sounds too much like race-mixing.
Nope. Rosemary Church joined CNN International in August 1998 as an anchor on World News, based in the networkās Atlanta headquarters.
I dunno. Iām Australian, and was unaware of the historical significance of water cannon use in the US, but I still took one look at the headline and saw a gaff, just based on the detached naivety of suggesting another equally bad violent crowd control solution, rather than suggesting they rely more on police liaison and other de-escalation strategies.
Upon further reading I saw why there was such a big stink about it, but its a pretty dumb comment even devoid of cultural context.
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I know this is a classic meme, but at least the current legal outcome is that a dingo did get her baby.
http://www.nt.gov.au/justice/courtsupp/coroner/findings/other/chamberlain_findings.pdf
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To think a few years ago, we were complaining about a cop wielding pepper spray.
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Right, anyone who has spent the last 16 years living in Americaās Deep South should have at least a basic understanding of the history of the civil rights movement. Birmingham is only a two hour drive away from CNNās headquarters, for crying out loud.
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+50.
Even if sheās stupid enough to not read or know about history, she should at least understand that suggesting a less-violent means of breaking up non-violent protest is not a lot better than endorsing the terrible status quo.
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That is not how a limerick works. Try this:
There was an anchor from down under
Whose ignorance caused her to blunder
She said cops should use hoses
Might as well say āuse rosesā
So the cops could remake Kent Stateās thunder.
Yes, I know Iām nitpicking (and the emphasis on āanchorā still doesnāt quite fit), but dammit, if youāre going to attempt a specific verse form you canāt just cram however many syllables you like into a line and pretend it still scans. Itās like if you went to a rock show and the drummer just sort of banged away whenever he felt like it, like a toddler with a spoon and a pot. Keep the damn rhythm! THIS HAS BEEN YOUR UNWELCOME EDUCATION FOR TODAY.
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I was at that Foo Fighters gig, too.
Man, fuck drum solos.
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Why not, perhaps, use blonde bimbo cannons? Certainly a blonde bimbo flying through the air would stop any and all rioters cold in their tracks.
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Yes I can! The ālikesā count tells me so!
Message me for a phone number, and Iāll read it to you. My rhythm is eccentric, but internally consistent, and when spoken aloud will scan. If you donāt agree after the phone call, Iāll write a traditional one apologizing. Itāll begin: āEppy fell on his swordā¦ā
It is not anapestic, nor even amphibrachic, but it is a limerick.
ps. you have a typo in your correction.
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Water cannons nowadays arenāt fire-trucks though. These are specialist vehicles.
I was also a little confused about the tone of the post until the comments.
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Pressure. Lots and lots of pressure.
Iād be inclined to doubt it. Not because of any improvements in tact; but because of the fairly massive increase in availability of purpose-built anti-riot weaponry.
Itās actually a bit creepy. Look at any of the iconic Bull Connor-era pictures: the cops look dressed for desk duty(shirt, tie, hat, no ballistic armor or pads) and the only vehicles are some patrol cars and fire trucks hastily drafted for the job.
Compare to a contemporary disturbance of some flavor, where assorted black APCs will be rumbling around among phalanxes of armored officers with a mixture of shield/baton, chemical grenade launchers, and the ubiquitous big-bundle-oā-zip-ties.
This is (I hope obviously) no defense of the virtue of such cops; but the reason they were turning fire hoses(taken from the fire department, not mounted on dedicated riot-control vehicles) and K9 units on demonstrators is because thatās about all they had. No APCs, no LRADs, no chemical weapons, no riot armor, no tasers, limited or no āless lethalā munitions.
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Precisely. Thatās why in another thread, I suggested they sue, empty the municipal buildings and start over. Seriously. They need a re-do.
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They did in fact use police dogs early on.
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Or a little ice, ice, babyā¦
or, instead of a water canon, how about they stop attacking citizens exorcising their right to assembly?
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Nitpick on your spelling, itās āāexercisingāā
The police are āāexorcisingāā the citizens right to peaceably assemble, though.
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perhaps rather than water cannons they need Catholic priests with holy water.
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