How the French learned to love their police

BBC News ^ | 21st April 2016 | John Laurenson

[the scotsman]

'A record number of people have applied to join the French police force over the past year. Many new recruits say the recent attacks in Paris inspired them to sign up. It also seems that the shootings have made the country rethink its attitude towards the police.'

[Larry Lucido]

"Now repeat after me, class. 'I am shocked. Shocked!'"

[Buckeye McFrog]

Who wouldn't love this guy?

[JimRed]

Joining the police force is the only way they’d ever get the chance to shoot back. But being French, they’ll probably just surrender.

[PGR88]

"He gazed up at the enormous face. Forty years it had taken him to learn what kind of smile was hidden beneath the dark moustache. O cruel, needless misunderstanding! O stubborn, self-willed exile from the loving breast! Two gin-scented tears trickled down the sides of his nose. But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother."

Winston Smith.

1984. George Orwell

[arthurus]

When the nation is under attack by a foreign enemy the enlistment rates necessarily skyrocket.