Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2018/07/20/fagins-in-suits.html
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Hold up, let me run this through my Bullshit -> English translator…
“Juvenile covert human intelligence sources are used very rarely and only ever when it is necessary and proportionate and when there is no other less intrusive way to get the information needed to convict criminals or terrorist suspects”
Translates to:
“We just do it when we want to, but not when we don’t, shut up and go away.”
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What is this, an Alex Rider novel? Gj UK gov, you’re now indistinguishable from badly written thrillers.
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The Tories are already endangering the future of Britain’s young people with Brexit. This is right in line with that kind of thinking.
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No, Conan Doyle:
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Haven’t the British always used child soldiers? Drummer boys, cabin boys, powder monkeys, &etc.?
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What the, what? No, Theresa, not ok! When your government finds minors in a drug or sex ring and they have no parental guardian available, you RESCUE them. You don’t RECRUIT them!
Geeeezus.
This is not going to reflect well on your annual review. Or maybe it will? Who knows these days, with up being down and gravity replaced with butterscotch pudding.
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Cabin boys aka a tasty treat when stranded on a lifeboat after your ship has sunk.
“They drew lots to determine who would be eaten and it was always the cabin boy who was chosen”
-Mikita Brottman
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Like child soldiers… but even cooler! You can be James Bond, kids!
And what kid could resist telling all his friends? Ideal behavior for a spy.
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But, the REAL question here is: do they equip their child-spies with a high-tech pencil case?
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Mill owners: Us, too! We only use children when it it is necessary and proportionate to do so because of their small size for weaving in between tightly spaced, un-guarded open machinery and because of their low pay, which is proportionate to their size!
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And to be sure all those little sleuths are cute clever little white kids and never downtrodden immigrant kids already caught in the crosshairs of a life that seldom offers much comfort or love. No these urchins are all well protected and cared for by, if not family then at least some crusty old soul who will eventually see to their education and proper adult life. Never will their lifeless little bodies be pitched in a paupers grave and forgotten.
With heartfelt sincerity I would like to see every conservative politician anywhere be fucked to death by rabid goats, in jesus name amen.
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Hey wow, this is surprisingly evil.
Not even Jello saw it coming. No DKs songs about this.
No, but they do bury them in one.
I get the feeling this is the real reason they decided against using all those unemployed, baby-faced actors who haven’t landed a job playing the role of a teen on TV.
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Jimmy Bond
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[Insert obligatory image of Steve Buscemi as a fake high school student]
Sometimes the actors are baby-faced and look the part. Sometimes hollywood just doesn’t care at all, not even a bit…
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Jimmy Bondi.
Not a teen, but he had a really cool car.
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