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Jul. 22nd, 2005

4:13 PM

littlewashu

Okay, so you know how those cops in London shot that dude? I'm confused.

I thought cops in England didn't carry guns. Did this change at some point? The article would mention if they were like a special security team or something, right?

Also I hope they end up telling us that yes this dude did most definitely have a bomb, cuz otherwise, man, shooting a guy five times in front of a bunch of people: yikes. Scary.

Also also, what the fuck is up with extending the Patriot Act until INFINITY??? Jesus.

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tawdryjones

Jul. 22nd, 2005 08:24 pm (UTC)

The entire world is giving me a headache.

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littlewashu

Jul. 22nd, 2005 08:37 pm (UTC)

Man, I know, right?

But it's the weekend now! Rejoice! Forget your troubles! Drink beer!

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tawdryjones

Jul. 22nd, 2005 08:50 pm (UTC)

oy, my liver

Yes, ma'am!

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Jul. 22nd, 2005 08:27 pm (UTC)

Cops have been carrying guns in London for about a decade, I think; it started in response to more criminals having them.

PATRIOT ACT INFINITY +1!

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littlewashu

Jul. 22nd, 2005 08:35 pm (UTC)

Ah, okay. I guess I figured that was the deal, no one bothered to tell me.

Can we still call them Bobbies? None of the article called them Bobbies.

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obifu

Jul. 22nd, 2005 08:29 pm (UTC)

Yeah, they carry guns now...

I'm making a big assumption that he had a bomb, but if he did, thatis why I have no problem with cops searching my bag.

It's just a sad fact of life that we have to put up with this.

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littlewashu

Jul. 22nd, 2005 08:36 pm (UTC)

Right, I mean, boviously we don't have all the information they have. This could turn out to be a great thing or a really fucking scary thing, but we won't know which it is for a while.

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obifu

Jul. 22nd, 2005 08:51 pm (UTC)

Yeah, I'm not sure which case I'm hoping for, but the more I read about it, the more it looks like something fishy.

Dude was wearing some sort of padded winter jacket in the middle of summer?

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calamityjon

Jul. 22nd, 2005 08:29 pm (UTC)

Tha-a-a-a-at's just in the House, the damn Patriot Act extension. Those dumb fuckers never vote no on nothing. Chances are it'll get murdered in the Senate.

I don't even know WHY we HAVE a bicameral legislation anymore. Reps are dicks.

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littlewashu

Jul. 22nd, 2005 08:34 pm (UTC)

Oh! I thought it passed the Senate yesterday, and the House this morning.

Also, I don't know what "bicameral" means, but it sounds dirty.

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harvey

Jul. 22nd, 2005 08:41 pm (UTC)

Two branches. You know, like House and Senate.

Hey! I knew something!

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calamityjon

Jul. 22nd, 2005 08:57 pm (UTC)

It's better dirty.

Let her dream.

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harvey

Jul. 22nd, 2005 09:32 pm (UTC)

Re: It's better dirty.

Aw, man. Fiiine.

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swolfe

Jul. 22nd, 2005 09:11 pm (UTC)

camera means chamber or room in latin, so bicameral means "split chamber".

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calamityjon

Jul. 22nd, 2005 09:41 pm (UTC)

See, that's hot!

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Jul. 22nd, 2005 09:53 pm (UTC)

God I love wikipedia.

It was set up that way to insure that thre was a balance between larger and smaller states, as the lower house is based on population, and the upper house is 2 Senators for each state. Good articles.

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Jul. 22nd, 2005 10:44 pm (UTC)

Re: God I love wikipedia.

Say hello to your new high school civics teacher, rxgreene!

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littlewashu

Jul. 22nd, 2005 10:58 pm (UTC)

Re: God I love wikipedia.

I can't believe you had to go to Wikipedia for that. Didn't they have Social Studies in school back when you were a kid?

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singofmyself

Jul. 22nd, 2005 09:26 pm (UTC)

My sister's sister-in-law is a cop in England and had to take target training as part of becoming one. I think that some of them carry guns, but a good portion of them don't.

I hate GW Bush and the Patriot Act. I think the whole thing is evil.

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(Anonymous)

Jul. 23rd, 2005 12:32 am (UTC)

I live in England.

Beat cops as a general rule here do not carry guns. Some do but it is under special circumstances. The rumor is that since the officers were plain-clothed and carrying a weapon that they were a special forces unit of some sort.

Police are still called bobbies, but it is more of a slang, so you are unlikely to see the term used in the news.

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hayce

Jul. 23rd, 2005 03:09 am (UTC)

Re: I live in England.

I hope they all say "ello, ello, ello" and "what's all this then" in that Python-esque tone.. Yay - comic stereotypes!

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