>This humanitarianism thing appears to be quite contagious. First,
>the US and NATO wage a humanitarian war complete with bombs
>against Yugoslavia. Then in Florida, cops humanely tried to save
>the life of a death row inmate by performing CPR with their boots.
>And as Michael pointed there were those cops in Riverside
>who attempted to save a woman's life by shooting her.
>
>I submit that the world could use a little less such humanitarianism.
>
surely. you know, i was vegging out in front the tube and saw some report about the rise in the numbers of "suicide by cop." sorry, i was vegging so i have no idea what the hell i was watching, something that came on after the news.... anyway, the report claimed that more and more people are commiting suicide by engaging in staged confrontations with the cops in order to get shot. apparently, these folks can't bear to swallow some pills or blow their head off, so they get into confrontations armed with knives, empty guns, toy guns, etc. some supposedly leave suicide notes apologizing to the cop who had to kill them. i mean, i rilly rilly don't like conspiracy theories of the media, but good god i have to believe that this particular 'report' was planted by some p.r. team for some national assoc of police officers in order to fight the police brutality scandals of late.
but hey, jim, the 'this is for your own good' rationale is an oldie.
kelley