I am the Law
August 15th, 2006Police are pressing ministers for radical new powers to dispense instant justice, including the immediate exclusion of “yobs” from town centres at night, and bans on street gang members associating with each other, the Guardian has learned.Senior officers say the powers would be the “modern equivalent of a clip round the ear from the local bobby” and would ensure the introduction of neighbourhood policing across England and Wales has “bite” and meets public expectations.
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Ah yes; 2000AD!
- ‘Juve Cubes’: a place where juvenile criminals are held. Small cube shaped rooms, small because they have to pack in so many offenders.
- ”Mutie Pens’: places where they keep mutants. Obviously.
- ‘Lawgiver’ a judges gun.
- Surveillance: pervasive.
- International enemies. Of course, ‘East-Meg’, ‘Sov-City’, the rival Megacities in the east.
- War? of course, fought with TADs (Total Anihilation Devices) naturally.
Judge Dredd and all of the Judges in Mega-City 1 were policemen and judges folded into one, who rolled around on huge motorcycles fighting crime, and dishing out harsh sentences to criminals on the spot.
Its painfully obvious that these people used to read 200AD. The idea of judges dispensing instant justice, the ‘Apocalypse War’, the whole lot comes straight out of a John Wagner / Brian Bolland page.
Never read ‘Judge Dredd’? I quote:
“As punishment for your crimes I remove your citizenship. You will not be allowed to enter Mega-City One for ten years!
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Harsh but necessary. Let them serve as an example. Let every man know that citizenship is a privelege – not a right!
The law must be obeyed.
The law WILL be obeyed!”