I will never understand why the contrabandits always arrest the merchandise before the owners. Do they enjoy taking the difficult route by avoiding warrants and confiscation through due process of law, or are they incapable of defeating the cunning it-was-some-other-dude's-house/pants/jacket/car/warehouse defense?
I'm actually asking a serious question. Arresting a pile of knives is likely to scare away the owner, who will continue his alleged misdeeds at some later date--especially after losing so much money on the last shipment. Doing it without the appropriate legal process is practically handing a Get out of Jail Free card to the defense, and a raid is more expensive than a couple of detectives strolling into the joint, after having arrested the owner and taken his keys.
And what about those raids? Doesn't sending the A-Team to handcuff a Ginsu tie up fast-responders when a real crime is occurring, one that involves risk to life and limb? And if the box full of silverware is locked, do the contrabandits also charge it with "resisting arrest", in addition to "failure to not exist"?
Bless my monkish/barbarian Celtic/Teutonic soul, here at our Celtic festivals people walk around in regalia and with all kinds of ironmongery,sharp or merely decorative, from tiny bodice daggers to claymores, and the atmosphere is peace, love and light. What does the government of Great Britain have in mind for its people, that even a weapon with a range of THREE FEET is verboten? Will scofflaws be selling United Cutley katanas in alleys? Will the Tin Woodman's axe be digially removed from "The Woizard of Oz"?
Gotta watch out for any more Jimmy and Danny Shaftoes.
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ReplyDeleteHave you happen to have read Shogun? That is what the main character is named (to the Japanese) anyway, and means "pilot"
Haven't read the book, but loved the mini-series.
ReplyDeleteI will never understand why the contrabandits always arrest the merchandise before the owners. Do they enjoy taking the difficult route by avoiding warrants and confiscation through due process of law, or are they incapable of defeating the cunning it-was-some-other-dude's-house/pants/jacket/car/warehouse defense?
ReplyDeleteI'm actually asking a serious question. Arresting a pile of knives is likely to scare away the owner, who will continue his alleged misdeeds at some later date--especially after losing so much money on the last shipment. Doing it without the appropriate legal process is practically handing a Get out of Jail Free card to the defense, and a raid is more expensive than a couple of detectives strolling into the joint, after having arrested the owner and taken his keys.
And what about those raids? Doesn't sending the A-Team to handcuff a Ginsu tie up fast-responders when a real crime is occurring, one that involves risk to life and limb? And if the box full of silverware is locked, do the contrabandits also charge it with "resisting arrest", in addition to "failure to not exist"?
I suggest getting the book, a cheap used softback (still in readable condition, though). It's long, so it's somewhat hard to read in hardback.
ReplyDeleteI haven't been able to see the miniseries. I'm still trying ti find it somewhere.
Bless my monkish/barbarian Celtic/Teutonic soul, here at our Celtic festivals people walk around in regalia and with all kinds of ironmongery,sharp or merely decorative, from tiny bodice daggers to claymores, and the atmosphere is peace, love and light.
ReplyDeleteWhat does the government of Great Britain have in mind for its people, that even a weapon with a range of THREE FEET is verboten?
Will scofflaws be selling United Cutley katanas in alleys? Will the Tin Woodman's axe be digially removed from "The Woizard of Oz"?