Tag Archives: laws

How laws really work

By | | , ,
Comments Off on How laws really work

Once more I’m stealing content via the much better informed Katabasis, but hey it’s easier than writing my own content :) So without further ado, “The Ugly Face of Tyranny” by Matt Giwer (which means Katabasis borrowed it as well). Any law the electorate sees as being open to being perverted from its original intent will be perverted in a manner that is worse than the manner of perversion seen at the time. Any law that is so difficult to pass it requires the citizens be assured it will not be a stepping stone to worse laws will in fact … Continue reading →

A new bill of rights?

By | | , ,
Comments Off on A new bill of rights?

Friday see’s the end of the consultation period for our new bill of rights, or as Mr Cameron would have it our bill of rights, as he seems to be unaware of the existing documents which form our constitution (H/T

Breaking the seal

By | | , ,
1 Comment

Over in Ireland they are apparently going to remove the legal protection afforded to things told in the confessional – for the sake of the children of course. At the moment it’s just in the case of someone confessing to “sexual abuse” where there is planned to be mandatory reporting required. Now I’d hope that the Irish clergy will have the courage of their convictions and not break the seal of the confessional and suffer prison terms if it comes to that as from a religious point of view that it s the correct thing to do. Now that priests … Continue reading →