Is that detective_boy in the new Labour Party ad?

[krtek a houby]

I wonder where the institutional racism springs from then.

I'm guessing that Spymaster doesn't know the majority of cops in the UK, so maybe he's just referring to those few he does know?

 

[Magnus McGinty]

I'm guessing that Spymaster doesn't know the majority of cops in the UK, so maybe he's just referring to those few he does know?

Non racist Masonic cops of the same lodge.

 

[redcogs]

Orwell was a bobby abroad. He learned much from the experience. i wish he was posting here.

 

[Idaho]

A former high ranking met officer who often talked of his still continuing links to powerful people in the legal system sending PM's to posters threatening to sue them is not gentle rain - it's putting the frighteners on. It's poison for a discussion forum. As i suspect you would agree if the posters he disliked didn't crossover so frequently with the ones you dislike.

I didn't know about the pms -but even then... Would you really take that kind of threat seriously? Some random internet threatens to sue? There are much more frightening and realistic threats bandied about on the internet all the time (violence against women), in comparison this is laughable. Posters I dislike? I think you have an odd, self-generated idea of who I dislike. But if you are saying that the bold and fearless keyboard warriors of p&p were crying themselves to sleep from detective boys lame threats... Then they really aren't made of the kind of metal needed to man the revolutionary barricades.

Was he high ranking?

 

[stethoscope]

I remember DB jumping on me massively and throwing the toys out of the pram just for some comments I made about policing Notting Hill Carnival once. I came away with the feeling he'd be able to get somebody convicted for something they never even did

 

[krtek a houby]

Non racist Masonic cops of the same lodge.

I dunno. Do you really believe that all cops are racist Masons?

 

[Idaho]

I remember DB jumping on me massively just for some comments I made about policing Notting Hill Carnival once. I came away with the feeling he'd be able to get somebody convicted for something they never even did

He ranted at me for not pressing charges at a couple of kids who threatened me with a toothpick sized knife when they were pissed.

 

[redcogs]

Then they really aren't made of the kind of metal needed to man the revolutionary barricades.

i believe the appropriate term is 'Staff'. ie, to staff the revolutionary barricades.

 

[The39thStep]

I'm guessing that Spymaster doesn't know the majority of cops in the UK, so maybe he's just referring to those few he does know?

Do you know the majority of cops in the UK?

 

[ViolentPanda]

Come off it. He jumped in with two feet before anything kicked off. His 'tormentors' knew more about police brutality than he did, as he would have it. I never did sue the police. Should have done probably.

I'm sure that FridgeMagnet recalls d_b's "billiard balls filled with noxious substances" fantasy from the student riots.

 

[Magnus McGinty]

I dunno. Do you really believe that all cops are racist Masons?

Is that what I said?

 

[butchersapron]

I didn't know about the pms -but even then... Would you really take that kind of threat seriously? Some random internet threatens to sue? There are much more frightening and realistic threats bandied about on the internet all the time (violence against women), in comparison this is laughable. Posters I dislike? I think you have an odd, self-generated idea of who I dislike. But if you are saying that the bold and fearless keyboard warriors of p&p were crying themselves to sleep from detective boys lame threats... Then they really aren't made of the kind of metal needed to man the revolutionary barricades.

Was he high ranking?

Yes he was very senior. I think you've just demonstrated the truth of the second part of the post i replied to.

Of course, you don't know how many posters received the threats to sue nor the extent to which they did take them seriously. Given the wide range of police corruption, fits ups, violence and general bad behaviour allied with a willingness to call in personal and professional favours that we've seen highlighted on here and elsewhere from the police over the last decade then i think taking seriously a threat from an aggressive well connected one would not be entirely pusillanimous.

 

[krtek a houby]

Do you know the majority of cops in the UK?

No. I'm just referring to the few I've dealt with/known over the years. Half of them were wrong uns and half were decent.

 

[SpookyFrank]

I dunno. Do you really believe that all cops are racist Masons?

I don't think they're all racists but how they behave as an organisation is racist so in practice they might as well be.

