"Rob Perkins" wrote in message
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On Tue, 09 Dec 2003 09:16:53 +0100, Martin Hotze
wrote:

I say, a couple of your border guards can be real martinets.)

martinets?

A martinet is a person with police or military authority who makes a
point of using all of it, especially to incovenience people or for
self-aggrandizement.

That description fits most Sheriffs