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I don't know if it's just me. I could be wrong, of course. But I
thought that as a human being I had a few of those things, what are they
called? Inalienable rights. You know, those things that you should never
have voided. And yet, over here, such things seem not to apply, or at
least not to the general populace.
In England at least, the Police have no right to search a person unless
they have a) a warrant, or b) said person under arrest. And yet over
here, the pumped up freaks that make up the police force apparently have
the power to search anyone and anything they see fit. Coming off the
train on my way home from spending 11 hours at work, with the air
conditioning off and server temperatures peaking in the mid 30's -
Degrees C, that is - and I get babbled at by a German policeman. Me. Out
of a crowd of about five or six hundred people, I'm the only one pulled
out. I decided not to start with the four hundred pounds of raw
attitude, as they had Berettas. Safeties off as well. The threat of
being shot at makes me more docile than usual.
So, once they seized my papers for Sergeant Porker to squint at while
pretending he could read, the other gave me the full search. His hands
went through my every pocket, had my wallet open, even went as far as to
see what minidisc I was listening to. He also decided to go right
through my trench in case I had slipped a sword under it or something,
then opened up and started rummaging about in my laptop bag. Every damn
pocket. This pig was thorough. If he'd asked me to boot my laptop,
though, I'd rather have been shot.
Some of you may be wondering what was so odd about this? These fascist
bastards who just like being violent to people on very slim pretences,
singled me out to search for no good reason whatsoever. In England I
could have those bastards on charges of misconduct, as that violates one
of my basic inalienable rights as an English citizen. But of course,
that won't happen over here. Here, the populace have no rights like
that. And yes, this is as bad as I make it seem. An example. Police,
like the pigs that got to me, search a man at random and find him
possessing a concealed gun. They then arrest him for that. However, the
evidence was gained without charge, without anything at all. They just
grabbed someone off the street and got lucky. How can anyone in that
situation tell if the weapon wasn't planted by overzealous 'lawmen' in
order to secure an arrest and a raise? The law must allow for the
privacy of the individual against persecution by the state, while
allowing the state to still be able to prosecute those guilty of crimes.
Basically, I'm pissed off with those fuck-headed pigs thinking that just
because I don't dress like a good little citizen they can pull me over,
search everything I have on me, and babble at me in a language I will
probably never understand. Still, it looks like that is the way the
future is going. Nothing to see here, Friend Citizen. Move on and stay
happy.
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Then again, it's not just German law enforcement that's gone screwy.
Bored as hell a few nights ago, I stumbled across an American world
history site. The kind that would be used by kids working towards GCSE
or whatvertheheltheycallem in America. Not content with assuming that
Pearl Harbour was the start of the Second World War (as if), one latest
edition's wording of events is skewed so far it reads that "Those Japs
bombed Pearl Harbour, we went and bombed them and saved the world". In
the words of someone that can say it: Utter bullshit. The only thing
that the Americans brought the rest of the world during the war is the
Hershey bar (a Good Thing) and the idea of Friendly Fire (a Bad Thing).
So, it shouldn't have been "Enter the US, the world is saved", more
"Enter the US, exit stage right too bloody many Allies, most of whom
were American, but a fair few of whom were our lads, all shot by some
cross-eyed Redneck wankers that couldn't tell their collective arseholes
from their elbows let alone one of the enemy from someone on the same
side."
Sure, the US did some good. But don't forget, all of those that were
going to argue with me: Did the US do anything about Poland? No. Did the
US do anything, in fact, while most of the War raged? No. While France
was captured? No. Not a damn thing. Because they were content to sit
back and eat your chocolate bars while untold millions died. To think
that it took such a suicide run by the Japanese to even get the
Americans to think about entering the war is just too sickening. And the
number of Americans that seem to think that the Shoah, the greatest act
of evil on the planet last century, just plain *didn't happen* is
increasing. What the fuck is going on? Why? I hope someone can give me a
good reason for it, because at least then I can have someone to gut and
burn. Didn't happen my arse. Whatever the US are thinking with that is
complete and utter crap. It's like not telling your kids about murder so
it will not happen to them. For the love of any deity that's listening,
will people do something about this? It's just more proof that the US is
engaging in a process of historical alteration that seems greatly akin
to that in Orwell's 1984.
So next time just remember: The US only went into Vietnam because they
were scared they'd be too late for number 3 as well. Then they started
to call it a 'police action' instead of a 'total fuck-up'. It's
blatantly obvious what happened.
Never let the Americans join a war that you don't want fucked up.
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Yes, I'm being nasty and vindictive for no good reason. So what? You'd
rather I was nice? Keep smoking the crack pipe. I thought it'd be nice
to see some of the reactions when it's not my home country that I'm
going nuts at. What can I say, suck the fucking pipe.
The web-site is still stalled. I'm trying to find some webspace without
popups or advertising links. Any ideas, drop me a line. Oh, and if
you're thinking of flaming me because you're American and WWII really
did start with Pearl Harbour, fuck off. You don't want to see the
results of your actions, and if you're lucky I might just leave you with
eyeballs.
Stewart Wilson, the Digital Raven
Munich, 22 August 2001
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