10-07-2010, 09:18
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Re: Moat - end of story
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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
Personally I think the news coverage has, again been very intrusive, to the point of overkill(sorry, no pun intended).
There should have been a news blackout on this story.....well except for the local people, who really need to know what is going on.
This man is going to have been gloating at how he outwitted the authorities. Just what a man of his intellect needed...his ego being massaged by Sky News.
He has made the police look inept.
Or am I the only one who feels this way?
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I have to disagree. I happen to be a firm believer in the provisions and intent of the First Ammendment to the US Constitution .... you probably know what it is so I won't quote it. And that intent exists, I'm sure, in Britain, and in British law. It might not be pretty; but the alternative is a controlled and censored media.
Of course he is gloating; he has already achieved more than his alloted time of fame. But his type is hardly a rarity.
And I do not think that your police looked inept. They were in a no-win situation, playing supporting actors to a probably insane leading man. I think that the British police perform in a much more professional manner than would the kind of "shoot-'em-and-then-ask-'em questions later" inbreds that act as deputy sheriffs in Alabama, and Mounties at Vancouver Airport.
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