Behave, or you're getting the Hello Kitty armband

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6932801.stm

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Police chiefs in the Thai capital, Bangkok, have come up with a new way of punishing officers who break the rules - an eye-catching Hello Kitty armband.

The armband is large, bright pink and has a Hello Kitty motif with two hearts embroidered on it.

From today, officers who are late, park in the wrong place or commit other minor transgressions will have to wear it for several days.

The armband is designed to shame the wearer, police officials said.

Do you agree with such a horrible, draconian punishment? It is going to drastically affect morale. This would never have happened if Thaksin were still in office. Bunch of bastards.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Don't worry, after a few months, the meaning behind the armband will have shifted to signify who is the biggest loose-cannon on the force.

You can just see a cop telling some criminal "You don't want to mess with me, do you even see how many Hello Kitty armbands I am wearing? I'm crazy, man."

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The effect is lost if you find Hello Kitty cute like I do :3
That's a hilarious form of punishment, assuming that Bangkok police are heavy on machismo.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

If my friend was a cop she'd be the first one to break a rule just so that she could wear the armband, she is such a huge Hello Kitty fan.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Is Sanrio getting big bux out of this?

I was speaking idiomatically.

If you hit a suspect with a phone book, you get a Keropi armband to boot.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

1. Move to Bangkok
2. become a police officer
3. Break rules
4. Profit


My revised set of life goals.

FELIPE NO

I love Hello Kitty. I would wear that armband with PRIDE.

Along with all those stick thin emo boys.

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i think the burden of shame is to great for these police officers to bare. they shouldnt be have to put through so much mental abuse.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I think their only choice for these shamed troublemakers is to band together to form their own Hello Kitty Death Squad ultimately turning what was once an icon of innocence into the ultimate paragon of evil.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I don't understand messages like this. I mean, it's funny, but is that really what cops want to get across? I wouldn't mock the police officers who wear that; I would totally look up to them for being cool.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Dee

I love Hello Kitty. I would wear that armband with PRIDE.

Along with all those stick thin emo boys.

You'd wear emo boys? Wow.....

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I agree with russ. Hello Kitty will soon equal badassness.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

"YOU'RE A LOOSE CANNON MCGUFFY! I can't afford to be sending you out on the street!"

"It doesn't matter how many armbands you give me, chief. I'm gonna keep doing what's right."


I'm a little put off by all you sadsacks who actually want a Hello Kitty armband, like some kind of Japanese corporate brownshirts.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Bradylama

I'm a little put off by all you sadsacks who actually want a Hello Kitty armband, like some kind of Japanese corporate brownshirts.

I suspect the incidences of crime requiring the intervention of a beat cop involving Wapanese internet nerds is sufficiently low for the powers that be to discount the risk of an undercurrent of grudging respect for the maverik cops from the criminal fraternity.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Thais are crazy, and they sound funny.

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by russ

You can just see a cop telling some criminal "You don't want to mess with me, do you even see how many Hello Kitty armbands I am wearing? I'm crazy, man."

That mental image gave me a decent chuckle. Just thought I'd let you know.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Originally Posted by Ceres

1. Move to Bangkok
2. become a police officer
3. Break rules
4. Profit


My revised set of life goals.

Only you would go through ridiculous steps like that for a fucking arm band.

Then again, I guess anything that gets you out of the house is gold.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Hahaha, this is hilarious. I can't believe they are actually doing this as a punishment. Like some people said above, I'd LOVE a hello kitty armband as punishment. Sanrio stuff here is priced exorbitantly, and I'd be tardy twenty times over in order to get me some armbandage.

How ya doing, buddy?

If I were in charge, I would make them wear DESU DESU DESU armbands. Seems more of a punishment to me, you know what I'm sayin'?

EDIT:

Actually, why stop there? I think delinquent police officers should have their patrol car siresn replaced with ones that go DESUDESUDESDES through the mean streets of Bangkok for much humiliation and lulz ! Also, they should flash red and green. I think this is a perfectly reasonable suggestion.

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Originally Posted by LaMenina

Hahaha, this is hilarious. I can't believe they are actually doing this as a punishment. Like some people said above, I'd LOVE a hello kitty armband as punishment. Sanrio stuff here is priced exorbitantly, and I'd be tardy twenty times over in order to get me some armbandage.

Wow. How inhumane. LOL I hardly think that this will be the presiding opinion over at the precinct, but it just might work to promote better behavior.

I mean honestly, how many people become police officers to gain 'instant' respect? Can you really respect a policeman with a hello kitty armband? Its certainly a strong incentive to not be a jackass police officer. However, the armband is a shtick which probably won't stick. It becomes problematic because it will probably cause citizens not to take the police force seriously, which is never good. This isn't a very respectful premise nor very serious. It seems more like a frat gag than something that should be instituted by an official police source.

To me, hello kitty armband's as punishment, is about as practical as playing Classical music at bus stops to keep violent crime down.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Bahahah, I LOVE this idea. It truly is the perfect way to punish those who are too concerned with issues of testosterone and machismo.

Gotta love inventive disciplinary measures! =)

I was speaking idiomatically.

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"Guilty officers will be made to wear the armbands in the office for a few days, with instructions not to disclose their offences. Let people guess what they have done," he said.

Unfortunately, they're not wearing this while out on the streets, just while walking around the station.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?