There are some things no man can endure. Some punishments too gruesome to be permitted in a civilized society. Some concepts so horrible that the human soul itself shrivels and dies a little when forced to contemplate them.
This is one of those things.
Reuters reports that in benighted Thailand, where failure to reverencify the king will get you ten years (although, unlike Singapore, graffitification of cars will not get your caned ass featured in teary interviews on ABC) the police have instituted truly draconian measures for internal discipline.
Sloppy Bangkok policemen are being ordered to wear bright pink “Hello Kitty” armbands in a uniquely Thai twist to zero tolerance anti-crime initiatives used in New York.
Crime Suppression Division officers caught dropping litter, parking illegally or reporting late for work will get several days wearing the armbands, which come complete with the cute Japanese cat cartoon sitting on a pair of hearts.
Let’s just see these boys try to intimidate a perp now. “Hands up? Whatever! Ooooh, I’m scared; it’s Officer Friendly Kokko-chan!”
PS: how do you get an offending police officer into the back of the paddy wagon?
You pokemon.
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raincoaster 
Dignity Be-Gone? Let’s not forget…
Indeed. I see even Darth came out for Pride.
Actually, I heard that since Disney already owns the RCMP trademark, that they’ll soon be wearing armbands featuring Mickey Mouse.
That should help lower expectations to an appropriate level …
That’s more or less what I’ve always thought of the RCMP anyway.
What are the piccanannies up to now?
Dood. Go back and ‘splain who the blix or whateverthefuckers are. Me no know. Me live in Outraterra.
Now if they’d only make the FBI wear Hello Kitty strapons like they used to advertise over on The Onion.
i absolutely hate hello kitty. for a while we had a store that sold only hello kitty crap and a few other lines related to it. when hello kitty dies the death it so roundly deserves i’ll be one happy canadian.
When I was on Diary-X their great April Fool’s joke was that they’d been bought by Sanrio and all themes would have Hello Kitty built into them. It was, frankly, hilarious.
So much…pink and cuteness. My eyes. They burn. ;)
The Ferrari is, apparently, real. I wonder who drives it: Hillary Duff?
Wow, that has got to be more embarassing than being riot control with people asking to pet the nice horsey.
One would suppose so. Although probably 10% of cops wouldn’t mind (this is what the aliens said about their anal probes).
Death to Naomi!
Hello Kitty Rules the Earth Forever!
If that were the case, stop the planet, I want to get off.