Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2002 14:52:51 +0200 (CEST)
From: Joacim Persson <joacim-AT-ymex.net>
Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: UK uproar?


On Wed, 2 Oct 2002, Ze Sprout wrote:

> this joacim persson comes from the most statist state in the
> western hemisphere (maybe in the world), stating he "successfuly ignored
> the police for over two years." big cheers, at last a real revolutionary
> in our midst.  i doubt he'll ever ignore the policeman in his own head,
> which is what modern police states (like sweden) are all about.  i whish
> him all the luck he could get.

Thank you Sir, for those kind words.

My ignoring years begun with me ignoring certain decrees regarding fees and
inspections of a motorcycle which ran perfectly well without such nonsense.
Then it sort of rolled on. They developed a habit of pounding at the door,
and me of ignoring them.

There were a few interesting incidents -- apart from the normal pounding --
during this time which could be worth a note in the memoirs, but the best
moment was however one fine winter morning they when changed tactics. Four
constables in two cars came for a visit, and I was just about to work
myself up to ignoring them as usual, when I heard a strange noice at the
door. They were picking the lock. I quickly decided to, temporarily, divert
from my tactic too, to confuse them, and indeed this decision was not
without some success... 

One constable ran off to hide round the corner of the house, one fell over
on his arse, sprawling in the snow with a letter in his hand he kept waving
for no clear reason. I think he said something, but I was so busy
anti-ignoring I didn't hear what. The remaining two plodded at great haste
backwards in the snow towards the wood shed, where one of them fell and got
stuck with his head in a snow drift, until the other pulled him out. It was
one of those memorable moments you wished you had a camera.

They never actually mentioned what their business was, but the man with the
letter dropped it, demonstratively, by the stairs, where of course I
immediately begun ignoring it intensively for months to come, except when
stepping out for a leak.  (Eventually, it rotted away)  They left without
further explanation of this odd behaviour, and I went back to my usual
ignoring, busy as ever. A week or so later, a friend of mine informed me
about a note he had seen in the paper, about a trial that had been held
without the prescence of the defendant.  But the court had ignored the
prosecutor du to the prescription date having passed, by six months.

They have ignored me ever since. How rude of them.