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I don't know as the controlling aspect of the state has changed that much, but I certainly thought

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In Reply to: RE: I think you miss-dated the reality posted by Victor Khomenko on November 20, 2010 at 06:48:44

the overwhelming power of the state being visited on a teenage pot smoker was a central point!
And, remember now, the police boss doesn't care if the kid is guilty of what he's allegedly doing: if he is but a casual pot smoker, that's enough to ruin his life. I really think the director is after more than a comment on Draconian pot laws, though, don't you? One doesn't get over a thug like Ceau in a year or two.

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"In a year or two"... :) c'mon, it's been 21 years! - Victor Khomenko 08:56:43 11/20/10 (1)
I don't think your take of the boss being willing to bust a not guilty guy - I didn't get any sense of that, my impression was he wanted to stick to the law, uphold it, no matter what his or the policeman's personal beliefs were.

I also think the choice of the crime was not too important, as long as it was trivial enough to spur the internal conflict - as this one did. In other words, the director was not after changing drug laws or even their evaluation.

I think the stretch you are making is from the boss simply applying the existing laws with no emotions attached, to the one who does what the old communist guard used to do... their ways are best summarized in a famous quote by Stalin's chief prosecutor Vyshinsky - he stated that the modern society should judge its members not according to the law, but following their conscience.

Be it as it may, law enforcement bending the laws according to their convictions is the surest recipe for lawlessness and abuse. In that sense the boss with his cooler head prevailed and a lesson learned. As far as I recall, the boss does not let his personal feelings on the petty crime known... as it should be.
- I'll see it again. I thought the detective was bull-headed and out to mash the - tinear 11:51:55 11/23/10 (0)
  kid no matter what. We both know that police make decisions on a daily basis, which laws to enforce (55 mph; spitting on sidewalk) which ones to ignore. In this case, the basis for the detective being so persistent in his instructions to the cop were that he felt the kid was involved in trafficking. He wasn't, but the detective (boss) kept pushing the cop to find MORE. The laws were Draconian, as far as I remember, too. No matter how one stretches it, it was just a kid occasionally smoking a joint with his buddies. Imagine if all of us were so punished!

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