The Thin Blue Line Frosts And Cracks Up By Aaron David Ward
(2009-12-22 at 22:15:29 )

The Thin Blue Line Frosts and Cracks Up by Aaron David Ward

In the 1987 movie The Untouchables, Sean Connery plays streetwise Chicago
cop Jim Malone who utters one of the more politically incorrect lines in
the film, Isnt that just like a wop? Brings a knife to a gun fight.

The quote popped into my head after reading a story reported by the BBC
which provides better analysis of the state of American culture than many
American media outlets ever could or would - present company excluded.

According to the BBC..Police in the US are investigating a detective who
appears to draw his gun during a mass snowball fight on the streets of
Washington DC.

The video appears to show the detective holding a gun in his left hand as
he begins to approach a large group of people, which had gathered for the
snowball fight.

People in the crowd can be heard saying he has a gun.

Does That Not Sound Just Like Some Cops? Bringing A Gun To A Snowball
Fight?

The thin blue line seems to be rather jumpy these days. And the
government from which it extends seems equally so judging by the number
of radio ads for emergency planning I keep hearing.

90 percent of communication is expressed through body language/actions so
brandishing a gun at a snowball fight leads me to believe some statists
and their hired guns are twitchy.

Perhaps the police in Washington DC should requisition flame throwers
since fire beats ice if I remember a version of the childhood game
rock-paper-scissors.

Pulling a gun during a snowball fight is obvious overkill but what is
more worrisome is the mindset of the detective who presumably considered
the snowball fight threatening.

He and his car, his personal property, were reportedly hit by snowballs
but to pull a gun in response seems nuts.

Besides I thought more and more police departments were using non-lethal
means of dispersing crowds.

There is the old classic stand by…stop hitting me and my car with
snowballs otherwise you are going to jail.

Or, the next jackass who hits me with a snowball is going for a ride in
the paddy wagon.

Or just take the snowball hurler to court and sue for damages.

After all if you are in law enforcement, you must know some capable
attorneys.

There has to be some lawyer advertising on TV for the snowball fight
victims.

Perhaps Washington DC cops need to be issued winter protection like
garbage can lids for snowball shields.

Of all the Crimes with which cops must concern themselves, I find it hard
to believe snowball fights are anywhere near the top of the list.

But every year, it seems innocent childhood games are deemed dangerous
to the general public and banned.

A politician is likely to propose a ban on snowball fights in order to
protect the safety of the police and the general public.

It will be the Frosty The Snowman clause inserted into some Homeland
Security bill and no doubt it will ban children from using coal as
Frostys eyes since coal is a Dirty fossil fuel that contributes to CO2
emissions and ultimately to global warming and/or climate change,
whatever catch-all phrase they are now using.

Only in a country where every need and want can be fulfilled almost
instantaneously do we have such paranoia. When your creature comforts are
met, you have time to worry about things you should not worry about.

Perhaps that is ultimately governments problem. What is that old
expression? Idle hands are the devils tools.

December 22, 2009

Aaron David Ward is a professional stand up comedian from upstate New
York. Visit his website: http://www.aarondavidward.com

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