tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484626660177622626.post3860954093506728978..comments2024-03-27T19:54:34.479+00:00Comments on Falling On A Bruise: Stunningly Bad DecisionFalling on a bruisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05518409624331248084noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484626660177622626.post-85661867210350756412007-09-07T22:41:00.000+01:002007-09-07T22:41:00.000+01:00Eeek, the thought of each member of the Met police...Eeek, the thought of each member of the Met police being handed these tasers makes me shiver (or shudder).<BR/><BR/>It seems that the police service are going back to basics and returning to being the Force.The Little Cheesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08373475647461973671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484626660177622626.post-30214415521229880922007-09-07T03:42:00.000+01:002007-09-07T03:42:00.000+01:00The misuse of tasers I have definitely found distu...The misuse of tasers I have definitely found disturbing, as well as the deaths.<BR/><BR/>However, here's another perspective, not to say that I necessarily support tasers, but it does give me pause.<BR/><BR/>A couple of weeks ago in Vancouver, there was a police shooting of a man with a mental illness that, by witness accounts, was completely unnecessary. He was a threat to anyone who approached him, but was shot and killed at a distance. The thinking is that the best way to apprehend him might have been to use a taser.Stephen Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15645889989231723542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484626660177622626.post-47248428469436567662007-09-06T10:20:00.000+01:002007-09-06T10:20:00.000+01:00Hey Lucy, as the totalitarian influence increases ...Hey Lucy, as the totalitarian influence increases so will the violence. We ain't seen nothing yet.<BR/><BR/>P.S. Check out the World Utopian Movement which I'm trying to get up and running. You might want to join but no obligation!<BR/><BR/>Cheers!Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02798600572745255535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484626660177622626.post-26747474228540934362007-09-06T09:35:00.000+01:002007-09-06T09:35:00.000+01:00Did you read a post I recently did called 'rights ...Did you read a post I recently did called 'rights eroding' Lucy?<BR/>Your post on tasers correlates nicely to what I was saying about us going down the track of a heavily controlled/ legally enforced society. I thought Farenheight 451 was a sci-fi novel,turns out it was an accurate future prediction.<BR/><BR/>Great post<BR/>Zoe XXXAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484626660177622626.post-16823402600020843882007-09-05T06:44:00.000+01:002007-09-05T06:44:00.000+01:00I don't have direct experience here, so I'm in the...I don't have direct experience here, so I'm in the realms of speculation... but I suspect I'd rather be 'tasered' rather than shot with a bullet or sprayed with CS gas... <BR/><BR/>But then, I don't have a heart condition or take too many drugs - both of which are considered to increase the risk of dying after you've been tasered. (Oh, and I'd probably stop struggling after I'd been tasered for the first time). <BR/><BR/>Anyway, something seems rotten in the state of Denmark regarding these things, that's if the statistics in that CBS report are to be believed. Ten 'death by taser' in the US just last month? Something is seriously wrong either with the weapon itself or with the way it's being used (firing it <I>nine</I> times???), and until these questions are resolved, I share your concern at the thought of it being used in the UK).Cheezyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10176170186766506070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484626660177622626.post-85259388456406546602007-09-04T22:51:00.000+01:002007-09-04T22:51:00.000+01:00As i said, i cannot honestly trust the people thes...As i said, i cannot honestly trust the people these weapons are enpowered to, to use them correctly and safely. This only deepens my reservations.Falling on a bruisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05518409624331248084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484626660177622626.post-18776214260421910252007-09-04T21:40:00.000+01:002007-09-04T21:40:00.000+01:00A couple weeks ago I heard testimony from an offic...A couple weeks ago I heard testimony from an officer who has a new taser and couldn't wait for an opportunity to use it, He was terribly disappointed when he hit a car instead of the guy he was chasing through a parking lot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com