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How many times did you break the law in the last week? I'm sure a lot of people will happily answer 0, but are
you sure? Aside from obvious laws such as Murder, there are other laws that people are not so aware about. Some
laws are still fairly obvious but often get broken or bent by society, for example how many times have you
rolled past a red traffic light? Perhaps you gave alcohol to a minor, or perhaps you stumbled across a
pornographic site on the net whilst using a school or libraries internet connection? Did you know that for
viewing (and so in the eyes of the law bringing) pornography in a school, you can in fact be added to the child
sex offenders register? It seems a little harsh, but it is there to protect the children.
There are many other tiny little laws like that, and very few people (if any) know about them all. Britain now has so many laws, that no-one can keep track of whether what they are doing is right or not, the obvious laws will always stand, but let me ask you this. Why is it that you don't go out and mug old ladies on the village green? Is it because the law tells you not to? or is it purely because mugging old ladies is just wrong? I think very few people would say its because of the law.
I personally believe that this surplus of laws is turning Britains society more and more towards the wrong side of the law, people have given up caring because it is impossible to keep track of it. Very few people would have dared jump a red light 30 years ago, but in todays society it happens regularly.
Have you ever given alcohol to a minor? Was the minor supervised at all times? If the answer to the second is no, or the child was under the age of 5 then you broke the law!
A lot of the British laws are common sense, you wouldn't carry an automatic weapon with you when you go shopping would you? but some of them are absolutely rediculous, for example the latest ruling by British courts that selling a PS3 before Sony release it in Europe is illegal! I understand that Sony claim to be concerned about the product not meeting European safety standards, but most consumers would be aware of the fact that there may be issue with hardware bought from outside Europe.
Or for another example, look at the latest discrimination laws, Age discrimination. On the face of it this is a very well intended law, in practice not really so. Similarly with the equal opportunities act, well intended, and for the most part well thought out, but it does a few potholes.
I personally am all for equal opportunities, what I don't hold with is Political Correctness, I am not a racist or a bigot, and I don't tend to use many of the terms that are Politically incorrect nowadays, but I do believe that Political correctness has gone way to far. For example there has been talk of passing laws that make referring to homosexuality in negative terms a hate crime, now I'm not saying I hvae anything aginst gays or lesbians, they are free to live their lives the way they want, but referring to them in a negative manner is a bit of a broad criteria, what would constitute a crime? and how many people would actually even be aware it was a crime? How many people would get prosecuted?
There was talk recently of a new law that would bring the UK inline with Europes 2001 Directive on Cybercrime. Excellent you say, that should really keep the crackers at bay, but in reality it is in fact more likely, should it ever pass through (I don't believe it has yet) to make the situation far worse. Why? because the British Government in their infinite wisdom, are ploughing towards making Network security tools illegal their theory of course is that hackers can use these tools to find weaknesses in a system and gain access. The problem is most sysadmins use these tools in order to find any security holes before the Hacker/Cracker does, so in actual fact this new law would take away one of our best lines of defense. Worse than that if an application is deemed likely to be used for hacking, the authoer of the software can actually be prosecuted!
The most well known screw-ip by the government in the UK is of course ID Cards! We are told by our government that they will help combat terrorism, but everyone in the UK knows that that is just not true. ID cards will not stop or even deter terrorism, and most people in the UK would still have an issue with them even if it didn't look as though they will cost £90 per person. The main issue with them is an invasion of privacy, the government will have stored (not that they don't already) details about everyone in the UK, and Gordon Brown has already stated that he wants to extend the sharing to commercial entities (so far mainly banks and insurance companies.) Say No to ID.
The latest political scapegoat has reared its ugly head again, Binge drinking is once again a topic of much focus, most people in the UK are intelligent enough to know that in actual fact Binge drinking does very little harm to our society. But our esteemed would be leader Gordon Brown has decided to add some more duty onto beer in order to combat this binge drinking.
Call me cynical but if he really wanted to combat Binge Drinking wouldn't a TV campaign or anything that raises awareness be more effective than bringing more tax into the treasury. Once these Binge drinkers can't afford beer, they will simply move onto Spirits, wines or even brew their own. The government needs to realise that they simply cannot control what everyone does, there will always be Binge drinkers, and there will always be Pot smokers, government time is more effectively used on matters of actual importance.
The UK is one of the highest Tax paying countries in the world, for example no other country in the world tax's its populace on both Fuel and road tax, all other countries utilise one or the other. Every road going vehicle over the age of 3 years in the UK requires an MOT, however in reality an MOT is useless. If your brakes fail on the way home from a passed MOT, it will be you that is prosecuted for driving an un-roadworthy vehicle. The MOT holds no sway, and the MOT tester is certainly not liable. Similarly you can be driving down the road, with a valid MOT and be pulled over by the Police. Despite your valid MOT, if the police find so much as a bald patch on you tyres (once again when did you last break the law?) they can issue a prohibition notice, banning you from driving that vehicle for a month. The only use of having an MOT is to give more money to the government, and to enable you to get insurance and road tax.
