Repeat after me: "I don't live in a police state" (UK)

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guyver01

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Cue the beards of necks explaining that this is fine with him because there's no expectation of privacy in 3...2...
 
PottedMeat

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lol ARREST HIM!
 
HAL9000

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No way! The police are arresting people who post pictures of themselves on facebook comitting crimes. What is the world coming to. Next they will be arresting people who kill each other :rolleyes:

P.S. British people don't think they speak English, English people do.
 
guyver01

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Police use facebook to find pictures of people holding knives
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HAL9000 said:
No way! The police are arresting people who post pictures of themselves on facebook comitting crimes.
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Good to know.

Holding a knife is a crime in the UK.

Don't go to a restaurant people, you can't cut your food!
 
HAL9000

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guyver01 said:
Good to know.

Holding a knife is a crime in the UK.

Don't go to a restaurant people, you can't cut your food!
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Carrying a knife over a few inches in public is a crime in the UK.

A restaurant is a privately owned place.
 
Jaskalas

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Once you have gun control you need knife control... then fork control... and last but not least (it hurts more) spoon control.
 
Doppel

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Spending time on this sh*t, meanwhile I bet they've done a piss poor job (like the US) of charging any bankers and their ilk with huge amounts of fraud they committed as part of the current fiscal crisis.

I wonder if these guys have a way to tell if a person in the restaurant is not in a US restaurant. Or perhaps he's on vacation to a relative's house in South Africa or something, who knows.

And even if they broke the law it's a bit like spraying 50 cal at a person for going 75 in a 70 zone. Not quite a reasonable response.

I wonder if these cops feel like assholes, I bet some of them do.
 
HAL9000

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Doppel said:
Spending time on this sh*t, meanwhile I bet they've done a piss poor job (like the US) of charging any bankers and their ilk with huge amounts of fraud they committed as part of the current fiscal crisis.

I wonder if these guys have a way to tell if a person in the restaurant is not in a US restaurant. Or perhaps he's on vacation to a relative's house in South Africa or something, who knows.

And even if they broke the law it's a bit like spraying 50 cal at a person for going 75 in a 70 zone. Not quite a reasonable response.

I wonder if these cops feel like assholes, I bet some of them do.
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I wouldn't I'd feel like I was 100% right in what I was doing, if you commit a crime and then post photos of you committing it on facebook, you deserve to be arrested.
 
CPA

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The fact that merely holding a knife over a certain length is a crime if friggin retarded.
 
Drako

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CPA said:
The fact that merely holding a knife over a certain length is a crime if friggin retarded.
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Well, it is the UK after all. It's the same place were squatters have more rights than land owners.

And LOL at the guy with the hatchet :)
 
Nebor

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WTF are the police wearing? I get the stab proof vests, but what are those harnesses? I thought they were shoulder holsters at first, since they have a reasonable expectation of facing a knife wielding "hardened criminal" but as I look closer it doesn't appear that they have guns. It looks like those are holding a flashlight and some handcuffs.
 
HAL9000

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CPA said:
The fact that merely holding a knife over a certain length is a crime if friggin retarded.
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I disagree. It makes perfect sense from where I'm sat.

Nebor said:
WTF are the police wearing? I get the stab proof vests, but what are those harnesses? I thought they were shoulder holsters at first, since they have a reasonable expectation of facing a knife wielding "hardened criminal" but as I look closer it doesn't appear that they have guns. It looks like those are holding a flashlight and some handcuffs.
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They don't have guns, they may have batons, pepper spray, stun guns, torches and handcuffs.
 
HAL9000

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MovingTarget said:
How so? :hmm:
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Because, carrying certain knives makes sense in certain jobs or with certain hobbies. I.e. some people need to carry a stanley knife if they are a builder / carpenter etc. Some people need to carry a small fishing knife. No one needs to carry a massive knife for their job.

In all honesty you are only allowed to carry a small knife if you have a good reason to.
 
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CPA said:
The fact that merely holding a knife over a certain length is a crime if friggin retarded.
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The country is full of people like necktard...so it makes perfect sense that such laws exist.
 
schneiderguy

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HAL9000 said:
Because, carrying certain knives makes sense in certain jobs or with certain hobbies. I.e. some people need to carry a stanley knife if they are a builder / carpenter etc. Some people need to carry a small fishing knife. No one needs to carry a massive knife for their job.

In all honesty you are only allowed to carry a small knife if you have a good reason to.
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I carry a 7" Kabar sometimes just because I can. I've never stabbed anyone and I never intend to.
 
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