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| Britain |
| HONEST CITIZENS PUT IN THE DOCK AS THUGS GO FREE |
| 2009-10-13 |
| By Leo McKinstry BRITAIN continues its descent into a socia1ist hell, devoid of any justice or morality. We now live in a sub-Marxist world where the ultra-politicised institutions of the State wield arbitrary power, bullying the decent members of the public while dangerous criminals walk free. The legal system is fast becoming an instrument of oppression rather than a bulwark of civilisation. Such is the grip of Left-wing thinking on our so-called law enforcers that they are no longer willing to protect society from violence and thuggery. Instead, they prefer to hound ordinary citizens over offences such as thought crimes or breaches of their myriad environmental regulations. Similarly, infringements of traffic rules are pursued with far more authoritarian zeal than is ever applied to burglary, assault, theft, drug abuse or vandalism. in this process of politicisation, common sense has disappeared and basic freedoms have been destroyed. In the Big Brother culture created by Labour, full of vast databases, surveillance cameras, state- employed spies and intrusive questionnaires, all of us are now treated as potential criminal suspects for being insufficiently enthusiastic about cultural diversity or the fashionable green agenda. Yet the real enemies of our society, like crack-addicted thieves, drunken yobs, benefit swindlers or islamic terrorists, have little to fear from our enfeebled courts, which wallow in leniency and excuse-making. the only people whose human rights count are those of offenders, not their victims. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 A Clockwork Orange. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2009-10-13 16:01 |
| #5 When you don't have Second Amendmant a) you depend on governemnt's good will b) you develop a passive and cowardly attitude towards armed men. And if you don't develop it the bad guys will kill you thus ensuring natural selection c) the governemnat will do its utmost to encourage cowardice: in order "not to anger the thugs". In the UK it is telling the citizens to cooperate with burglars and point them to the place where youn hold your money. It is not a long way from recommending to help the burglmars in restraining your wife or daughter if they want to have some fun. d) It voids the right to insurrection ie the tool to keep governemnts honest. |
| Posted by: JFM 2009-10-13 09:08 |
| #4 There, but for the grace of God, goes U.S. Oh wait.... I think we are well on our way over here on this side of the pond too... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2009-10-13 08:42 |
| #3 This path leads to the Somali 'solution' - public amputations. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2009-10-13 08:32 |
| #2 The funny thing is that the POLICE are VIGILANTES Read "Peels Nine Principles of Policing". Sir Robert Peel's Nine Principles * The basic mission for which the police exist is to prevent crime and disorder. * The ability of the police to perform their duties is dependent upon public approval of police actions. * Police must secure the willing co-operation of the public in voluntary observance of the law to be able to secure and maintain the respect of the public. * The degree of co-operation of the public that can be secured diminishes proportionately to the necessity of the use of physical force. * Police seek and preserve public favour not by catering to public opinion but by constantly demonstrating absolute impartial service to the law. * Police use physical force to the extent necessary to secure observance of the law or to restore order only when the exercise of persuasion, advice and warning is found to be insufficient. * Police, at all times, should maintain a relationship with the public that gives reality to the historic tradition that the police are the public and the public are the police; the police being only members of the public who are paid to give full-time attention to duties which are incumbent on every citizen in the interests of community welfare and existence. * Police should always direct their action strictly towards their functions and never appear to usurp the powers of the judiciary. * The test of police efficiency is the absence of crime and disorder, not the visible evidence of police action in dealing with it. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2009-10-13 05:21 |
| #1 It is so obvious. "When government does not protect the public from criminals, or worse, when government sides with criminals against the public, vigilantism results." One small squad of determined individuals could turn their entire nation around with public acts of vigilantism. The only question left is like the one asked of Lot: "Are there any righteous men left in England?" |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2009-10-13 00:27 |