tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4453760383249134892.post7296387271227255259..comments2024-01-04T01:58:59.567-08:00Comments on The Greenman: Abortion (And Unleaded Petrol) Prevents RiotsMartin Porterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05003428642599537927noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4453760383249134892.post-77823985864098583822011-08-17T01:07:41.378-07:002011-08-17T01:07:41.378-07:00The courts have gone bananas.
A 20 year old soldi...The courts have gone bananas.<br /><br />A 20 year old soldier with a clean criminal record and exemplorary service record was accused of receiving stolen goods, denied the charge and was remanded in custody. It now doesn't matter whether or not he gets found guilty, that's his career, and probably life, ruined.<br /><br />The most shocking injustices though are that the courts have stopped making the key distinction between violent and non-violent offences. You get the same for taking a bottle of water as you do for affray.Martin Porterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05003428642599537927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4453760383249134892.post-3900334807652529802011-08-16T15:34:06.329-07:002011-08-16T15:34:06.329-07:00ps. My congratulations to you for having the balls...ps. My congratulations to you for having the balls to write about the confrontation!A Heron's Viewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06563706152609630696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4453760383249134892.post-42082115093359558642011-08-16T15:31:30.574-07:002011-08-16T15:31:30.574-07:00Looking in from another island: it appears that a ...Looking in from another island: it appears that a true blue knee-jerk over the top reaction is taking place in the law courts. Probably because it is to painful to look inwards at the root causes, such as the unemployment of one million young people<br />plus a gross lack of public fascilities available in occupying their time.A Heron's Viewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06563706152609630696noreply@blogger.com