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"Brian Paddick: Britain's most controversial police chief"

so let me get this straight - the intellectual might of urban is pro the police annd think they do a stirling job? Can you offer an opinion?

I feel no sympathy for a high ranking policeman thats going to retire on a huge pension....

is this highly problematic?
 
chegrimandi said:
so let me get this straight - the intellectual might of urban is pro the police annd think they do a stirling job? Can you offer an opinion?

I feel no sympathy for a high ranking policeman thats going to retire on a huge pension....

is this highly problematic?

I believe he feels no sympathy for you either, if it makes you feel better :)
 
chegrimandi said:
does urban think the police victimise, repress and demonise working class youth?
Sorry - who are you addressing this to?

I didn't think we'd elected a spokesperson for the entire site.
 
chegrimandi said:
does urban think the police victimise, repress and demonise working class youth?

I think that Urban isn't a consensus or a dissensus. It's comprised of a variety of political viewpoints and cannot be said to be definitively 'thinking' any single thought.

It's one of it's finer points I find.

:)
 
TheLostProphet said:
I think that Urban isn't a consensus or a dissensus. It's comprised of a variety of political viewpoints and cannot be said to be definitively 'thinking' any single thought.
You mean we're not a mono thought clique?

I must be thinking of another site!

:D :D :D
 
Can I interject with my question again?

The best Metropolitan Police Commissioner available - Sir Ian Blair or Brian Paddick (or somebody else)?
 
chegrimandi said:
I was asking you to clarify your point quizmaster!
I'm fail to see why you can't understand my question.

Seeing as you - in your "mature reasoned" way - posted up saying, "a piggy is a piggy is a piggy is a piggy", I asked if you'd prefer a society with no police.

It's really quite a simple question.
chegrimandi said:
will there be an urban whipround for BP's slush fund?
That doesn't even make sense. What are you on about?
 
MatthewCuffe said:
Can I interject with my question again?

The best Metropolitan Police Commissioner available - Sir Ian Blair or Brian Paddick (or somebody else)?
Keith Blakelock. :cool:
 
editor said:
I asked if you'd prefer a society with no police.

It's really quite a simple question.
I know it wasn't addressed to little me, but anyway.....

A society with no police function is an impossibility, IMO. However, that's not the same as saying that you need a seperate police force.
 
MatthewCuffe said:
Can I interject with my question again?

The best Metropolitan Police Commissioner available - Sir Ian Blair or Brian Paddick (or somebody else)?

John Reid - the government throw him in to every other fucked up department to sort it out.

Of course, the mandatory riot gear and tear gas issued to all officers might cause what the man himself might call 'a wee bit of a fucken stir' there.

:cool:
 
I've no opinion on BP one way or the other. But..it does seem a bit 'high up copper posts on site, everyone gets a bit overexcited and from then on he can do no wrong' kind of hero worship type thing.

Just my opinion you understand.
 
From my reading of the Paddick on U75 episode, there was just genuine delight that an individual in a mainstream institution seemed to be listening, open-minded, forward-thinking, and able to think laterally.

Such is not the work of a Messiah - just the kind of pragmatically inspired approach that is all too rare in the UK.

And his reward?
 
Sue said:
I've no opinion on BP one way or the other. But..it does seem a bit 'high up copper posts on site, everyone gets a bit overexcited and from then on he can do no wrong' kind of hero worship type thing.
I'm sure he can do a lot of wrong, but it was refreshing having a cop in my area who I thought was actually listening to the community.

It was interesting having one take the time to argue the toss here too, IMO.
 
Sue said:
I've no opinion on BP one way or the other. But..it does seem a bit 'high up copper posts on site, everyone gets a bit overexcited and from then on he can do no wrong' kind of hero worship type thing.

Paddick isn't a hero as such - it was just nice to see someone do something different. The best of a bad barrel so to speak. And it might have helped his cause a tad when the red tops started laying into him for posting here and even more so when they made their attacks based on his sexuality. Not on imo.

But it's been a while since he could actually do anything, so the process of attack defend over Paddick is a bit cathartic.
 
MatthewCuffe said:
On reflection, I might plump for the Dalai Lama as opposed to John Reid.

Oh come on; Reid in charge of the Met? Civil Unrest in a month, Barricades in three, Revolution in five.

;) Cheg would be pleased.
 
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Perhaps it might appear to some as hero-worship simply because 'normality' is utter cynicism towards everyone in positions of responsibility.

We could live in a society where Mr.Paddick's attempt to listen to his community would be seen as normal, as opposed to weird or anarchistic (etc).

As for Mr.Reid, well we will see how the Home Office and public trust in it is doing after the hundred days.

I think you may be right that his machismo tactics will do nothing more than stimulate the revolution.
 
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