Monday, July 12, 2010

Big blooper about being behind bars

My anti-BS siren just went off when I read the opening sentence from a lead item on Stuff this morning;


Kiwis behind bars in many countries

Fifty-seven New Zealanders are behind bars in other countries.
57.

There are over 800 people behind bars in Australia alone (prison bars that is.)

I don't have the time to check out other countries now. The soccer is about to start.

But wouldn't any thinking person have looked at that figure and thought, too low. Way too low.

1 comment:

Andrei said...

I think in this context "other countries" means third world ****holes Lindsay.

Places where the unfortunate might be subject to cruel and unusual punishment like "second hand smoke"