 

[krtek a houby]

Is that what I said?

Dunno. What are you saying?

 

[ViolentPanda]

Why shoudn't ex cops be attracted to a board like this?

I dunno, sarge.

 

[krtek a houby]

I don't think they're all racists but how they behave as an organisation is racist so in practice they might as well be.

That's the organisation, sure. I'm just talking about individuals.

 

[Spymaster]

Yes he was very senior.

He was a D.I.

 

[Magnus McGinty]

Dunno. What are you saying?

Words that came out of my head and not yours.

 

[ViolentPanda]

It’s the insinuation that the reception he got was unexpected and not deserved. Although when Paddick posted here he was treated as a hero.

Not by me. I did have a go at Puddleduck on twitter a while back, though. Did the whole "you've changed, man. You used to be cool, but now you're the man" schtick on him. I cannot lie, it was fun.

 

[Pickman's model]

Orwell was a bobby abroad. He learned much from the experience. i wish he was posting here.

it would be all 'get me out of this coffin'

 

[Spymaster]

Is that what I said?

I'm not sure what you said, tbh.

 

[SpookyFrank]

I didn't know about the pms -but even then... Would you really take that kind of threat seriously? Some random internet threatens to sue? There are much more frightening and realistic threats bandied about on the internet all the time (violence against women), in comparison this is laughable. Posters I dislike? I think you have an odd, self-generated idea of who I dislike. But if you are saying that the bold and fearless keyboard warriors of p&p were crying themselves to sleep from detective boys lame threats... Then they really aren't made of the kind of metal needed to man the revolutionary barricades.

I'm pretty sure threats are against the rules regardless of their plausibility. And anyone who keeps an eye on the police knows all too well the lengths coppers are willing and able to go to to ruin the lives of those they dislike.

 

[Magnus McGinty]

I'm not sure what you said, tbh.

Well it wasn’t a generalisation.

 

[SpookyFrank]

That's the organisation, sure. I'm just talking about individuals.

And my position is that it doesn't matter if you're the nicest bloke the baby Jesus ever placed upon the earth, if you work for a racist organisation then you are racist. You are responsible for the acts of those with whom you willingly associate. If joint enterprise is sauce for the goose then it's sauce for the gander.

 

[ViolentPanda]

those bad apples again eh

Yep, those few rotten bastards who drag their pristine comrades down.

 

[Spymaster]

Although when Paddick posted here he was treated as a hero.

When Paddick was on here I didn't know whether to laugh or puke at the sight of half of our anarchist revolutionaries barging each other out of the way in a rush to stick their tongues up the famous policeman's arsehole.

 

[ViolentPanda]

Orwell was a bobby abroad. He learned much from the experience. i wish he was posting here.

TBF, his powers as a police officer in Burma were almost entirely different from those of a copper in the UK.

 

[Idaho]

Yes he was very senior. I think you've just demonstrated the truth of the second part of the post i replied to.

Of course, you don't know how many posters received the threats to sue nor the extent to which they did take them seriously. Given the wide range of police corruption, fits ups, violence and general bad behaviour allied with a willingness to call in personal and professional favours that we've seen highlighted on here and elsewhere from the police over the last decade then i think taking seriously a threat from an aggressive well connected one would not be entirely pusillanimous.

I don't dispute that it's good to be wary of police and ex police. But the messages on here and the posts, are all recorded.

I think you take these threats too seriously because you take yourselves too seriously.

 

[ViolentPanda]

I didn't know about the pms -but even then... Would you really take that kind of threat seriously? Some random internet threatens to sue? There are much more frightening and realistic threats bandied about on the internet all the time (violence against women), in comparison this is laughable. Posters I dislike? I think you have an odd, self-generated idea of who I dislike. But if you are saying that the bold and fearless keyboard warriors of p&p were crying themselves to sleep from detective boys lame threats... Then they really aren't made of the kind of metal needed to man the revolutionary barricades.

Mettle, dear boy. Mettle.

Was he high ranking?

DCI/acting Superintendent.