Did they take his shoelaces?

/Obligatory (pops).

He outta be glad it happened on the other side of the pond. If it was here in the States, he'd be in Gitmo by now.

No, no, no. He was hopping an ample whore.

The apple core is Freaking biodegradable, and not only that, if it were dropped into the grass, there'd be a nice new public apple tree.

/What's the farking problem?

where was this, china or somewhere?

/"they" hate our freedoms

Baltimore...who's your friend?

/nuthin'

CloudBoy: /nuthin'

It's ok. I came in to make the same joke.

I am vehemently against littering. Yes you fukking smokers, cigarette butts are litter.

However an apple core is biodegradable and is the least harmful to the environment. They break down pretty quick.

Do they watch smokers waiting for them to flick the ash or toss the butt?

ME-iac: Do they watch smokers waiting for them to flick the ash or toss the butt?

I actually got a talking-to from a cop for flicking ash (Brisbane, Australia). Kept smoking and flicking ash while he was talking to me, though.

I'm considerate and never flick a stub, but WTF.

In other news, Sir Isaac Newton is wanted for being an accessory to littering.

/betcha he gets a bench warrant for not showing up

I just checked my in root directory and my Apple dropped several cores as well, in a directory conveniently named "cores".

Forgive me, it's late.

"Hey man, you want that apple core?"

Why don't you just take a seat over there, on that bench labeled "Group W".

Phil Herup: I am vehemently against littering. Yes you fukking smokers, cigarette butts are litter.

However an apple core is biodegradable and is the least harmful to the environment. They break down pretty quick.

I'd agree if it wasn't in a public place but those buggers can be slippery if you don't spot them. Grape pips I'd say were ok.

Well come on, they're officially advised to run away from potentially dangerous incidents, which kind of cuts down on the things for them to do as "police" officers. Their targets are probably limited to this and jay-walking these days.

Anyone else see the story about the police force which was told to stop registering smashed car windows as vandalism? Those bobbies crack me up sometimes...

Moby?

He denied littering and refused to pay a 50 on-the-spot fine

They have on-the-spot fines? Isn't that like a bribe?

llamatron: Well come on, they're officially advised to run away from potentially dangerous incidents, which kind of cuts down on the things for them to do as "police" officers. Their targets are probably limited to this and jay-walking these days.

Anyone else see the story about the police force which was told to stop registering smashed car windows as vandalism? Those bobbies crack me up sometimes...

"Stop! Or I'll say stop again!"

Do they have all the apple trees in the lock up as well?

Right, thats it, I'm leaving this crappy little country! It's nice and all but this is getting farking stupid now! I mean WTF?!?!?!

People who litter (and people who spit) aren't fully human. At best, they're trained animals who have learned to function in a human-like manner, but do not understand any of the things they say or do. They are mimics, lacking in self-awareness, whose minds are simple association databases of actions for situations.

Littering is the sub-human equivalent of an animal shiatting when the need arises, where ever it happens to be standing at the time. The good news is that these creatures are malleable, and can be housebroken. When they associate the behavior with punishment, they will stop doing it. This pseudo-man had his nose rubbed in it, and while he may whine and sulk about it, he won't do it again.

ChuckyV: Moby?

NOBODY LISTENS TO TECHNO!

hudef: Man was locked up 18 hours in a police cell for allegedly dropping an apple core

He dropped it. He dropped it. Fark "allegedly" already.

How do you know? Were you there? Is there any evidence that he littered other than the word of the police officer? With all the documented cases of unwarranted harassment by law enforcement officers on the web, you think there's no chance the officer could have made it up?

The on the spot fine thing is messed up. It's a recipe for abuse of power without oversight.

The entire business world dropped Apple, what's the big deal?

Phil Herup:
However an apple core is biodegradable and is the least harmful to the environment. They break down pretty quick.

Yeah, let's turn our streets into a giant compost pile!

I love the sour reek of rotting vegetation!

citizen905: People who litter (and people who spit) aren't fully human. At best, they're trained animals who have learned to function in a human-like manner, but do not understand any of the things they say or do. They are mimics, lacking in self-awareness, whose minds are simple association databases of actions for situations.

Littering is the sub-human equivalent of an animal shiatting when the need arises, where ever it happens to be standing at the time. The good news is that these creatures are malleable, and can be housebroken. When they associate the behavior with punishment, they will stop doing it. This pseudo-man had his nose rubbed in it, and while he may whine and sulk about it, he won't do it again.

WTF? Show me a man that has never spit and I'll show you a man that is full of snot.

frankmanhog: hudef: Man was locked up 18 hours in a police cell for allegedly dropping an apple core

He dropped it. He dropped it. Fark "allegedly" already.

How do you know? Were you there? Is there any evidence that he littered other than the word of the police officer? With all the documented cases of unwarranted harassment by law enforcement officers on the web, you think there's no chance the officer could have made it up?



You are, allegedly, retarded.

chaosweaver: The apple core is Freaking biodegradable, and not only that, if it were dropped into the grass, there'd be a nice new public apple tree.

