were given the choice of a baton or a taser I know which I'd prefer
Nixon wrote:l option
My point of view exactly, furthermore, if I were being threatened by a bloke with a knife, I'd want the police to prevent him from harming me as soon as possible. They can do this far easier with a taser than by wanting to sit down have a chat and a cup of tea with him.robertzombie wrote:Surely if you're not breaking the law then you have nothing to worry about
Only as long as the law's right...robertzombie wrote:Surely if you're not breaking the law then you have nothing to worry about
Surely you're joking...robertzombie wrote:Surely if you're not breaking the law then you have nothing to worry about
Me too James ... I think you know my feelings about those particular 'gentlemen', their behaviour & 'toys'? ...James Blast wrote:I find this very scary
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6973610.stm
... and the Miner's Strike, and the Poll Tax demo, Greenham Common, Stonehenge, May Day in Parliament & Trafalgar Sqs, Heathrow last month, Grosvenor Sq. 1968, 'Raves' (remember them?) etc etc. I dread to think what they would have done had they had access to these. ... So presumably you'll be happy to carry an 'ID' card too? It won't be long before music in any public place will be open to scrutiny - hmmm let's see:- Dr Avalanche? - Repetitive Beat ... Tasers at the ready! ... oh, and when was the last time you lit up in the rubadub? ... (or at a gig? ...) [/b][/u]robertzombie wrote:Surely if you're not breaking the law then you have nothing to worry about
Yes.reactiv8 wrote:So presumably you'll be happy to carry an 'ID' card too?
I naively and innocently asked that very same questions a few weeks ago. We've had ID cards for about 200 years now in France, and it's very simple and very convenient. But I understand it's not the piece of paper - or plastic - that's the problem, but rather all the measures around it, like data storing, etc.Dark wrote:What's wrong with carrying an ID card?
I already have a driving licence, passport and a shotgun licence (all I may add with nice photos of me) why should I pay (the oft quoted fee) of £100+ for another piece of paper to say who I am? Wouldn't it be simpler to make everyone carry their passport at all times? Cheaper for me too.Badlander wrote:I naively and innocently asked that very same questions a few weeks ago. We've had ID cards for about 200 years now in France, and it's very simple and very convenient. But I understand it's not the piece of paper - or plastic - that's the problem, but rather all the measures around it, like data storing, etc.Dark wrote:What's wrong with carrying an ID card?
Yes, like dumb (or just sadistic) cops tasering people who are undergoing an epileptic seizure (http://www.mindhacks.com/blog/2006/11/p ... man_h.html).Badlander wrote:Only as long as the law's right...robertzombie wrote:Surely if you're not breaking the law then you have nothing to worry about
There's also been instances of taser uses in situations where cops would never have used firearms, for example on a runaway girl, who just wouldn't shut up. Cops thought it was then acceptable to stun her, even though they would never have shot her or beat her.
You can't simply give people tasers and act as though it were a perfectly harmless device, because it's not.
No problem for me. I have one here in Hungary, but I would be a tadsmiscandlon wrote:Yes.reactiv8 wrote:So presumably you'll be happy to carry an 'ID' card too?
For the electric one?streamline wrote: and a shotgun licence
Oh dear ...smiscandlon wrote:Yes.reactiv8 wrote:So presumably you'll be happy to carry an 'ID' card too?
... 'Lambs to the Slaughter' then?! ... As Mr Blast would say:- Check your History - governments are NOT to be trusted ... 'Trust' - remember that concept?Dark wrote:What's wrong with carrying an ID card? I don't wanna take my passport (with a pic from when I was about 10) to a pub after I'm 18.
Point taken! ... If we have a choice (which we evidently don't) Preferably neither ...canon docre wrote:I do find this discussion about individual freedom vs. security demands very interesting. It looks like there're quite some differences between the country I'm from and Great Britain. Do I understand it right that for you the concept of carrying an ID is strangely absurd, whilst being permanentely filmed when walking through town is perfectly normal? Over here it's exactly the other way round.
Slightly off-topic, but a couple of weeks ago I saw this:canon docre wrote:whilst being permanentely filmed when walking through town is perfectly normal?
... (and again) I like your edited 'Subject' James ...James Blast wrote:I find this very scary
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6973610.stm