In the US, a piece of paper printed with an order of protection from the legal system will not stop you from being killed.
In the UK, a piece of paper printed with a memo from the legal system will actually kill you.
An injured woman lay for six hours at the foot of a disused mine shaft because safety rules banned firefighters from rescuing her, an inquiry heard yesterday. As Alison Hume was brought to the surface by mountain rescuers she died of a heart attack.
A senior fire officer at the scene admitted that crews could only listen to her cries for help, after she fell down the 60ft shaft, because regulations said their lifting equipment could not be used on the public. A memo had been circulated in Strathclyde Fire and Rescue stations months previously stating that it was for use by firefighters only.
Citizen in life/death situation: Check
Well maintained equipment capable of rendering life saving aide available to rescue said citizen: Check
Memo stating use by/on non-fire & rescue personell is not allowed: Check
Dead citizen: Check
Fucking drones.
This is what happens when you’re raised to read and obey everything the government and your “Superiors” tell you.
Found via SamizdataUK
It’s kind of odd: I can’t even scream and yell and jump up and down; it’s just too… too what Britain has become.
Thinking of that one bastard sitting down there with her, and yet they couldn’t find enough balls amongst the whole damned group to pull her out…