Deaths from New Zealand earthquake: 0
Deaths from Pakistan floods: 2000+
Damage estimate for New Zealand earthquake: $2 billion
Damage estimate for Pakistan floods: $43 billion
People injured and/or left homeless by New Zealand earthquake: about 100
People injured and/or left homeless by Pakistan floods: 20 million
Another bizarre rock star death:
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/09/06/uk.elo.cellist.killed/index.html?hpt=T2
Now that is tragic.
Who'd have thought some hay would have been his Mark Chapman?
Quote: DaButt @ September 6 2010, 5:52 PM BSTDeaths from New Zealand earthquake: 0
Deaths from Pakistan floods: 2000+Damage estimate for New Zealand earthquake: $2 billion
Damage estimate for Pakistan floods: $43 billionPeople injured and/or left homeless by New Zealand earthquake: about 100
People injured and/or left homeless by Pakistan floods: 20 million
Now you're just splitting hairs.
Some more good old US police justice. A guy was tazed by the local friendly Bobby for trying to put out his burning home with a garden hose. http://cbs3.com/wireapnewspa/Police.use.stun.2.1899500.html
Quote: Lee Henman @ September 8 2010, 1:39 PM BSTA guy was tazed by the local friendly Bobby for trying to put out his burning home with a garden hose. http://cbs3.com/wireapnewspa/Police.use.stun.2.1899500.html
That's not the way I read it. It said that the police tried and failed to remove the man from the scene of the fire, and were therefore forced to use the stun gun on him for his own safety. What would you have done? I assume that since he remained there with his puny garden hose despite the firefighters having arrived, he must have been in a very confused state, so you wouldn't want to risk him harming himself, and possibly others, too.
Quote: Nogget @ September 8 2010, 1:49 PM BSTThat's not the way I read it. It said that the police tried and failed to remove the man from the scene of the fire, and were therefore forced to use the stun gun on him for his own safety. What would you have done? I assume that since he remained there with his puny garden hose despite the firefighters having arrived, he must have been in a very confused state, so you wouldn't want to risk him harming himself, and possibly others, too.
What would the cops have done before tazers were invented? Set about him with their nightsticks?
I just think tazers are being massively-overused over there.
How about this one? A kid falls off a bridge and breaks his back. When the cops arrive, he (apparently) starts making incoherent statements like "Kill cops". This of course led the cops to taze him as he lay there crippled. 19 times. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N7e2FohN4A&feature=related
Quote: Lee Henman @ September 8 2010, 4:38 PM BSTThis of course led the cops to taze him as he lay there crippled. 19 times. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N7e2FohN4A&feature=related
That clip made me quite angry. 2 minutes 53 secons and you don't see any footage of a broken backed teenager being tazered.
Quote: Lee Henman @ September 8 2010, 4:38 PM BSTWhat would the cops have done before tazers were invented? Set about him with their nightsticks?
What would you have done?
Raped him?
Quote: Nogget @ September 8 2010, 9:51 PM BSTWhat would you have done?
Maybe used my skills learned at police school to physically restrain and remove the guy from the situation without pumping 50,000 volts into him?
Quote: chipolata @ September 8 2010, 6:13 PM BSTThat clip made me quite angry. 2 minutes 53 secons and you don't see any footage of a broken backed teenager being tazered.
You're a bad man Chip.
Quote: Lee Henman @ September 9 2010, 12:35 AM BSTMaybe used my skills learned at police school to physically restrain and remove the guy from the situation
I still think you read a different report.
In the one I read, they'd already tried removing him 3 times.
Quote: DaButt @ September 6 2010, 5:52 PM BSTDeaths from New Zealand earthquake: 0
Deaths from Pakistan floods: 2000+Damage estimate for New Zealand earthquake: $2 billion
Damage estimate for Pakistan floods: $43 billionPeople injured and/or left homeless by New Zealand earthquake: about 100
People injured and/or left homeless by Pakistan floods: 20 million
At 7.1 magnitude, the New Zealand quake was larger than Haiti (230,000 dead) and West Sumatra (70,000).The damages caused by the New Zealand quake included a guy's fridge falling over, smashing 36 bottles of Lion Red beer. The huge difference in consequences is that they don't have beer in Pakistan.
Quote: Nogget @ September 9 2010, 7:29 AM BSTI still think you read a different report.
In the one I read, they'd already tried removing him 3 times.
far more people die from excessive restraint than tazers, its also far more likely to cause injury
i don't know how@many of us face violence and agression?on a daily basis, but going hands on is never a good or safe option
mind you west yorkshire police@are trialing those funky new shotgun tazer
Sooty, you're becoming increasingly careless in your typing. @s instead of spaces? Try harder!