GR translation: eyes tuned to the finest possibilities of threat

[Mike Jing]

Thanks, Mike. The published translation got it wrong again.


On Fri, Aug 15, 2025 at 6:35 AM Mike Weaver <mike.weaver at zen.co.uk> wrote:

> The cops are alert to anything they think might be a threat - however
> likely - finest as in smallest not best!
>
> On 15/08/2025 11:20, Mike Jing wrote:
> > V570.17-24, P580.12-19   No wonder. The cops go at busting these
> > proceedings the way they must’ve handled anti-Nazi street actions before
> > the War, moving in, mmm ja, with these flexible clubs, eyes tuned to the
> > finest possibilities of threat, smelling of leather, of the wool-armpit
> > rankness of their own fear, jumping little kids three-on-one, shaking
> down
> > girls, old people, making them take off and shake out even boots and
> > underwear, jabbing and battering in with tireless truncheonwork among the
> > crying kids and screaming women.
> >
> > Does the "threat" here refer to the threat to the cops themselves, or
> their
> > threat to others?
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