If you can’t provide your papers when the authorities ask for them, what do you expect will happen?Report
No kidding. Walking is not a right, after all.Report
It’s all well and good to talk about “freedom” but what if he were a suicide bomber?Report
He was playing music back when Bill Ayers was blowing things up. Coincidence?Report
Hell he probably even associated with guys who said bad things about AmericaReport
Not to be picky, but the article says he wasn’t arrested. He was taken back to his hotel and released once he was identified by staff.Report
If you have to be “released” then you were arrested.Report
“Arrested” would mean charges are filed and you are taken downtown.
Believe me, I get it what you are trying to say but the headline is misleading. Prof. Gates was arrested. Bob Dylan was not. By the hassle factor alone, there is a huge difference.Report
Actually you can be arrested and released; arrested and then issued a ticket or an order to appear in court. You aren’t necessarily taken downtown. Trust me. I know people who have been arrested in this sense.
Beyond this – what does one call being detained by police and forced to go with them somewhere without being free to leave? Is there a term for this?Report
The Russians and Germans had terms for this. Maybe we can use the word they used.Report
I’m on the pavement
Thinking about the government
The man in the trench coat
Badge out, laid off
Says hes got a bad cough
Wants to get it paid off
Look out kid
Its somethin you did
God knows when
But you’re doin it againReport
mw, thanks, I’ve been waiting forty years for someone to give me this line: “Badge out, laid off..”
Now I can sing the whole damn song!Report
The truth is that Dylan should have been arrested a long, long time ago for blowing out our poor minds, through his poetry. Long live to Bob Dylan!Report
If you can’t provide your papers when the authorities ask for them, what do you expect will happen?Report
No kidding. Walking is not a right, after all.Report
It’s all well and good to talk about “freedom” but what if he were a suicide bomber?Report
He was playing music back when Bill Ayers was blowing things up. Coincidence?Report
Hell he probably even associated with guys who said bad things about AmericaReport
Not to be picky, but the article says he wasn’t arrested. He was taken back to his hotel and released once he was identified by staff.Report
If you have to be “released” then you were arrested.Report
“Arrested” would mean charges are filed and you are taken downtown.
Believe me, I get it what you are trying to say but the headline is misleading. Prof. Gates was arrested. Bob Dylan was not. By the hassle factor alone, there is a huge difference.Report
Actually you can be arrested and released; arrested and then issued a ticket or an order to appear in court. You aren’t necessarily taken downtown. Trust me. I know people who have been arrested in this sense.
Beyond this – what does one call being detained by police and forced to go with them somewhere without being free to leave? Is there a term for this?Report
The Russians and Germans had terms for this. Maybe we can use the word they used.Report
I’m on the pavement
Thinking about the government
The man in the trench coat
Badge out, laid off
Says hes got a bad cough
Wants to get it paid off
Look out kid
Its somethin you did
God knows when
But you’re doin it againReport
Oh indeed. The irony is lyrical.Report
mw, thanks, I’ve been waiting forty years for someone to give me this line: “Badge out, laid off..”
Now I can sing the whole damn song!Report
The truth is that Dylan should have been arrested a long, long time ago for blowing out our poor minds, through his poetry. Long live to Bob Dylan!Report