Danish Sith Lord fined in Galactic Republic rumpus The Vulture Central Star Wars Saddometer maxxed out at 10 today at the news that Danish police rushed to a house in Jutland over the weekend to break up a heated argument between two teenage lads regarding the exact strength of the Galactic Republic. According to The Local, cops rolled up at the premises in Fredericia at 5. …
And in what way was this any different from two drunk people arguing/fighting over...anything (let's say football)? Oh but wait, Star Wars. Hilarity ensues...
Using "saddometer" is also a little bit ironic coming from The Register, who's main audience is probably considered by the general pubic to be disctinctly nerdish. Pot calling kettle black there I think :P
"And in what way was this any different from two drunk people arguing/fighting over...anything (let's say football)? Oh but wait, Star Wars. Hilarity ensues..."
Because having an argument about the strength of a fictional empire is bizarre: there is not even a subjective answer. It's like asking which of two characters in a novel you think is taller, when their heights are not mentioned in the book: even in theory there is no answer.
It's like when people were debating who would win in a race between Mo Farah and Usain Bolt, without specifying any kind of distance. One is a sprinter, one is a distance runner, it was a ludicrous debate that raged on for weeks after London 2012.
That gives me an idea for an argument interesting discussion.
What is the exact distance required, such that a race between Usain Bolt and Mo Farrah would result in a dead heat?
Although the more important question is which is worse? Usain Bolt won an Olympic gold after a breakfast of McDonalds chicken nuggets. But Farrah willingly consumes Quorn mince...
You might think that shooting someone suspected of stealing a purse i good but I don't. I'd rather the bobby talk to the victim and any other witnesses to get a description of the perp and figure out which of the well know neredowells it was, at which point they can be arrested in their local boozer. Much more civilized.
Oh, like bobbies, when you steal a purse and run away, they say "Stop!" or I'll say "Stop!" again because I don't have gun....
While I can appreciate your sentiments, I'm not wholly sure I want our police routinely armed. Some of them aren't very bright and can be known to be intemperate.
I'm not having a general pop at the boys n girls in blue; my best mate is one of them, and he'd give the same reason I'm about to. The interview and selection process undertaken to recruit the current intake will have taken no account of their suitability to maintain a firearm, because it was never envisaged as a requirement of the job.
The interview and selection process undertaken to recruit the current intake will have taken no account of their suitability to maintain a firearm, because it was never envisaged as a requirement of the job.
Apparently they do in the US - and look how successful that has been (unless I suppose your metric is based on the number of people shot in the back)
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