From: "Hal E. Fulton" <hal9000@...>
Date: 2001-03-16T15:21:30+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:12716] Re: [OFFTOPIC] Re: police warns you -- Perl is dangerous!!

----- Original Message -----
From: Todd Anderson <none@nowhere.com>
To: ruby-talk ML <ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org>; <ruby-talk@netlab.co.jp>
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 9:40 PM
Subject: [ruby-talk:12712] Re: [OFFTOPIC] Re: police warns you -- Perl is
dangerous!!


> On Thurs, 15 Mar 2001, Stephen White wrote:
>
> >US police are legally authorised to lie and deceive during interrogation,
> >able to make false claims, present fake evidence, and do anything short
> >of physical torture in order to secure a confession.
>
> Police are not allowed to interrogate a suspect once he asserts his right
to
> remain silent, *and* they're required to inform him of that right before
> questioning him. If the suspect decides to talk anyway, then yes, police
are
> allowed to lie during questioning in an attempt to gain a confession (for
> example, saying that they have a witness to the crime when they have none,
> or that the suspect's accomplice has confessed even if he hasn't).
>
> >I'm from another country...
>
> Australia, judging by your e-mail address. I hope you recognize the human
> rights deficiencies Australia has, in particular its systematic
> discrimination against Aborigines, its mistreatment of refuges, and its
> persecution of homosexuals. (Links available upon request.)
>

Oh, please.

Every country has its human rights abuses.

I don't mean to downplay those problems, but let's not have any
my-country-is-better-than-yours rhetoric. Particularly in a forum
about computer programming!

Todd, give Stephen a peanut-butter sandwich and a genuine Florida
dimpled ballot. Stephen, give Todd a vegemite sandwich and a Men
At Work CD.

Now shake hands, and return to coding in Ruby.

Cheers,
Hal