http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qthMxtoflZk
The winner of the sixth annual robot dancing competition.
Yeah I agree… two MST3k moments only… not nearly enough. Plus, the background music nearly drowns out the vocals. Other than that I love it.
— Alan
Fail! I was expecting those to be awful. Instead, they were very good.
That Nicolas Cage is a sneaky one. Just when you think he’s jumped the shark for good, he comes back with something like Weather Man or a set of pachinko commercials.
-Tom
He finds an even bigger ramp.
Lh_owon
5667
Is it just me or is Pachelbel’s Canon in D Major the most uplifting, triumphal, gorgeous piece of unadulterated joy ever?
I don’t care if this is the wrong place, do your worst!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjA5faZF1A8 (been linked in this thread several times already)
I’m actually interested in watching this. I listened to yesterday’s podcast of Tony Kornheiser’s radio show today, and one of his guests shot him down about Tiger Woods not talking to the police. Tony was asking that standard question about rich people/celebrities getting to tell the police, “Nah, I don’t feel like answering your questions.” And the guest said, basically, “Nobody has to answer police questions. Ever.”
So I want to listen to this but I have to ask a question since this thing is 48 minutes long and I want to know where I’m going.
Is this guy in the video a Regent Law School professor?
-xtien
P.S. BTW, I love the Tony Kornheiser show.
Mordrak
5671
The first 25 minutes are so are just the professor presenting his case for why you should never* talk to the police. The second half is a police officer (now law student) providing his perspective.
This has been linked before, but it’s an entertaining talk for sure. If all you’re looking for is the arguments against talking to the police, the first half will give 90% of them or so.
*The assumption here seems to be you’re being specifically questioned as a suspect in some wrong doing. If you see an accident and police wants to talk to you about it as a witness… I think pleading the 5th would likely just cause problems for you. =P
This was linked somewhere. Perhaps not in this thread, since it isn’t particulary funny, or perhaps not even on QT3. But I saw it and it’s a damn good lecture - albeit scary.
It’s been a while, but I think he’s actually saying that if the police wants to ask you anything in regards to any crime, you should say no. Even if you’re just a wtness, because you’ll never know when the police will turn a witness into a suspect.
But I’m not sure what he wants you to do if you’re witness to a non-crime accident - what if it’s later determined to be a crime? How are you supposed to know?
People never talking to the police sounds bad…
(talking US here)
Mordrak
5674
Yeah… but I’d have a hard time taking that approach in some situations. I don’t have a lawyer and don’t want to waste hours of my time dealing with a pissed off police officer because he thinks I was just jerking him around. One time I saw some kids assault a homeless guy and chase him through and down the middle of a busy street.
Cops showed up after the kids had left, while I was trying to convince someone else nearby who had a cell phone to call the police. If I had invoke the 5th then, not only is it not very useful (I was a witness to a crime basically), but the cop probably would have hassled me and held me for an even longer period of time just because I made his life harder.
I may have even recounted this story the last time it was linked.
People never talking to the police sounds bad…
(talking US here)
Yeah, but I think there’s definite parameters to his never that you just kind of have to use your best judgement on. If you’re a witness to a crime, I think is the major exception… but you still may want a lawyer present depending. Heh.
Rimbo
5675
The short version is: The time to present your case is in court, not to the police. The police don’t care about anything other than building cases that they can get convictions from.
It’s good to watch the first half, but the best moment in the video comes shortly after the cop takes the podium. :)
A very moving part of the documentary Children full of life. From the description: …a fourth-grade class in a primary school in Kanazawa, northwest of Tokyo, learn lessons about compassion from their homeroom teacher, Toshiro Kanamori.
I actually haven’t seen the rest of the documentary.
WarrenM
5677
This was linked somewhere. Perhaps not in this thread, since it isn’t particulary funny, or perhaps not even on QT3. But I saw it and it’s a damn good lecture - albeit scary.
Yeah, I love that video. The guy makes a very compelling case and has definitely convinced me.
EDIT : The most convincing part is right around 9:30 or so when he explains how anything you say to the police can be used against you but it CANNOT be used FOR you. Whatever you say will never help you and will never be allowed into court (prosecutor will object that it’s hearsay and the judge will throw it out). There is absolutely no benefit to talking to the police. None.
that part REALLY confused me. Howcome the positive stuff you say is all dismissed as hearsay, but confessing isn’t?
WarrenM
5679
that part REALLY confused me. Howcome the positive stuff you say is all dismissed as hearsay, but confessing isn’t?
My take is “because it can be”. The prosecutor uses the hearsay argument which the judge buys into. Boom, anything you said that could help is discarded.
Don’t talk to them.
I also like the ex-cop who gets up afterwards. His analogy was great:
“Say you’re going into a boxing match. $100 if you win. You’ve never boxed before. You have to face somebody who is an Olympic boxer. You’re going to lose.”
bago
5680
Ah, Black Friday at Wal Mart.
