Police priorities

On previous occasions it has appeared the Police have their priorities in the wrong place but fining two 16 year old girls for drawing “hearts and rainbows” in chalk on a pavement, hardly seems worth police time.

The two girls have been fined for graffiti, yet this is with chalk that washes away in the rain. If it had been spray paint that costs time and money to remove, then fair enough, but that’s not the case here. Also, hearts and rainbows aren’t exactly offensive to anyone.

Come on Police, there are slightly more important crimes to pursue.

Update: Police have overturned the charges. I wonder if the press coverage the story got had anything to do with the decision.

Soldiers selling their stories

There have been some gripes made towards the 15 soldiers who were held hostage in Iran selling their stories, but why shouldn’t they?

1’000’s of people every day make money from experiences in their careers other than their salary, so why should these soldiers (or any other for that matter) be any different. Politicians for example make a glamorous amount on the side.

So long as they don’t release any confidential information they should be allowed to make some extra money. Putting your life on the line for your country isn’t well paid, so there may as well be some perks with the job.

Good one Google

Every year there are a number of good April fool jokes, but TiSP from Google has to be one of the best.

It's worrying that looking at the posts made about it, there appears to be quite a few who fell for it and wanted to know how to sign up.

Appears to be a nice little dig at Tiscali though, as www.tisp.co.uk is for the Tiscali Network, which promotes Tiscali products. Now I'm sure Google aren't suggesting any direct link between Tiscali Broadband and flushing down toilets.