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"in a liberal democracy, as long you know you did nothing wrong, even if you got arrested, frisked, detained, there’d probably be no real need to panic. All yo
by pitt1980 8y ago
"in a liberal democracy, as long you know you did nothing wrong, even if you got arrested, frisked, detained, there’d probably be no real need to panic. All you’d need to do is calmly clear up the misunderstanding and be back on your merry way."
This probably is a poor assumption about living in a liberal democracy,
but it seems ironic that he was actually able to resolve this relatively on the spot (he doesn't have to appear in court, or use the services of a lawyer to resolve this)
Kafka this isn't
- pitt1980 8y agofwiw - 'In Dana’s view, what I saw as an earnest desire to get to the bottom of things, came across to grizzled cops only as evasiveness and guilt. She says it would’ve been far better if I’d categorically denied: “no, I did not steal. That’s completely absurd. Please release me immediately.”' fwiw, its seems pretty likely to me that this isn't true, and that had he done that, this situation would have been more expensive to resolve