Big Brother out of control in England

• Anglers arrested after shining laser beams at ducks - Telegraph

  tags: no_tag

  • Three anglers were arrested after using laser pens to frighten ducks away from their hooks.
  • 
  • Police have defended the action, saying weeks before laser beams had been shone at aircraft from the area.
    • That's akin to arresting somebody walking down the street because, a few weeks before, there was a mugging in the area. - post by gnaylor

  • He said of the £20 green light laser pens: "Quite a few people have them around here and use them for fishing. We are adults and only loons would shine them at planes. I don't know why they picked on us. The whole thing was a ridiculous waste of manpower and time."

    Mick Radomski, Mr Kailus's friend, said the lasers were useful for scaring off ducks which dived in after the bait and got hooks stuck in their beaks.

    • We repeatedly read of common sense being replaced with bureaucratic regulation designed for totally different circumstances.  Why to we tolerate that? - post by gnaylor