tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869075072931465663.post8962957482405656334..comments2023-09-15T13:34:10.017+01:00Comments on Cognitive Blindspot: Section 44(2) Strikes BackUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869075072931465663.post-27534818642967761362008-04-13T10:44:00.000+01:002008-04-13T10:44:00.000+01:00If looking shifty were a chargeable offense here i...If looking shifty were a chargeable offense here in the States, I'd have been locked up long ago, along with most of Congress, the President and Vice President, and every rap "artist." You might consider spending some time in front of your bathroom mirror practicing not looking shifty. In all seriousness, though, you make a good point about how the law is administered. If "looking shifty" is enough to get one stopped and searched, the potential for abuse is enormous. I need to think about this for a while...you'll probably see me taking off on this in my blog in a few days.Bilbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14213505386288233192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869075072931465663.post-31443666149310243232008-04-12T15:45:00.000+01:002008-04-12T15:45:00.000+01:00Exactly. People could look shifty for all sorts of...Exactly. People could look shifty for all sorts of reasons. And since they're on the look out for 'shifty' the real baddies will just look straight!Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03542715899155247984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869075072931465663.post-58183790082859927852008-04-11T15:01:00.000+01:002008-04-11T15:01:00.000+01:00I was just walking; I had to walk past him in orde...I was just walking; I had to walk past him in order to leave, there was no way I couldn't (because of where he was stood in relation to the exit).<BR/><BR/>The guy laughed, and I laughed at the time, but thinking about it I do feel slightly worried - not that I look shifty but what does this say about the law and how it is administered?NathanRyderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17963023116440525852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869075072931465663.post-2355730348954106252008-04-11T13:49:00.000+01:002008-04-11T13:49:00.000+01:00LOL! You looked shifty!Do you think you purposely ...LOL! You looked shifty!<BR/><BR/>Do you think you purposely walked past the policeman to see what would happen?Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03542715899155247984noreply@blogger.com