tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post6213563524964954213..comments2024-03-29T11:31:52.337+00:00Comments on TPQ: Stop Political Extradition To British AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-31645434577789838642017-10-17T21:07:29.679+01:002017-10-17T21:07:29.679+01:00Steve,
I doubt that rule of thumb holds in any g...Steve, <br /><br />I doubt that rule of thumb holds in any general application. <br /><br />Nazi law or Sharia law for example are hardly better than no law. AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-38238204360563333032017-10-17T18:17:56.517+01:002017-10-17T18:17:56.517+01:00frankie, do you think the post GFA detente allowed...frankie, do you think the post GFA detente allowed them space to ratchet up the laws in ways that would of looked dictator-like in its capriciousness if they tried before, let alone the consequence they would have needed to arrest leaderships they took time to mould? It just seems peoples lives can be ruined by the law now without ever being able to defend themselves or was it always a concern DaithiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154264514142897745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-12809191974611602092017-10-17T13:56:33.763+01:002017-10-17T13:56:33.763+01:00DaithiD,
But what is the alternative?DaithiD,<br /><br />But what is the alternative?Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-1870607318362226562017-10-17T13:55:29.409+01:002017-10-17T13:55:29.409+01:00Frankie
Maybe if your mate hadn't squealed th...Frankie<br /><br />Maybe if your mate hadn't squealed that you were the shooter and you didn't do a runner they would have speeded up the process?Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-56719299536309129052017-10-17T04:54:53.667+01:002017-10-17T04:54:53.667+01:00Steve, I now see this ill defined term 'hostil...Steve, I now see this ill defined term 'hostility' is a sanctionable offence, of course at the unbiased policemans trusted discretion. The alternative is anything other than the course we are on now. It must be a special kind of hell, to be put atop the pyre we built for others, lets not find out too late.DaithiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154264514142897745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-27626885449322761832017-10-16T23:13:27.867+01:002017-10-16T23:13:27.867+01:00I was arrested in 2012 for a shootin in bfast in ...I was arrested in 2012 for a shootin in bfast in 98......i did three years on remand and only got released on bail after going to thehuman rights court.....its 2017 now and im still fighting .....rem i was not charged with anything for the time inside.....disgrace......Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03657525672325818364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-30829735590419891062017-10-16T21:46:47.387+01:002017-10-16T21:46:47.387+01:00AM,
That an imperfect Law is better than no Law a...AM,<br /><br />That an imperfect Law is better than no Law at all?Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-15610438420697017992017-10-16T21:39:32.359+01:002017-10-16T21:39:32.359+01:00Steve,
you seem to have answered your own questio...Steve,<br /><br />you seem to have answered your own question and imply that the reason for the police to target a person is not because they are guilty.AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-37628236634391612652017-10-16T21:25:47.056+01:002017-10-16T21:25:47.056+01:00AM,
I'll leave the inference of asset protect...AM,<br /><br />I'll leave the inference of asset protection to those who know the individuals more intimately, but then what is the point of the 'Law'? Surely 'balancing the books' et cetera is not unique to the North? Covering backs is a universal pastime too. Is an imperfect Law better than none? <br /><br />DaithiD,<br /><br />As above, what is the alternative? <br /><br />Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-59853303405595631012017-10-16T15:56:11.148+01:002017-10-16T15:56:11.148+01:00Steve, its very clear to me why the state locks up...Steve, its very clear to me why the state locks up those whose views it doesnt like, and its not only Republicans in the North you are right. A guy was put in jail for what was meant to be year for leaving a bacon sandwich outside a mosque in the UK (stupid not criminal), he died in jail before his release. Incarceration is probably the tip of their spear, Ive seen suffocating bureaucracy used DaithiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154264514142897745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-81263391217946776792017-10-16T14:48:08.264+01:002017-10-16T14:48:08.264+01:00Steve,
setting the specifics of this case to the ...Steve,<br /><br />setting the specifics of this case to the side, experience teaches us not to assume the forces of law and order are motivated solely by the need to nail the perp. Quite often it has been about balancing the books, covering their back, protecting their assets and so on. AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-85914196569980025482017-10-16T10:23:17.145+01:002017-10-16T10:23:17.145+01:00But it still misses my point, why is the establish...But it still misses my point, why is the establishment targetting those individuals in particular?Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-80614613214452103662017-10-16T10:21:34.780+01:002017-10-16T10:21:34.780+01:00DaithiD,
That would be true but loyalists are als...DaithiD,<br /><br />That would be true but loyalists are also routinely sentenced to long stretches, particularly the UDA in Antrim. From memory one of the Craigavon boys even managed to take a selfie on a camera found in a house overlooking a cops home. Think the calibre of recruiting for the Republican movement has lowered somewhat.Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-85418625565827945132017-10-16T06:29:26.775+01:002017-10-16T06:29:26.775+01:00Steve, in the post GFA era, take the Craigavon Two...Steve, in the post GFA era, take the Craigavon Two case example. Would you willingly surrender your liberty when such an outcome is essentially built in? I dont know the best way to show dissent against this, I wouldnt judge others for fleeing.Unionists have the privilege of not needing to consider these matters too deeply. I dont think this impacts his potential verdict either way , always goingDaithiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154264514142897745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-55747897297638818832017-10-15T21:35:58.466+01:002017-10-15T21:35:58.466+01:00DaithiD,
Doing a runner doesn't help convince...DaithiD,<br /><br />Doing a runner doesn't help convince anyone of a person's innocence. When do the innocent run?<br /><br />Why is it always very 'specific' people who are questioned in regards to these actions?<br /><br />Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-60413523038779541642017-10-15T01:11:24.519+01:002017-10-15T01:11:24.519+01:00Steve, Im more concerned with everyone elses saft...Steve, Im more concerned with everyone elses saftey from the state.If your concern was really with jury manipulation, you should be adamantly against felon setting in the media too.DaithiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154264514142897745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-83281813448353212102017-10-14T01:22:09.917+01:002017-10-14T01:22:09.917+01:00DaithiD,
If the safety of the jury is without que...DaithiD,<br /><br />If the safety of the jury is without question and nefarious types would not attempt to influence them or worse. Diplock is a ridiculous system though regardless.Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-63113154108904270442017-10-13T18:39:39.886+01:002017-10-13T18:39:39.886+01:00ps This is why im lost when people talk about EU o...ps This is why im lost when people talk about EU oversight modulating the British judicial system as a reason against Brexit.Is there an instance of Republicans benefitting from this oversight? A trial before peers when such sentences are a risk, or no trial at all is a demand that protects us all.DaithiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154264514142897745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-35276683028356230622017-10-13T17:32:11.727+01:002017-10-13T17:32:11.727+01:00Fortuitous of the papers to be in a remote Donegal...Fortuitous of the papers to be in a remote Donegal village to capture him layed out on the floor at the time of arrest. Less enthusiastic about this.DaithiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154264514142897745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-26844242510629390012017-10-12T22:00:25.109+01:002017-10-12T22:00:25.109+01:00Maybe the screws would have gone easier on you if ...Maybe the screws would have gone easier on you if you hadn't been implicated in the murder of a well liked prison officer, one who apparently had the respect of both Republican and Loyalist prisoners.<br /><br />I heard a Republican prisoner on Nolan some years back and who was practically crying at David Black's death, Mr Black's wife had made this prisoner some food because she knewSteve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.com