"As Citizens We Have No Constitutional Right to a Poirot. We're Lucky if We Even Get a Clouseau"

Words of wisdom from commenter mulched.

Comments

[Mr. Bumble]

Does he win a VC tee shirt?

[mulched]

I will wear it with pride as a representative of the commenting community.

[DWB]

Wrong ... as a citizen you will take Clouseau and like it!

[Zarniwoop]

If we’re going to go all Peter Sellers: his roles in

Dr. Strangelove
Being There

are far more instructive.

[Dan Schiavetta]

The joke about Clouseau was that he always ended up with a solved case. It's what drove Dreyfus crazy.

[Intelligent Mr Toad]

If you needed a detective, you could do much worse than to hire Clouseau. As I recall, Clouseau ended up solving all his cases successfully.

[DRM]

What we need, of course, is general recognition of the unenumerated but historically well-established right of private citizens to prosecute lawbreakers.

[Noscitur a sociis]

Can you elaborate on the history that established that right?

[Noscitur a sociis]

Glad someone put that that teenage rape in her place.