/What's the farking problem?

Yup

Brown Sauce: Yeah, let's turn our streets into a giant compost pile!

I love the sour reek of rotting vegetation!

True. But can you imagine how much healthier society would be if an overabundance of discarded apple cores was actually a problem?

If people were addicted to apples, I'll be the hospitals would be less full. the money saved could be used to hire the unemployable to pick up the cores.

Someone make him an Ood, just for shiats and giggles. It doesn't look like a lot of work to me.

Do the crime, do the time.

hudef:

You are, allegedly, retarded.

You can allege that. The fact that I can operate a computer and respond to your allegation is evidence that I'm not.

Now would you care to respond to my argument rather than attack me personally?

Is it possible that the law enforcement officer made up the littering charge?

We've established that your opinion is that he did not. But you stated it as a fact. And there's no way to know. And that's why the press uses the word "allegedly" until the case has been to court.

Brown Sauce: Phil Herup:
I love the sour reek of rotting vegetation!

You'd like my ex-wife's hoo hoo then...

This is nonsense - the cop probably wanted to impound the guy's car so they could sell it at an auction.

I hope all the trees in the UK are also arrested.

frankmanhog: hudef:

You are, allegedly, retarded.

You can allege that. The fact that I can operate a computer and respond to your allegation is evidence that I'm not.

Now would you care to respond to my argument rather than attack me personally?

Is it possible that the law enforcement officer made up the littering charge?

We've established that your opinion is that he did not. But you stated it as a fact. And there's no way to know. And that's why the press uses the word "allegedly" until the case has been to court.

I guess you could be right. The cops probably planted the apple core, and framed him.

What happens if you don't have 50 on the spot?

That seems like a nice scam. The cops get money on the spot, there's no way to dispute the allegations, and likely poor accounting of the money.

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hudef:
I guess you could be right. The cops probably planted the apple core, and framed him.

My point is that the the on-the-spot fine is a terrible system prone to abuse.
Personally, I think it's likely that he did drop it.
But with officers like this guy (new window) running around, I think its entirely possible that the core was lying there, and the officer decided to pick some guy walking by it and fine him.

A system where you pay a fine on the spot or go to jail, for littering, without any defense recourse is a deeply flawed one.

frankmanhog: hudef:
I guess you could be right. The cops probably planted the apple core, and framed him.

My point is that the the on-the-spot fine is a terrible system prone to abuse.
Personally, I think it's likely that he did drop it.
But with officers like this guy (new window) running around, I think its entirely possible that the core was lying there, and the officer decided to pick some guy walking by it and fine him.

A system where you pay a fine on the spot or go to jail, for littering, without any defense recourse is a deeply flawed one.

Hey, I hate pigs as much as the next guy, but you might be taking this too seriously.

Well, at least it kept the doctor away.

Even in the UK cops are dicks.

Did the officer ask the person if he dropped the apple core and request him to pick it up? A bit of respect tempered with authority would make the world a lot better.

Separated at birth?

Just two posts for "but America" is worse. Bravo, its the fark world in a nutshell.

He went in green and came out a hard core criminal.

Sgt Pilcher, Sgt Pilcher
Ingeneous Sgt Pilcher
He's found a way to make them pay,
for the deviant things they do and say
Pilcher, Sgt Pilcher
Quick-witted Sgt Pilcher
He's a dutiful man with his task at hand
And he's bound to insure with his masterplan
The purity of the motherland
Sgt Pilcher

In October of 1968
in the heart of Montague Square
There was a rumour of some deviation,
so Pilcher's Squad was there
Though it was determined before the intrudence
that the flat was fully clear
When Pilcher arrived and made his inspection
the hashish magically appeared

Pilcher, Sgt Pilcher
Ingeneous Sgt Pilcher
He's found a way to make them pay,
for the deviant things they do and say
Pilcher, Sgt Pilcher
Quick-witted Sgt Pilcher
He's a dutiful man with his task at hand
And he's bound to insure with his masterplan
The purity of the motherland
Sgt Pilcher

In March of 1969
On return from the store
Patty Harrison found Pilcher's squad waiting at her door
Planting tidbits on the popstars
seemed quite the thing to do
'til it landed Pilcher in the pokie in 1972

Sgt Pilcher, Sgt Pilcher
That cunning Sgt Pilcher
He's found a way to make them pay,
for the deviant things they do and say
Pilcher, Sgt Pilcher
Sharp as a tack that Pilcher
He's a dutiful man with his task at hand
And he's bound to insure with his masterplan
The purity of the motherland
Sgt Pilcher

And no one else thought of this? Not surprised!

Jimmy's Irrefutable Littering Test:

Only humans can litter. The question then is "Could this object have conceivably found its way to the ground without humans existing on this planet?" In the case of the apple core, yes. It is easily to conceive of an animal eating an apple and dropping it. Conclusion: Epic fail for the wanker policeman.

Reminds me of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGNIYEYWxm0

Not a RickRoll, but maybe you'd call it a duck roll...