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Topic History of: Yewtree "destroying the Rule Of Law" - great article; ditto from Jane Moore in The Sun - see thread Max. showing the last 5 posts - (Last post first)
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BarntheBarn
I saw the age of consent mention and thought it was a wry comment on how stupid this whole celebrity abuse fiasco has become.
How might we solve it? Lower the age of consent. Plus the anonymity and a time limit of reporting such crimes. It's a solution - but I took Hewson to be saying just that and not that it is an actual answer. A bit like Jonathan Swift.
Chris Retro
I think she knew though by doing that the mainstream media wouldn't be able to help themselves in bringing the article into the news - otherwise it would have languished in cyberspace, silently affirming The Silent Moral Majority but going against the grain of the Intellectual Frauds that make up 99% of the country's media & legal profession - all of whom I hold in complete contempt. And regarding the headline-grabbing "age of consent" - I take it these cunts crying "rape apologist!" must view Spain in the same light?
I find it cathartic to see a bunch of professional hypocrites misquoting an article which 100% of the people I have shown it too agree with it 100% - it shows how far removed these lovers of idiotic dogma are from real people and strengthens my absolute contempt absolutely.
hedda
Jim wrote: There was something on here a few days ago about how in witch hunts, the one thing they can't stand is someone who denies the existence of witches, because calls the whole thing into question. Admitting to being a witch isn't viewed as quite so bad.
For that reason I knew the would go after Barbara Hewson over this. Even so, I was surprised to see the article get a mention on Sky News today as controversial. I wonder what will happen to brave Barbara Hewson now. Does logic of the witch hunt require her to be burnt at the stake?
I thought it was a fantastically well-written piece.
tabloid media and creatures like MWT are busting a gut because
1. they have to be very careful they do not libel her (being a barrister) and
2. she is expressing "free speech" and the the scumbag MWT walks hand in greasy hand with the same tabloid media that is beside itself with grief and been screeching from the rooftops that the Royal Charter will usher in a Soviet style attack upon their "free speech".
As we see on Raccoon MWT was a dangerous so-called "expert" and as a criminologist obviously does not understand that no "professional body" can do anything about her. So much for his degree when he seems so ignorant.
I suspect she knew exactly what she was saying a deliberately put in the bit about a low age of consent knowing it would be controversial and picked up be the mainstream media (it's in the Oz tabloids).
She wrote this piece for lawyers, judges, magistrates and so on and I suspect a majority think likewise.
She would have carefully thought out was she was going to say.
The more I read about MWT the more I am convinced that something will emerge about his reasons for leaving the police. And it's the cops who will leak it.
honey!oh sugar sugar.
JK2006 wrote: It's a shame she says "reduce the age of consent to 13" - whether or not one agrees (I don't), it focuses opinion on the wrong thing.
I thought that too. Now everyone has dismissed the very good points she made in-between the rambling.
I much preferred Jane Moore's article.
Jim
This reduction in the age of consent was not the central point of the piece. I managed to read it without noticing that detail. When I heard the report on Sky news I wasn't quite sure whether they were talking about the same article. But to attack a view, it's easiest to start with it's weakest point. A more honest approach would be to deal with its central point head on.