Thread: Law & Order is STUFFED.

Originally Posted by ozscott

Trout do you seriously believe that? I would like to think you are just being provocative. I would hope that no regular on this page actually thought to execute innocents, even a small percentage of those convicted, was collateral damage. If you are serious then I cannot express sufficiently my contempt.

No I don't think that innocents should be executed and Yes I was being provocative, However I also believe that truly Evil people should be treated like mad dogs and dispatched accordingly.
It saddens me when people like the cretin that ran down all those people in Melbourne and killed a child and 3 other people in front of hundreds of witnesses and was caught red handed is still breathing
Surely in cases like this and many others where there is 110% chance of getting it right without ANY chance of an innocent being punished the death penalty should apply.

Originally Posted by Eevo

bingo. being a journalist doesnt give you a free pass to break the law.

i wasnt going to reply further but it's nagging me, so come what may.....

untrue up until very recently Eevo

what you state above is what they want you to think is the point, while our rights are further whittled away

what they did yesterday at the abc and the day previous with a newscorp journalist was the first use of new laws passed by parliament in very recent times.

they said they needed the laws to go after terrorists

all parties were warned that the laws were much too far reaching and would affect a free press

those parties disagreed and walah, here we are now...

first use is against the press, reporters at newcorp and the abc, strange bed fellows indeed it has to be said and the subjects not terrorist related

they have never had the power to reach as far down the throats of those that hold those in power to account for their actions.

up till now there was a "Public Interest" test / defense applied to these sorts of activities by journalists and whistle blowers.

that is no longer the case as the offences have been moved to the criminal law acts so the "Public Interest" defense no longer exists

imho a crime is a crime is a crime, "everyone" should be held to account, if they commit one.

and under the new laws, they are no longer held responsible for criminal acts if working for the government of the day

stifling any legal way of holding those that commit crimes, at any level, to account, that diminishes our rights and in the end, our quality of life.

the AFP have revised their own statements on these raids 3 times already and that in itself should be ringing alarm bells

and thus, those with an agenda win another chunk......

society is further polarised

am i over reacting, i don't think so...