On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:03:27 +0000, Les Invalides
wrote:
>Alang posted
>>On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:48:00 +0000, Les Invalides
>>wrote:
>>
>>>Steve posted
>>>>"Les Invalides" wrote in message
>>>>news:R8enb$Aww16HFwn2@obviously.invalid...
>>>>> Steve posted
>>>>> >That's almost funny. What would you expect them to do with it?
>>>>>
>>>>> Sorry, wasn't it clear to you? I would like them to use it *only when
>>>>> necessary*, rather than indiscriminately.
>>>>
>>>>That would involve thought, not something you come across much in the
>>>>police.
>>>
>>>:) Perhaps. But this new policy of arresting everybody on sight is
>>>presumably due to senior police officers, not the knuckle-dragging
>>>plods. And I have met several senior police officers - in fact I know
>>>one or two very well - and IME they are *very* intelligent people.
>>
>>So was Beria
>
>That's really my point. The policy was imposed by intelligent people who
>know what they are doing. Therefore they *want* the results that will
>undoubtedly stem from it; in particular a fully populated DNA database,
>and a universal fear of the police.
Ah, now you're talking!
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