The major issue, surprisingly was not with the actions of regular "beat bobbies" per se. The problem was, essentially, a perfect storm of clusterfuckery, followed by illegal measures by senior officers in the South Yorkshire force, alongside a press agency and a now-ex Member of Parliament who went beyond extraordinary ;engths to shift the blame.
This is decidedly not to exonerate all the officers involved, but it does go a ways to explaining some of the actions, when seen as a "damage limitation" exercise done to extremes.
With Hillsborough, it was a horrifying incident that allowed the scum they call Kelvin MacKenzie permission to tar Liverpool fans with the same brush as those at Heysel in 1985. That is why the narrative was so popular: in a similar fashion to Millwall fans in the late 1990s/early 2000s being all tarred with the moniker "Millbrawl".
Hillsborough was a horrible incident, and what happenhed int he press was even more horrifying. But the truth here is out, mand it involves some very high people in the Met. And that should be the horrifying part: that one or two of the people actually got a better job as a direct result of the handling of the Hillsborough didaster.
It'll probably be a romcom with Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. And they'll clearly be the only ones to get paid per download from the new MegaUpload site.
Because this, if true, undermines the legitimacy of the intelligence that allowe dthe operation to go ahead in the first place.
There's no doubt that Dotcom definitively skirted the law in this case and was a criminal in other areas. Those are facts. What isn't a fact is the level of evidence provided to NZ law enforcement, from which the arrest and raid was ordered.
This is one fo the few areas where Valve need to actgually improve their pricing/levels of content, but can't (due mostly to legal issues, such as German violence laws or Australian content laws).
Well, that was what was initially set aside for videos. The fact is that, as some people were unhappy about the situation and gave their feedback, Palmer listened. It took five years for Ubisoft to listen about non-working games.
Moreover, people paid for the custom-painted turntables. Are you saying that that is unethical, too? Add in the fact that she asked and when this blew up, not one musician turned her down after the agreement, and it seems odd that this is the thing that people pick up on.
I think that this, along with the fact that Palmer actually listened to the complaints, separates her from the labels. That fact that she has shifted some of her already planned-out budget to compensate people is a bonus, and representative of her attitude towards others who aren't having as good a time playing music.
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This is decidedly not to exonerate all the officers involved, but it does go a ways to explaining some of the actions, when seen as a "damage limitation" exercise done to extremes.
With Hillsborough, it was a horrifying incident that allowed the scum they call Kelvin MacKenzie permission to tar Liverpool fans with the same brush as those at Heysel in 1985. That is why the narrative was so popular: in a similar fashion to Millwall fans in the late 1990s/early 2000s being all tarred with the moniker "Millbrawl".
Hillsborough was a horrible incident, and what happenhed int he press was even more horrifying. But the truth here is out, mand it involves some very high people in the Met. And that should be the horrifying part: that one or two of the people actually got a better job as a direct result of the handling of the Hillsborough didaster.
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Any technology that has a miss rate opf three in ten is absurdly not useful in that area.
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Gotcha. You fucking hypocrite.
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There's no doubt that Dotcom definitively skirted the law in this case and was a criminal in other areas. Those are facts. What isn't a fact is the level of evidence provided to NZ law enforcement, from which the arrest and raid was ordered.
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Oh, wait, that would be rational in the marketplace.
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Moreover, people paid for the custom-painted turntables. Are you saying that that is unethical, too? Add in the fact that she asked and when this blew up, not one musician turned her down after the agreement, and it seems odd that this is the thing that people pick up on.
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introducing...
THE NEW AVENGERS!
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