I think y'all may be looking at this new "elite" police unit all wrong. if i lived in the UK, I'd probably have my application on someone's desk yesterday. Where else can one get PAID to sit on his ass all day and just read internet posts?
An "elite" unit that sits on it's ass and reads internet posts all day? My, the meaning of "elite" has certainly taken a tumble in recent years! When a guy who weighs 400 pounds and has Cheetos dust all over his fingers and mouth can aspire to join an "elite" unit with reasonable hope, it makes me just want to set my black beret on fire and walk away from it.
Calling this an "elite" unit kind of reminds me of the time General Eric Shinseki decided to give the entire army black berets so they could all feel "special" and "elite", and turn the Ranger units berets from the traditional black to baby-shit tan. It tarnished the Rangers, gave the regulars a false sense of "eliteness", and generally began the decline of the US Armed Forces.
Seriously - don't worry about this "elite" unit. I have no doubt that the average British citizen can outrun them while gasping for air because they are laughing so hard.
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An "elite" unit that sits on it's ass and reads internet posts all day? My, the meaning of "elite" has certainly taken a tumble in recent years! When a guy who weighs 400 pounds and has Cheetos dust all over his fingers and mouth can aspire to join an "elite" unit with reasonable hope, it makes me just want to set my black beret on fire and walk away from it.
Calling this an "elite" unit kind of reminds me of the time General Eric Shinseki decided to give the entire army black berets so they could all feel "special" and "elite", and turn the Ranger units berets from the traditional black to baby-shit tan. It tarnished the Rangers, gave the regulars a false sense of "eliteness", and generally began the decline of the US Armed Forces.
Seriously - don't worry about this "elite" unit. I have no doubt that the average British citizen can outrun them while gasping for air because they are laughing so hard.
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“Trouble rather the tiger in his lair than the sage among his books. For to you kingdoms and their armies are things mighty and enduring, but to him they are but toys of the moment, to be overturned with the flick of a finger.”
― Gordon R. Dickson, Tactics of Mistake
― Gordon R. Dickson, Tactics of Mistake