elag wrote:
>
> Paul Heslop wrote:
> >
> > elag wrote:
> >
> > > > > Oh... I agree... It seems like "cruel and unusual punishment"... but I
> > > > > suppose one must pay the price for civil disobedience.
> > > >
> > > > :O) I always laugh at that line when i think it comes from the 'home of
> > > > the free'
> > >
> > > Hmm... explain... is "cruel and unusual punishment" funny or paying the
> > > price for civil disobedience?... and how so?
> >
> > No, the 'home of the free part'. I have been chastised for our english
> > way of having rules for this that and the other and yet it often seems
> > that in some ways America is a far harder place to live than here.
>
> In some ways, surely. You can't hardly find a decent cup o' tea anywhere.
:O) That would mean my wife would refuse to even visit! Her sister has
started drinking coffee simply for that reason. She also missed her
English cheeses.
>
> > I suppose, at the end of the day its just whatever you're used to. I'm
> > used to not having seen more than a handful of real guns in my whole
> > life (discounting museums) and if I ever got stopped for something I had
> > or hadn't done (when I was a naughty little boy) the last thing I
> > worried about was whether a sudden movement would put me in a wooden
> > box.
>
> It's even more dangerous if your complexion is dark, capeesh?
So I have heard. I guess it is the same here, but again to a lesser
extent. here they almost always meet with an accident, rather than
actually being shot trying to escape etc. Oops, he fell down the stairs!
(And they really do say that, I know because that's what they said when
they beat ME up)
>
> > Sadly, due to the influx of what appears to be gangsta culture it
> > is becoming more likely to be the victim of some sort of armed tragedy.
>
> Ever think of joining a neighborhood watch?
Eek! They even manage to steal the CCTV cameras here!
--
Paul. (Faces look ugly when you're alone)
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