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Never is a long time, and the US is not the only country in the world.

cube00 5y ago
"Australia gave police power to compel sysadmins into assisting account takeovers – so they plan to use it" https://www.theregister.com/2021/09/14/identify_and_disrupt_bill_australia/ https://www.theregister.com/2021/09/14/identify_and_disrupt_...
tchalla 5y ago
It’s surprising how many US citizens I meet throughout the world whose talking points are filled worth US solipsism. A recent example was a few days ago when, I had a discussion with a Texas “communist” who wanted to butt heads against the police force in a European city due to police brutality. I asked the person if he had checked up on police brutality cases in the city and he hadn’t. I’m amazed at their self confidence and world view.
- mynegation 5y ago
  I was in total disbelief when I found out that majority of British police force does not even carry a weapon. I am now watching British police drama “Line of Duty” and they show their “SWAT” outings and the amount of procedure around this is insane. The cherry on top is how they chase an extremely dangerous suspect in a Mercedes van. A van! Such a stark contrast with militarized SWAT teams in North America, their weapons, tactics, and vehicles.
  - Jenk 5y ago
    Not only that but the police have refused to carry weapons multiple times here. Recent governments have attempted to approach the subject (with rumours of lobbying from large arms companies) but every time it's been taken to the police they have rejected the idea.
  - redwall_hp 5y ago
    Yep. And while in the US we have coward cops who shoot people because they're "afraid," the UK has officers like the guy who charged multiple knife-wielding assailants with only a baton, while the armed response was en route. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jun/28/policeman-fought-london-bridge-attackers-baton-wayne-marques https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jun/28/policeman-fo... I thought that was a stark contrast at the time, and that was before the current wave of protests over police violence in the US...
est31 5y ago
It is not, but US run services dominate in much of the western world, so western internet users have to abide by US rules.
tim333 5y ago
China has a somewhat ministry like building https://archive.ph/ivtGK https://archive.ph/ivtGK where "news reporting about topics which are sensitive to the CCP is distorted and often used as a weapon against the party's perceived enemies" according to Wikipedia.

"Australia gave police power to compel sysadmins into assisting account takeovers – so they plan to use it" https://www.theregister.com/2021/09/14/identify_and_disrupt_bill_australia/ https://www.theregister.com/2021/09/14/identify_and_disrupt_...

tchalla 5y ago

It’s surprising how many US citizens I meet throughout the world whose talking points are filled worth US solipsism. A recent example was a few days ago when, I had a discussion with a Texas “communist” who wanted to butt heads against the police force in a European city due to police brutality. I asked the person if he had checked up on police brutality cases in the city and he hadn’t. I’m amazed at their self confidence and world view.

mynegation 5y ago
I was in total disbelief when I found out that majority of British police force does not even carry a weapon. I am now watching British police drama “Line of Duty” and they show their “SWAT” outings and the amount of procedure around this is insane. The cherry on top is how they chase an extremely dangerous suspect in a Mercedes van. A van! Such a stark contrast with militarized SWAT teams in North America, their weapons, tactics, and vehicles.
- Jenk 5y ago
  Not only that but the police have refused to carry weapons multiple times here. Recent governments have attempted to approach the subject (with rumours of lobbying from large arms companies) but every time it's been taken to the police they have rejected the idea.
- redwall_hp 5y ago
  Yep. And while in the US we have coward cops who shoot people because they're "afraid," the UK has officers like the guy who charged multiple knife-wielding assailants with only a baton, while the armed response was en route. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jun/28/policeman-fought-london-bridge-attackers-baton-wayne-marques https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jun/28/policeman-fo... I thought that was a stark contrast at the time, and that was before the current wave of protests over police violence in the US...

est31 5y ago

It is not, but US run services dominate in much of the western world, so western internet users have to abide by US rules.

tim333 5y ago

China has a somewhat ministry like building https://archive.ph/ivtGK https://archive.ph/ivtGK where "news reporting about topics which are sensitive to the CCP is distorted and often used as a weapon against the party's perceived enemies" according to Wikipedia.