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John Bolton to be target of citizen's arrest at Hay Festival
Telegraph.UK ^ | 28/05/2008 | Stephen Adams

Posted on 05/28/2008 5:42:56 AM PDT by Abathar

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To: Abathar
He said he had formally notified police of his intention of performing a citizen's arrest.

His way of hoping they will prevent him from getting a beating by security guards.

21 posted on 05/28/2008 6:17:12 AM PDT by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: Colonel Kangaroo
Here he is professing "peak oil."

Golly, I wish I could look that cool and casual.
22 posted on 05/28/2008 6:17:21 AM PDT by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: Abathar
Knuckle sandwich would be appropriate.
23 posted on 05/28/2008 6:17:45 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: phrogphlyer

Pistol whip him hard with a 45.


24 posted on 05/28/2008 6:18:39 AM PDT by DarthVader (Liberal Democrats are the party of EVIL whose time of judgement has come.)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

That’s the chap, though his portrayal was the family friendly one originating in the book “Christopher Syn” rather than the take-no-prisoners original series. Nice that Disney’s finally going to release a DVD set of “Scarecrow of Romney Marsh” later this year.


25 posted on 05/28/2008 6:21:02 AM PDT by william clark (Ecclesiastes 10:2)
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To: AHerald

I love the ending of clip #3 ‘Citizen’s Arrest’. Thanks for posting the link.


26 posted on 05/28/2008 6:37:01 AM PDT by rawhide
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To: william clark
Nice that Disney’s finally going to release a DVD set of “Scarecrow of Romney Marsh” later this year.

It's about time! I loved that series and its theme song when I was a kid, and even dressed up as the 'Scarecrow' one Halloween.

27 posted on 05/28/2008 6:53:35 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner ("We must not forget that there is a war on and our troops are in the thick of it!"--Duncan Hunter)
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To: Abathar

When will these self-absorbed, self-centered, irrational people grow up? Their opinions, such as they are, are not that important.


28 posted on 05/28/2008 7:09:17 AM PDT by popdonnelly (Concerned about the price of arugula)
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To: TLI

Evidently a little wuss.


29 posted on 05/28/2008 7:11:23 AM PDT by popdonnelly (Concerned about the price of arugula)
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To: bmwcyle

The bat is the best idea.

This guy is a coward and publicity seeker. If he wasn’t a coward he wouldn’t have told anyone, just gone ahead with his stupid citizen arrest. This way he gets the ink but still will be stopped well short of Bolton. So he doesn’t even get to commit a crime, is free to run around like a fool, and has a good book of press clippings from this episode. Actually a pretty smart pr move on this coward’s part. I still like the bat, prempt him when someone first sees him near the stage.


30 posted on 05/28/2008 7:11:42 AM PDT by BlueStateBlues (Blue State for business, Red State at heart..)
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To: Abathar

“Explaining his motivation for carrying out what will be a purely symbolic gesture”

That’s all the left has anymore, symbolic gestures. They have no genuine ideas, nothing to contribute to society as a whole, and no original thoughts left in their empty skulls. So they set up little media events and then tell everyone who will listen about it in hopes that it will spark something...it does....disdain in great quantities.


31 posted on 05/28/2008 7:17:50 AM PDT by MissouriConservative (In debates over individual liberties, fabricated and propagandized science should play no role.)
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To: scott7278

If I was Bolton, I would hire a PI to determine what assets were available. Submit calmly to the citizens arrest and immediately have my attorney file a lawsuit for false arrest............. in effect, transferring those assets to me.


32 posted on 05/28/2008 7:18:10 AM PDT by B4Ranch (Having custody of a loaded weapon does not arm you. The skill to use the weapon is what arms a man.)
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To: Abathar

Oh brother.

Here’s hoping Bolton has the opportunity to punch Monbiot’s lights out.


33 posted on 05/28/2008 7:41:57 AM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Ted Kennedy is the finest collection of hops and barley money can buy)
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To: william clark
Nice that Disney’s finally going to release a DVD set of “Scarecrow of Romney Marsh” later this year.

Are they really! I've had it on my wish list forever at Netflix.

34 posted on 05/28/2008 7:48:01 AM PDT by mollynme (cogito, ergo freepum)
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To: Abathar

Oh my gosh... this is hilarious.

I’m no expert on their law over there, but such an “arrest” would clearly be illegal. Therefore any force used for such an arrest would be illegal and any reasonable force used to resist the “arrest” would be self defense.


35 posted on 05/28/2008 7:49:24 AM PDT by JWinNC (www.anailinhisplace.net)
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To: mathurine
His behavior is like that of a spoiled rich kid ...

Liberals often remind me of spoiled kids, given everything they want but perpetually unhappy. The other end of the spectrum, those raised with discipline and a sense of responsibility remind me of conservatives.

36 posted on 05/28/2008 8:00:21 AM PDT by Mind-numbed Robot (Not all that needs to be done, needs to be done by the government.)
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To: nuconvert
>>>I hope when McCain is elected, he makes Bolton Sect’y of State.<<<

Agreed. And if McCain would step aside in 2012 and support Bolton for [conservative] President, it would be even better!

37 posted on 05/28/2008 8:30:37 AM PDT by HardStarboard (Take No Prisoners - We're Out Of Qurans)
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To: nuconvert
I hope when McCain is elected, he makes Bolton Sect’y of State.

You are entitled to hope...

38 posted on 05/28/2008 8:35:08 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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To: DarthVader
Pistol whip him hard with a 45.

Now, now. There is no sense in risking damage to a perfectly good pistol by exposing it to the thick skull of an idiot.

39 posted on 05/28/2008 8:38:39 AM PDT by andy58-in-nh (Peace Is Not The Question.)
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To: AHerald

Bump for viewing after work...


40 posted on 05/28/2008 9:01:10 AM PDT by EnigmaticAnomaly (Proud member of the largest 'Hate Group' in the USA...The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy")
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