Posts tagged “crime”
In 2000, a spotty kid in a tracksuit conned me out of my phone on a London train. I chased him down and got it back, but lost my faith in strangers. Last night, history seemed to repeat itself, until the kid handed the phone back. Faith restored.
"Happy slapping" -- assaulting strangers on video phone -- turns out to be self-correcting. Actual assault is risky, so kids just slap each other and fake it. Net result: idiots hitting themselves to look cool. Darwin's got this one covered.
I'm reposting rumoured names of Premier League footballers accused of rape to keep them visible in search results, as other posts have pushed them out of Google's index. Updates include new details from the News of the World and a second arrest. All names remain unverified rumour and speculation.
I'm defiantly posting alleged names in the UK footballer rape case, defending myself against libel accusations. I'm just repeating word-of-mouth, making no claims of truth. The media blackout is crumbling anyway, with Aston Villa denying involvement and the Mirror naming Chelsea.
I'm a giant ant monster who breathes poisonous gas, apparently. Also, OJ Simpson sees parallels between his case and Scott Peterson's. Gee, I wonder why, OJ.
Britain has up to 1.1 million paedophiles, and we can't jail them all. Criminalisation and persecution drive the problem underground. Treatment works better than prison, as one clinic's 80% success rate showed before hysteria shut it down. This is majority persecution of a minority, nothing more.
Mocking CNN's DC sniper coverage for fanning panic, celebrating a wild Birmingham clubbing weekend including an impromptu wet t-shirt competition, and puzzling over a Macromedia knockoff site and bizarre Iraqi protest footage.
A convicted child molester killed a man who discovered his abuse, then manipulated the man's two young sons into confessing. A year later, Chavis walked free and the kids were convicted. The same prosecutor argued both cases. The legal system is broken.
Living in the US right now feels like Sarajevo with a McDonald's. Snipers, anthrax, abductions... and Harry Belafonte wading into politics with a gloriously blunt house-slave metaphor aimed at Colin Powell. I disagree with his methods, but anyone who thinks Ashcroft is nuts is alright by me.