In conclusion Britain is being drained by extensive taxing, laws that no-one can even remember and politicians who drain vast amounts of resources (Did you know the average meal allowance for an MP is £15 per meal?). The never ending myriad of laws to which we are subjected drain Police resources further and further as they struggle to enforce them, which results in our taxes going up again. Enough is enough, this has to be stopped. I am not suggesting you vote conservative next Election, vote for whoever you want, I just hope that enough people in the UK will have the sense not to vote Labour! their time is over, lets get them out before they kill the UK!
Posted by Shifty_Ben
There are many other tiny little laws like that, and very few people (if any) know about them all. Britain now has so many laws, that no-one can keep track of whether what they are doing is right or not, the obvious laws will always stand, but let me ask you this. Why is it that you don't go out and mug old ladies on the village green? Is it because the law tells you not to? or is it purely because mugging old ladies is just wrong? I think very few people would say its because of the law.
I personally believe that this surplus of laws is turning Britains society more and more towards the wrong side of the law, people have given up caring because it is impossible to keep track of it. Very few people would have dared jump a red light 30 years ago, but in todays society it happens regularly.
Have you ever given alcohol to a minor? Was the minor supervised at all times? If the answer to the second is no, or the child was under the age of 5 then you broke the law!
A lot of the British laws are common sense, you wouldn't carry an automatic weapon with you when you go shopping would you? but some of them are absolutely rediculous, for example the latest ruling by British courts that selling a PS3 before Sony release it in Europe is illegal! I understand that Sony claim to be concerned about the product not meeting European safety standards, but most consumers would be aware of the fact that there may be issue with hardware bought from outside Europe.
Or for another example, look at the latest discrimination laws, Age discrimination. On the face of it this is a very well intended law, in practice not really so. Similarly with the equal opportunities act, well intended, and for the most part well thought out, but it does a few potholes.
I personally am all for equal opportunities, what I don't hold with is Political Correctness, I am not a racist or a bigot, and I don't tend to use many of the terms that are Politically incorrect nowadays, but I do believe that Political correctness has gone way to far. For example there has been talk of passing laws that make referring to homosexuality in negative terms a hate crime, now I'm not saying I hvae anything aginst gays or lesbians, they are free to live their lives the way they want, but referring to them in a negative manner is a bit of a broad criteria, what would constitute a crime? and how many people would actually even be aware it was a crime? How many people would get prosecuted?
There was talk recently of a new law that would bring the UK inline with Europes 2001 Directive on Cybercrime. Excellent you say, that should really keep the crackers at bay, but in reality it is in fact more likely, should it ever pass through (I don't believe it has yet) to make the situation far worse. Why? because the British Government in their infinite wisdom, are ploughing towards making Network security tools illegal their theory of course is that hackers can use these tools to find weaknesses in a system and gain access. The problem is most sysadmins use these tools in order to find any security holes before the Hacker/Cracker does, so in actual fact this new law would take away one of our best lines of defense. Worse than that if an application is deemed likely to be used for hacking, the authoer of the software can actually be prosecuted!
The most well known screw-ip by the government in the UK is of course ID Cards! We are told by our government that they will help combat terrorism, but everyone in the UK knows that that is just not true. ID cards will not stop or even deter terrorism, and most people in the UK would still have an issue with them even if it didn't look as though they will cost £90 per person. The main issue with them is an invasion of privacy, the government will have stored (not that they don't already) details about everyone in the UK, and Gordon Brown has already stated that he wants to extend the sharing to commercial entities (so far mainly banks and insurance companies.) Say No to ID.
The latest political scapegoat has reared its ugly head again, Binge drinking is once again a topic of much focus, most people in the UK are intelligent enough to know that in actual fact Binge drinking does very little harm to our society. But our esteemed would be leader Gordon Brown has decided to add some more duty onto beer in order to combat this binge drinking.
Call me cynical but if he really wanted to combat Binge Drinking wouldn't a TV campaign or anything that raises awareness be more effective than bringing more tax into the treasury. Once these Binge drinkers can't afford beer, they will simply move onto Spirits, wines or even brew their own. The government needs to realise that they simply cannot control what everyone does, there will always be Binge drinkers, and there will always be Pot smokers, government time is more effectively used on matters of actual importance.
The UK is one of the highest Tax paying countries in the world, for example no other country in the world tax's its populace on both Fuel and road tax, all other countries utilise one or the other. Every road going vehicle over the age of 3 years in the UK requires an MOT, however in reality an MOT is useless. If your brakes fail on the way home from a passed MOT, it will be you that is prosecuted for driving an un-roadworthy vehicle. The MOT holds no sway, and the MOT tester is certainly not liable. Similarly you can be driving down the road, with a valid MOT and be pulled over by the Police. Despite your valid MOT, if the police find so much as a bald patch on you tyres (once again when did you last break the law?) they can issue a prohibition notice, banning you from driving that vehicle for a month. The only use of having an MOT is to give more money to the government, and to enable you to get insurance and road tax.
In conclusion Britain is being drained by extensive taxing, laws that no-one can even remember and politicians who drain vast amounts of resources (Did you know the average meal allowance for an MP is £15 per meal?). The never ending myriad of laws to which we are subjected drain Police resources further and further as they struggle to enforce them, which results in our taxes going up again. Enough is enough, this has to be stopped. I am not suggesting you vote conservative next Election, vote for whoever you want, I just hope that enough people in the UK will have the sense not to vote Labour! their time is over, lets get them out before they kill the UK!
Posted by Shifty_Ben
