Is the IRA dumb ?

[sunnysan]

Laws

Indeed good citizens have nothign to worry about. Yet

Maybe one day we will have our own UK version of this
http://english.pravda.ru/main/18/89/...264_Yukos.html

Which as they say is ..... nice.

[AtW]

In Russia the judicial system is under complete control of the executive branch -- here its not the case, thanks God/Chico for this.

[Bagpuss]

This site make I larf sometimes. Some people can't wait to post a spun news story about some case where someones civil rights have aledgedly been infringed and scorn at the abuse of the system. Yet when the real criminals who have been bending the system for years get some deserved justice people are outraged. Ultimately all legislation can be missused, but we can't just let known criminals live the life of luxury while bombing, maiming, robbing and extorting their way through life just for the fear the government might use the act in future for misdemeanors of the general public.

[Not So Wise]

, but we can't just let known criminals live the life of luxury while bombing, maiming, robbing and extorting their way through life just for the fear the government might use the act in future for misdemeanors of the general public.

No they should not be living the life of luxury, they should be tried, found guilty due to evidence against them and jailed.

Not just having some tabliod paper declare them guilty and then some government agency come in and take everything with zero proof against them (if they have proof why not arrest them?) when it suits them politically

This has nothing to do with the "goverment might use the act in future for misdemeanors of the general public." it's something we KNOW will happen, like look how short of time police have had their anti terrorist powers and the abuse's of it they are already commiting on a regular basis, like the 80 year old man held at the labour party conference, and thats just the ones that catch the eye of the media, god only knows how many others happen everyday

Laws are not only meant to protect us from the criminals but also from the government who otherwise would have to much power over our daily lives, and slowly but steadly, here like in the US those safeguards are being removed.

As every day goes by i find myself more afriad of the goverment than any terrorist, because the former is 100 times more powerful than the latter and every time i turn around i notice another chain that keeps it under control has been broken for "good intentions"...and we all know the old saying about the road those lead to.

[threaded]

we can't just let known criminals live the life of luxury while bombing, maiming, robbing and extorting their way through life

Sorry, but the New Lie have brought in laws so we can't actually sue them once they get kicked out of office. Which is a pity really.

Otherwise I might have been inclined to agree with you.