Robocop (Was Support the Troops)

[Reese]

At 04:20 PM 3/22/2003 -1000, Reese wrote:
>At 02:58 PM 3/22/2003 -0800, andie nachgeborenen wrote:
>
>>Chicago cops are now out in full Robocop gear (donated. I am told, by
>>Boeing!),no ID except helmet #s (on the back), and they're pretty nasty.
>>Arguing with a Policve Commander on Thurs night -- I made it clear I wes
>>speaking as an NLG legal observer (and anyway I was in a suit and tie) 
>
>I'll bet that made all the difference.  And were you in T-shirt and jeans?
>
>Why does it take the "suit and tie" appearance to make a difference?  I'm 
>reminded of a line from Orwell's most famous work.

Sorry, not meant as an attack on you personally - it was meant as an
attack on the system that places greater worth on "business men" in
"suit and tie" than on other citizens who are just as fundamentally
a part of the whole system.

Reese