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Topic History of: Human Rights
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JK2006 |
And my point is - whether it should or should not be allowed is neither here nor there; it is the law so it must now be allowed until or unless they change the law. |
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Karmic Bounce wrote:
In the same way that you lose your driving licence if you get caught being seriously over the drink-drive limit, to a degree even, where you are a danger to other road users, so you should lose your right to vote if you have been convicted of a serious offence. The logic is simple - you get penalised for seriously unacceptible behaviour.
that really is a pretty strange anology ... how is a con voting going to increase crime ?
banning boozy drivers is obviously necessary for everyone's protection but a person in jail palcing a vote in the ballot box isn't doing any harm at all.
And there is the very social necessity of those in jail being encouraged to participate in important social activities..it is to be encouraged.
Aren't you going down that road .."they lose all their freedoms and rights blah blah "?
In fact they don't lose all their rights. They have the right to be housed and fed and kept warm and not be raped and beaten (often ignored ) and so on.
There is no logical reason for prisoners not to vote.
It will not affect one other single person and laws that are enacted for no logical reason are an anathema.  |
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Karmic Bounce |
In the same way that you lose your driving licence if you get caught being seriously over the drink-drive limit, to a degree even, where you are a danger to other road users, so you should lose your right to vote if you have been convicted of a serious offence. The logic is simple - you get penalised for seriously unacceptible behaviour. |
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you elected a plonker in Cameron.
He risks doing incredible damage with his pompous nationalistic rantings about HRC.
It's only a matter of time before the same attacks begin on the UN and then the cracks begin to appear.
The T.Blairs of the world who use the UN charter to start wars will be floundering. As will the concept of UN forces protecting citizens in war zones.
The whole eddiface could could crumbling down as Britain retreats into isolationism and others follow suit. Except for the rest of Europe.
I can see lawsuits by the thousands. Chaos.
(and the get tough ravings about 'welfare to work' will be quietly shelved) |
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In The Know |
Most people are completely unaware (isn't ignorance bliss?) that the vast majority of the Human Rights Convention was drafted by British lawyers ! |
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