Impersonating a police officer is still illegal in the UK, the point is: the ends don't justify the means. My response was to the comment: > If the criticism

Impersonating a police officer is still illegal in the UK, the point is: the ends don't justify the means. My response was to the comment: > If the criticism is valid then its source is surely irrelevant. If the account was a throwaway, the source would have mattered. I think it's worth making this counterpoint irrespective of whether your account is a throwaway, since you made an argument that would seem to defend that case.