[Margaret Pilkington]

Blazey don't try and pull the wool over my eyes....sarcasm, it wasn't...and now you are just trying to back pedal.
There was nothing in that post to suggest it was tongue in cheek, a skit or anything of the kind.

And I suppose the government provided you with all those wholesome statistics that you quoted...I do not believe that the figures have fallen in the way you have reported....maybe they have changed the way the figures are collected........anyway you can make stats show any damn thing you want them to, and the politicians do not want us to believe that they are doing a bad job......what was it that Tony Blair said ?'Tough on Crime.....Tough on the causes of Crime'....don't make me laugh. There are so many criminals about that they are not jailing muggers and robbers, and they are releasing pridsoners with a cash handout because the jails are too full.
And as for your career depending on criminals, I think you are pretty safe to consider that you won't be out of work soon.....there does seem to be an abundance of the criminal classes.

As far as the Film 'Green mile' is concerned, I have never seen it so cannot comment.