Posted on 01/25/2024 8:50:30 AM PST by PJ-Comix
A few days ago I posted a video which showed British pianist Brendan Kavanaugh in a dispute with Communist Chinese who demanded he remove the video showing them even though he was playing a piano in a public space. At the time it seemed that Kavanaugh, whose story was publicized worldwide, had triumphed in his support for freedom as opposed to CCP thuggery. However, as you can see, this apparent victory for freedom came DESPITE one of the cops who tried to get Kavanaugh to cave to the Communist Chinese. At one point you can see a look of smug triumph come over the British cop's face when she thought she caught Kavanaugh in the Thought Crime of saying this isn't China despite the fact they they were not in China and the complainants nearby were waving Communist Chinese flags.
I wish I could tell you this ultimately ended up, despite the opposition of the Airstrip One cop, as a triumph for freedom but, unfortunately, there is a very sad update. Is this the end of the story or will Elton John, whose piano it is, weigh in? Stay tuned as we find out if it is still Great Britain or has it finally descended into Airstrip One?
Bet you a dollar those CCP folks were spies.
PING!
It’s going to be interesting to see if Elton John steps up to the plate since he was the one who originally owned that piano now being cordoned off from the public thanks to the CCP.
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Don’t need a piano.
Just take public pictures of any Chinese person you see.
Maybe have a friend stand in the picture, as the ‘main subject’.
Wait for more bully chinese to object.
For those who don’t know, “Airstrip One” is the new name for England in George Orwell’s novel “1984”...............
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_geography_of_Nineteen_Eighty-Four
Considering how the CCP works, any of their nationals is a spy or a potential one.
What’s really funny is the Britain is one of the most surveilled countries in the world. There are cameras on every corner recording every face and movement. It’s beyond the imagination of Orwell.
Thank you.
Joke’s on the Chicom... Britain is as heavily ‘camera-ed’ as any country on the planet... this lone video is inconsequential.
“Even the names of countries, and their shapes on the map, had been different. Airstrip One, for instance, had not been so called in those days: it had been called England, or Britain, though London, he felt fairly certain, had always been called London.” - George Orwell, 1984
I’ve watched the video of the entire incident a couple of times. And I still can’t decide.
Was that female UK cop simply ignorant of British law? Or was this another case of a copy being a bully just because the opportunity presented itself?
I’m not at all sure. But if I had to bet, I’d bet it’s the latter. Too many cops love to give orders and directives. And they will seize on any chance to do so.
Every British cop should be identified in a US database and banned from entry into the United States.
At least with the ChiCom crap in that video we know who they are. But the British “police” are nothing more then political thugs.
There’s a reason we fought the Revolution.
> But the British “police” are nothing more than political thugs. <
Unfortunately we have the same problem in the United States. It’s a problem with major political issues. It’s also a problem with smaller, day-to-day stuff. As I noted in a previous post, too many cops love to give orders and directives, even when they are not necessary.
I just don’t get why they can’t show a bit more self-restraint. Every profession needs to consider PR. The police should be no different.
Thanks! I forgot that detail.
The term will see more use in my conversations and posts.
I know the guy's recording efforts are to supply his YouTube channel with video, and the longer he talks with the various characters in this mess, the more video he can put on his channel. But seriously, I would've stopped interacting with the Chinese...and ESPECIALLY the cop...a long time earlier. He's already on the "winning" side, but he'll never convince these idiots that he's right. With the Chinese, I would've continued playing and recording. With the Bobby, I simply would've said "Arrest me or leave me alone". (The cop was the REAL piece of work in the video.)
> The cop was the REAL piece of work in the video. <
Yes, indeed. I actually expected the video to end with her arresting piano guy for what the Brits call a “public order offense”. She’s a bully. And that’s just what bully cops do.
Also Dr. K. was on a first-name basis with the lady Bobbie, he kept calling her Carrie. I also read that Branden, AKA Dr. K had been in a controversy with the Bobbies the week before this.
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