*Bob* Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > HonaloochieB Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > Your specious point about the man's race and > the > > police seems a cheap and easy shot *Bob*. > > I disagree on both counts: > > > It's my opinion that the police ought to have > better things to do than go out and apprehend > people who are guilty of no more than 'slightly > odd behaviour' at 6pm outside the EDT. Like > crimefighting and so forth. > > But fortunately he's seven more times likely to > get stopped anyway, so maybe it'll work itself > out. What about preventing a possible crime? What about ensuring that this individual doesn't do anything to cause, at the very least distress, or at worst harm to a woman. I'd be thinking about the police identifying a man doing the above and putting him in the right place, whether that involves mental health professionals or the criminal justice system. My guess would be the mental health route. But of course I don't know. No more than anyone else does. I also don't know what your definition of 'slightly odd behaviour' is. A couple of weeks ago some of the passengers on the late night 176 bus may have been witness to an overweight White chap, who had dined recently and well. This same fellow felt obliged to, once in a while, share with the rest of the bus his interpretation of 'Like A Rolling Stone'. I reckon some might have called it 'slightly odd behaviour', but he didn't follow any female passengers and intimidate them. Go back and read the OP and see if you find it within the boundaries of acceptable behaviour. Edited to remove the original last sentence. It contained the word 'arse' and I thought that on mature consideration it was uncalled for.