tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post3561642859036864837..comments2024-03-29T05:21:11.278+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: Don’t We Have Enough Real Muggings We Could Use To Test This Theory?JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-20192658132816412572009-09-10T18:49:31.739+01:002009-09-10T18:49:31.739+01:00"Sounds like they aren’t sure if they need a ..."Sounds like they aren’t sure if they need a sewer-system hideout or a glossy 10th floor office HQ…"<br /><br />To quote a friend, 'heh.'North Northwesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10990919627286136085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-7456449872886576272009-09-10T17:26:35.650+01:002009-09-10T17:26:35.650+01:00"..a charity that encouraged whistleblowers -...<i>"..a charity that encouraged whistleblowers - so at least he's consistent in his message.."</i> <br /><br />That seems an even odder raison d'etre for a charity, actually...<br /><br /><br /><i>"I think it's laudable that someone used DP's kit so quickly and to such effect..."</i> <br /><br />Heh! Indeed...<br /><br /><br /><i>"Let's hope those photographs don't happen to have the standby secret plods in the background, otherwise guess what? Yes, you're nicked."</i> <br /><br />Good point. <br /><br />And fat chance of a picture if it's me. By the time I've found the camera app, figured out how to use the camera app, and saved a photo, all I'll have in the frame is a bleeding victim.<br /><br /><i>"It's "fake" when it does "advocacy", rather than, er, charity work. Regardless of the funding."</i> <br /><br />Yes, agreed. None of the most recent new charities would be recognised as such by the Victorians, who were very big on philanthropy.<br /><br /><i>"Nowadays, people know damned well that if they get involved and dare to harm some mugger or rapist, they'll be the ones to suffer the full force of the law against them."</i> <br /><br />And sadly, I think there's no putting that genie back in the bottle...JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-12208420220289173432009-09-10T13:27:18.423+01:002009-09-10T13:27:18.423+01:00Anyway, it's ridiculous to blame people for no...Anyway, it's ridiculous to blame people for not getting involved when the state has deliberately disarmed us and told us not to try to even defend ourselves, let alone anyone else, but to leave it to the "professionals".<br /><br />Nowadays, people know damned well that if they get involved and dare to harm some mugger or rapist, they'll be the ones to suffer the full force of the law against them.Ian Bhttp://www.countingcats.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-56838193227989940342009-09-10T13:07:21.683+01:002009-09-10T13:07:21.683+01:00We really need to strangle this "only governm...We really need to strangle this "only government funded charities are fake charities" meme in the bud. Government funding is only part of the progressivist web. Most of the funding comes from foundations etc- as with Nuffield, the infamous Rowntree Foundation and so on.<br /><br />It's "fake" when it's lobbying rather than handing soup to tramps, which is virtually every charity in the anglosphere. It's "fake" when it does "advocacy", rather than, er, charity work. Regardless of the funding.<br /><br />Rowntree for instance proudly boast on their website how they acted as a pressure group incubator in the crucial 1970s.<br /><br />The error in the "fake charities" narrative as it is developing is an entirely mistaken belief that the state are creating charities, NGOs etc to do their bidding. This is a cart/horse inversion error. The charities/NGOs are the horse, not the government. The government is their bitch. Or, er, cart. Kind of thing.<br /><br />Boycott fruit pastilles.Ian Bhttp://www.countingcats.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-47081821605451159122009-09-10T12:32:54.611+01:002009-09-10T12:32:54.611+01:00"if you are there and can take a photo safely..."if you are there and can take a photo safely"<br /><br />Oh, brilliant. <br /><br />Let's hope those photographs don't happen to have the standby secret plods in the background, otherwise guess what? Yes, you're nicked.<br /><br />And if you do "have a go", expect the same thing to happen.<br /><br />Don't they realise the reason people "walk on by" is that if you try to be a good citizen all you get is "leave it to the professionals" and possibly a charge of assault?<br /><br />Joined-up propaganda, is it?Weekend Yachtsmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04262853091154005651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-64893043545095327612009-09-10T09:54:20.401+01:002009-09-10T09:54:20.401+01:00This isn't Guy Dehn's first charity outing...This isn't Guy Dehn's first charity outing. By all accounts he was involved in the set up of Public Concern at Work (1025557) - a charity that encouraged whistleblowers - so at least he's consistent in his message even if you disagree with his methods (and, quite frankly, mocking muggings is dubious). <br /><br />I think it's laudable that someone used <a href="http://dickpuddlecote.blogspot.com/2009/09/new-fake-charity-franchise-available.html" rel="nofollow">DP's kit</a> so quickly and to such effect .. .. ..manwiddicombehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02499331812704446499noreply@blogger.com