Stripping Rights, One Group At A Time
In the United Kingdom, the House of Lords has overruled the High Court and removed a limitation that said victims had only six years to sue their perpetrators for compensation. How long do they have now? Eternity. Yup, sexual assaults are a special case where the idea of a speedy trial is absurd.Yeah, the newsworthy case is the one where the rapist got 7 million pounds in the lottery, after the time limit had passed. Here's a news flash--good things happen to bad people along with the bad things that happen to good people. I'm sorry, that's life. But don't go around fucking up established law for one or two cases that are egregious.
The limitations are there to protect the rights of everyone. There are some rights people cannot have taken away. Even when those people commit crimes, even the most abhorrent.
Don't be jealous, though, the government will get around to stripping your rights soon.
Labels: government, house of lords, politics, rape, united kingdom
posted by Lachlan @ 10:36 PM
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